Fri.Jan 13, 2017

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Disruptive innovation: where, not what

Jeffrey Phillips

First, a slight diatribe. Why is it that companies think their people can do successful innovation when they don't share a common language? In the title I've used the word "disruptive", and by this I mean innovation in the "third horizon" - incremental, breakthrough and disruptive. I'm defining disruptive innovation as new products, services or business models that "disrupt" existing products or markets.

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Learning to be Innovative – Future Building’s Crucial Role in Driving Innovation Impact

Imaginatik

[This blog post was reproduced from an original paper on Future Building. Download the paper now: The Art of the Possible – Future Building’s Crucial Role in Driving Innovation Impact ]. Not too long ago, executives at a F500 consumer goods company were facing a daunting prospect. Nearly all of their brands were struggling with stagnant or declining market share.

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Official Top 20 most influential innovation blogs & bloggers: 2016

Idea to Value

Here is the only impartial list of the best Innovation blogs by the world’s most influential innovation bloggers. Ladies and Gentlemen, I know you care about innovation. But with all of the hundreds of writers out there, it can be tough to know who’s insights and advice are worth your attention. So over the past few […]. Originally published at Official Top 20 most influential innovation blogs & bloggers: 2016.

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Official Top 20 most influential innovation blogs & bloggers: 2016

Improvides

Here is the only impartial list of the best Innovation blogs by the world’s most influential innovation bloggers. Ladies and Gentlemen, I know you care about innovation. But with all of the hundreds of writers out there, it can be tough to know who’s insights and advice are worth your attention. So over the past few […]. Originally published at Official Top 20 most influential innovation blogs & bloggers: 2016.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Organizational Agility Entails Dual Innovation

Innovation Excellence

Ralph Ohr explores the question: In order to increase agility, should organizations aim to become more nimble across their existing structures or should they capitalize on separated units/ventures - such as innovation or digital labs - being dedicated to initiate and develop explorative ideas and opportunities?

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3 Top-notch Tips for Loyalty

Board of Innovation

Loyalty programs relevancy is being challenged by a new generation of millennials who expect brands not just to deliver great products and services, but also to offer them experiences that fit their individual identities as well as being able to share with their peers. Here are my 2 cents for making your brand addictive: 1. Bring value to you. Read More.

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Open Innovation Project to Detect Gravitational Waves

IdeaConnection

Gravitational waves are ripples in the curvature of space time that were predicted by Einstein in his General Theory of Relativity. However, they are so tiny that detecting them has proved to be notoriously difficult. The first detection of this elusive phenomenon was made around 100 years after Einstein’s work by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).

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Finding Our Centre Of Excellence

Rmukesh Gupta

I read a post by Mitch Joel ( one of my insanely awesome people ) where he proposes a 7 step model to define what could be our centre of excellence. Please do read his post here. I wanted to do this exercise and the result is as below: The Tactic : My tactic of my primary output is content, just like Mitch himself. The Format : My format is text and audio.

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3 Top-notch Tips for Loyalty

Board of Innovation

Loyalty programs are challenged by a new generation millennials who expect brands not just to deliver great products and services, but to give them experiences which fits their identity and which they can share with their fellow mates. The Harvard Business Review even decided their current edition to the subject: how to win and keep customers. Here my 2 cents for.

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Comment on 7 Disruptive Forces by Stephen Shapiro

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Put Your Shared Norms on the Wall!

Michael Roberto

I had lunch with the CEO of a major academic medical center today. He mentioned a key aspect of the culture of his top management team. In the conference room they use for weekly meetings, they have a list of shared norms and ground rules up on the wall. He explained how these norms are very useful to help the team engage in productive dialogue and debate.