Tue.Jan 22, 2019

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Do You Know Your Users?

Boxes and Arrows

You think you’re just like everyone else. You think your thoughts, opinions, values, and habits are just the same as other people. Psychology calls this the false consensus bias 1 because we assume much more commonality than reality warrants. False consensus bias contributes to making bad decisions when we design software. Alan Cooper noted this type of bias while wondering why otherwise smart, talented people often created such crappy software.

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The Scale-Up Canvas

Innovation Excellence

4 Tips for Intrapreneurs Who Want to Scale-Up While there are many supporting methodologies to start an innovation project (design thinking, lean start-up, business model canvas, blue ocean,…), Lean scale-up by Ash Maurya provides precious guidelines, and metrics, but was not conceived with the case of a corporate start-up / intrapreneur project in mind.

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Why Fostering a Spirit of Curiosity Spurs Enterprise Innovation

IdeaScale

Asking questions makes companies better. Curiosity is “a strong desire to learn or know something.” You’d think that would be highly prized in society and the workplace alike. However, in some cases, people don’t necessarily value curiosity. One person’s sincere desire to learn can be seen by another as a desire to pointlessly rock the boat, and as the waters of business become more complicated to navigate, there are many who’d rather shut the curious down.

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How to do a 180° in your customer service approach using design thinking

Board of Innovation

Turning a company’s way of working upside down Proximus has a long history of starting projects this way: begin with a product or communication campaign, launch it to market, and then get the market research department to check with customers whether it had the intended results. Under the old system, innovation projects started with a. Continue reading.

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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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The case for sick care improvements, not disruption

Innovation Excellence

Sick care is in trouble. Many argue that we need to go big or go home claiming that we should stop tweaking the system of systems and, instead, make the existing model obsolete. However, the Moon shot mentality has many downsides. High risk high return ventures often fail, creating a lot of collateral damage. 70-20-10.

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10 things to keep in mind while conducting a hackathon

hackerearth

A hackathon can be the wind to the sails of your business. Regardless of the niche or industry, your business belongs to, conducting a hackathon can be an excellent choice for generating new ideas, and potential fusion of existing ideas that could lead to a fresh perspective altogether. At HackerEarth, we have conducted over 2,000 hackathons to date, for enterprises, companies, startups, non-profits, universities, and others.

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Tech Trends Improving Business and Operations

InnovationManagement

New technological advancements emerge every day. As this takes place, it's important to stay aware of changes and advancements.

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10 things to keep in mind while conducting a hackathon

hackerearth

A hackathon can be the wind to the sails of your business. Regardless of the niche or industry, your business belongs to, conducting a hackathon can be an excellent choice for generating new ideas, and potential fusion of existing ideas that could lead to a fresh perspective altogether. At HackerEarth, we have conducted over 2,000 hackathons to date, for enterprises, companies, startups, non-profits, universities, and others.

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Lyft, Tesla & the Future of Mobility

Innovation Leader

What will the future of mobility look like? We talked to Jon McNeill, COO of Lyft, about what consumers can expect moving forward. Jon also discussed his experience at Tesla.

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10 things to keep in mind while conducting a hackathon

hackerearth

A hackathon can be the wind to the sails of your business. Regardless of the niche or industry, your business belongs to, conducting a hackathon can be an excellent choice for generating new ideas, and potential fusion of existing ideas that could lead to a fresh perspective altogether. At HackerEarth, we have conducted over 2,000 hackathons to date, for enterprises, companies, startups, non-profits, universities, and others.

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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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What Innovators are Thinking about in 2019

Innovation Leader

To start off the new year, we brought together some members of the Innovation Leader community for breakfast, to discuss their innovation agendas and goals for 2019.

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Report of HackerEarth’s 400 global hackathons 2018 [Infographic]

hackerearth

Compared to 2017, there was a 140% increase in the number of hackathons hosted on the HackerEarth Innovation Management Platform in 2018. We hosted more than 400 hackathons last year in 4 continents. Our community strengthened to 2.5 million by seeing the participation of over 100,000 innovators from over 100 countries across the globe. High schools, universities, enterprises, nonprofits, and even governments hosted their own hackathons in 2018 to crowdsource over 14,000 ideas and 7,000 prototyp

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#1,452 – The Wave

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

If you’re anything like me you may be waging a constant war against yourself, your loved ones, your co-workers, and society itself. The war for control of your body temperature. First you’re hot, then you’re cold, then you’re hot again. You’re wearing a sweater in the summertime because your office air conditioning unit is on too high. You’re wearing shorts in the winter because your apartment’s space heater works a little bit too well or not at all.

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10 things to keep in mind while conducting a hackathon

hackerearth

A hackathon can be the wind to the sails of your business. Regardless of the niche or industry, your business belongs to, conducting a hackathon can be an excellent choice for generating new ideas, and potential fusion of existing ideas that could lead to a fresh perspective altogether. At HackerEarth, we have conducted over 2,000 hackathons to date, for enterprises, companies, startups, non-profits, universities, and others.

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How Retailers Are Transforming Customer Experiences with Data & AI

Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.

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New Year, New Look

Svava

Idea Hunt’s Collaboration Platform Got a New and Improved Menu.

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Report of HackerEarth’s 400 global hackathons 2018 [Infographic]

hackerearth

Compared to 2017, there was a 140% increase in the number of hackathons hosted on the HackerEarth Innovation Management Platform in 2018. We hosted more than 400 hackathons last year in 4 continents. Our community strengthened to 2.5 million by seeing the participation of over 100,000 innovators from over 100 countries across the globe. High schools, universities, enterprises, nonprofits, and even governments hosted their own hackathons in 2018 to crowdsource over 14,000 ideas and 7,000 prototyp

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Blockchain – Enterprises and Consensus?

Linda Bernardi

One blockchain approach DOES NOT fit all: It is totally clear in speaking with enterprises today that they are unclear and not ready to alter their entire current s/w architecture to be totally blockchain based. Like all emerging technologies, they are trialing & learning. Tons of rinse and repeat. Large scale enterprises are deal with tons of data, and the question is do I need full consensus for all applications?

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Report of HackerEarth’s 400 global hackathons 2018 [Infographic]

hackerearth

Compared to 2017, there was a 140% increase in the number of hackathons hosted on the HackerEarth Innovation Management Platform in 2018. We hosted more than 400 hackathons last year in 4 continents. Our community strengthened to 2.5 million by seeing the participation of over 100,000 innovators from over 100 countries across the globe. High schools, universities, enterprises, nonprofits, and even governments hosted their own hackathons in 2018 to crowdsource over 14,000 ideas and 7,000 prototyp

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How Mature Companies Are Scaling Transformational New Businesses

Scaling transformational innovations in large companies is challenging due to ‘Company Fit’ issues, which arise when the resources, processes, and priorities (RPPs) of the core business are not aligned with the needs of the new business. Many companies have learned how ambidexterity—the ability to both ‘exploit the present and explore the future,’ can help them address these issues for ideation and incubation of new innovations, but scaling transformative business innovations remains a challenge

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The Samurai Guide To Managing Difficult Clients (& having a life)

Idea Champions

You are smart. You are creative. You are committed. And you have an awesome grasp of social media. Of course you do, you are a mover and a shaker in a company trying to stay relevant, make some magic, and diffentiate itself from the competition. You are also going slightly insane. Why? Because your clients routinely make insane demands on you, expecting miracles with very little notice.

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Report of HackerEarth’s 400 global hackathons 2018 [Infographic]

hackerearth

Compared to 2017, there was a 140% increase in the number of hackathons hosted on the HackerEarth Innovation Management Platform in 2018. We hosted more than 400 hackathons last year in 4 continents. Our community strengthened to 2.5 million by seeing the participation of over 100,000 innovators from over 100 countries across the globe. High schools, universities, enterprises, nonprofits, and even governments hosted their own hackathons in 2018 to crowdsource over 14,000 ideas and 7,000 prototyp

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#1,451 – Climate Change, Universal Basic Income, and the Solution For Everything

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Desperate times call for desperate measures and when it comes to Climate Change these are the most desperate of times. So it should come as no surprise that a group of economists have put forth an idea for how we can realistically attack this catastrophic global problem. As Futurism reports, “On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal published a letter penned by a group of 45 economic experts from both sides of the political aisle.

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Report to HackerEarth’s 400 global hackathons 2018 [Infographic]

hackerearth

Compared to 2017, there was a 140% increase in the number of hackathons hosted on the HackerEarth Innovation Management Platform in 2018. We hosted more than 400 hackathons last year in 4 continents. Our community strengthened to 2.5 million by seeing the participation of over 100,000 innovators from over 100 countries across the globe. High schools, universities, enterprises, nonprofits, and even governments hosted their own hackathons in 2018 to crowdsource over 14,000 ideas and 7,000 prototyp

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How Automation is Driving Efficiency Through the Last Mile of Reporting

Speaker: Jamie Eagan

As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of

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LEADx Podcast

Michael Roberto

Check out the latest LEADx podcast episode in which I discuss the benchmarking curse, the challenge of dealing with naysayers, and the ways in which we can achieve psychological distance so as to stimulate creativity. Great stories about the TV show Survivor and many other instances of creativity or the lack thereof.

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Report of HackerEarth’s 400 global hackathons 2018 [Infographic]

hackerearth

Compared to 2017, there was a 140% increase in the number of hackathons hosted on the HackerEarth Innovation Management Platform in 2018. We hosted more than 400 hackathons last year in 4 continents. Our community strengthened to 2.5 million by seeing the participation of over 100,000 innovators from over 100 countries across the globe. High schools, universities, enterprises, nonprofits, and even governments hosted their own hackathons in 2018 to crowdsource over 14,000 ideas and 7,000 prototyp

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