Mon.Sep 24, 2018

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A 270 Year Old Mathematical Formula Can Teach Us A Lot About Innovation

Innovation Excellence

Accountants tell us that numbers don’t lie, because for them numbers are the same as facts. Mathematicians see it differently though. They see numbers as abstract representations of reality that, when combined with other numbers, have an almost mystical ability to create patterns that unlock hidden truths. In other words, as the great early 20th.

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Key Trends in Transportation Innovation

InnovationManagement

When people think of the transportation industry, they are often thinking of auto manufacturers, but it includes a wealth of other companies and products: from shipping and logistics firms, to travel transportation, non-motorized transport (like bicycles) and more.

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Fix the Problem or Design it Out?

Braden Kelley

Let’s start with the problem. According to The Plastic Pollution Coalition (January 3, 2017) – “It’s National Drinking Straw Day! Each day, more than 500 million plastic straws are used and discarded in the U.S. alone.

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Should You Fix the Problem or Design it Out?

Innovation Excellence

Let’s start with the problem. According to The Plastic Pollution Coalition (January 3, 2017) – “It’s National Drinking Straw Day! Each day, more than 500 million plastic straws are used and discarded in the U.S. alone. Plastic straws consistently make the top ten list of items found, according to Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup data.

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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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Accelerating innovation with Enedis FastLab

Rapid Innovation in digital time

4 types of innovation labs: following the description of the 1) Disruptive Labs, and 2) Rapid Innovation Labs, we move now to the 3) Open Innovation Labs, and 4) Innovation Culture and Intrapreneurship Labs.

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Before Doing, There is Being

Rmukesh Gupta

Last evening I was having trouble getting to sleep. So, I got up and went down to the swimming pool area and sat down on the chair next to the pool. I was not carrying my phone or a book or anything else with me. It was just me, nature and the sound of water flowing from the pool. There was something soothing about this soft noise of flowing water and moonlight.

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Where You’re Wasting Your Team’s Time

The Human Factor

Contributed post –. Productivity is crucial to a business’s success. Having engaged employees and the right tools for the job can help unlock that productivity. However, at some point, you’re going to reach a cap. Your team simply doesn’t have the time they need to be more productive. How do you give them the gift of time? Image source. In your meetings.

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Do Intercultural Relationships Enhance Creativity?

Michael Roberto

Source: Flickr MIT Professor Jackson Lu and his co-authors have published an interesting new study regarding the impact that intercultural relationships can have on creativity. They conducted a series of studies to explore this relationship. What did they find? Experimental research showed that dating others from different cultures seemed to have a positive impact on divergent thinking.

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Do You Have the Best Customer Service?

The Human Factor

Contributed post –. Having the best customer service is defined by how your customers react to it. Are they leaving good reviews on how helpful you were? Do you allow them full refunds or money off coupons in store, to make sure you’re setting up a dialogue with them? Are customers able to contact you whenever they need to? These are just a few questions that shape up your customer service, to make it the best.

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Mammoth Marketing Mistakes to Avoid

The Human Factor

Contributed post –. Image source. Marketing is essential for any business – it’s the only way you’ll attract customers. Most people don’t put much thought into marketing, but without strategy you could risk making no impact and wasting a lot of money. Here are five big mistakes to avoid when marketing. Only marketing online (or only marketing offline) .

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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.