Wed.Jan 23, 2019

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The interplay between digital transformation and innovation

Jeffrey Phillips

I've found that concepts like digital transformation are like eating honey. The stuff just kind of sticks to you long after you think the experience is over. As a person who has spent more than 15 years focused on corporate innovation, I find the rapid emergence of digital transformation interesting, and sometimes a bit troubling, as you may recall from a previous post.

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Creating Systemic Change In An Age Of Dwindling Cooperation

Innovation Excellence

The past few decades have seen the world become an ever more interconnected place, with the problems we face increasingly complex. The latest Global Risks Report from the World Economic Forum highlights the need for collective action to help tackle crises ranging from climate change to cyber attacks. One such challenge is that of plastic.

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How IBM Sees The Future Of Artificial Intelligence

Digital Tonto

We're only at the beginning of the journey Related posts: 4 Ways Every Business Needs To Use Artificial Intelligence. Artificial Intelligence Needs Conversational Intelligence. Here’s Why: [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Product Innovation the Easy Way: 3 Real World Examples

IdeaScale

Many voices can lead to brilliant places. Innovation is often presented as a mighty struggle between a lone inventor and a seemingly intractable problem. While this does occasionally happen, more often than not any great innovation is the result of people drawing from those around them for ideas and inspiration. Here are a few examples of companies that set the “lone inventor on a hill” myth aside in favor of real innovation with the help of IdeaScale.

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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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How to maintain a self-steering culture while scaling up

Board of Innovation

Why we did it. When it became clear in October 2017 that the time had come for Board of Innovation to move up in the world, the founders wanted to make sure we maintained our flat hierarchy, and continue working in a self-governing way. The goal? Staying true to our core startup values. It was. Continue reading. The post How to maintain a self-steering culture while scaling up appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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Understanding Disruptive Innovation

InnovationManagement

Companies are struggling with keeping themselves alive when new products disrupt the market. How does disruptive innovation occur and how can companies prepare for that?

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Why iPhone X’s Face Recognition Failed

Innovation Excellence

(Hint: It Was Supposed To) The unveiling of iPhone X hit one major glitch. How Apple recovered and handled it is a master class for all presenters. The iPhone unveiling in late 2017 was nothing short of epic. Perhaps the most impressive part of every Apple announcement of this sort is the degree which Apple.

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Selling Your Ideas Up: How to Overcome Objections and Get Your Ideas Approved

Daniel Burrus

In an era of fiscal and time constraints, is it possible to sell your ideas to company leaders? Yes, but the success depends on how you frame the opportunity. The first step is to avoid talking about the idea itself. While that may sound strange, it’s the primary sales rule that most people break. You may love your ideas, but the feeling isn’t always mutual.

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Winning By Changing the Game

Sopheon

Here are five game-changing templates for major innovation success. The post Winning By Changing the Game appeared first on Sopheon.

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How Long Do Corporate Innovation Jobs Last, and What Happens Next?

Innovation Leader

How long do people typically stay in corporate innovation roles — at all levels? And where do they go next? We analyzed data from over 150 LinkedIn profiles to find out.

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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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Common Questions About the Hoshin Kanri X-Matrix

Kainexus

Strategy deployment is arguably the most crucial responsibility of business executives. Setting the direction for the organization and making the day-to-day decisions that drive the organization closer to “True North,” is what leadership is all about. But it’s not easy. There are a lot of other concerns that compete for resource and attention. It is easy to lose sight of long-term goals in the face of day-to-day events.

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Gerry Purcell

Innovation 360 Group

Director Innovation360 Canada. Background. Gerry is responsible for ICG’s North American business. He has over 25 years of experience as an operations executive and a principal consultant in leading global consultancies including BCG, A.T. Kearney and in several boutique firms. An intuitive thinker and an experienced advisor, Gerry has a confident, collaborative and personable working style.

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Uncertain Times.

100%Open

We wish you a productive and fulfilling 2019. We’re delighted that 100%Open had its best year ever in 2018 and we’re looking forward to exciting new clients, countries and challenges in 2019. We’re happy to welcome back old clients such as Crisis and several new clients whom we’ll announce when we’ve done the paperwork. So in the gloom that is prevailing in the UK with all the Brexit okey-cokey (in, out, shake it all about), how come I’m so chirpy?

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Magnus Penker

Innovation 360 Group

CEO & President, Director-Level Consultant. Background. Magnus Penker is an entrepreneur and Internationally-renowned expert on innovation, digitization, and business transformation. He has been engaged as a speaker by Drucker Forum , international business schools, a variety of associations and some of the world’s largest companies (listed in the largest speaker agency in Europe).

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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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The Innovator's Three Word Mantra

Idea Champions

OK. Here's the deal: There is something you want to create. begin. invent. change. complete. manifest. birth. or quicken. You've been thinking about it for a loooooong time. You may have even been working on it. But it still ain't happening. So, forget the past for a moment and contemplate the cool graphic above. Are you willing to do WHATEVER IT TAKES to bring your idea or project to fruition?

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The Office of "How" - not "No"

Michael Roberto

Source: Symantec Adam Bryant of Merryck & Company recently posted a terrific LinkedIn article , in which he interviewed Amy Cappellanti-Wolf, Chief Human Resources Officer at Symantec. In the interview, Cappellanti-Wolf talked about making the transition to a technology firm (having worked at Disney and Frito-Lay previously). She notes: I had a couple of interviews where I was told, “You don’t have a technology background.