Wed.Jan 04, 2023

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Create an Intrapreneurship Program and Keep Brilliance In-House

Daniel Burrus

You have heard the term “entrepreneurship,” and perhaps as a business leader or C-suite executive, you fear the possibility of some of your team members leaving your organization to pursue their own great ideas. This is not because you do not want to see them succeed, but because you may lose them as an asset to your operation. But have you heard the term “intrapreneurship?

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The Role of Innovation Labs

Moves the Needle

Innovation labs have been hip for the last decade or so, yet the story is that they only last 3-5 years. Something is up here. It’s not up to the innovation labs or teams to produce innovation. I know, it sounds like a paradox. What it should really be about is an innovation mindset. The difference is the output. Innovation is defined differently by every department in a company.

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4 Characteristics of a Culture of Innovation

HYPE Innovation

Innovation culture is one of those terms that’s hard to define – poll 10 people on the street and we’d likely get 10 different interpretations. Yet we tend to know it when we see it. I often find myself working with companies that, in the past, have tried a generic “open suggestion box” approach to innovation: Create an ideas portal, let people post ideas spontaneously and see if anything interesting comes up.

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How to Motivate a Top Performer — When You Can’t Promote Them

Harvard Business Review

Talented employees may feel demoralized by slow career advancement. These interim strategies can help ensure their underlying needs are met.

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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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Engaging Consciousness in the Emotional Work of Organizational Transformation

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Douglas Ferguson Organizational transformation is a uniquely human endeavor. Navigating the journey to change starts with understanding the employee experience and creating space for emotional safety in the workplace. According to organizational behavior expert Sigal Barsade, emotions are the key to encouraging higher performance and achievement.

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ROI: Financial Benefits of Business Process Improvement

Kainexus

Organizations that successfully instill a culture of continuous improvement constantly outperform the competition, regardless of size or industry. From healthcare to manufacturing and construction, and beyond, the effort and energy put into business process improvement is directly related to measurable results and financial benefits.

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Patent Trolls Are Targeting Small Business Innovators — and You Could Be Next.

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Patent trolls are wielding the ITC's power against American entrepreneurs, hurting their ability to innovate.

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Your Company’s Data Is for Sale on the Dark Web. Should You Buy It Back?

Harvard Business Review

Paying for stolen data — even when it’s your own — comes with substantial legal and reputational risks.

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KICKSTART CHANGE AND INNOVATE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

ImagineNation

In our last blog , we described why innovation is transformational, and why, at this moment in time, it is more important than ever to innovate, to take advantage of living in a globalised world, interconnected through technologies and values and within an interrelated structure of reality. We stated that innovation-led growth is absolutely critical and that people need to be enabled and equipped to adapt, connect and collaborate in new ways to kickstart change in agile, constructive, equitable,

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5 Reasons to Leave Your Job — Even in a Downturn

Harvard Business Review

You don’t have to stay in a bad situation.

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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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The Goal: Ignite Innovative Culture

eZassi

This year is full of potential for innovative growth in your organization. Ezassi is your partner in measurable and achievable business goals with the help of our innovation software and services. We propose you ask these twelve strategic planning questions and read through the suggested resolutions for energizing your organization’s innovative culture.

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Why creativity is the future of your teams

Idea to Value

The world is changing faster than ever. Established companies are being overtaken by more innovative upstarts, entire industries which previously dominated the economy are being disrupted. And looking at the future of work, artificial intelligence has already begun replacing low-skilled jobs. So what is the single most important skill for your teams in order to stay productive, motivated and passionate at work?