Fri.Apr 12, 2019

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The Entrepreneurial Mindset

Innovation Excellence

Most doctors, scientists, engineers, business school grads and lawyers I’ve taught don’t have an entrepreneurial mindset. There are lots of reasons why, some of which have to do with how they are chosen by their respective educational establishments. After all, you don’t get accepted to medical school because of your intense creativity.

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Why Innovative, Well-funded Companies Fail – And How to Avoid Their Fate.

Econic

After Jeff Bezos took a ride on what he believed was one of mankind’s most amazing inventions, he told the founders, “you have a product that is so good that you’ll have no problem selling it.” The product he was referring to was the Segway. To his credit, the Segway was indeed revolutionary. It is incredibly hard to build a self-balancing two wheeled vehicle.

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A Step-by-Step Walkthrough of the DMAIC Process

Kainexus

DMAIC is a structured, customer-focused, data-driven approach to problem-solving. The acronym stands for “Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control.” It is often associated with the Lean or Six Sigma business methodologies but can be valuable for any organization looking to support incremental improvement.

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Here Is Why Companies Often Do A Lousy Job Innovating

Ankush Chopra

Does it come as a surprise to you if I tell you that most organizations are lousy at innovation? How else do you explain the fact that some great ideas languish in organizations whereas some poor ideas reach the market? How else do you explain that so many people whine that their organizations do not value their great ideas? Let’s take a look at a well-known example: How Fat-Free Oil Failed In 1968, when F.

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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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Radically Re-Thinking Work

Innovation Excellence

It seems that the waves of change are not going to subside anytime soon. As AI and other advanced technologies permeate the workplace, flipping mindsets, learning new behaviours and skills and shaping organizational cultures are causing us to radically rethink work in ways that maximize the intelligences of both humans and machines. Leading companies are.

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Why Innovative, Well-funded Companies Fail – And How to Avoid Their Fate.

Econic

After Jeff Bezos took a ride on what he believed was one of mankind's most amazing inventions, he told the founders, “you have a product that is so good that you'll have no problem selling it.". The product he was referring to was the Segway.To his credit, the Segway was indeed revolutionary. It is incredibly hard to build a self-balancing two wheeled vehicle.

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How Is Technology Impacting the Financial Landscape?

InnovationManagement

Advancements in technology are the main cause of disruption across various industries these days. Technology brings numerous benefits and various opportunities for businesses. However, adopting and adjusting to new tech can oftentimes be quite challenging.

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Out of Office: How To Run Your Business On The Go

The Human Factor

image source. Contributed post –. You don’t have to be chained to an office desk to run a business. Nowadays, it’s easier than ever to run a business on the go thanks to modern technology. This could be a big help if your work often requires you to travel and be in different places. Here are just a few ways in which you can start running your business on the go.

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Look Closely at the Outliers in Your Data

Michael Roberto

Kellogg Insight has written an article about the research conducted by Joel Shapiro, Clinical Associate Professor and Executive Director for the Program on Data Analytics. Shapiro has some terrific advice for data scientists attempting to discover opportunities for improving the customer experience. He recommends avoiding the usual practice of "scrubbing the data" of outliers.

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WEBINAR: Organizing Your Innovation Ops

Wellspring

Organizing Your Innovation Ops. Laura Kusumoto, guest speaker. The challenges of innovation management are familiar to most corporate innovation leaders –defining and re-defining innovation’s mission; dealing with redundant, competing, or pet projects across an organization; budgeting for the unknown; managing webs of relationships with stakeholders; and protecting successful pilots from organizational purgatory.

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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.