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2 Steps You Must Follow Before Coming Up With Your “Big Idea”

Econic

It was a beautiful fall day when I came across a study that opened my eyes to the defining problem of the next decade – mental health in the workplace. The issue was brought to my attention by Dr. Jonathan Haidt – a psychologist at NYU and one of the leading experts on the social problems that stem from mental health issues. At the time, I was working to build entrepreneurial ecosystems in rural communities across the state of Nebraska.

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The Twelve Disciplines of Consistently Innovative Organizations

Legacy Innovation Group

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We Need to Re-engineer Our Organizations for a New Era of Innovation

Innovation Excellence

In the first half of the 20th century, Alfred Sloan created the modern corporation at General Motors. In many ways, it was based on the military. Senior leadership at headquarters would make plans, while managers at individual units would be allocated resources and made responsible for for achieving mission objectives. The rise of digital technology.

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How long ago did creativity evolve in humans?

Idea to Value

Creativity is a uniquely human trait. Many animals have evolved the ability to use tools, but this is usually the result of of them discovering this use by accident and then passing the knowledge on to other members of the group. Even our closest living animal relatives (like chimpanzees and orang-utans) are natually risk averse in the wild and will avoid new discoveries as they are seen as risky.

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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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Laws in the driverless future: what to expect

Board of Innovation

The future of mobility is a much-discussed topic as the automotive industry races to get to Level 5 automation (no driver required). But a somewhat less-discussed issue around autonomous vehicles is how governments will shape public policy once cars become 100% hands-free. The post Laws in the driverless future: what to expect appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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Why Does a Door Need Instructions? Seriously!

Mills-Scofield

If you’re willing, the next time you get to a door, stop. What’s your initial reaction? Push it? Pull it? Doors are one of my favorite examples of lousy design. Shouldn’t opening a door be intuitive? We really need instructions to go through a door? Really?? Our world is filled with poorly designed products we use every day without thinking twice. We’ve come to accept that this is the way it is.

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Why Being Selfish Helps Be of Better Service to Others

Tullio Siragusa

Why Being Selfish Helps Be of Better Service to Others. I realized a decade ago that practicing self-sacrifice and being selfless, the two concepts central to perfecting character, according to most beliefs, are wrong. Instead of building honest, genuine character, those actions result in the opposite. Following the doctrine of selflessness and sacrifice caused emotions of rage within me.

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What is IoT?

IdeaSpies

The Internet of Things (IoT) has not only impacted the way we live but also the way we work. “Internet of Things is the network of devices that are connected with each other and exchange data by interacting with each other.” All the devices and objects used are connected to an IoT Platform which integrates the data from all the devices and analyses it to share valuable information.

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Getting to the Root Cause of Project Headaches

Innovation Excellence

Scenario: a product development team at a medical device company had a testing phase that ran far longer than expected. This delay rippled throughout the project and had serious implications downstream. After the project was complete, the team leader wanted to go back and figure out why the test phase had not gone as planned.

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2 Steps You Must Follow Before Coming Up With Your “Big Idea”

Econic

It was a beautiful fall day when I came across a study that opened my eyes to the defining problem of the next decade – mental health in the workplace. The issue was brought to my attention by Dr. Jonathan Haidt – a psychologist at NYU and one of the leading experts on the social problems that stem from mental health issues.At the time, I was working to build entrepreneurial ecosystems in rural communities across the state of Nebraska.

Meeting 52
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From Data to Decisions: Maximizing Retail Potential with 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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Why Does a Door Need Instructions? Seriously!

Mills-Scofield

If you’re willing, the next time you get to a door, stop. What’s your initial reaction? Push it? Pull it? Doors are one of my favorite examples of lousy design. Shouldn’t opening a door be intuitive? We really need instructions to go through a door? Really?? Our world is filled with poorly designed products we use every day without thinking twice. We’ve come to accept that this is the way it is.

Design 52
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Why Being Selfish Helps Be of Better Service to Others

Tullio Siragusa

Why Being Selfish Helps Be of Better Service to Others. I realized a decade ago that practicing self-sacrifice and being selfless, the two concepts central to perfecting character, according to most beliefs, are wrong. Instead of building honest, genuine character, those actions result in the opposite. Following the doctrine of selflessness and sacrifice caused emotions of rage within me.

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Laws in the driverless future: what to expect

Board of Innovation

The future of mobility is a much-discussed topic as the automotive industry races to get to Level 5 automation (no driver required). But a somewhat less-discussed issue around autonomous vehicles is how governments will shape public policy once cars become 100% hands-free. The post Laws in the driverless future: what to expect appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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The 7 Deadly Sins of Innovation

Legacy Innovation Group

The 7 Deadly Sins of Innovation. Mar 03, 2014 | Anthony Mills. Why The Right Foundation Can Make Or Break Your Ability to Breakthrough. In my years of leading and studying innovation, I have come to see that there are seven deadly sins that threaten to derail innovation inside of all businesses. If we as businesses are to therefore succeed at innovation, we must consistently navigate the perils of these sins and pursue a life of "righteous innovation" Sin #1 — Not Making Love.

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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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How To Successfully Market Your Small Business

The Human Factor

Contributed post –. If you’re a small business owner, you may be struggling when it comes to marketing your brand. Not only can marketing be extremely costly, but it can also be difficult to know how to get it right, if you want to get the most bang for your buck. Despite the fact that different things work for different businesses – so it’s a good idea to practice a bit of trial and error here – there are some marketing techniques that work well for most small businesses, most of th

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The Poets, The Nerds, and the Suits

Legacy Innovation Group

The Poets, The Nerds, and The Suits. Mar 17, 2014 | Anthony Mills. In the ancient world, there were three roles of influence that tended to engage one another⃜ the Prophets, the Priests, and the Kings. These three danced a tenuous dance⃜ at times at great odds with one another, often over accountability matters, and at times in aid of one another.

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When Disruptive Innovation Gets Disrupted

Legacy Innovation Group

When Disruptive Innovation Gets Disrupted. Apr 04, 2014 | Anthony Mills. Why The Right Foundation Can Make Or Break Your Ability to Breakthrough. Imagine the following scenario. Your organization has conceived the perfect idea for a new product innovation. In fact, it will be the most disruptive innovation in this product category in decades. The technology is there and you have line of sight to executing it⃜ or so you think.

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Getting Past Creativity - The Case for Innovation Strategy

Legacy Innovation Group

Getting Past Creativity — The Case for Innovation Strategy. May 02, 2014 | Anthony Mills. Many people – and I will be the first to admit that this includes some in the innovation consulting community – are of the belief that innovation is all about creativity and the ability to be creative. While, admittedly, creativity is an important constituency of innovation practice, and we wouldn't get too far without it, it is most certainly not the end-all of the matter.

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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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Ignoring the Reflection - Innovation Through a 2-Way Mirror

Legacy Innovation Group

Ignoring the Reflection⃜ Innovation Through a 2-Way Mirror. Jun 19, 2014 | Anthony Mills. In the grand pursuit of business innovation, one of the commonly used approaches is a deconstruction / reconstruction model. In this model, we deconstruct some element of our business (for example, the value basis of a product or service offering) and then attempt to reconstruct a new incarnation of it using a mix of alternative pathways.

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Trend Timing - The Innovator's Secret Weapon

Legacy Innovation Group

Trend Timing — The Innovator's Secret Weapon. Aug 14, 2014 | Anthony Mills. Many successful innovations succeed because they correctly address emerging trends. These trends can be driven by a whole host of factors – technology, evolving lifestyles (e.g. urbanization, gentrification, etc.), economic events, political events, government regulations, and so on.

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What's In Your Sandbox?

Legacy Innovation Group

What's In Your Sandbox? Sep 04, 2014 | Anthony Mills. Have you noticed that the Lean Startup concept has been getting more and more attention lately? It seems to be a favorite subject of bloggers and media professionals. Which is all a good thing really, as it creates the occasion for us to examine what is the "best" way to launch new brands, products, and companies.

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The Innovation Generation Has Arrived

Legacy Innovation Group

The Innovation Generation Has Arrived. Oct 04, 2014 | Anthony Mills. Once upon a time, in the heyday of the Industrial Age, a young marketing, design, or engineering student would graduate from college and go to work for a large corporation, slowly melding into the steady, rhythmic din of bureaucratically-managed, organizationally-structured execution work in product development.

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Implementing Intelligent Document Processing Solutions: Why It Works

See how companies like yours are tackling some of today’s most common business problems using AI-assisted automation for document processing. Manually capturing, extracting, and processing data within documents is a costly and outdated practice that’s holding your company back. IDP takes document processing to a whole new level so you can understand and use your data more effectively than ever before.

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Strategic Planning is Dead. Embrace Responsive Growth.

Legacy Innovation Group

Strategic Planning is Dead. Embrace Responsive Growth. Nov 06, 2014 | Anthony Mills. Strategic planning is dead. Or at least what we once knew as strategic planning – that exercise of defining and setting into concrete some long–term strategy that is going to take our business to the next level in its journey. Indeed, there was once a day – some ways back in our collective industrial past – when a business leader could concoct and set into motion a long–term strategy that would

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Seven Roads of Innovation-Based Growth

Legacy Innovation Group

Seven Roads of Innovation–Based Growth. Nov 15, 2014 | Anthony Mills. Most businesses are in need of finding new ways to grow. It might be a matter of finding new markets, even creating new markets, or just finding new space in your current markets through new technology and products. It doesn't matter which of these it is, the pressure is always the same.

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Why Resilient Companies Embrace Strategic Innovation

Legacy Innovation Group

Why Resilient Companies Embrace Strategic Innovation. Dec 15, 2014 | Anthony Mills. According to the American Enterprise Institute , 89% of the companies listed on the Fortune 500 in 1955 are no longer on the list. Many no longer exist. Of those 500 companies, only 61 still remain. Those companies — names like Boeing, Kellogg, Procter and Gamble, IBM, and Whirlpool — have remained because of one thing — a willingness to do whatever it takes to remain relevant and resilient, including constant ch

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Lean is Dead. Long Live Lean!

Legacy Innovation Group

Lean is Dead. Long Live Lean! Jan 12, 2015 | Anthony Mills. Twenty four years ago, James Womack, Daniel Jones, and Daniel Roos introduced our world to a modern understanding of the concept of Lean Production. This came as a result of a 5–year study of the automotive industry that culminated in the book The Machine That Changed the World , which celebrated the Toyota Production System.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Market Disruption vs. Business Disruption: The Inertial Disruption Factor

Legacy Innovation Group

Market Disruption vs. Business Disruption: The Inertial Disruption Factor. Jan 30, 2015 | Anthony Mills. According to Newton's Third Law of Motion, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. As with physics, so with business innovation. Whenever an innovation impacts a market, it also impacts the business delivering the innovation. It is as though when the business pushes on the market, the market pushes back.

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The Power of a Simple Question

Legacy Innovation Group

The Power of a Simple Question. Feb 20, 2015 | Anthony Mills. I like questions. More than answers. Questions have the power to move businesses because they have the power to move the imaginations of those who lead businesses. Answers are great when their time has come, but most businesses jump to answers far too soon, without first asking – and savoring – the right questions.

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Bursting the Dam — The "Tipping Point" Market Opportunities

Legacy Innovation Group

Bursting the Dam — The "Tipping Point" Market Opportunities. Mar 06, 2015 | Anthony Mills. In our work, we spend a lot of time conceiving, considering, and evaluating new business, brand, and product ideas — some ours, some others. This is all in the name of unearthing new market opportunities through new and innovative value propositions.

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Five Reasons Companies Fail at Customer Experience Delivery

Legacy Innovation Group

Five Reasons Companies Fail at Customer Experience Delivery. Apr 04, 2015 | Anthony Mills. In my discussions with business leaders around the world, I continue to be impressed with the growing recognition of Customer Experience as an engine of sustainable growth. Well–conceived, well–designed, and well–delivered customer experiences are the core foundation for achieving the sort of marketplace leadership that has become the hallmark of companies like Amazon, Apple, Disney, Southwest Airlines, an

Company 40
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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.