Fri.Aug 30, 2019

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The Long Sleep: Innovative Product Gestation

Innovation Excellence

You could call it hibernation, but that’s too kind. You could call it neglect, yet some are working on it pushing the proverbial boulder up the corporate mountain. To be kind, let’s simply call it The Long Sleep. This condition happens inside organizations when an innovation concept bounces along internally for a long time without.

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Innovation Q&A – 30+ Common Questions About Innovation

Viima

Working with our customers and partners involves a lot of interesting conversations about innovation. People often have quite many questions around it, and we've noticed that some of those are being asked more frequently than others.

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Innovate and Adapt to The Changing Customer Base

Beyond the Obvious

Lately I’ve been hearing a lot about the impending retirement surge caused by baby boomers finally leaving the workplace and how it will affect changes in the tech industry. The combined worth of this market segment is roughly in the $2 trillion bracket. That’s a lot of disposable income—and a lot of freed-up time for […].

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Are you missing the Forest for the Trees?

Focused Momentum

Data is front and center in today’s management team meetings. Executives report spending more and more time pouring over their dashboards and analyzing variances from performance targets. They now have unbelievable performance transparency filling a vast array of reporting and real-time portals from every function, activity, and transaction. With so much focus on managing performance, are teams at risk of missing important success indicators missing from their 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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Public Innovation Training, NW Indiana

Gregg Fraley

Public Training Offering — Getting Innovation Started. Attention Michiana, NW Indiana, Chicago. Establish Fundamentals and Avoid Pitfalls. Gregg Fraley Innovation (GFi) and The Society of Innovators at Purdue Northwest Collaborate on Public Training Seminar. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 30, 2019. PORTAGE, Ind. — The Society of Innovators at Purdue University Northwest (PNW) is hosting a public innovation educational seminar from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19, at its

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“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”

Tembosocial

Benjamin Franklin had it mostly right - for all the talk about employee engagement "secret sauce", we see time and again that involvement is a key ingredient. I'd only add that when you involve ME, WE all have a chance to benefit.

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How a Multimillion-Dollar Business Grew Out of a Hackathon

IdeaConnection

A popular messaging app that started life at a hackathon was later sold for millions of dollars.

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Forever 21's Possible Bankruptcy: Why Copying Zara is Difficult

Michael Roberto

Source: USA Today CNBC reported yesterday that apparel retailer Forever 21 is preparing for a bankruptcy filin g. News reports emphasize the challenges that brick and mortar retailers are facing these days. Moreover, they note that Forever 21 made a huge bet on building very large stores in recent years. Both arguments are valid. Others note that perhaps "fast fashion" is going out of style.

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How to Create a Beautiful Mind Map – Basic | Principles and Tips

xMind

The mind map is a visual thinking tool. We use it to visualize our thoughts and get big pictures. When a mind map is complicated, the readability of the mind map is highly challenging to the audience. Although it is okay if you only make mind maps for yourself, your audience might not think the same. Today we will make the case of how to use features in XMind: ZEN to draw beautiful mind maps. // The principles //.

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