IdeaScale

OCTOBER 2, 2017

CBS debuted a new show Sunday night called “ Wisdom of the Crowd.” It’s about a tech CEO, played by Jeremy Piven, who builds a crowdsourcing platform to help find his daughter’s killer. Sophia, as the platform is named, is essentially a network of solvers who can contribute information to help find Mia Tanner’s real killer, not unlike IdeaBuzz.com , minus the murder part.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 2, 2017

We are back from the Inbound 2017 conference sponsored by Hubspot. Last week’s Inbound conference was intense and productive. For a quick summary of the week, here are quotes pulled from across most of the Inbound 2017 keynotes and breakout presentations I attended. Creative Thinking Skills. “It is easier to correct errors than to try to prevent them all.” – Ed Catmull of Pixar. “Every picture you’ve ever loved from Pixar sucked for a year.” – Brené Brow

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Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Healthcare is one of the most rewarding spaces for innovators to focus. After all, what is more rewarding than saving lives and curing disease? Demand for healthcare innovation is high, as nearly all of us all want to live longer healthier, happier lives. Healthcare is also heavily funded with vast amounts of money coming from.

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Collectivecamp

OCTOBER 2, 2017

When it comes to corporate innovation, it’s easy to focus on metrics such as ideas captured by an idea challenge, the number of prototypes developed or experiments run. But with most corporate innovation initiatives quickly degenerating into theatre, failure rates are running high (eg. 80-90% of innovation labs fail). Such failures ultimately lead to senior stakeholders withdrawing their support while intrapreneurs become increasingly dissatisfied and leave the organisation to seek out greener,

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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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Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 2, 2017

In this piece, I share with you a summary of the key components of Quantum Idea Generation 2.0. This is the most powerful proven idea generating process. Brainstorming is archaic and dumb – it can actually produce fewer ideas than sitting down by yourself and writing ideas on paper. In future months, I focus on.

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Leveraging Networks

OCTOBER 2, 2017

With the economy and worldwide markets changing so much with every passing year, businesses are challenged to change their current models to stay relevant. And with The Fourth Industrial Revolution becoming increasingly likely, there are so many great opportunities for service organizations to take a step to the next level. Despite the changes that we are anticipating in the coming years, having a digital business model and platform appear to be the keys to success.

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Michael Roberto

OCTOBER 2, 2017

I completed one of my sabbatical goals yesterday - running the Twin Cities Marathon. I'm so grateful to my family for all their support, and to many friends, family, colleagues, and former students who contributed to my charitable campaign. Thanks to the generosity of many people, I have raised $5,989 for Homes for our Troops. This amazing organization builds specially adapted homes for severely disabled military veterans.

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