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How Red Hat Helped Make Open Source A Global Phenomenon

Digital Tonto

Throughout its history, it's been able to continually adapt and scale its business model to a changing market Related posts: How Every Industry Can Learn From The Open Source Movement. The One Thing. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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The Future of Defense Innovation Lies In Commercial R&D

Wellspring

During the Cold War, the Western defense research paradigm depended on two key factors: the ability of the DoD to forecast threats for decades ahead and the funds needed to match the threat analysis and turn R&D planning into functioning technologies. Much of this spending was driven by a fear of Soviet conventional arms, and the federal government maintained the ability to draw vast resources to outpace the R&D spending and developments of other nations.

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At the digital transformation and innovation crossroads

Jeffrey Phillips

I went to a meeting about innovation earlier this week with a former client and a discussion about digital transformation broke out. It was both interesting and strange at the same time. Most corporations are struggling to comprehend the changes in front of them, but at the same time are so fixated on short term thinking that they struggle to see the tsunami that is emerging just over the horizon.

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Top Four Benefits of Effective Idea Management Software

IdeaScale

A team works best when it collaborates. Ever since the first suggestion box was put out in a break room, idea management has been part of any well-run organization. Idea management software is a platform that captures the flow of ideas from your employees and helps you and your team distill them into actionable concepts. That’s a superb benefit in and of itself, and it offers a host of others as well.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Employee Innovation Survey- Results

IdeaSpies

Introduction. The purpose of the Survey was to determine if employees have a voice in helping their organisations succeed. Employee involvement in innovation was specifically researched. Innovation was defined simply as “implementation of ideas that add value”. Recommendations. Based on these results it is recommended that leaders of organisations: Acknowledge that innovation is necessary to grow businesses and employees are a key source of innovation.

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Which Rock Band is the Model for your Innovative Startup?

Innovation Excellence

It has been said many times that founding a startup is similar to launching a rock band. For example: You gather a small, talented team with different skills but a common passion. You practise for long hours to improve your product. You create a demo tape or prototype product to show people. You network like.

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This 8-Minute President Obama Video Gives a Whole New Meaning to Fake News

Innovation Excellence

Few things will surprise and shock us as much as the ability of A.I. to alter reality–really! What separates the “real” from the “virtual” is obvious, right? Think again. The applications of AI are infinitely greater in number and in impact than anything we could possibly begin to imagine, and they are accelerating at a.

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Disruptive Energy.

100%Open

While working as a journalist on World Coal magazine in the 1990s I was interviewing the president of a very large Canadian coal company who told me that in 10 years they would not be mining coal. Shocked by such a statement from a company head, I checked it was OK to print the quote. He said yes, we printed. By any measure, that was a disruptive statement.

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Changes in Manufacturing: How Will Different Generations Adapt?

Daniel Burrus

We categorize everything, from subgenres of music to which foods are the healthiest. But most categorization occurs between generational differences in the workforce and what success means to both, especially in manufacturing. The Change Curve of Manufacturing. In recent years, the change curve of manufacturing has gone from a static line to an extreme slope.

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KaiNexus vs. SharePoint

Kainexus

Are you trying to spread an improvement culture without the improvement software? You invest in software for all of the important parts of your business, right? People. That software exists for continuous improvement, too. When you started on your improvement journey, you may not realize it, but you actually already made a technology decision. I bet you probably managed the work in spreadsheets and bulletin boards - these are technology!

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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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How to Overcome Employee Engagement Barriers With a Continuous Improvement Program

Qmarkets

As one of Qmarkets’ strategic partners, Above + Beyond (A+B) provides specialized management consulting services to companies across North America, including the leading payment solutions provider TSYS. In this Expert Spotlight piece, Sebastian Apelt – Managing Partner at A+B – shares how this innovative project has led to some remarkable results for all parties.

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Lesson 8 from true innovation managers: setting metrics will get things done

Exago

To mark Exago's 11th anniversary, we have put together pieces of wisdom from our clients, innovation managers, to truly bring innovation together. This is lesson 8. The post Lesson 8 from true innovation managers: setting metrics will get things done appeared first on Exago.

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How to Turn your Employee Engagement Problem into a Continuous Improvement Solution

Qmarkets

As one of Qmarkets’ strategic partners, Above + Beyond (A+B) provides specialized management consulting services to companies across North America, including the leading payment solutions provider TSYS. In this Expert Spotlight piece, Sebastian Apelt – Managing Partner at A+B – shares how this innovative project has led to some remarkable results for all parties.

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#1,464 – DoorStash

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

We’ve all had food delivered to us. Pizza. Chinese food. Perhaps even something like Taco Bell thanks to the modern convenience of food delivery services like GrubHub and Uber Eats. But what happens when we want to have our food delivered somewhere else? What recourse do we have? The sad answer is that nothing happens. Our leftovers just get discarded.

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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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How Do You Compare Very Similar Options?

Michael Roberto

Source: JBSA You face a tough decision, and there appear to be two very similar options. How do you choose? University of Texas Professor Art Markman discusses this topic in an article for Fast Company this week. He describes research that he has conducted about alignable vs. nonalignable differences. He explains: Research I did early in my career found that there are two kinds of differences that emerge from comparisons.

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#1,463 – Books, Looks, and Hooks

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

In regular speed dating eligible bachelors play a glorified game of musical chairs, rotating from table to table in five minute increments, trying to make a good first impression while speaking about any topic they can think of. Books, look, and hooks would be more focused. No ice breakers necessary. No corny pickup lines needed. Instead, the only thing you are allowed to comment on or talk about is the book that the lady has chosen to bring with her.

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