Wed.May 06, 2020

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Innovation Labs: The Good, the Bad, and the Uninspired

IdeaScale

Does your company have a creative space for coming up with new ideas? Many large companies now do, and they’re becoming more popular day by day. These spaces, known as innovation labs, are safe places for organizations to implement idea management, experiment, discuss projects, and come up with new ideas. Innovation labs are sometimes called … Continued.

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Conducting A Strategic Analysis + 8 of The Best Tools To Use

Cascade Strategy

What is meant by Strategic Analysis? Strategic Analysis is the process of researching and analyzing the environment an organization operates in, as well as the organization itself in order to inform the strategy formulation process. The environment of an organization is comprised by two components - the internal environment and the external environment.

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Hard Trends: Easier to Identify Than You Think

Daniel Burrus

A well-worn cliché says there are only two things you can be certain about: death and taxes. With apologies to those who agree with that statement, there are many, many more examples of out-and-out certainties. Was Sunday followed by Monday last week? Absolutely. Will that be the case next week? You can count on it. A more timely and, in some ways, comforting example involves the ever-changing situation we find ourselves in today with COVID-19.

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Innovating on the Frontlines of a Pandemic

Innovation Leader

Roberta Schwartz, Executive Vice President & Chief Innovation Officer at Houston Methodist Hospital, discusses how her team is responding to the challenges posed by coronavirus.

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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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We Believe.

Kainexus

During the early stages of KaiNexus, our chief executive officer, Greg Jacobson, and our chief revenue officer, Jeff Roussel, put together a few key points that capture the core values of KaiNexus. Recently, I got the opportunity to sit down (via video chat) with Greg and Jeff to have them shed some light on our beliefs. At KaiNexus, we base our work and everyday lives around 10 key points.

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An Ambidextrous Approach to Innovation Has Never Been More Important

Innovation Leader

We all know that innovation is important. But do we really know how to innovate effectively, even in chaotic times such as these?

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Driving COVID-19 employee engagement with idea management

Wazoku

Communication and engagement with employees are an essential part of business at any time. The benefits of an engaged workforce include improved employee retention and loyalty, a happier and more motivated workforce and better general well-being. Most observers feel that employee engagement is a key pillar of the future of work. Perceptions of what exactly is meant by ‘the future of work’ can vary, but what is in little doubt is that the workplace is changing.

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#1,655 – Nuo 3D Mask

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Another day, another mask innovation. This time it’s a customized mask that is 3-D printed to fit the contours of your face precisely. Even if you are currently rocking an over-sized apocalypse beard like me! As Yanko Design puts it: “The N95 is great and terrible, both for the same reason. It’s great because of its one-size-fits-all design which is perfect for two reasons – A.

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Make Money From Home With These Top Tips

The Human Factor

If you’re one of the many stuck on lockdown at home you might have been thinking about how you can make it a little more productive. Sure, you might already be working. Or you might have children to look after. Yet, if you’ve got some time it might be a good time to make a little extra on the side. You can scale this as much as you want. Having a side hustle can do great for your finances.

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#1,656 – Fantasy Baseball Simulator

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Despite waning popularity as Millenials bemoan the pace of play, baseball is, and always will be, America’s national past-time. So much so, that ESPN even went to great lengths to televise the KBO (Korean Baseball Organization) to give die-hard fans their baseball fix during MLB’s COVID-19 driven hiatus. But most baseball fans want to be able to do more than just watch a game.

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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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Making an Impact with Your Business Space

The Human Factor

No matter what type of business space you have, from office to bar, what it looks like makes a difference. It can help to make your employees more productive, or it can keep your customers coming back. You can make a real impact with your business space if you design it correctly, and it can showcase what your business stands for. If you’re wondering where to start with designing or redesigning your business, you can use a range of techniques to make it look impressive.

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The Innovation Burnout Syndrome

Idea Champions

Most newly launched organizational innovation initiatives have a dark side, a not-much-talked-about shadow side -- the metaphorical alcoholic-father-in-the-basement side. And it is this. fascinating new projects are conceived, senior leaders get excited, game plans are drawn up, but no one gives the "worker bees" any more time to devote to the newly launched projects.

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Why The Coronavirus Shouldn’t Put Your Corporate Event Planning On Hold

The Human Factor

The recent public health crisis has crushed the business events industry. Not only are companies struggling to sell their products , but they’re also facing a bunch of laws and restrictions that forbid them from putting on big events. It is causing them a lot of trouble. . The coronavirus, however, doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s game over. Just because events can’t happen in person, doesn’t mean that you have to cancel them outright. .

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A Unified EU Patent System - Is There a Clear Direction?

Anaqua

By Vincent Brault, Senior Vice President of Product and Innovation. The idea of the European Patent with Unitary Effect with an associated Unified Patent Court (UPC) aims to harmonise EU patent law and to avoid that a patent holder has to litigate for the same patent in several EU countries. The reform, planned from 2013 onwards, also promises significant savings in translation costs and renewal fees, especially for companies that decide to apply for a patent in several countries.

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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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#1,654 – Skin Hunger

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

I’m just going to come right out and say it. I don’t like being touched. Handshakes are preferable to hugs, fist bumps are preferable to handshakes, and not having to touch someone at all is preferable most of all. If i do have to hug someone (say at the end of a first date) it’s an awkward ass out hug. My condition is so severe that I’ve even coined a phrase to describe it: Touchaphobia.

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