IdeaScale

MAY 31, 2017

The United States Department of Labor is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re- employment services, and more. One of the policy agencies within DOL is the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), which aims to develop and influence policies and practices that increase the number and quality of employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

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Case Study Policies Study Software 133

Exago

MAY 31, 2017

Kyvo, an Exago’s consulting partner, has joined forces with the Korea Innovation Center (KIC) to select Brazilian entrepreneurs for the K-Startup Grand Challenge, South Korea’s most relevant startup acceleration programme. The post Brazilian Kyvo and the Korea Innovation Center bring startup communities together appeared first on Exago.

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Digital Tonto

MAY 31, 2017

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Big Data Data Management Innovation 79

Exago

MAY 31, 2017

Kyvo, an Exago’s consulting partner, has joined forces with the Korea Innovation Center (KIC) to select Brazilian entrepreneurs for the K-Startup Grand Challenge, South Korea’s most relevant startup acceleration programme. The post Brazilian Kyvo and the Korea Innovation Center bring startup communities together appeared first on Exago.

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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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BrainZooming

MAY 31, 2017

Are your employees celebrities within your branding strategy activities? No, I’m not asking whether your employees are movie stars, singers, or newly-celebrated personalities that tweet, buy, or glom their way into celebrity status. I’m asking about whether you feature your employees within your branding strategy in ways that allow them to attract attention and accolades for how great it is to have them as part of your brand?

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Strategy Strategy eBook Strategic Thinking 69

Betterific

MAY 31, 2017

Sterilite launches crowdsourced product. Sterilite , the industry leading manufacturer of plastic storage containers, launched their first ever crowdsourced product idea to the marketplace. . Their “fresh scent” line of products includes a ventilating compartment to keep clothes smelling fresh during storage. The idea, to keep clothes smelling good while being stored, was generated by Keonte Smith in a Betterific innovation challenge.

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Innovation in Practice

MAY 31, 2017

Innovation is the process of taking an idea and putting it into practice. Creativity, on the other hand, is what you do in your head to generate the idea, an idea that meets three criteria. An innovative idea must be new, useful, and surprising. New means that no one else has done it before. Useful means that it delivers some new value for you or your customers.

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Brainstorming Innovation Tools Ideation 45

InnovationManagement

MAY 31, 2017

The aim of the precautionary principle seems laudable: lacking scientific consensus, the burden of proof for an action or policy not being harmful to the public or to the environment lies on those taking that action. In practice, however, this principle has proven a deterrent for innovation - particularly within the EU. How can the innovation principle - that is, examining new policies or plans for a negative impact they have on innovation - help to supplement and balance out the precautionary p

Policies 42

Policies Innovation 42

eZassi

MAY 31, 2017

People are territorial by nature, protective of their homes, job duties, and relationships. We don’t like others infringing on areas we have claimed as our own. Companies are organizations of people working toward a common goal. As a human endeavor, the corporation’s culture embodies human traits including a suspicion of outsiders and fierce protectionism of its entrenched systems.

Open Innovation 40

Open Innovation Culture Change Innovation 40

Wazoku

MAY 31, 2017

Waitrose, a leading retailer with 350+ locations, is one of the largest employee-owned businesses in the world, and those employees are the keys to their innovation success. Let’s take a look at the Waitrose story, from process improvement challenges to tangible success. The Challenge. Waitrose was in search of a way to increase levels of idea generation and engagement within their organisation.

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Case Study Idea Management Idea Generation System 40

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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eZassi

MAY 31, 2017

People are territorial by nature, protective of their homes, job duties, and relationships. We don’t like others infringing on areas we have claimed as our own. Companies are organizations of people working toward a common goal. As a human endeavor, the corporation’s culture embodies human traits including a suspicion of outsiders and fierce protectionism of its entrenched systems.

Open Innovation 40

Open Innovation Culture Change Innovation 40

Adam Hartung

MAY 31, 2017

Amazon stock hits new record high; is that a sign that America's retail segment is overbuilt and about to collapse?

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Trends Disruption Innovation 36

Michael Roberto

MAY 31, 2017

University of Texas Professor Art Markman has written a good column for Fast Company about job interviews. He offers some good advice for how to handle the challenging interview question that has you stumped. His advice boils down to three key ideas: 1. Don't try to BS your way through an answer if you are clueless about the subject matter. You will do far more harm than good with this approach.

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Learning Company How To Resources 10