IdeaScale
APRIL 6, 2017
As if corporate managers didn’t have enough to worry about, they must now consider a new business challenge: investors are increasingly looking towards non-financial data to determine your company’s risk. Environmental, social and governance strategy (ESG) refers to the three central factors in measuring the sustainability and ethical impact of an investment in a company or business.
Planview
APRIL 6, 2017
Great ideas, and lessons, can come from anyone. Yes, even a 5-year-old. As reported by the Washington Post, 5-year-old Alice Jacob wrote a letter to the fashion retailer, Gap. In the letter, Alice urged Gap to consider going beyond the “pink” and “princesses” stuff common in their girls section. Instead, she recommended more variety in the clothes they offer; clothes that were cool and non-gender specific.
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Idea Drop
APRIL 6, 2017
By now we are all aware of Facebook’s most recent addition to the News Feed: Facebook Stories. Notably, Facebook have been ostensibly unapologetic in their not-so-subtle plagiarism of Snapchat’s most popular feature. Does this ‘copy-and-paste’ formula signal an innovation crisis for Facebook? Or is this approach innovative in its very rejection of innovation?
Gregg Fraley
APRIL 6, 2017
Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc in The Founder. The Founder, Lessons in Innovation. The Founder , starring Michael Keaton as McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc , is the best film about innovation since Moneyball in 2011. Between the two of them there is enough marvelously illustrated content to teach a masters course in innovation. Unlike Moneyball , which had the surface covering of a baseball story, The Founder is actually about how innovation happens.
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.
Innovation Excellence
APRIL 6, 2017
Famous last words: this time it’s different. No really, this time it is. We have arrived at that Malcolm Gladwell tipping point. Well, at least I have, and I don’t think I’m alone. Let me make it personal.
Innovation 360
APRIL 6, 2017
Get accredited as an Innovation360 Group Licensed Practitioner and learn how to use the i360 approach : assessment of innovation capabilities with InnoSurvey™ and how to implement an innovation system in an organisation. InnoSurvey™ is the most comprehensive strategic tool for growth and innovation allowing you to assess innovation capabilities, strategy and culture.
Business Innovation Brief brings together the best content for business innovation and strategy professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Idea Champions
APRIL 6, 2017
Click here for a 33-minute interview of Mitch Ditkoff talking about the power of storytelling to ignite innovation, insight, and wisdom in the workplace. This link will expire on April 9th. Enjoy! MitchDitkoff.com. IdeaChampions.com.
Michael Roberto
APRIL 6, 2017
Columbia Business School Professor Rita McGrath sent out a terrific tweet several days ago. She offered a thought about Macy's, the department store struggling to adapt to the new business environment in which find themselves. Macy's faces multiple threats these days, including e-commerce, as well as more nimble specialty retailers that pursue "fast fashion" strategies.
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.
Values Centered Innovation
APRIL 6, 2017
Part 2 of 3: Professional knowledge and motivation: essential, but not sufficient. IT-based platforms for enabling innovation have variously been called idea management, crowdsourcing, or innovation management systems. The 2016 State of Crowdsourced Innovation report from Spigit, the largest vendor of innovation management software by revenues, gives us some idea of how these software systems are used with their customers: 64% of surveyed customers use the platform company wide, rather than in j
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