Wed.Nov 15, 2017

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Are you coming to the Innovation Virtual Summit?

Paul Hobcraft

So there is an innovation virtual summit about to happen between 28th November 2017 and 8th December 2017. Each day you can watch for free the different video sessions, with new video sessions released on a daily basis. The final schedule will be sent by email after your registration. For some weeks this has been in preparation and as I am lucky enough to be one of the curators and hosts, I had the chance to chat with SIX terrific and highly knowledgeable people around a subject that is dear to

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Why the Test & Learn Approach Does Not Work

Innovation Excellence

The in-market test & learn approach to innovation is becoming increasingly common, because it meets the cultural needs of modern businesses to behave entrepreneurially. At The Strategy Distillery we believe (and have witnessed) this approach is life threatening to the future success of a newly launched product or service. Here's why.

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Crowdsourcing Ways to Save Students Money

IdeaScale

In 2016, NYU’s 16th President, Andrew Hamilton, made clear that he would carry forward a commitment to make NYU more affordable for more students. As part of that commitment, President Hamilton established the Affordability Steering Committee and the Affordability Working Group to create a structure for engagement and consultation across the NYU community.

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Age Diversity and Innovation Teams

Innovation Excellence

There are lot’s of ways to increase diversity, but should this include age? Are we better of with younger, passionate teams that challenge the status quo, or more mature teams that leverage broader experience and expertise? Or are these both stereotypes, and age doesn’t really matter.

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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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Make It Easy

Mike Shipulski

When you push, you make it easy for people resist. When you break trail, you make it easy for them to follow. Efficiency is overrated, especially when it interferes with effectiveness. Make it easy for effectiveness to carry the day. You can push people off a cliff or build them a bridge to the other side. Hint – the bridge makes it easy. Even new work is easy when people have their own reasons for doing it.

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Customer Experience, Associate Engagement, and Continuous Improvement: A Virtuous Circle

Planview

Do you remember your first real job? The job where you had to show up on time? The job where, when you got your first paycheck, you were shocked—shocked—at the inexplicable chasm between gross and net pay? My first real job was at Long John Silvers. Long John Silvers served seafood as fast food. Any creature that began its life below the waves was, in the world of Long John Silvers, fair game for the deep fryer.

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Wazoku hits Toronto with EveryDay innovation

Wazoku

A relatively new term, intrapreneurship is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as “the willingness or ability of people within a large company to take direct responsibility for turning ideas into profitable new products, services, business etc.” Our partner, the Intrapreneurship Conference , developed the idea of intrapreneurship into a global initiative, building an ecosystem of intrapreneurs by regularly bringing together innovation leaders to meet face-to-face in major cities around the world

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Don’t “Fiddle” with the Crowd – Ask it Better Questions Instead

InnovationManagement

As the examples of successful use of crowdsourcing to address complex technical, business and social issues grow in numbers, so do the instances of failed crowdsourcing campaigns. To make crowdsourcing a widely recognized idea-generating and problem-solving tool, it’s imperative to understand the reasons of why this tool can fail or underperform.

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Every Business Today Needs To Prepare For An AI-Driven World. Here’s How:

Digital Tonto

We need to focus less on where value is shifting from and more on where value is shifting to Related posts: 4 Ways Every Business Needs To Use Artificial Intelligence. 3 Keys to The Future of. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Future Squared Episode #19: Fast Fix Friday on Hacking the Corporate Culture | Collective Campus

Collective Campus

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk hacking the corporate culture to support innovation, a topic inspired by my recent interview with Silicon Valley godfather Steve Blank.

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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 3 companies used disruptive innovation to transform their industries

Idea Drop

Coined by Clayton M. Christensen, the term ‘ disruptive innovation ’ refers to a new entrant into a market who eventually disrupts and outperforms the established players. The process begins with a new company addressing a gap in the market, where a segment of the population has traditionally been overlooked. By offering an alternative product or service that is usually more convenient and affordable, the new company is able to reach consumers who had previously been ignored.

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Future Squared Episode #30: Fast Fix Friday on Setting Up a Corporate Innovation Project | Collective Campus

Collective Campus

This Fast Fix Friday focuses on the key questions you need to ask BEFORE embarking on an innovation project in order to optimise returns and give your organisation a significantly improved chance of success.

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Innovation and Indigenous Wisdom

Idea Champions

Here's a wonderfully, innovative project happening in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico -- a groundbreaking event being planned for the coming summer that celebrates the indigenous wisdom of the Americas. Click here for the just launched GoFundMe campaign by the Founder of the project, Evelyne Pouget. During the next nine months, the Heart of Innovation will post periodic updates about this most inspired event, including excerpts of interviews with tribal elders, Concheros dancers, project coordinat

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Future Squared Episode #23: Fast Fix Friday on Embracing Awkward Silences to Foster Creativity | Collective Campus

Collective Campus

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday I talk awkward silences and why you should EMBRACE them rather than try and put an end to them by saying the first and usually least valuable thing that comes to mind.

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How Retailers Are Transforming Customer Experiences with Data & 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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How to Manage Distractions

Idea Champions

Great article in Fast Company on how to manage distractions. Not that YOU ever get distracted, of course. Wait. I just got a text from my cousin. I'll.um.er. finish this blog post later. MitchDitkoff.com.

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Future Squared Episode #43: Fast Fix Friday on Why Australia's Innovation Transformation Won't Happen Overnight | Collective Campus

Collective Campus

This Fast Fix Friday focuses on the stakeholder short-termism that plagues not only Australia's Government, but those of countries around the world, as well as tech businesses, sports teams and entertainment companies.

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Competitive Rivalry Increases Risk-Taking Behavior

Michael Roberto

Intuitively, many of us probably believe that heated competition with a rival increases our propensity to take risks. That type of behavior occurs in sports, at school, and in the business world as well. Several scholars chose to examine whether the data support this conventional wisdom. Here is what they found, as summarized in this NYU Stern Research Highlight : In this first-of-its-kind study, the authors (NYU Stern PhD student Christopher To , NYU Professor Gavin Kilduff , University of Ariz

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Future Squared Episode #40: Fast Fix Friday on Lean Marketing | Collective Campus

Collective Campus

In this episode I talk through 8 steps detailing how to pull off your own lean marketing strategy to find new customers for new products.

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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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Future Squared Episode #21: Fast Fix Friday on the Five Minute Idea | Collective Campus

Collective Campus

Today's Fast Fix Friday focuses on the questions you can ask to come up with an idea worth exploring within five minutes.

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Future Squared Episode #38: Fast Fix Friday on the Corporate Innovation Hierarchy of Needs | Collective Campus

Collective Campus

In this FFF, I dig a little deeper into what I’ll dub the Hierarchy of Needs for Corporate Innovation.

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Future Squared Episode #28: Fast Fix Friday on Innovation Metrics | Collective Campus

Collective Campus

This Fast Fix Friday focuses on innovation metrics.

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Future Squared Episode #35: Fast Fix Friday on Supporting Culture Change through Self Awareness | Collective Campus

Collective Campus

This Fast Fix Friday focuses on self awareness.

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How Automation is Driving Efficiency Through the Last Mile of Reporting

Speaker: Jamie Eagan

As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of