Wed.Apr 27, 2022

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How the GSA’s 10X Program Advances Government Innovation

IdeaScale

Highlights: The General Services Administration (GSA) founded the 10X program in 2017 to internally crowdsource ideas and new approaches. The GSA’s 10X program has been successful due to transparency, accepting failure as part of the process, and a willingness to discuss why ideas didn’t work. Providing the government with what it needs is an enormous [.].

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What is a Mind Map Used for in Continuous Improvement?

Kainexus

If you look at any of the most popular business process improvement methodologies, you'll find that data visualization is a common theme. Kanban , for example, is focused on visualizing workflow. Fishbone diagrams are often used to uncover cause and effect, and histograms are used by Six Sigma practitioners and others. We want to introduce you to one more tool that can play an important role in the quest for continuous improvement, mind mapping.

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Can We Innovate Like Elon Musk?

Innovation Excellence

When we see someone do something really well, it’s always tempting to try to emulate them. And this is clearly a smart strategy; humans have evolved to automatically copy the successful strategies of others.

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How To Run Pricing Experiments

Strategyzer Innovation

We see many teams struggle with pricing and validating the viability of their products/services. How do you identify a price customers are willing to pay? What price will enable you to make enough profit? How do you find the right balance?

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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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You Must Be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Janet Sernack It’s been a tough two and a half for everyone since the COVID-19 crisis began.

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How Siemens Energy Accelerates Digitalization, Innovation & Cybersecurity With ITONICS

ITONICS

Siemens Energy’s Orbit Ecosystem. We are excited to announce that Siemens Energy , an energy company formed by the spin-off of Siemens AG, has joined our growing community of ‘innovation rockstars’.

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Personalization: Where Are You?

Linda Bernardi

My passion for data has always been to harness information into useful insights in order to improve services and delight customers, not to collect, archive, then never change business models. My personal data is stored by almost all my vendors, yet no vendor has yet stepped up to use this data (anonymously) to vastly improve services for me. For example, my credit card company has all my data for the last two decades.

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Innovation portfolio management: what it is & why you need it?

Board of Innovation

Structuring your portfolio overview will do more than organize your innovation pipeline - you’ll figure out which projects are actually driving innovation while being aligned with your goals (and which ones are not). The post Innovation portfolio management: what it is & why you need it? appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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When creativity feels rewarding: intrinsic and extrinsic motivation

Idea to Value

The most successful creative people are the ones who put in the time and effort. They have the grit to work and practice for years, in order to build up the skills to produce highly creative work. However, investing this amount of time and effort over many years requires the motivation to keep going. The motivation to do each task over time will determine how much you will want to do it.