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Happiness is linked to higher creativity

Idea to Value

Many people have the stereotype of a creative person as someone who is broody, weird and possibly a little depressed. But according to research, the opposite might actually be true. Numerous studies have looked at what sort of mood results in people producing their most creative output. And the results are overwhelmingly clear: Being happy is good for your creativity.

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How to build an open innovation ecosystem

HYPE Innovation

True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted and waits to be transformed.

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Innovation Management in 2023: Leadership & Strategy

Innov8rs

Innov8rs |. If we are to discover a prosperous future path, innovation is no longer optional. With a potential recession in sight and inflation, layoffs, and other geopolitical issues challenging the ability to protect traditional forms of competitive advantage, innovation is our only option. What are the biggest challenges heading into 2023? How to address innovation within the current market conditions?

Strategy 105
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The Top Five Innovation Skills for Generating New Ideas

HYPE Innovation

Nature or nurture ? The question is as old as the world. A re we born the way we are or are we raised t o become t he people we are today ? The same goes for the traits and skills we use at work. Do we come into this world with a special talent and ability to innovate better than others, or is it something we can all learn and acquire over time? According to a study of 72 innovative entrepreneurs and 310 executives, the innovators demonstrated five key innovation skills consistently more than th

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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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Revolutionizing Sales Pipeline Management with Artificial Intelligence

Tullio Siragusa

Revolutionizing Sales Pipeline Management with Artificial Intelligence. Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize the way sales teams manage their pipeline. By leveraging machine learning algorithms, AI can help sales teams automate tedious tasks, make better predictions, and ultimately close more deals. Lead Scoring. One way AI can be used to manage a sales pipeline is by automating the lead scoring process.

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Software Isn’t Going to Eat the World

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell In 2011, technology pioneer Marc Andreessen declared that software is eating the world. “With lower start-up costs and a vastly expanded market for online services,” he wrote, “the result is a global economy that for the first time will be fully digitally wired — the dream of every cyber-visionary of […].

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Innovation Management in 2023: Open Innovation & Partnerships

Innov8rs

Innov8rs |. Nobody can solve everything on their own. When we collaborate more openly with others, our odds of solving real problems and creating value for our customers and users increase. For corporates, open innovation is all about being transparent and public about the challenges and themes they're looking to go after and solve, and then finding the best-fit partners for that.

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How Successful Women Sustain Career Momentum

Harvard Business Review

Three strategies, based on interviews with 37 senior leaders.

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Innovation Management in 2023: Foresight & Business Design

Innov8rs

Innov8rs |. Today the only certainty is uncertainty. From climate change to food shortages, from pandemics to lack of trust in our leadership and institutions, there's a lot keeping us up on our way to 2023. What needs to change (and what doesn’t) when it comes to bringing new products, services, and business models to market in 2023? What and how to adjust to better and faster speak to our customers and meet their needs?

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40 Ideas to Shake Up Your Hiring Process

Harvard Business Review

Innovative approaches that your company may not have considered.

Company 94
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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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Innovation Management in 2023: Venture Building & Scaling

Innov8rs

Innov8rs |. Business building is at the top of corporates’ agendas. A recent McKinsey report finds that eight in ten surveyed CEOs report new business building as a top five priority despite recent heightened economic volatility. And in 2023, this trend is likely to increase further. Beyond the hype, are we seeing investments in "business building" paying off?

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Why The Consumer Tech World Is Too Focused on Electronics

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Companies must strive to develop tech more mindful of the environment and long-term implications.

Company 70
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Why campfires are the perfect analogy for innovation

Jeffrey Phillips

I grew up in Scouting and really enjoyed my time as a scout. What I think most of us enjoyed the most were the weekend campouts, where we could sleep in tents, roam in the local forest and, best of all, build fires. I've never fully understood why boys are so attracted to fire. Perhaps it is fire's potential destructive nature. Perhaps it's the concept of controlling such an awesome power.

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Innovation Management in 2023: Governance & Portfolio Management

Innov8rs

Innov8rs |. Like it or not: for innovation, governance is the theme of the year. Many corporations are shifting their focus from endless growth to productivity. So they need to figure out how to allocate resources and how (and what) to prioritize across different growth horizons. With budgets under pressure in most organizations, this is a critical conversation for any leader serious about getting results from their efforts.

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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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Innovation Management in 2023: Culture & Talent

Innov8rs

Innov8rs |. You can have the best innovation strategy in the world, but you won't get far without a supportive culture across the organization and the right talent within your innovation teams. When it comes to creating or changing a culture of innovation, what works? What's needed to build high-performing innovation teams? During our recent The Innovator’s Handbook 2023 launch event, Apoorva Shah (Vice President of Innovation at Wiley) and Cassandra Galloway (Head of Strategic Workforce Transfo

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