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How to Sort and Score Innovation Ideas

IdeaScale

A disciplined approach to evaluating innovation ideas is necessary. Companies have to move forward in an era of rapid technological change, and innovations are often the key to staying ahead of the competition by developing new products, processes, and business models. Evaluating the innovative ideas people put forward is necessary to ensure success, but it can be a big undertaking.

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We Overvalue Knowledge and Undervalue Ignorance

Innovation Excellence

We value knowledge and certainty, and disdain ignorance and doubt. Ignorant is an adjective of derision. Perhaps we over-value knowledge and underestimate the power of ignorance; or should I say the awareness of ignorance. Why is this? Because knowledge can breed certainty, hubris and closed minds. We need to be open-minded and even doubtful about.

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Innovation Barcamp for Young Suburban Entrepreneurs

Rapid Innovation in digital time

Giving the codes to young people from underprivileged districts, who want to start an innovation project.

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Exago software supports Fleury’s digital transformation efforts

Exago

With a mission to accelerate its digital transformation, the Brazilian Fleury Group has created the Fleury Lab, a platform that joins its Research & Development, Innovation and Digital departments. The initiative was supported by Central de Ideias, Fleury’s idea management platform using the Exago software. The post Exago software supports Fleury’s digital transformation efforts appeared first on Exago.

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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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5 of the Most Effective Negotiation Strategies for Supply Chain Management

InnovationManagement

How can negotiation support your supply chain management goals? Being skilled at negotiating makes it easier to create mutually beneficial agreements with suppliers. The post 5 of the Most Effective Negotiation Strategies for Supply Chain Management appeared first on Innovation Management.

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How to sell ideas into your organisation? Make them more robust

Idea Drop

From my research, I have discovered a pattern, those that are good at IGNITING ideas, often are not so good at INVESTING in them and find it hard to influence others, get traction and make ideas work. This article outlines a few tips on how you can get better at influencing those that could help […]. The post How to sell ideas into your organisation?

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IoT and Construction: Building Tomorrow’s World Today

Wellspring

When most people think of IoT and construction, they will think about newly developed “smart homes” outfitted with security systems and a network of cameras. Or futuristic thermostats with the ability to learn from patterns of behavior and adjust the temperature automatically. However, most of these are finishing touches added toward the end of construction on residential spaces.

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Innovation is the Means, Not an End in Itself

Viima

Innovation is all the rage, and for good reason. The most successful innovators outperform other companies by a wide margin.

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Solving Challenges with Internal Hackathons

IdeaConnection

A confidential internal technical challenge was looked at by some of Siemen’s top engineers in a 48-hour hackathon environment.

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Five Corporate Innovation Tips to Kick Off August

Innovation Leader

Looking for the advice to kick start your month?

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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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Why Does Exceptional Copy Matter to Your Business?

The Human Factor

image source. Contributed post –. When you run a business, there are a million and one things to think about. So much so that you probably forget that other people don’t know the fine details in the way that you do. It’s all too easy for companies to get stuck in a rut where their content is concerned, using cliches and jargon because that seems like the right thing to do.

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Designing Strong Experiments

Strategyzer Innovation

When testing our business ideas, choosing the right experiment is just the beginning. After we have chosen our experiment, it’s important that we spend some time designing it well. Well designed experiments can further strengthen the evidence we get, which will increase our confidence in making decisions. Two of the most important elements for designing sound experiments are selecting the right participants and designing a well-crafted artefact.

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