Thu.Mar 29, 2018

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Connecting the Dots between DevOps and Innovation

IdeaScale

How can DevOps encourage innovation? DevOps, short for development and operations, is all about breaking down “silos” in organizations. It’s not enough that one group does the work of designing a product or a service and that the other puts it to use. Instead, they need to communicate with each other, to understand how each side approaches the opportunities and challenges that are presented by their jobs.

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Absorptive Capacity, Knowledge and Idea Management Builds Innovation Capacity

HYPE Innovation

Let's start with some defining statements and then explore Absorptive Capacity, as it has an important role to play in innovation. Innovation is dependent on becoming aware of known external ideas and innovations in the market. Alternatively, innovation can come suddenly out of piecing together strands of thought, which form into something radically different, unknown to the world until now.

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We Are Pushing Away From the Old Innovating Core

Innovation Excellence

I continue to investigate and explore as much of the thought leadership on innovation as I can, it continually points to a change in how we approach innovation. Delivering this changing message becomes simply a cause in itself as so many are failing to recognize it as radically different from their past innovation management. We.

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What is full lifecycle idea management?

Planview

Bill Gates once said: “Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people.”. At Spigit, we’re fortunate to help some of the most innovative companies on the planet drive their innovation efforts and solve business challenges by enabling collaboration and ideation at scale.

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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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When is Conflict Likely to Erupt?

Michael Roberto

Henning Piezunka, Wonjae Lee, Richard Haynes and Matthew Bothner have conducted a unique empirical study regarding how and why conflict can erupt between two individuals at times. They hypothesize that conflict is more likely to escalate between two people if they have similar status. They describe this condition in which people are at very similar levels in the organizational pecking order as "structural equivalence.

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Do you ensure a safe space for innovation?

Be-novative

It’s a common scenario for people to fear the consequences of suggesting change. Fear is an innovation killer and with a culture of fear, the same results will churn.

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Top funds for innovative ideas and startups: Asia — India

hackerearth

Companies have been struggling to get their spend on innovation right forever. While some like Apple succeed, others like Nokia don’t. So many have gone down fighting and disillusioned—clamoring for funds to take novel ideas to market or trying to get significant commercial returns from the millions already invested in research. For small businesses and startups, finding capital for innovation can be a monumental task. because risk associated with experimental ventures is high.

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Top innovation funds for startups in Asia: Part 2

hackerearth

The startup scene is China, Japan, and Southeast Asian countries is flourishing because of changing attitudes, untapped local markets, huge human resources, fierce competition, and foreign investment. As Beenext founder, Teruhide Sato, said, “Asia has an abundance of issues like underdeveloped infrastructure and logistics, and they present great opportunities for startups to come in and solve real problems on the ground.”.

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20 Awesome Quotes on Beginning

Idea Champions

1."Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 2. "There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth -- not going all the way, and not starting." - Buddha. 3. "Be willing to be a beginner every single morning." - Meister Eckhart. 4. "All great ideas and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning." - Albert Camus. 5.

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Eleven Essential Behavioral Science Books for Innovators

Innovation Excellence

No matter how great an innovation is, it is only useful if people notice it, understand it, desire it, acquire it and use (and reuse) it. To achieve this, we need to understand human perception, motivations, decision making and ultimately, influence behavior. Below, in no particular order, are my favorite eleven books that have taught.

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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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Don’t Start With an MVP

Leanstack

[link] It’s been a little over 18 months since Steve quit his day job and ventured out on his own. Even though, his savings ran out 6 months ago, he has hit a comfortable groove using freelance consulting to keep his product development going. He’s come to terms that bringing his vision to life is going to take it’s due course, but he’s not in a hurry.

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The Constant Tension Between Managing Innovation vs. Managing Risk

InnovationManagement

Managing innovation is a big role that puts a lot of weight on the shoulders of management teams. Depending on how much a company cultivates an innovative culture and environment, innovative ideas either go through chains of command, or are workshopped in specific departments.

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Innovation Thesis

Econic

Choosing where to direct your innovation, and what you hope to accomplish, is one of the most vital parts of your innovation strategy. When thinking about how you’re executing on innovation, how you’re managing innovation, and overall thinking strategically about innovation, you need to understand where you’re pointing your innovation strategy. This leads us to the innovation thesis.

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Conformity may be over-rated

Swarmvision

This blog was originally published in InnovationManagement.se. I grew up in Silicon Valley and credit many people here for my fascination with innovators. One early conversation with my Dad still stands out.

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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 Pep Talk

Econic

There is nothing wrong with changing things up a bit. Today we’re going to focus on something a little different. Instead of sharing tips or thoughts on an innovation topic, we’re going to provide a pep talk for those of you in the corporate innovation space who might be feeling a bit worn down. We’ve all been there, and it can be tiring to constantly take on the role of the agent of change.

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THE FIRST RULE OF GOOD MEETING FACILITATION

Idea Champions

Let's face it. Most meetings under-deliver. The reasons are many -- everything from no agenda, wrong people, sterile meeting room, poor facilitation, monologues, lack of real listening, constant interruptions, late arrivals, and no real closure. But of all the reasons why most meetings disappoint can be traced back to one, often over-looked phenomenon: the cluttered mind of the facilitator.

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Innovation Thesis

Econic

Choosing where to direct your innovation, and what you hope to accomplish, is one of the most vital parts of your innovation strategy. When thinking about how you’re executing on innovation, how you’re managing innovation, and overall thinking strategically about innovation, you need to understand where you’re pointing your innovation strategy. This leads us to the innovation thesis.

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Adaptable Leaders

Econic

What do adaptable leaders focus on? Recently while speaking to an executive from an insurance company, we discussed the need to create more adaptability among their executive team. We started talking about the patterns we see across all of our clients and how the most adaptable leaders focus on three distinct areas. These areas can be summarized as where they’re going, how they get there, and why they’re doing it.

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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

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Innovation Metrics

Econic

What should you be measuring? One of the most important topics regarding innovation metrics is what, exactly, you should be measuring to get the most out of your innovation efforts. When we talk to organizations we typically see that the metrics measured fall into three separate categories. First, there’s metrics that measure the overall innovation ecosystem.