Thu.Mar 18, 2021

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Six Insights for Innovating Amid Disruption

Yet2

In many ways 2020 defines the idea of disruption: the entire world went into lockdown, markets fluctuate, and every university and R&D department raced to innovate. There were many who lost; entertainment venues, and swarths of food vendors vanished within weeks. Contrarily, Ford pivoted to making face shields, masks and ventilators within weeks and Zoom became a household term.

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Leadership Alignment Work Mat for making Innovation fully connected.

Paul Hobcraft

I do believe the value of working the seven domains of this framework, named the Leadership Alignment Workmat has significant value within and across any organization. It brings innovation together, a unifying point for the activity and momentum of innovation to become central to the core of the business, in its future investment and value impact. The Leadership Alignment Workmat provides a unique examination of the executive’s role in innovation, it offer a framework that the leadership of the

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Podcast S5E107: Ralph Hartmeier – How Kickbox brings open innovation within companies

Idea to Value

In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Co-Founder of Getkickbox at Swisscom, Ralph Hartmeier. Kickbox is a framework which aims to bring the benefits of open innovation to all companies, based on a system pioneered by Adobe. Topics covered in today’s episode: 00:01:15 – Ralph’s entrepreneurial history and how it brought him to Swisscom. 00:03:00 – What is the Kickbox?

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Leadership Alignment Work Mat for making Innovation fully connected.

Paul Hobcraft

I believe the value of working the seven domains of this framework, named the Leadership Alignment Workmat has significant value within and across any organization. It brings innovation together, a unifying point for the activity and momentum of innovation to become central to the core of the business in its future investment and value impact. The Leadership Alignment Workmat provides a unique examination of the executive’s role in innovation; it offers a framework that the organisation’s

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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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An Overview of DMAIC for Beginners

Kainexus

DMAIC (pronounced d?-MAY-ick) is a data-driven technique used to improve processes. It is a key tool of the Six Sigma methodology, but it can be implemented as a standalone improvement method or as part of other process initiatives like Lean. The technique is simple, yet powerful. It brings structure to the improvement process and helps teams explore potential solutions, decide a course of action, and implement process controls in short order.

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Member Spotlight: Jeremy Tole, Azbil Corporation

Innovation Leader

Jeremy Tole discusses his team’s biggest accomplishment and best practices for working at an outpost across the ocean from headquarters.

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Inside the Innovation Pipeline at Fortune Brands

Innovation Leader

Moises Noreña, VP of Innovation at Fortune Brands, shares insights on the metrics that his team uses to gauge innovation.

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The Scope of Innovation Management

Huub Rutten

Dear Reader, take a close look at this picture for a moment. You see 2 circles that both start with Strategies. The Outer Circle represents the Front End processes. It is in fact a supportive circle that should help the Inner Circle to survive in the market. The Inner Circle with the arrows is the “heart” of the company, there is the blood pressure to launch new products, in time, the right products for the right prices, so that sales can sell, and the plants can produce, and the company can gro

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Podcast E20: Stop Worrying About the Novelty of Your Ideas

Stephen Shapiro

It gets easy to fall into the trap of equating novelty with innovation. But they are not the same. Value and relevancy are what matter with innovation. In this episode, we explore how to make sure you are solving the real problem. Instead of focusing on your own strengths, identify the needs of your customers. We also spend some time exploring lens #22: REAL BUSINESS.

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The Scope of Innovation Management

Huub Rutten

Dear Reader, take a close look at this picture for a moment. You see 2 circles that both start with Strategies. The Outer Circle represents the Front End processes. It is in fact a supportive circle that should help the Inner Circle to survive in the market. The Inner Circle with the arrows is the “heart” of the company, there is the blood pressure to launch new products, in time, the right products for the right prices, so that sales can sell, and the plants can produce, and the company can gro

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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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The Scope of Innovation Management

Huub Rutten

Dear Reader, take a close look at this picture for a moment. You see 2 circles that both start with Strategies. The Outer Circle represents the Front End processes. It is in fact a supportive circle that should help the Inner Circle to survive in the market. The Inner Circle with the arrows is the “heart” of the company, there is the blood pressure to launch new products, in time, the right products for the right prices, so that sales can sell, and the plants can produce, and the company can gro