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Innovation Leadership by Organizational Role

IdeaScale

For innovation to genuinely become part of an organization’s DNA, everyone within the organization must understand and practice innovation in the context of their responsibilities. Exactly how people do this will vary, depending on their role within the organization. Think of innovation as a textile or a fabric. With textiles, warp and weft are the components that turn individual threads into a cohesive fabric.

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Checking for the global pulse of innovation

Paul Hobcraft

As a report, the 2019 Global Innovation Index (GII) is a whopper, at 450 pages, although 50% of this is detailed economic profiles and data tables for each country within the index. This GII report investigates and reports on 129 countries and then analyzes and ranks them accordingly. When you are caught up in generating innovation within a business these sorts of reports can often pass you by as not so relevant to your everyday job of innovation.

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Successful Kids Are Taught This Most Important Lesson

Innovation Excellence

Our kids look to us for answers, advice, and guidance, but what if the best advice was letting them figure it out? If you’re a parent I’m about to push you outside of your comfort zone. One day your child will look at you, with disappointment, perhaps even anger, and say, “Why didn’t you force.

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How Brands Adapt to Disruption in Retail

Innovation Leader

Thought leaders with experience at Amazon, Ahold Delhaize, Roche Brothers, and L.L. Bean share industry trends discussed at Revolution Retail, a food retail pop-up.

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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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How to improve measurement of innovation performance in your organization.

Commodore Innovation

Once you’ve decided you want to do something about how your organization measures innovation performance, knowing what to do next isn’t always obvious. We often have conversations with innovation leaders who get to this point and reach out to us for advice on what to do next. Our advice tends to cover some combination of the following, which we expand on further in this post: Understand whether there are good reasons to tackle innovation measurement now ( go to section ).

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Solving myki's Problems using Human-Centred Design

Collectivecamp

Myki, Victoria’s now three-year old public transport ticketing system has been the subject of public abuse and endless scrutiny since its roll out in 2013. This brings us to the question of human-centered design, or lack thereof, as it applies to Myki’s design and development. In this article we cover the principles and thinking required to impact positive change.

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70:20:10 Rule of Innovation

ITONICS

One of the challenges that companies face is understanding how to manage their innovation resources. Should they go after the disruptive and risky idea? Or concentrate more on incremental innovation, improving their current products that already have generated customer interest? Or maybe entering new markets with existing products? Many organizations have adopted the 70:20:10 model to drive innovation.

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Improving Melbourne’s Accessibility with Open Innovation

IdeaConnection

Creative solutions uncovered to make to make Melbourne more accessible for people with disabilities.

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#1,535 – Autofocals

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Eyeglasses. Sunglasses. Reading glasses. Bi- focals. Monacles. Contacts. Transition lenses. From fashion statements and fashion faux-paus to cosmetic enhancements and life-saving medical procedures there are all kinds of eye wear for all occasions. By now you would have thought that every possible type had already been invented. But as it turns out that’s far from the case.

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Design Thinking Is Overrated

Collectivecamp

Design Thinking is just one piece of the corporate innovation puzzle and it alone is never enough.

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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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Cultural Enhancers, Not Yes Men or Women

Michael Roberto

Source: Pixabay Adam Bryant, Managing Director at Merryck & Co., conducted a terrific interview recently with Dawn Zier , former CEO of Nutrisystem, a company at which she led a very successful turnaround. Zier described what she looks for as she builds a management team. She doesn't want yes men or women, and she doesn't want people who simply fit into the existing culture.

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Change Management vs. Change Leadership: Which One Makes Sense for Your Business?

Rebel & Reason

At some point, every enterprise must confront one of the biggest challenges faced by modern organizations across the world: Change. Or, more specifically, successful change. In today's rapidly evolving business terrain, true corporate rebels recognize that without effectively and successfully incorporating a culture that embraces change within their companies, failure is almost imminent.

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3 Ways To Help Your Team Break Rules And Innovate

Rebel & Reason

Most executives recognize that innovation is the very cornerstone of any successful enterprise. However, rebel corporate leaders understand that effective innovating isn't always about a major organizational transformation or bringing a revolutionary product to market. True rebels know that innovation is not a single event or milestone; it's a fundamental business culture that's nurtured from the top down - and by its very nature, it's deeply rooted in the fine art of rule-breaking. ?