Fri.Jul 08, 2016

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Retaining the innovative spark

Jeffrey Phillips

Phil McKinney wrote a nice post yesterday about the failures of Kodak and Nokia. I did some consulting work (systems, not innovation) years ago as Kodak was beginning its long slide toward obsolescence, and it was evident to everyone there that film was king. Even as the first digital cameras were coming out, Kodak was far more focused on film. They were in a desperate fight with Fuji to retain market share in film, as the digital camera sales were ramping up.

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Can’t We All Just Get Along? Innovation and Bridging the Generational Divide

Idea to Value

The innovation book Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival lays out a step-by-step framework of 10 Key Imperatives that an organization must take to achieve profitable business growth through innovation. While a structured, repeatable innovation process is critical to create and sustain innovation in a competitive, dog-eat-dog marketplace, it alone is not always sufficient to turn a great innovative idea into a profitable “on-the-store-shelves” reality.

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Alvin Toffler the Original Futurist

Daniel Burrus

We recently lost a true avant-garde with the passing of futurist Alvin Toffler. I had the pleasure of meeting this great writer and forward thinker on several occasions. Toffler was a visionary who brought the subject of the future to both mainstream media and business with his groundbreaking book Future Shock (1970). I first met Alvin and his amazing wife, Heidi, in the late 1980s; they were in the front row as I delivered a keynote speech about the future of technology-driven change, a speech

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The 3 Big Technologies for the Next Decade: Genomics, Nanotech, Robotics

Innovation Excellence

Technology does not produce progress by itself, we need to find important problems for it to solve and then must change how we work in order to take advantage of it. So while smartphone apps are cool and add convenience to our lives, the real impact of digital technology lies in front of us.

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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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Open Innovation Challenge to Map the Earth in 3D

IdeaConnection

Over the years, satellites have snapped super sharp images of our planet from all angles. And while they have provided us with a lot of insights into the Earth, these two-dimensional photos have their limitations. To improve on the current technology the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) in the United States has launched an open innovation challenge.

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Packaging Industry Challenges – a Nexus for Open Innovation

Innocentive

More than any time in history, diverse industries, companies and organisations are opening up their processes to a global crowd in the hope of expediting progress and finding diamonds in the rough. One industry that has certainly taken up the open innovation approach is packaging; the nexus of many scientific disciplines, the diverse technology uses, and the real-life applicability have made this a hot-bed of crowdsourcing Challenges.

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Inside the NYC Ecosystem: MasterCard, Barclay’s Rise & More

Innovation Leader

Our New York Field Study brought a group of 50 innovation executives to GrandCentralTech, Work-Bench, IBM Design Studio, MasterCard Labs, and more.

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Hey Innovators! Why not do new work?

Innovation Excellence

Doing new work isn’t difficult, thinking about is difficult. Stop thinking and start starting; there’s no other way.

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Dirty Martini Sunset

Gregg Fraley

Just for fun. Had a Dirty Martini on the deck at the Stray Dog in New Buffalo, MI. Good times.

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30 Ways to Know If You Have What It Really Takes to Innovate

Idea Champions

Do you have what it takes to innovate? I'm not talking IQ, degree, or job title. I'm talking the curious confluence of behaviors that come with the territory of being someone who turns top of the line ideas into bottom line realities. 1. You come up with great ideas in the shower and car. 2. You like to stay up late. or get up early. or both. 3. You're comfortable with ambiguity and chaos. 4.

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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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How making Pros & Cons lists damage your innovation projects without you realising

Idea to Value

The science suggests that we will naturally try to find reasons to reject an idea before it begins. Could this most simple of all benefits analysis activities actually be one of the most harmful you can do at your business? I just got back from a lunch with a dear friend of mine, who was describing a potential project which was being discussed at his new accounting company.

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