Wed.Feb 27, 2019

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Executive pitch dos and don’ts

Board of Innovation

We believe that the best business idea should result in stakeholder buy-in. If the pitch is right, the solution is validated, and the business case makes sense, there’s no reason why it shouldn’t. But this isn’t always the way it goes. That’s why we’re sharing our know-how so that the jury’s only choice is to. Continue reading.

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Where speed, innovation, technology and strategy collide

Jeffrey Phillips

An old saying, often attributed to a Chinese philosopher, goes something like this: may you live in interesting times. Some people say that it isn't a "saying" so much as a subtle curse. Interesting times - interesting to whom? Interesting why? I think we are all about to find out what interesting times look like, because those times are about to unfold, and no one can really interpret the repercussions.

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Is Your Innovation Management Process Inclusive?

IdeaScale

Working together means expanding your definition of “together.” Inclusivity is vital across any organization. But it’s particularly important for innovation, and will only become more so as society goes through new shifts and as your organization changes. Your innovation strategy should reflect it. What Is Inclusivity? Inclusivity, at its most basic, is ensuring your organization’s approaches reflect the perspective of everyone in a society, especially those who are gener

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How the Altice Group is leading innovation in Portugal

Exago

The telecoms multinational Altice, one of Exago’s longest-standing and most innovative clients , is heading investment in Innovation and Research and Development in Portugal. Between 2015 and 2017, the group devoted over 200 million euros to activities connected to innovation, almost twice as much as the second company featured in a study recently published by the national Directorate-General of Education and Science Statistics.

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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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IBM’s 2019 “5 in 5” Predictions Point To A New Era Of Innovation

Digital Tonto

The company sees deep scientific partnerships as the way to reimagine entire industries Related posts: 2019: The Return Of The Large Enterprise. We Need To Rethink Innovation For The 21st Century. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Future of Innovation is Highlighted By These Two Amazingly Simple Products

Innovation Excellence

All too often, we ignore the most obvious and valuable ideas because of this. If you’re a Shark Tank junkie, like I am, you’ve probably noticed that some of the best ideas the sharks invest in are pretty mundane and straight-forward. Take the for example the ridiculously popular Scrub Daddy sponge. To date it has.

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The Perfect Name For Your Business Is Out There--Here’s How To Find It

IdeaSpies

Naming your business is a critical aspect to consider when you’re launching your startup. It is typically the very first thing that your future customers will find out about your new business. It should attract customers while summing up your brand’s identity. Even though naming a new business is challenging, it should not have to feel you are like stepping off the edge of a cliff while wearing a blindfold.

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Artificial Intelligence: Disruption or Opportunity?

Daniel Burrus

Artificial intelligence (AI), one of twenty core technologies I identified back in 1983 as the drivers of exponential economic value creation, has worked its way into our lives. From Amazon’s Alexa and Facebook’s M to Google’s Now and Apple’s Siri , AI is always growing — so keeping a closer eye on future developments, amazing opportunities, and predictable problems is imperative.

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A Lateral Idea – Turn the Shop Around

Innovation Excellence

Consider for a moment the shopping experience for a housewife in the 1920s. She would go from one small store to another – meat from the butcher’s, bread from the bakery, fish from the fish monger, cans and vegetables from the grocer’s, household items from the hardware store and so on. At each shop she.

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What it Takes to Improve Workplace Culture

Kainexus

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” – Peter Drucker. We’re not going to lie. Improving workplace culture is hard. A healthy culture can’t be bought, and it can’t be mandated. Every company has a culture. Great ones are earned. Whether your culture is toxic, or you just want to find ways to lift it up, this post is about why and how to transform what equates to the DNA of your organization.

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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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Drones and tradesmen. Is that possible?

etventure

wavespace Berlin Kreuzberg offers startups and corporates the opportunity to work together in modern premises and labs, to network and create innovations together. Who these “residents” are and what topics and technologies they work on, we would like to present in our “wavespace Residents” series. To kick off the series, we have an interview with the founder and managing director of Airteam Aerial Intelligence , Thomas Gorski, who along with his team launched the “R

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Habits of the Most Innovative People

Innocentive

Harnessing the power of innovation is the key for every company and organization. R&D Teams who are more innovative will more quickly overcome challenges and find new ways to solve their organization’s challenges. Being innovative is more than having the education necessary in your field, it’s about forming the right habits that increase the number of innovative ideas that come to mind.

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Thinking Outside the Box About “Outside the Box”

Innovation in Practice

Guest post by Bill Fanelli. Last fall I attended a workshop led by author, marketing consultant, and University professor Drew Boyd. He challenged my thinking about innovation. He proclaimed, “Outside the Box brainstorming is a myth!” He went on to cite the research about the efficacy of classic brainstorming sessions. There is no advantage of a brainstorming group over the same number of individuals working alone.

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How Big Data Can Help Flood Responses in India

IdeaConnection

Using big data and artificial intelligence to improve flood prediction in India and issue warnings.

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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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Is Your Innovation Management Process Inclusive?

IdeaScale

Working together means expanding your definition of “together.” Inclusivity is vital across any organization. But it’s particularly important for innovation, and will only become more so as society goes through new shifts and as your organization changes. Your innovation strategy should reflect it. What Is Inclusivity? Inclusivity, at its most basic, is ensuring your organization’s approaches reflect the perspective of everyone in a society, especially those who are gener

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Apologizing for a Mistake at Work

Michael Roberto

Source: Pixabay We often hear about the importance of ackowledging failures and mistakes at work, and then learning from them. Instead, of course, we often see people trying to make excuses or even hiding mistakes to avoid blame or finger-pointing. Fear drives out opportunities for relationship-mending and learning in many instances. How, though, should we apologize for a mistake that we have made at work?

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Successful office investments in disruptive times

Norbert Bol

Last week I gave a short presentation at the VIP Europe Conference of IREI in Amsterdam about the impact of innovation, technology and sustainability on office investments in the Netherlands. In this blog I want to share the main content my presentation in a more aggregated way. My key message is: Technology and sustainability have a positive impact on institutional office investments.