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Recognizing it is all about Value Creation

Paul Hobcraft

I am reading a lot about the concept of value creation recently, it answers everything but tells us so often nothing about how it is made up or it is truly present. It seems to have that same ‘heady vaulted position’ as innovation in that we all talk far more about the ‘promise’ of it, we want it but still are not prepared to put the real effort into it to make it happen.

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The Gladwell Trap

Digital Tonto

We can't believe everything we think. We need to ask the hard questions Related posts: The Selective Innovation Trap. The Gospel According to Gladwell. The Accidental Cartesians. What is a Business. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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The Secret Ingredient to High Energy Innovation Spaces

Innovation Excellence

Innovation Spaces – which can refer to any space intentionally designed to foster and facilitate good innovation work – come in all sorts, shapes, and sizes. Perhaps the most commonly understood of these is the ubiquitous Innovation Lab. However aside from formal “labs” per se, Innovation Spaces can also be incorporated in many ways into.

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What You Don’t Know Will Probably Hurt You.

helloFUTURE

Don’t Let The Fear of The Unknown Stop You From Innovating I’m not sure where the phrase “what you don’t know can’t hurt you,” came from, but it’s the opposite of how humans react to the unknown. It’s not our fault; we have not evolved that far mentally from cavepeople of old – whenever we… The post What You Don’t Know Will Probably Hurt You. appeared first on hellofuture.

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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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If Hacking DNA Frightens You, This Will Terrify You

Innovation Excellence

In a 9-minute internal video, Google explores the future of hacking DNA We’re all familiar with the double helix that constitutes our genetic makeup, the incredible progress in decoding it, and the potential for hacking it to eradicate disease or even create bespoke organisms. But what most of us don’t know is that there may.

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The Curious Case of Cargo Cults and Corporate Innovation | Collective Campus

Collectivecamp

The term cargo was first used to describe a range of practices carried out by a group of people that occurs in the wake of contact with more technologically advanced societies.

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24 Experts Share How To Build An Organisational Culture That Drives Innovation | Collective Campus

Collectivecamp

The biggest killer of innovation programs is organisational culture. Learn from experts like Steve Blank, Adam Grant, Jacob Morgan and Lawrence Levy on how to make it work within your company.

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#1,501 – Antiquing Board Game

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

The other day I had dinner at Snakes and Lattes, an establishment that lets you play board games while you dine for a nominal fee. One of the games that I wound up playing was my new all-time #1 favorite game: Patchwork. A two player game where you compete to build a quilt out of oddly shaped Tetris like pieces while collecting buttons. Believe me, it’s a lot more interesting than it sounds.

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In Review: The Charter Hall PropTech Accelerator 2018 | Collective Campus

Collectivecamp

The real estate industry has long been considered a laggard insofar as technology adoption has been concerned with more than 40% of real estate companies still relying on spreadsheets and paper-based processes to manage properties today.

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10 Rules for Maintaining Energy and Enthusiasm for Anything | Collective Campus

Collectivecamp

So many entrepreneurs get excited when they start something but their investment and energy tapers off once that initial buzz wears off.

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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