Wed.Aug 01, 2018

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The chance to think differently about Ecosystems for Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

Thinking about ecosystems certainly allows us to go out of our normal scope of invention, innovation and being creative. The ability to tackle those larger societal problems within an ecosystem, or combine unique resources to overcome a complex challenge you are incapable of solving alone, do have greater potential in a collaborative adaptive system.

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It’s All About Interaction!

InnovationManagement

The central role of Interaction Design when creating delightful customer experiences. Organisations depend on their competitive advantage in order to become or keep successful, relevant for their customers and grow over time. As we all know, competitive advantage is achieved via either one – or a combination - of the strategies involving pricing, service and product quality or customer service excellence.

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The Role of Women in Innovation

IdeaScale

A scroll through my LinkedIn today is pretty powerful. I see numerous organizations profiling and celebrating their “First Female CEO” or “Women in Charge of Blockchain” or “the Female Entrepreneurial Movement.” It’s exciting to see a more balanced future of the workplace and think that pioneering new ideas are already being championed and redeveloped by women.

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It’s Time To Be Skeptical About The Lean Startup. Here’s Why:

Digital Tonto

No innovation strategy fits every problem Related posts: The Lean Startup Is Doing More Than Transforming Business, It’s Changing The World. The Lean Startup Is Now Helping To Transform Government. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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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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Dr. Isaiah Engelbrecht

Innovation 360 Group

Based in Pretoria, South Africa. Background. Isaiah Engelbrecht is an Innovation Growth expert. He partners with organisations to achieve with sustainable growth through building innovation capability. He believes that without innovation it is almost impossible for companies to survive and thrive in a turbulent business environment. In his career he has observed that most employees in organisations have great ideas and solutions to organizational challenges but more often than not, it is never u

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Digital Technology MoshPit

Gregg Fraley

New Service Offering for Digital Technology Innovation. Discover Ideas for Long Term and Tactical Innovation Projects. Chicago, IL, August 1, 2018 — The MoshPit Innovation Service is an innovation project discovery service marketed by GFi (Gregg Fraley Innovation). It’s designed to uncover unlikely, but useful, combinations of technologies, products, services, trends, and insights that lead to breakthrough innovation.

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12 Technology Categories That Will Transform Careers

Daniel Burrus

As technology continues to impact our lives, workers at every level in today’s ever-changing labor market need to be prepared with skills to adapt and succeed in the workplace. The problem is, we live in an uncertain world, and because of the high levels of uncertainty we all face, people of all ages and careers are finding it difficult to know what new skills to learn, what courses to take, and what degrees to get that will provide them with the most opportunity going forward.

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Nine Steps to Make the Hardest Decisions Easier

Innovation Excellence

Decision making can be tough, especially for highly creative individuals, but this simplified approach of “Separating the Seeds from the Weeds” can clarify virtually every decision you make. If you want to make good decisions you have to get out of the emotional weeds. I’ve seen some of the smartest people I know struggle with.

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Agnes Sävenstedt

Innovation 360 Group

Director-Level Consultant. Background. Executive-level consultant and C-level positions including Head of Business Units, Head of Strategy and Head of Innovation. Successful track record of 10+ years in innovation management, innovation processes, change management, trendwatching, ideation, digital transformation, collaboration platforms, cloud strategy and project management including start-up of new business areas with mission, vision, strategy definition and execution for the Schibsted group.

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Innovation Leaders: If You Show Impact, ROI Will Come

Planview

Innovation leaders: you don’t have to prove return on investment (ROI) right away, but you do have to show some impact. As a matter of fact, Spigit’s 2018 State of Crowdsourced Innovation Report shows that only 47% of our customer base is tracking ROI on some or all actionable ideas while 63% cite lack of measurable results as the biggest risk to program success.

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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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Peet van Biljon

Innovation 360 Group

Senior Advisor, North America. Background. Peet is a well-rounded international executive with deep consulting, high-tech and advanced industry experience. He is regarded as an innovative strategist, a creative problem-solver and a thought leader on ethical innovation.He has many years of experience as an innovation practitioner and executive-level advisor.

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A Checklist Every Leader Should Be Thinking About

Rmukesh Gupta

I follow the “ The Great Game of Business ” team and the work that they do to help enable businesses become open book and transparent to all their employees. If you are an entrepreneur, it is worthwhile to check their work and explore if it is a good fit for you and what you are trying to achieve. Yesterday, they posted a blog post (I have used the same title) which I found to be very useful to me and am sure will be useful to all leaders.

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John Saiz

Innovation 360 Group

Based in Houston, TX, the USA. Background. John Saiz, former Chief Technology Officer of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, is a Principal Industrial Fellow at the University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing (IfM). In this capacity, John collaborates with technology intensive organizations worldwide with support from the staff at the IfM Centre for Technology Management.

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Learning How Our Brain Learns, Unlearns and Learns Again

Rmukesh Gupta

I stumbled upon this amazing video which I think clearly articulates how our brain works, with respect to learning new skills. Before I share what I learnt from the video, I will strongly recommend that you watch the video first. What I learnt from watching the video: Our brains are lazy in a way. Brains are engaged when we try to learn something and once we do, ie, we create a neural pathway, it starts using that pathway for that task as a default without giving it any other thought, until it p

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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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Sten Jacobson

Innovation 360 Group

Director Level Consultant. Background. Sten is an executive consultant and workshop leader with 25+ years of successful C-level assignments including international management consulting. Focuses on strategy development, business model innovation, blue ocean creation and value proposition design as well as business process mapping, development and transformation.

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Spanx CEO Sara Blakely: Workarounds, Questions, Observation

Michael Roberto

This Stanford interview with Spanx founder and CEO Sara Blakely is chock full of leadership insights. For those who do not know the story, Blakely came up with her initial product idea when she designed a simple workaround before heading to a party. One night, she cut the bottom of of a pair of pantyhose so that she would have the appropriate undergarment to go with her white pants.

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Peter Glasheen

Innovation 360 Group

Head of Faculty, Director-Level Consultant, Black Belt. Background. Peter Glasheen is an experienced consultant and senior Executive with multinational company and international exposure (Australasia, Western Europe, Middle East, SE Asia, USA). He has a creative approach and balanced Technology / Commercial / Operational / Strategic outlook to getting better business results.

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Intentions (Announcements) Vs Actions

Rmukesh Gupta

The Announcements. We have recently had a lot of announcements around businesses deciding not to use plastic straws as they wreck havoc on the environment specially on marine lives. Disney Is The Latest Major Company To Eliminate Plastic Straws. Starbucks to ban plastics straws in all stores by 2020. Hyatt Announces Global Efforts to Reduce Single-Use Plastics.

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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