Destination Innovation
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Managing the Sales pipeline is a well-developed executive skill in any company selling large ticket items to business customers. Each sales person has to gather data and input their reports and forecasts. Some of the key actions in managing the pipeline include: Qualification questions have to be answered. Does the customer need our product? Do they have a budget?
Jeffrey Phillips
DECEMBER 19, 2018
I rise today to do something I find strange. I'm actually going to defend Elon Musk. Musk is receiving a significant amount of negative press after his unveiling of the Boring Company's (if you need to throw stones, do so at that name) pilot tunnel. To the shock and dismay of many people, the prototype is only a mile long and uses Tesla cars rather than the futuristic car depicted in mockups.
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IdeaScale
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Sometimes companies are afraid to launch a crowdsourced innovation program, because they’re afraid that they’ll have to deliver on an avalanche of ideas. And although it’s true that organizations often see an outpouring of ideas from their employees, high levels of innovation are hardly correlated with the ability to deliver on every idea – they are instead related to an organization’s ability to identify and deliver on a few of the most promising ideas.
Digital Tonto
DECEMBER 19, 2018
2018 was a busy year. Due the the success of my first book, Mapping Innovation, I was inundated with speaking requests that took me not only across the country, but across the world, including. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
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.
Rapid Innovation in digital time
DECEMBER 19, 2018
There is less framework when it’s time to move your start-up to a scale-up in the corporate environment. Why not designing a canvas for scale-up, borrowing the familiar business model canvas structure?
Daniel Burrus
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Many business consultants agree that benchmarking is imperative to strategic planning. By using metrics, a business will study the practices, designs, and financial outcomes of industry leaders with one distinct purpose: To keep up with the pacesetters. There’s just one problem. Keeping up—with technology, with the competition, with anything in business or life—is what some would call a fool’s game.
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Planview
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Today is an exciting day for the Spigit business and all the customers we serve, as we announce that Spigit has agreed to be acquired by Planview , the global leader in work and resource management (WRM). Spigit’s mission and commitment has long been to support our customers as they drive sustained innovation by engaging employees in crowdsourced ideation and managing the entire innovation lifecycle.
Innovation Excellence
DECEMBER 19, 2018
During WWI there was tremendous demand for bandages and sterile dressings for Allied wounded on the Western Front. The US company, Kimberly-Clark, developed a new cotton-like material from wood-pulp. It was highly absorbent. They manufactured this in large quantities to supply gas-mask filters and field dressings. When the war ended in 1918 the company was.
Wazoku
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Wazoku was featured in Open Assembly ‘s quarterly report, The State of Crowdsourcing. Get the report to learn: What is crowdsourcing and why use it in your organisation? Benefits for organisations of all sizes. How to begin or improve your crowdsourcing programme. Simon Hill, CEO and Founder, Wazoku, shares, “Every organisation has an army of potential innovators at its disposal—not only its staff, but customers, partners, and suppliers.
Innovation Excellence
DECEMBER 19, 2018
I had the opportunity recently to interview Dave Hopping, President of Siemens Building Technologies for the Americas about technology advancements in the areas of construction and building management and their impact for both employers and employees.
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.
Tembosocial
DECEMBER 19, 2018
What is it that makes your company a great place to work? Is it the challenges, the opportunities, the pay? According to Gallup one of the things that sets a workplace apart is the number of people who say they have a best friend at work. When your co-workers are also your friends you are seven times more likely to be engaged in your organization. American Advisors Group (AAG) takes pride in being a leader in its field, a growing company that strives to maintain a family feeling among its employ
InnovationManagement
DECEMBER 19, 2018
There is nothing innovative about understanding the need to increase your online presence for a more successful marketing campaign. Where the innovation lies, however, is in the methods you use to engage your audience and drive traffic to your business’ website.
Viima
DECEMBER 19, 2018
To begin, I will start by sharing a case where I was part of an attempt to create innovation into an organization within a changing environment. The intents and the purpose for the change was motivated, but the execution was severely lacking.
Svava
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Insights and Tips from Idea Hunt Experts Elia Morling and Jonas Soderstrom.
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.
The Human Factor
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Contributed post –. When you own a business, you need to be aware of some of the business disasters that could occur. You need to have some sort of plan in place so that you can prevent these disasters from ever getting to the real stage. You want to protect your business as much as possible, so you need to ensure that you are taking the right steps to keep your company safe from outside forces.
Michael Roberto
DECEMBER 19, 2018
source: flickr This week, I read Charles Duhigg's incredible article about Elon Musk at Tesla (ok, I'm biased. Charles is my former student). The lengthy piece, written for Wired , is titled Dr. Elon & Mr. Musk: Life Inside Tesla's Production Hell. Duhigg's article is based on an in-depth investigation of the company and its mercurial leader. He explains: Over the past six months I’ve communicated with dozens of current and former Tesla employees, from nearly every division.
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