Fri.Nov 29, 2019

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Understanding the Innovation Landscape needed for Enabling Technologies in the World’s Energy Transition

Paul Hobcraft

During this September to November 2019 period, I deliberately chose to have a 100% focus on the energy transition that the world is committing to undertaking, of reversing the rising global climate temperatures through a shift from fossil fuels to increasing commitments to renewables. Renewablesthat give us greater sustainability and clean energy and dramatic reductions in carbon emissions.

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Exploring and Exploiting for Innovation (Part 2)

Innovation Excellence

If you are following along, I’m writing a series of posts about the opportunities and challenges with the way we think about and implement the concepts behind explore and exploit. In my first post I wrote a short introduction to the topic. In that post I looked at the history of exploring and exploiting, which.

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3 Ways Technology Has Changed the Pet-Care Industry

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Silicon Valley has seized on an ever-expanding market.

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Futurism: a driver for new businesses

mjvinnovation

In this article, in addition to understanding what Futurism is, you’ll see how it’s related to innovation. You’ll also see how you can apply it to guide your business. What is Futurism and why should you predict possible futures? Some of the world’s most celebrated entrepreneurs — Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, for example — are often cited in the media as prophets.

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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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What Can Go Wrong with Corporate Venture Capital Initiatives

Innovation Leader

Hunter Ashmore, co-founder of IndustrialML, laid out nine things that can go wrong when companies decide to set up a corporate venture capital group.

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Why is Kaizen Such a Popular Name for Sushi Restaurants?

Kainexus

The Sacramento area is home to a small chain of sushi restaurants called Mikuni. The downtown location is a favorite of politicians and lobbyists. When they opened up the newest location in Roseville, they gave it a new name, " Mikuni Kaizen." They explained, "The Japanese word "kaizen," which translates to "continuous improvement," truly reflects the concept behind this Mikuni location.

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5 Ways For Delivery Companies To Avoid Expensive Losses

The Human Factor

contributed post –. The way that people shop has changed a lot over the last decade, and that change is still happening. The idea of going out to a store and buying goods is slowly becoming a thing of the past. The rise of online retail has been incredibly fast and now more people are shopping exclusively online. It’s not just luxury items that people are buying online either, it’s their groceries as well.

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Getting to Know Your Customers a Little Better

The Human Factor

contributed post –. source. There are so many different things to focus on when you’re setting up a small business that it’s easy to get fully invested in just one area. For many small business owners, this area tends to be product development and product design. This is understandable. At the end of the day, you’re going to want to make sure you have a high quality product that has a lot to offer to people – something customers will see as worth investing in.

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