Wed.Dec 30, 2020

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Being as Productive as You Can Be At Work

The Human Factor

source. 2020 has been a bizarre year when it comes to work. Like everything else, our careers have largely been negatively impacted by the coronavirus and Covid-19 pandemic. Many of us have had to change careers due to job loss or redundancy and want to make the best impression possible in our new roles. Some of us have switched from office based work to remote roles and want to prove that we can still work productively and efficiently from our own homes.

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Boston Dynamics’ robots have learned how to dance :)

Idea to Value

Boston Dynamics has taught its Robots how to dance. While the following viral video may look like CGI, it is in fact real. Boston Dynamics, the company based in Waltham, Massachusetts , makes some of the most advanced bipedal and mobile robots in the world. They act as an R&D facility, and recently their owners Softbank sold off 80% of the company to new owners Hyundai Motors for nearly $880M.

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How Can You Align Product Development with Business Strategy?

IdeaScale

When developing new products, organization leaders must ensure their efforts align with the overall business strategy. This is essential for success because it relates the new product to the company mission. According to product development research, one in seven product ideas will be successful. Those that are, tie directly into customer needs to fulfill a demand or … Continued.

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#2,049 – 2021 Breakthrough Nominee: Shopatainment

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Connie Chan from the VC Firm Andreesen Horowitz recently tweeted out something that caught my eye, a post about the future of retail shopping. She also blogged about it and after you read what she had to say you’ll know why I was so intrigued: “We all shop for different reasons. We shop out of necessity and utility, of course. But for some of us, shopping also evokes joy, comfort, validation, even stress relief.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Care to Do Better: Key Insights from Accenture’s 2020 Report

InnovationTraining.org

A high-level summary of Accenture’s latest report on rebuilding the employer-employee relationship. The latest Accenture’s research study asks businesses to “care to do better” – making the case that investing in your employees and building the employer-employee relationship is necessary to doing business best. Since COVID-19 hit, leaders have been tested in real-time to keep their business viable while taking care of their employees during an unimaginable social an

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#2,048 – 2021 Breakthrough Nominee: Vision AI

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

What’s the Next Big Thing going to be? Virtual Reality? The Internet of Things? Synthetic Biology? Genetic editing? What about Vision AI? Daffodil Software explains what it is, “Vision AI (also known as Computer Vision ) is a field of computer science that trains computers to replicate the human vision system. This enables digital devices (like face detectors, QR Code Scanners) to identify and process objects in images and videos, just like humans do.” And if the field continue

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Mistakes Were Made: The Great Molasses Flood of 1919

Kainexus

On January 15, 1919, in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, a large storage tank ow ned by the Purity Brewing Company filed with 2.3 million gallons of molasses weighing approximately 12,000 tons burst. As a result, a wave of molasses rush ed through the streets at an estimated 35 miles per hour, killing 21 people and injuring another 150.

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