Wed.Sep 20, 2017

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Have You Read Adam Grant’s Originals?

IdeaScale

At IdeaScale, the employees like to encourage an atmosphere of continuous learning about innovation by hosting book clubs that relate to our industry. Earlier this year, we read Adam Grant’s Originals : How Nonconformists Move the World. The book came to our attention, because one of our prospects had read the book and was convinced that they needed an open and transparent system for sharing ideas.

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The Quantum Age Is Almost Upon Us We And Need To Start Taking It Seriously

Digital Tonto

What the quantum era needs most is not sensationalism and fear, but understanding. Related posts: Quantum Encryption Is Coming Sooner Than You Think. The Time To Prepare Is Now. IBM Is Using The. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Innovation Lessons from the Fidget Spinner

Destination Innovation

The fidget spinner is a child’s toy which easily spins around a central bearing. Because it is a type of gyroscope it can be used to perform various tricks involving balancing, throwing and catching. It was originally developed as a device to help children suffering from ADHD or autism but it became a global phenomenon as a toy for all children. It became so pervasive that many schools banned it.

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Tips for Maximizing Learning at a Small-Town Business Conference

BrainZooming

The Hubspot Inbound conference is coming up at the end of September. Based on last year’s attendance at the Hubspot Inbound conference, I’m guessing there may be 20,000 or more people this year. That’s more people than where I grew up in Hays, KS. That’s why I call Inbound, and other conferences drawing tens of thousands of people, small-town business conferences.

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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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Leadership isn’t binary, and that’s why judgement is important.

Mike Shipulski

100% of the people won’t like your new idea, even if it’s a really good one like the airplane, mayonnaise or air conditioning. I don’t know the right amount of conflict, but I know it’s not 0% or 100%. If 100% is good, 110% isn’t better. Percentages don’t work that way. 100% alignment is not the best thing. Great things aren’t built on the back of consensus. 100% of the problems shouldn’t be solved.

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The End of Talent Management

Innovation Excellence

How can you attract, manage and retain talent in a modern organisation? Are the employers still the ones to decide, the ones in charge, the powerful puppeteers coordinating their talented staff top-­‐down? Or are the terms we are using already misleading us? All those questions and many more were running through my mind when my .

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The Science of Success for Product Managers and Innovators [podcast]

Innovation Excellence

In his book, Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Eric reveals the science behind what actually determines success and—most important—how you can achieve it. Eric also has a popular blog by the same name as his book that shares science-based answers and expert insight on how to be successful.

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German edition of Business Model Navigator book updated!

The BMI Lab Blog

When Oliver Gassmann, Karolin Frankenberger and Michaela Csik published in 2013 the first edition of Business Model Innovation book, they wanted to share the outcomes from their research about business model innovation, based on thousands of study cases all over the world. Their main conclusion was striking: 90% of every successful business model comes from the recombination of 55 business patterns.

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3 common failings of formal awards programs

Tembosocial

The pain points tied to the annual awards program are legendary. The most common complaints we hear are that nomination volumes are low year after year and the end-to-end management of the awards process ranges from frustrating, all the way to torturous. Is this familiar to you as well, where everyone dreads the process except maybe the award winner - assuming the process results in the most deserving candidate being selected?

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How Eastern Bank Launched a Lending Startup

Innovation Leader

Plenty of big companies talk about the potential for spinning them out. But few actually follow through and do it. Here's the inside story of how it happened at Eastern Bank.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

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.

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Herb Kelleher on Market Share

Michael Roberto

Entrepreneur Joel Gascoigne tweeted a quote from Southwest Airlines co-founder Herb Kelleher yesterday. The quote describes Kelleher's views on the pursuit of market share vs. profitability. I think he's hit the nail right on the head.

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The Best Way to Share the Best of Your Best Practices: STORYTELLING!

Idea Champions

12 other short videos on storytelling. Storytelling at Work.

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