Tue.Dec 13, 2022

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Leveraging Middle Managers to Drive Innovation

IdeaScale

If you are looking to take your ideation to the next level, it’s time to strategically empower your middle management team. This isn’t only because they are the ones implementing your innovation initiatives, but because they are closer to your key sources of inspiration—your customers and your employees. Allowing your middle managers to shine minimizes [.].

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Top 5: How to plan your 2023 innovation activities and events for maximum success

Idea to Value

Hi there, With 2022 almost behind us, a lot of companies and teams are planning their next steps for 2023. This is especially true for venture and innovation teams, who let’s face it, many of whom had a very tough 2022. With the global economy stalling and fear of an upcoming recession, many companies have significantly slowed their investments into new innovation teams. 2023 could turn out to be one of the hardest for innovation and leadership teams in decades… … or, with the

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6 Ways to Successfully Engage Thought Leaders on Your Innovation

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Teresa Spangler The direct, early engagement with key thought leaders delivers dividends throughout the commercialization process and brings unforeseen opportunities rapidly. However, it is not for the faint of heart. Your innovation is your baby and thought leaders will inevitably tell you that your baby is ugly. But this is the moment […].

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Central Principles of the Continuous Improvement Model

Kainexus

Businesses use a host of methodologies to bring structure to the process of identifying and acting upon opportunities for improvement. You may be familiar with Six Sigma , Kaizen, Lean , Toyota Production System, and others. Although these methodologies differ, the foundation of each of them is the continuous improvement model. The continuous improvement model reflects the idea that organizations should constantly implement incremental improvements to services, products, and processes.

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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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Five Key Skills for Chief Transformation Officers

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Art Inteligencia As digital transformation continues to become more commonplace in the modern business landscape, the role of the Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) has become increasingly important. A CTO is responsible for leading and managing large-scale, enterprise-wide transformation initiatives that typically involve multiple stakeholders, departments, and processes.

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The Risks of Empowering “Citizen Data Scientists”

Harvard Business Review

New tools are making it easier for anyone to use AI. Here’s how to make sure employees are doing so responsibly.

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3 must-read blogs on education innovation this year

Christensen Institute

You know what they say about opinions. But when it comes from researchers who’ve spent years in the K-12 field researching everything from traditional instructional design to cutting-edge, technology-enabled modalities in schools, districts, and programs across the country, those opinions may be worth a listen. Applying innovation theory lenses to the trends, patterns, news bites, and field data gathered over the course of 2022, here are our education researchers’ favorite blogs that either they

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Questions about Innovation

InnovationTraining.org

Top Questions about Innovation. What are the most popular or common questions people have about innovation? What are the frequently asked questions about innovation? We used our AI tools to identify the questions people ask about innovation the most and find the answers. Read on for the innovation FAQs! 1. What is innovation, and why is it important?

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What Elon Musk Can Learn from Steve Jobs’s Return to Apple

Harvard Business Review

Jobs pulled off a difficult — and controversial — strategic realignment, offering lessons for Musk’s attempts to transform Twitter.

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Employee Roster App 101: Benefits, Examples, 5 Components to Do It Right

Acuvate

No matter the size of an organization, it is crucial to schedule employee work times with laser-sharp precision, especially when they are required to work in shifts to meet output demands. In addition, efficient and digital employee rostering improves overall productivity and smooth organizational functioning. An effective employee roster app can do this and much 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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Entrepreneurs, Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Harvard Business Review

Founders often look to incubators and accelerators to grow their startups. But there’s another option.

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Why Some Start-Ups Fail to Scale

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with HBS senior lecturer Jeffrey Rayport on a pivotal phase in a start-up’s life cycle.

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Metaverse Seoul: How One City Used Citizen Input to Pilot a Government-Run Metaverse

Harvard Business Review

Can Seoul, South Korea, figure out how to use the metaverse to engage citizens to solve civic problems?

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6 Ways Companies Fail to Help Workers Grow

Harvard Business Review

And how to invest more effectively in their upward mobility.

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How Retailers Are Transforming Customer Experiences with Data & 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.