Wed.Dec 11, 2019

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Becoming an Anticipatory Leaderâ„¢: The Missing Competency

Daniel Burrus

We are all good at reacting and responding – a knee-jerk reaction, so to speak. Even organizations large and small have learned how to be lean and agile while executing a strategy at a high level. But despite these skills, General Motors still declared bankruptcy, Blockbuster closed its last store, and the record industry succumbed to Spotify, all despite their leaders and workers being responsive and agile and executing well.

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Health Check: How’s Your Innovation Lifecycle?

IdeaScale

Successful ideas must go through the innovation life cycle. Resting is for retirement. As long as you’re in business, you need to be on top of your game, and innovation is a big part of getting to the front of the pack (and staying there). Having a separate innovation department is a relatively new concept, and it’s gaining favor. Every big company always has a lot going on, and for this reason, innovation can sometimes be relegated to the bottom of the task list.

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7 challenges innovation managers face in 2020

Board of Innovation

Discover the challenges faced by many of the innovation managers we spoke to at Innovation Roundtable Summit 2019, and find tips for overcoming them. The post 7 challenges innovation managers face in 2020 appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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Why being ambidextrous is not enough - looking ahead to 2020

Jeffrey Phillips

It's about that time of year where we begin to look back, to think about what we've accomplished and what lies ahead. Knowing that the end of the year is in sight, and the holidays are almost upon us, we anticipate work slowing down, and perhaps for just a few days we can actually think - really think - about what's going to happen in 2020. I've had the good fortune over the last six weeks to reach out and talk to a significant number of my colleagues, friends and some new acquaintances in the i

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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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IMD Business School: A Short Video Series on the Business Model Canvas

Strategyzer Innovation

We've recently teamed up with IMD Business School, ranked as the #1 business school in the world by the Financial Times for the last 7 years, to create and launch something truly unique together in 2020.

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Quick Wins: Data and Case Studies on Delivering Results Fast

Innovation Leader

What role should quick wins play in your innovation or R&D portfolio? That’s the question we set out to answer with a survey and a set of qualitative interviews in our most recent research report.

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Winning the Explore and Exploit Game

Innovation Excellence

So we come to the ultimate post on explore and exploit, at least for now. In past posts we’ve looked at the origin of explore and exploit, the emergence of true innovation explorers like Edison, Bell and a host of others. We’ve noticed the rise of the corporation to exploit the discoveries of said explorers.

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Top GovTech Startups

Collectivecamp

As much as local governments should embody the innovative spirit of a Startup, taking this approach is challenging without hiring such a firm or agency to–at the very least–point them in the right direction.

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Quick Wins: Data and Case Studies on Delivering Results Fast

Innovation Leader

What role should quick wins play in your innovation or R&D portfolio? That’s the question we set out to answer with a survey and a set of qualitative interviews in our most recent research report.

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Use Surrogate Goals To Maintain Your Team’s Motivation

Collectivecamp

When we embark upon a long, audacious journey, such as building an entrepreneurial venture, our over-arching goal might be several years into the future.

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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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4 Ways To Source Weaknesses In Your Small Business

The Human Factor

contributed post –. It might be that your business is the gold standard for others to follow, of course. However, even if you do get a lot of things right, there are probably improvements that need to be made within some of your usual business processes. But where do you start? How do you know where improvements need to be made? Well, we have some suggestions for you here.

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Culture Lags Strategy

Collectivecamp

I recently had James Clear, author of Atomic Habits, on my podcast (below) to talk all about — surprise surprise — habit building.?

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5 Steps To Help You Hire the Perfect Candidate

The Human Factor

contributed post – source. After crawling through hundreds of resumes, you’ve finally managed to whittle the long list down to a shortlist of candidates , one of which, you hope, will be your next hire. With interviews arranged, questions prepared, and tasks to complete, you are ready, and you assume they are ready, too. However, this is just the beginning, and to ensure you find the right person, here are the 5 steps to help you hire the perfect candidate.

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Is Your Marketing Playing Third Wheel To Your Consumers And You?

The Human Factor

contributed post –. It doesn’t seem long ago that marketing was a full-force effort towards creating sales. Back in the days of television and billboards, there was no need for subtlety. In fact, a good ad used to be one that got to the point. Now, though, the marketing infrastructure has changed. With the introduction of digital efforts, companies are finding that marketing isn’t all about selling products direct.

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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.