Tue.Jul 23, 2019

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How a Shortage of Innovation Leads to Unemployment

Innovation Excellence

Some believe that robots will take over all our jobs and therefore innovation (specifically in the area of robots) will cause unemployment. But in reality, it’s the other way around. You may be familiar with the product life cycle diagram. Every product (and when I say “product” I also include service, process, or business model).

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How Moving Office Can Make Or Break Your Company Culture

The Human Factor

Contributed post –. Moving from one workspace to another is always a big occasion. It takes time, resources, and effort to make it go smoothly. But it can also have deeper implications that you might anticipate when it comes to the engagement and motivation of your team, and how your company culture evolves from there. Here we’re going to look at the risks, the opportunities, and how to make it a success. image source.

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Best Project Management and Tracking Tools

IdeaScale

IdeaScale encourages all of your employees to be innovative and create ideas no matter their role in the company. Employees are bound to become engaged when they feel valued and are able to contribute their ideas to your business. With IdeaScale, you’ll have a place to put all of your employees’ brightest ideas, but how do you keep track of the progress of them afterwards?

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The Top 5 Workplace-Productivity Killers

CMOE

While the beautifully designed spaces and free coffee of the modern workplace might not look like a 19 th century sweatshop, it might still feel that way to employees slogging through their to-do lists. If you feel like there simply isn’t enough time in the day for everything you need to do, the answer could be putting some techniques in place to optimize productivity and cut distraction from your working life.

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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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The Problems with Legacy Leaving

Innovation Excellence

Now that there are more and more people who are older, lonely, socially isolated and depressed, we are seeing lots of articles encouraging people to mentor or do something that “leaves a legacy” Consequently, intergenerational websites, platforms and organizations are growing. The lost tribe of medicine is no exception. However, there are some problems with doing things to leave a.

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Slow down and move ahead - sounds like summer to me.

Focused Momentum

A slower pace, time to reconnect with friends and family, spending more time out of doors, or finally setting off on a trip months in the planning; these are all hallmarks of the summer months. Summer is also a time to start planning for next year. A bummer? Maybe. Too nerdy? Absolutely. However, also super smart.

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Inside the Mind of Bob Metcalfe

Innovation Leader

What’s the difference between innovation & invention? Bob Metcalfe shares.

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What is Crowdsourcing? (in 2019)

Braineet

No matter what business you're in, you can use crowdsourcing to find great new ideas and solve tough problems.

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Inside London's Ecosystem: General Assembly, Barclays’ Rise & More

Innovation Leader

Our 2019 London Field Study brought executives together to discuss creating an innovative culture in established organizations.

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4 Ways To Improve Your Performance In Client Meetings

The Human Factor

Contributed post –. Client meetings are an important part of business but some people really dread them. A meeting should be your opportunity to start building a relationship with the client and find out what their needs are so you can discuss how your business is able to meet them. You don’t necessarily need to make a sale in every client meeting you go to and if it’s the first meeting, it’s not likely that you will, but you do need to come out with some tangible results.

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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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Are Your Employees Afraid of You?

Michael Roberto

Source: Pixabay Megan Reitz and John Higgins have written a good Harvard Business Review article titled, "Managers, You’re More Intimidating Than You Think." They write, Most of us believe that we’re approachable to our employees. In a survey we conducted with 4,000 professionals, two-thirds reported they are never or rarely scary to those junior to them.

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