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50+ statistics on innovation – What do the numbers tell us?

Viima

Even though innovation is a highly researched topic, the majority of the work has been conceptual, which in practice means that the researchers have looked at innovation and have tried to classify and explain it, as well as to find ways to best succeed in it.

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4 Principles Of Digital Transformation

Digital Tonto

Before you can change actions, you must first transform values, beliefs and skills Related posts: 5 New Principles Of Strategy For The Digital Age. 4 Principles of Marketing Strategy For The Digital. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Innovation Management: The Value of Seeing What You Have

InnovationManagement

If your job is to get your company, team, or community to innovate, you know how organizational forces can make it hard to even try something new. Visualizing the resources available is an effective first step in overcoming some of those organizational forces. Simply being able to see, and show, what you have allows you to make a compelling case for marshalling resources and even spark some initial interactions in that direction.

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Innovations in Community Policing: Security & Public Safety for Cities of Brazil

IdeaScale

This summer, I had the opportunity to travel to New York City where I participated in an informative and lively workshop with 15 Latin American Mayors. The Mayors traveled to the United States from Brazil to learn about innovations in community policing. The session was held at the historical Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, drawing in a robust crowd of academic administrators, educators, and international policy makers.

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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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How Platform is Changing What it Means to be a Mall

Innovation Leader

Despite the dire forecasts in the retial industry, Joseph Miller and his partner, David Fishbein, set out in 2013 to create something that was anything but mall-like.

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10 Universal Selling Truths That Every Entrepreneur Needs to Implement

Innovation Excellence

You’ve put your heart and soul into your business–but that’s not enough. You need to be able to sell. If that makes you shudder, get over it–fast! In order to succeed you have to be a salesperson. The brutal truth is that nobody else will ever have the sort of passion, authenticity, and just plain.

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Impact of Growing E-Commerce on Logistics Service Providers

BPI Thought Leadership Commentary

Impact of Growing E-Commerce on Logistics Service ProvidersWith more people around the globe resorting to online purchases for everything from pharmaceuticals and groceries to fashion and footwear, the e-commerce industry has been growing by leaps and bounds (Refer largest markets and trade lanes). While countries like China, the United States, and Japan are the top three players.

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Boosting Efficiency with State-Of-The-Art Machine Learning

Planview

In Spigit’s recent 2018 Fall Product release announcement , we shared that we developed a new machine learning technology that’s first of its kind in innovation management software. The technology, which will continue to be developed and applied in new ways, brings on a whole new level of efficiency for innovation program managers and users alike. When you look under the hood, the real value of machine learning is in the smarts it brings.

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The Future of Corporate-Startup Collaboration

The Inovo Group

“Collaboration can no longer be viewed as an optional extra, it’s a strategic imperative. Startups are now widely recognised as invaluable sources of innovation, fueling growth and providing pioneering business solutions”. – Aline Santos, Unilever EVP for Global Marketing. Highlights. The collaboration between large corporations and startups is more important today than ever, and the trend will continue.

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Facebook Launches “Portal” – Why You Want to Pay Attention

Adam Hartung

Facebook's latest innovation, Portal, integrates with Alexa, Instagram, and other technologies to enhance personal network communications. The stock of Facebook is well off its recent high so could this be an attempt to rebuild its reputation as an innovator? A closer look at Portal shows it has the potential to be a social media disruptor.

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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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#1,379 – Sans Forgetica

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

The way something looks and feels matters. And not just to designers and architects. But to everyone. It’s why wedding invitations are written in calligraphy and it’s why Apple obsesses over their packaging. But at the same time I’m not usually one to pay that much attention to granular details like what font someone is using. Granted, I do like some more than others.

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Facebook Launches “Portal” – Why You Want to Pay Attention

Adam Hartung

Facebook's latest innovation, Portal, integrates with Alexa, Instagram, and other technologies to enhance personal network communications. The stock of Facebook is well off its recent high so could this be an attempt to rebuild its reputation as an innovator? A closer look at Portal shows it has the potential to be a social media disruptor.

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In Search of Humble Bosses

Michael Roberto

Source: Flickr Sue Shellenbarger has written a column for the Wall Street Journal today titled, "The Best Bosses are Humble Bosses." Schellenbarger notes that many firms are now trying to assess humility right from the start, during the hiring process, because they believe that it's a vital attribute of effective leaders. She cites a variety of studies suggesting that humility can be a positive characteristic for leaders.

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INNOVATION MICRO-LEARNING (in less than 15 minutes per week)

Idea Champions

This. Just. In. None of Idea Champions clients have any time. And because they don't, we have recently launched an exciting, new micro-learning service to help them stay on top of their innovation game. In less than 15 minutes per week. Virtually. At whatever time is convenient for them. Click here to take our micro-learning poll and see what micro-learning topics we are offering in 2018.

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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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Challenge Driven Innovation is Not Outsourcing – You Need a Caddie

Innocentive