Tue.Mar 31, 2020

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Working through the current disorder we find ourselves in

Paul Hobcraft

In times like these, we need to “unfreeze.” It is a necessary time where we need plenty of adaptive thinking on our needs to start thinking how we are going to emerge out of this “lockdown,” so many of us are in and apply our reasoning to literally “crank starting” the economy engine again. Even if this is one month, two months, or longer, we need to become creative and innovative.

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Podcast S3E53: Alex Osterwalder – Creating an invincible company

Idea to Value

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with Alex Osterwalder, Partner at Stratgyzer and creator of the Business Model Canvas. We speak about what it takes to create an invincible company, with a particular emphasis on the importance of a balanced innovation portfolio. Topics covered in today’s episode: 00:01:30 – How the Business Model Canvas (BMC) was created 20 years ago, to help companies innovate. 00:04:00 – The original purpose of the BMC was to ma

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Will Innovation Win the War against COVID-19?

IdeaScale

The coronavirus, known as Covid-19, has rapidly spread and is cause for concern for everyone all over the world. This novel virus is a reminder of what happens when a highly infectious disease suddenly emerges, changing all aspects of life. Medical professionals and businesses in multiple industries are learning how to use technology and innovation strategy during this pandemic to curtail the spread of such diseases.

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The 10 Vital Areas to Focus on Right Now

BrainZooming

In a recent post, I mentioned a labor strike as a productive analogy for developing strategies during this time of global disruption. That recommendation came from my own experience at a transportation company where I’d inherited the marketing department during a labor strike. Facing a complete business shutdown, our team used a combination of strategic thinking and real-time course correction to stay engaged with and attempt to re-win the customers we couldn’t currently serve.

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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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Recession, Innovation and Survival – A Lesson from Kellogg’s

InnovationManagement

In times of severe recession should you cut costs and focus on survival or take the opportunity to invest in innovation so that you can benefit from the eventual recovery? The post Recession, Innovation and Survival – A Lesson from Kellogg’s appeared first on Innovation Management.

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20 Years Later and the Greatest Challenge Yet

Brunner

Twenty years ago this month I joined Brunner. In fact, it was then I jumped in to join the advertising industry. It was an exciting time for me – moving from the world of technology consulting into the glitzy ad world. I remember attending the local Addy awards as one of my first industry events…our agency and the entire industry were buzzing and on a high.

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Pursuing Innovation During COVID-19

Innovation Leader

Experts share best practices for teams as they navigate uncertainty. Topics include shifting teams’ priorities, switching to remote work, and cultivating a “service oriented” mindset.

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[UPDATED] List of COVID-19 Resources

Kainexus

We continue to learn more about COVID-19 every day. To help our network know what sources to reference, we created a blog post that lists out all the resources we found valuable. Since publishing our COVID-19 resource post on March 18, we have added sources daily to our growing list. To make sure you don't miss out on any updates, we are highlighting the most recently added resources below.

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What We Stopped: 16 Activities That May Not Improve Culture

Innovation Leader

As part of our recent research, we asked 259 leaders of innovation if there were activities they’d stopped doing that were initially intended to influence organizational culture…

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27 Tools to Accelerate Your Company's Speed of Innovation

Collectivecamp

There are countless tools we use with clients to build fast, learn fast and measure fast in order to determine what will ‘wow’ customers enough to extend or generate new lines of revenue and remain a competitive force well 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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Now’s the perfect time to plot a course for the future

Innovation 360 Group

While there is limited good news in the current COVID-19 crisis and the mobility limitations that it represents, there is an upside – it gives you time to think about your path forward. Innovation Management is not something that just happens. It requires a roadmap that identifies the path you need to take to improve your profitability. Innovation360 has traveled the globe studying the world´s best innovators.

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The Yin & Yang of Innovation Culture

Cris Beswick

How would you describe your current organisational culture? Are you one of the 75% of leaders who claimed in a 2018 survey [1] that their culture was already one of innovation, experimentation and risk-taking? And if so, what did you mean by that? It’s a fair bet that if you talked about experimentation and risk-taking, … Continued. The post The Yin & Yang of Innovation Culture appeared first on Cris Beswick.

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5 Companies Riding COVID19 to Record High Valuations

Collectivecamp

It’s no secret that sharemarkets the world over have suffered a horrific nosedive over the past month, echoing that of the global financial crisis or 1987.

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A Beginner’s Guide To Automation For Entrepreneurs

The Human Factor

Automation is one of the most effective things an entrepreneur can do to save time and money in business. If you’re having to take time away from what you’re truly good at to take care of tedious tasks that don’t even need a personal touch, you’re wasting resources. Even if you delegate tasks to members of your team, such as your admin, you’re wasting time that they could better spend doing what they are good at.

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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.

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Asynchronous Communication 101

Collectivecamp

‘I’ll get to it when it suits me.’ This is the nature of asynchronous communication.

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#1,616 – The Future of Everything

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Everyone shares the same sentiment right now: the desire for things to return to normal as quickly as possible. But realistically it’s highly unlikely that things will normalize anytime soon. It’ll likely be a slow burn, a gradual shift that takes place over weeks and months and maybe even years. And some aspects of life may never return to normal at all.

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14 Apps to support Corporate Innovation

Collectivecamp

14 tools to support your team's corporate innovation efforts.