Tue.Apr 11, 2023

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You need to know your success criteria

Idea to Value

Recently, I was speaking with a corporate client about a challenge they were having with their innovation process. They had just run an idea-generation challenge and received a decent number of responses from their employees about new innovations they could pursue. The issue was that the company now had no idea which of the ideas should be taken forward.

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Approaching Cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations

Paul Hobcraft

In a series exploring cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations, this is the third post discussing different aspects and the approach to this that needs to be taken as my suggested starting point. All the elements of skills, processes, tools, capabilities and behaviours are important in supporting an effective collaboration across sectors that might need to be involved.

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Sugar: Better questions are the key to reducing consumption

Christensen Institute

March was National Nutrition Month in the US, which focuses on the critical importance of making informed choices about food and eating habits, as well as physical activity. On this topic, a speaker at the recent NextMedHealth conference shared that American children now consume over 65 pounds of added sugar per year. That amount of sugar can fill a bathtub.

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What “Succession” Can Teach Us About Regret

Harvard Business Review

We’ve all made choices we wish we could take back. These three research-backed strategies can help us process and move forward.

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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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5 Questions to Answer Before Spending $1 on Innovation

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. That is one of the very few pieces of advice that seems to apply to everything, including spandex workout clothes, movie tickets, and bank fees. And innovation. Just because you can invest in innovation doesn’t mean you should.

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How Your Physical Surroundings Shape Your Work Life

Harvard Business Review

Takeaways from research on environmental psychology, organizational behavior, and workplace design.

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Companies Need to Normalize Healthy Turnover

Harvard Business Review

A culture that embraces change can create new opportunities for employees and organizations.

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Implementation Plan Templates And Examples

Cascade Strategy

Are you struggling to create a clear and concise implementation plan that meets the expectations of your management board? Do you find yourself drowning in a sea of PowerPoint presentations and spreadsheets? If you're feeling overwhelmed, you're not alone. Crafting a well-designed implementation plan can be a daunting task, especially when time is of the essence.

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How the “Glass Wall” Can Hold Female Freelancers Back

Harvard Business Review

While escaping corporate hierarchies may offer women a reprieve from the Glass Ceiling, freelancing comes with its own structural barriers.

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Build a resilient company to weather any storm

Strategyzer Innovation

High inflation, labor shortages, banking crises – it’s anything but business as usual these days. With the state of the world in such flux, focusing on innovation might seem counterintuitive, but the opposite holds true. Research shows that companies that continue to invest in innovation during a crisis experience superior growth and performance post-crisis.

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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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How Managing Your Anxiety Can Make You a Better Leader

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with author Morra Aarons-Mele about rethinking work and mental health.

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Stop relying on consultants, build your company’s innovation capabilities

Strategyzer Innovation

High inflation, labor shortages, banking crises – it’s anything but business as usual these days. With the state of the world in such flux, focusing on innovation might seem counterintuitive but the opposite holds true. Research shows that companies that continue to invest in innovation during a crisis experience superior growth and performance post-crisis.

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The Role of Market Research in Product Development and Innovation

Collectivecamp

Having something new to offer to the market is always a challenge, but new things are usually easily embraced and positively taken. Everybody wants to try something new or have the latest products on the market. It's exciting and people are usually very willing and open to trying new things. This is because they hope they will be better than the old ones and will positively change their lives.

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It Starts With BELIEVE - Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement

Kainexus

At KaiNexus, many of us are excited that Season 3 of the show "Ted Lasso" is here.

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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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A Rose by Any Other Name: Supply Chains and Carbon Emissions in the Flower Industry

Harvard Business Review

Is a flower that travels halfway around the world truly a “low-carbon rose”?

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Innovation Tactics from Childhood

Carla Johnson

April 11, 2023 Think like a kid Do you remember the magic and wonder of the world when we were kids? When we were little, we noticed everything around us. We paid attention to the smallest detail. Ants carrying bits of dirt one by one.

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Doing school differently takes a new value network

Christensen Institute

It’s now April—over three months into 2023. How are your New Year’s resolutions going? If you’ve struggled to keep up with your goals, you’re not alone. You may be wishing you just had more motivation or more willpower. But the culprit dashing your good intentions might not be what you think. In a recent blog post for Character Lab, Daniel Willingham, one of the foremost educational psychologists, shared a key secret for getting your behavior to align with what you value.

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Poverty in prosperity: What can market creators learn from American poverty?

Christensen Institute

In the Global Prosperity research vertical of the Institute, we talk a lot about creating prosperity, specifically, shifting the conversation in development from poverty alleviation to prosperity creation. Although this is a very important point that we will continue to push forward, in this piece I’d like to acknowledge that, sometimes, even when we create prosperity there is still poverty.

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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.