Tue.Dec 20, 2022

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Forbidden Truth About Innovation

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton If you heard it once, you heard it a thousand times: Big companies can’t innovate We need to innovate before we get too big and slow Startups are innovative. Big companies are dinosaurs. They can’t innovate. And yet you persevere because you know the truth: Big companies CAN innovate. They […].

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Leveraging Reverse Innovation to Take Your Organization Global

IdeaScale

Outshining the competition and generating disruptive ideation are worthy objectives, but they shouldn’t be your only objectives. If you plan to take your products global or expand your global reach, reverse innovation must be a priority. By meeting the needs of lower-income demographics and emerging markets, you can rapidly and drastically increase your profits.

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What is Lean Process Management?

Kainexus

Lean process management is one of the most widespread methods of bringing structure to an organization's continuous improvement efforts. The underlying concept of Lean is that empowering the people who operate each process to improve it based on some fundamental principles is the best way to inch closer to perfection. In addition, high-quality outcomes are achieved by embracing simplicity and eliminating waste.

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Virtual Dining Concepts CEO Stephanie Sollers on the Creator Economy

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Interview with CEO of Virtual Dining Concepts Stephanie Sollers about branding and marketing in the creator economy, the importance of storytelling, and working with Mr. Beast, Faze Clan, and other icons.

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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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Research: Workplace Stigma Around Menopause Is Real

Harvard Business Review

New research shows that women experiencing menopause are judged as less leader-like — unless they talk about it openly.

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My twelve energy Christmas words or triggers that will drive my 2023 thinking

Innovating4Energy

So as we wind down towards Christmas and begin to look out into 2023, I thought, what are my triggering points on the Energy Transition? So I thought I’d turn these into a simple list of my twelve energy Christmas words or phrases that will drive my Energy Transition thinking in 2023. The energy challenge. Inclusive energy futures. Innovation technology.

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Dubai's TECOM Group Starts Work On Its Innovation Hub Phase 2, Set To Be Completed By 2024

Entrepreneur - Innovation

To be completed by 2024, the Innovation Hub Phase 2 will provide more than 355,000 square feet of gross leasable area.

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Research: Few Corporate Spinoffs Deliver Value

Harvard Business Review

Here’s what the best-performing ones do differently.

Strategy 101
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The Right Connections to Make in Your Job Search

Michael Roberto

Source: www.reliantsproject.com/ Imagine that you are searching for a new job, and you are leveraging LinkedIn as a resource in your search. You are trying to make the right connections to facilitate the process. What types of connections are most useful? First and foremost, you should be building that network LONG BEFORE you are actively in need of new employment.

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Innovating in Uncertain Times: Lessons from 2022

Harvard Business Review

Plus strategies for driving transformative growth in 2023.

Strategy 100
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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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Creating effective KPI’s for 2023

Moves the Needle

We’re coming to the end of 2022 and ’tis the season to evaluate 2022’s performance and plan for 2023 targets. Despite ongoing challenges in the economic and business environment, I’ve heard from many people that they had aggressive metrics for themselves and their teams this year and expect the same in the new year. Meanwhile, morale is down, burnout and the “big quit” continue on.

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What Keeps People From Hitting Their Goals

Carla Johnson

December 20, 2022 I’ve had goals since I was in third grade and wanted to run faster than Dee Maxon at recess. But I had no clue how to do it. I’ve had hundreds of goals since third grade, and I’m probably at about a 50% success rate – but my success rate is getting better fast. Here’s the one. Read More. The post What Keeps People From Hitting Their Goals appeared first on Carla Johnson.

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Three ways the United States can truly be “all in on Africa’s future”

Christensen Institute

2014 was the last time the United States hosted the U.S.–Africa Leaders Summit. Since that time, China has hosted African leaders three times (2015, 2018, and 2021). In addition to the political and economic commitments made at these events, they also represent a signaling effect. And China has been unequivocal that it is ready to invest in and collaborate with Africa.