Innovation Excellence

MAY 3, 2022

GUEST POST from Greg Satell One of the most often repeated stories about innovation is that of Alexander Fleming who, returning from his summer holiday in 1928, found that his bacterial cultures were contaminated by a strange mold.

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IdeaScale

MAY 3, 2022

Highlights Customer and employee suggestion boxes can be incorporated into any innovation campaign Modern boxes should be digital, privacy-friendly, easy to use, and designed to collect useful data. The suggestion box is a classic tool for collecting feedback, yet you can get more from it than you realize. Here are five ways to update how [.].

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Christensen Institute

MAY 3, 2022

Supply chains have been hit hard since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic. It was largely believed to be fueled by the trucking industry’s inability to keep drivers on the road as the pandemic impacted its workforce. Trucking companies had to increase wages, which ultimately lured drivers back. However this has not resolved the problem. Today, supply chains are facing another problem: the shortage of trucks.

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Kainexus

MAY 3, 2022

Organizations have adopted the Lean methodology worldwide to improve work processes, reduce waste, and achieve overall performance optimization. The approach grew out of the Toyota production system, which helped Japan capture the automotive market following World War II. Although there are other popular business management approaches, Lean succeeds because it focuses on improving business processes daily and delivering the end product to customers with the most possible value.

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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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InnovationTraining.org

MAY 3, 2022

These Miro and MURAL digital templates can be used in team sessions for problem identification and creative problem solving. Creative problem solving is a foundation of many of the innovation and design thinking processes. From identifying the problem, to studying it, and then brainstorming how to solve it, there are many factors at play that can be improved through the use of a digital whiteboard tool like Miro.

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ImagineNation

MAY 3, 2022

I was first introduced to the principle of “Personal Responsibility” when I attended a number of experiential workshops facilitated by Robert Kiyosaki who is now well known globally as the successful entrepreneurial author of the “Rich Dad Poor Dad” book series. At that time, in the late 1980s, the concept simply involved taking personal responsibility for the role you enact in challenging situations and when solving problems.

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Idea to Value

MAY 3, 2022

If there is one myth about creativity that I wish would just stop, it is that some people are “right brained” and creative, whereas others are “left brained” and analytical. This lie has caused millions of people to doubt their own creative ability, or for people to consider themselves more creative than other people they see as more logical.

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