Fri.Jun 26, 2020

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Why Underinvesting in Innovation is Riskier Than Ever

Innovation Leader

As the world grapples with the current public health crisis and its long-tail impacts on society and the economy, many CEOs and their boards of directors are looking for reasons not to invest in innovation. That’s riskier than ever, contends Ali Geramian, a Managing Director at KPMG LLP.

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10+ Lean Blogs That You Should Be Reading

Kainexus

For a topic with so many authors, students, practitioners, and leaders, it’s probably no surprise that there are a ton of blogs about Lean - Lean manufacturing, Lean enterprise, Lean thinking, etc. This list includes some bloggers I’ve been reading for the longest time, those who are the most active, and those whose insights are really valuable (and sometimes, people fall into all three categories).

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How AARP is Pivoting Innovation in 2020 and Investing in Startups

Innovation Leader

At Innovation Leader’s recent online event for nonprofit organizations, Andy Miller of AARP discussed how his team helps build an innovative culture that permeates the organization — and how they’re making new investments in startups.

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#1,732 – Spider Web Cognition

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Need a distraction from all the craziness in the world? Then let me weave you a story that will blow your mind. In this tale that I will spin you’ll come to find out that spiders may be offloading cognitive tasks to their webs! That’s right. Those engineering marvels that help them catch their prey are more than just spooky Halloween decorations.

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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 Being Agile Can Help Your Company Win In The Post-Covid Economy

PlanBox Innovation

This article originally appeared on SalesTechStar. Amid the unprecedented economic uncertainty created by the Covid-19 pandemic , one thing is becoming clear. To survive – and even thrive – in the post-Covid economy, companies will have to be faster than ever in responding to change. As yet, we can only surmise how quickly customers will book air travel again or how soon they will return to places like shopping malls.

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#1,733 – Virtual Fashion Show

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

I don’t know the first thing about fashion. I still look like my mom dresses me. My only runway experience comes from watching Zoolander. But even I can appreciate how cool the idea of a virtual fashion show is. Especially when that show features full bodied apparitions – headless 3-D models that look like ghosts walking down hotel hallways, strutting their stuff without a care in the world.

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#1,731 – Gargling Salt Water

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Ever since the COVID-19 global pandemic first started I wondered if there might be an obscure, kind of random way to treat it. Something completely ridiculous and not at all scientific. Most likely discovered by accident. A novel approach for a novel coronavirus. My first thought was pickle juice but that’s probably just because I’m obsessed with pickles.

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Assessing Your Personal Brand

Michael Roberto

Dina Smith, a leadership development expert, has written a Fast Company article titled, " How do you overcome a bad job market? Groom a dynamite personal brand." Smith argues that many people have misconceptions about the concept of cultivating a personal brand. They think that focusing on your brand is unnecessary, since they deliver great outcomes for their organization.

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#1,735 – C-Mask

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

I knew it was only a matter of time before face masks went high-tech and it seems as though that day is today. That’s because we now have a face mask capable of translating languages and syncing to our smart phones in order to better project our voices. As CNET puts it: “Face masks are here to stay for the foreseeable future as the world continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic.

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Information Technology and strategic decisions: start giving your IT a voice now

mjvinnovation

It is no longer a matter of choice. It is urgent: technology is decisive in company health and in the future of business. Even more so in the times of crisis that we live in, where the global pandemic, social isolation and home office pushed corporations into the remote transition. This is the reflection that we bring in this article. Read on to understand why strategic IT is a game changer for organizations, what it’s pillars are, and how to implement it effectively!

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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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#1,734 -Euphoric Beverages

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

I don’t drink and whenever someone asks me why this is I don’t really have a good answer. I try to explain that I don’t like the taste of most beverages or that I can have fun without imbibing but really I just don’t like the lifestyle or the idea of waking up with a hangover. If I offered you a pill and told you that this pill would make you throw up, do stupid things, impair your vision, prevent you from driving home, cause you to get into bar fights, give you splitti

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