Mon.Nov 12, 2018

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What’s the Difference Between Innovation and Knowledge Transfer

InnovationManagement

The internet was revolutionary in that it democratized the spread of information and ideas at a much faster rate than any other channel in. With the increased adoption of computing, we’ve also tracked the rise of “distributed knowledge” databases like Quora or Wikipedia. What is interesting is how powerful these specialized knowledge bases can prove to be in the context of innovation.

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Anatomy Of A Breakthrough

Innovation Excellence

When Jim Allison received a call from Dr. Jedd Wolchok, asking him to come to his office, he was puzzled at first. As a researcher, he rarely ventured into the clinical part of the hospital. Yet when he opened the door and saw his colleague sitting with a young woman whose emotion was clearly marked.

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Overwhelmed, underwhelmed at the Web Summit, Lisbon

Paul Hobcraft

I am taking the opportunity to review the Web Summit, held in Lisbon last week of 5th (evening) to 8th November 2018. The Web Summit, originally Dublin Web Summit, is a technology conference held annually since 2009. The company was founded by Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly, and Daire Hickey. The topic of the conference is centered on internet technology and I went looking for multiple innovation angles and left actually disappointed.

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How Universities Support Recombinative Innovation

Innovation Excellence

The importance of recombination is something I’ve touched upon numerous times over the years. Indeed, research suggests that innovations today are much more likely to apply an existing innovation in new ways than to invent something truly unique. The study highlights that 40% of all patents submitted throughout the history of the USPTO are refinements.

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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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Launching My Latest Book

Innovation in Practice

I’m thrilled to let you know my new book, So You Want to Be a Professor: How to Land Your Dream Job in Academia , just launched! If you or someone you know ever considered teaching, I hope you read this book. But first, I’d like to share why I wrote it. Experience has shown me that 9 out of 10 professionals fantasize about being a college professor at some point in their career.

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Be the Influential Leader you are meant to be “Monday to Monday” with Stacey Hanke

Rmukesh Gupta

Who is on the show: In this episode we host communication and influence expert Stacey Hanke. She is a business owner “Stacey Hanke Inc”, a keynote speaker, author and an executive coach and a mentor. Why is she on the show: In her forthcoming book, “Influence Redefined”, she offers readers a new perspective on how to behave such that we can grow our influence and impact people not just when we are around them but even when we are not around.

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Accelerating Data Processing During Police Investigations

IdeaConnection

The development of digital tools to speed up the amount of time it takes law enforcement officials to process data during investigations.

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Reviving Your Dying Business

The Human Factor

Image source. Contributed post –. When a business starts to fail, many owners call it quits. Perhaps you’re not getting customers any more due to a tarnished reputation or perhaps you’re having serious cashflow problems or maybe you’re clinging onto a dying trade. Whatever the case, it is usally always possible to revive a dying business, so long as you’re prepared to make some ruthless changes and start over again.

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10 Red Flags That Your Change Management Program is Poor

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One of the greatest challenges of helping organizations with Change Management is that they often believe they are already doing it. After all, if you have a good leadership team that communicates with employees, they must be capable of leading change. But when you dig down and ask the leaders what they are doing to ensure their organization is prepared for and executing change strategies, we often find clear indications either they do not truly grasp change management, they do not understand th

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Your Clients Deserve Better Organization From You

The Human Factor

Contributed post –. There are so many things that you should be doing when you first start a business. Listening to talks that will inspire you, finding people you could look to for inspiration, there are even some brilliant podcasts and blogs that will give you great tips and ideas. Further down the line things like your business plan and vision will be something that you will look back on, and it will help you define the path that you will take in 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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4 Key Inefficiencies That Cause Business Leaders To Fail

The Human Factor

Contributed post –. When leading a business, your top priority is to see that company thrive. However, this is not something that is easy to achieve, especially if you have weakness of your own that you are not addressing. With that in mind, check out the guide below that covers the top inefficiencies that can affect the success of your company. Relationship issues.

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The Power Of The Mind In Marketing

The Human Factor

Image source. Contributed post –. When it comes to business, there’s a lot of interesting mind matters that come into play. One of which is the mind and marketing. Because marketing is a very smart and interesting way to engage your customers and generate sales for your business. And the more you look into the reasons behind why marketing works, and what effects it has on your customers, the better results you are likely to find.

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Getting Better Results Immediately In Your Business

The Human Factor

Contributed post –. You don’t want to wait for better business results, do you? You want them right now! And rightly so. This is your livelihood, and waiting for results to show themselves can be torture. Well, luckily for you, we have some pointers here that can help you to get better results immediately in your business. Take a look and see what you can do to start getting those awesome results right now.

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Don’t Go It Alone: Here’s How To Surround Yourself With Experts

The Human Factor

Image source. Contributed post –. In the world of business, you often get a bit of an idea about how you’re supposed to run things. You either learn from the companies you’ve worked in, information you read about companies you like, or you even see it on TV! There’s so much that you’ll take in about life in business, that when you decide to get started on your own, you may not always realize why you’re doing things the way that you are.

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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.