Fri.Sep 08, 2017

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Platform models are the new order of business need

HYPE Innovation

We have seen the incredible rise of platforms that have become part of our everyday lives. Be these Apple, Google, eBay, Amazon, Android, Facebook, Microsoft, Alibaba, Salesforce, Uber, Airbnb, PayPal and many more, all becoming some of the hottest companies in value, as they have built out their business on powerful platforms for us to simply connect into and draw down what we value.

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This is the worst business advice on the internet

Idea to Value

This video, right here, is an example of what I would say constitutes the worst business advice on the internet. Please, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE FOLLOW THIS ADVICE! “But Nick, that seemed like pretty good advice, what’s wrong with it???” Let me explain why… How the internet helps share knowledge. There is no shortage of excellent business advice out there.

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11 Ways to Speed Up Your Strategic Planning Process

BrainZooming

We just created twenty-five year roadmaps for a client’s strategic planning process in two hours and forty-five minutes. Start to finish, UNDER THREE HOURS. When we say our brand promise revolves around getting brains zooming, we’re totally serious. How do we eliminate so much time from typical strategic planning process approaches? 11 Ways to Speed Up Your Strategic Planning Process.

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Transport Challenge: Deutsche Bahn and Data Pitch ask startups to change the future of transport

Innovation Excellence

German rail company, Deutsche Bahn AG, is making its data available to start-up businesses and SMEs as part of Data Pitch, a new European Commission-funded initiative which is supporting open innovation with data. Deadline for entrants is Oct. 1.

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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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Ideation Drives Discovery in Customer Experience

Innovation Architecture

Organizations mint Chief Customer Officers (CXO) as readily as they mint Chief Innovation Officers. What is it about the Digital Age that causes organizations to mint chiefs of all stripes in the way sheriffs from the Old West would mint deputies to join them on the posse? One answer might be that the leadership of the organizations want to signal to their employees and shareholders that they are serious about the subject at hand, whether it be fomenting cultures of innovation, quality, sustaina

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Open Innovation Solutions Sought for Colombia’s Coffee Industry

IdeaConnection

Colombian coffee is known the world over for the richness of its varieties and flavors. But the country’s coffee growing industry is in the midst of challenging times that require fresh thinking. That is why the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC) has put out a global open innovation call for help. The challenge is called “CoffeepickINN” and it is a search for innovative solutions to make selective coffee harvesting in Colombia more efficient and profitable. “What

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4 Things Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know

Innovation Excellence

All too often, people want to see entrepreneurship as if it were an action movie. The hero, transformed by a great moment of epiphany, champions his idea despite being besieged on all sides by those who seek to thwart him.That’s a dangerous fantasy.

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Do You Find Your Calling or Craft It?

Michael Roberto

I listened to an episode of the Hidden Brain podcast in which Shankar Vedantam interviewed Yale Professor Amy Wrzesniewski. The episode focuses on the notion of finding your calling. When it comes to choosing a job or profession, many people advocate finding your passion. According to this line of thinking, if you search long and hard, you can discover your vocation or calling, and as a result, you will find your work meaningful.