Wed.Oct 23, 2019

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The Age of Innovation is Here to Stay, Are You Prepared for It?

Idea to Value

The Personal Computer and the Internet have, without a doubt, revolutionized business in the last 25 years. For most of us, it’s now impossible to think of the business world without all of the technology and the services built on top of these two innovations. Yet, what if these innovations are just teaser of what is to come in the next couple of decades: the next golden age of innovation?

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From Consumer to Collaborator: A Look at Open Innovation

IdeaScale

Connect with your most important customers. Listening to your customer is part of any business, now even more so than ever. Social media and online connectivity let consumers offer organizations instant feedback, both positive and negative, from detailed reviews to passionate emails to there-and-gone Snapchat snaps. This is more than just a way to better understand who shops with you, though; with the right platform, it can be a source of powerful innovation.

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Running = Innovation (learning from personal record in Berlin Marathon)

InnovationManagement

Prof. dr. Stefan Stremersch had an epiphany while running his personal record time in the Berlin Marathon. Running is innovation. Running needs innovation, for example when it comes to new solutions for improving endurance running equipment. In this article he talks about big brands such as Nike and Asics and why are they are (un)successful. But innovation also needs running: running teaches you characteristics that are needed to make innovation into a success.

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Communicating a Strategic Plan: 5 Key Factors to Consider

Cascade Strategy

Everyone knows that to implement and execute your strategy, you need people throughout the organization to engage with it. And, everyone knows that this starts with effective communication of your strategy.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Learning and Real-Work Application: Bridging the Gap

CMOE

An employee’s attendance at a learning event—even if he or she is actively engaged during the session—does not demonstrate learning success for the employee, his/her manager, or the organization. The desired outcome any organization wants to achieve by providing these development opportunities is change; change that is clearly demonstrated through performance improvement and a stronger bottom line.

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Interview with an Innovator: Michael Brenner on why Mean People Suck

Carla Johnson - Innovation

October 24, 2019 Many of the best innovators I know don’t carry an “innovation” title on their business card. They are people who understand that new ideas can happen anytime and anywhere. But that’s not how most of the world looks at innovation. “Innovators” are the design thinkers, the data scientists and the engineers. They’re the ones who have a.

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Idea Drop recognised for second time in the Gartner Market Guide for Innovation Management Tools

Idea Drop

Idea Drop has been named by Gartner in their latest Market Guide for Innovation Management Tools*, published on 7 October 2019. Gartner states in the report that “the transformation to digital business is increasing IT leaders’ interest in software that supports innovation initiatives.” Further, “The core value of innovation management tools is their ability to […].

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How to Build an AI-Ready Organization

Innovation Leader

The truth about AI? It’s easy to throw away millions on infrastructure without seeing any impact.

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Boeing Seeks Fresh Thinking with Open Innovation

IdeaConnection

An artificial intelligence-based platform to help airline pilots with situational awareness and decision-making.

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Make Your Idea A Reality With These 3 Steps

The Human Factor

contributed post –. source. Bringing a product concept from idea to reality is something that many of us dream of, but the process itself can be time-consuming and costly which is why so many of us don’t take our product ideas any further. But what if you could simplify this process? Would you take a stab in the dark? The idea & the research. The first thing you’re going to need to get started with this journey is your idea.

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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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The Innovation Hotline: How Colruyt Group is Championing Intrapraneurship with Collaborative Idea Generation

Qmarkets

Often times, the most successful and innovative companies stem from the humblest of origins. Colruyt Group is a great case in point. Its rapid expansion from a small, family-run wholesale goods business in 1928 into a multinational conglomerate with 30,000 employees, can be attributed in part to the creative – and ingenious – ways it has crowdsourced ideas from employees.