Fri.Nov 17, 2017

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Crossing the Internal Chasm in Corporate Innovation

Innovation Excellence

There is a huge noise around what companies should do to find the big ideas. Compared to it, the discussion about the best way of turning those ideas into substantial businesses is almost silent. We think it is high time to change this.

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10 Cues to Identify Strategic Themes in Your Ideas

BrainZooming

Emma Alvarez Gibson and I were talking about identifying strategic themes within tens or hundreds of ideas from a strategic planning workshop or from thousands of comments within a survey. Other than a big dose of help from outside forces , what are dependable ways to identify meaningful strategic themes? This is important because latching onto the right groupings for ideas will make all the difference when highlighting and simplifying smart strategy recommendations.

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Open Innovation for a Good Night’s Sleep

IdeaConnection

Things don’t only go bump in the night they also go whizz, woof, and clunk as there are many ways nighttime slumber can be disturbed – rowing neighbours, pets, partying kids, a snoring partner, machinery and so on. Headphones and earbuds can drown out some intrusive noises but there may be another way and that’s with sound. Bose Corporation is developing sleepbuds that produce soothing sounds to help people drift off, and it’s asking the crowd to contribute.

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6 Benefits of Ongoing Employee Development

InnovationManagement

In many organizations, work is pretty consistent and predictable: go into the office, perform your tasks, and go home. Many people spend years doing their jobs without much advancement or ongoing career development.

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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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Ready or Not? Black Friday Online Shopping Frenzy

Innovation Excellence

Last year, online sales on Black Friday reached an all-time record of $3.34 billion, up 21.6 year-over-year.and this year's online sales are likely to exceed last year's record. Last year's holiday shopping surprise performance of online versus brick and mortar shocked the retail community and this year's Black Friday weekend will bring even more surprises.

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Amir Atarodian

Innovation 360 Group

Amir Atarodian is currently PhD scholar in Management science at University of Naples, Federico II and University of Naples, Parthenope in Naples, Italy. His major professional specializations are innovation management, Business development, Business strategic planning (Strategy development and implementation) and Open business models. Also his main expertise in academic area as a PhD candidate is innovation management in particular working on Open Innovation.

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Comment on The Best Protection is Being Known for Your Innovation by Johan

Stephen Shapiro

Awesome! Great insight as always!

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Scaling Up Startups in Corporate Settings

Integrative Innovation

This ‘opinion’ on the question “What can startups and incumbents learn from each other and what are the biggest threats?” was originally published at innoboard.de. In recent years, an increasing intensity in collaboration between incumbent companies and startups has been observed. Meanwhile, close to 80% of corporations and startups have already been or are collaborating.

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Comment on The Best Protection is Being Known for Your Innovation by Stephen Shapiro

Stephen Shapiro

Thanks for the kind words!