Fri.Jun 23, 2017

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Don’t Focus on the Problem, Innovate past it

Innovation Excellence

Two groups of engineering students were given a similar task – to design a bicycle rack for a car. The first group focused on the problems with the existing design and that constrained their thinking. The second group came up with much more elegant and effective designs.

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Mattel’s New Open Innovation Portal

IdeaConnection

Mattel, Inc, the American multinational toy manufacturing company is now embracing open innovation in a big way. Engineers, inventors and indeed anyone with a great idea for a toy can now submit it to the company’s online portal. Previously, if you wanted to submit an idea to Mattel, you needed to be already established in the field or be represented by a toy broker.

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How Does Brexit Impact Your Innovation?

InnovationManagement

With the Brexit and doubts of Theresa May’s suitability and approachability as a key negotiator, there is uncertainty of the UK achieving a progressive deal with the EU. How will the continued negotiations impact product-oriented businesses and innovators - particularly once discussions begin in a few months’ time?

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FEI Europe 2017 Recap – Denise Fletcher, CIO

eZassi

FEI Europe – Adapt, disrupt, innovate. This year’s FEI Europe conference in London was full of energy and ideas and I left feeling more motivated and inspired than ever to continue to find new ways to disrupt stale approaches to innovation. While every success should be celebrated, it is vital that companies don’t make the mistake of resting on their laurels.

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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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Like The Best Tech Companies, Publicis Launches A Great Strategic Pivot

Adam Hartung

Some company pivots are obvious like changing technology while other pivots are more subtle like a strategic acquisition. At the time, observers are highly critical and the share price drops because the pivot is viewed through the lens of the Status Quo. Publicis pivoting away from Cannes may signal a major trend in the industry.

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Three Lessons from the Uber Mess

Michael Roberto

Yesterday, we learned that venture capital investors forced the resignation of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick. The company has undergone a tumultuous year, including a massive sexual harassment scandal as well as accusations about stolen files from Google. What can we learn from the challenges that the company has faced? There are many lessons; here are three big ones: 1.

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Solving the Problems of Government CIO Citizen Engagement

Qmarkets

The concept of “Digital Transformation” has been gaining steam in the business world over the last few years, as the benefits of facilitating digital business communication within large organizations are abundantly clear. However, in the world of governance, the move towards digital engagement for the purpose of civic innovation has been much more gradual.

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FEI Europe 2017 Recap – Denise Fletcher, CIO

eZassi

FEI Europe – Adapt, disrupt, innovate. This year’s FEI Europe conference in London was full of energy and ideas and I left feeling more motivated and inspired than ever to continue to find new ways to disrupt stale approaches to innovation. While every success should be celebrated, it is vital that companies don’t make the mistake of resting on their laurels.

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ISPIM Grand Prize 2017 – we have a winner!

Innovation Excellence

Wow, so close! We are delighted to announce that, by a single vote, the winner of the ISPIM Grand Prize 2017 for Excellence in Innovation Management is Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), with the Fraunhofer Institute a close second.

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Agile Innovation in a Nutshell

Integrative Innovation

The notion of Agile seems to be on everybody’s lips these days. Studies have proven agile companies to. generate above-average margins and revenues up to five times more often. boost average innovation success rates to 39% from 11% , in complex projects even up to six times that of conventional approaches. But what actually is Agile Innovation ?

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From Data to Decisions: Maximizing Retail Potential with 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.