Fri.May 18, 2018

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How Do You Make It Difficult For The Competition To Copy?

Innovation Excellence

Businesses can get so wrapped up in all the excitement of an innovation idea they tend to give very little time to what the competition might do once the innovation has launched. Instead it gets waved aside with justifications like: “The trade and consumers will stay loyal to the first to market.” “It will take.

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Top Ideas and How to Execute Them

Beyond the Obvious

Which Top Ideas to Pitch? The next stage is to consider how these ideas might be implemented by your organization. Look at the top ideas and say to yourself as the leader, “These are great ideas—how can we execute them?” The following questions will help you get to your answer: Can we get our teams […].

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Meet the Exago Innovation Guru prize-winners

Exago

The challenge was set, the votes counted and the champions announced. And now, Exago has delivered the prizes to the Innovation Guru Award winners of 2017. We were proud to present the trophies to Via Varejo, Ageas and CTT, the three clients who especially stood out for their solid focus and resilience to innovate over the past year. The post Meet the Exago Innovation Guru prize-winners appeared first on Exago.

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How to Measure Innovation (To Get Real Results)

Innovators Alliance

Metrics are a combination of art and science. The trick is to inspire action around the goals you set. *Originally published on Co.Design: click here to access. There’s an elephant in the room when it comes to “innovation.” And it’s an ironic elephant given that we’re all so hooked on data analytics, a/b testing, and getting metrics for anything and everything.

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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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How Crowdsourcing Can Help Improve Healthcare

IdeaConnection

With patients demanding better customer experiences and pharma companies facing increasing pressure to improve outcomes, the need for the healthcare sector to innovate has never been greater. And that means there is a greater need for smart solutions. An article in the current edition of Forbes online highlights four examples of how this can be achieved through crowdsourcing initiatives.

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5 Tips for Promoting Innovation at Nonprofit Organizations

InnovationManagement

Startups often lead their industries in innovation—they’re full of fresh ideas, thinkers with big dreams, and the flexibility to create impactful change. But what about other organizations? Innovation is a must for every company, whether the organization is a large corporation or a small nonprofit. Unfortunately, many nonprofits are some of the least innovative companies in operation.

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Advice for Graduates - Class of 2018

Michael Roberto

As commencement approaches for the Class of 2018, I would like to take a moment to offer a few words of advice. This year, I write with a fresh perspective, as I have a graduating senior. My daughter, Grace, will be graduating high school in two short weeks (sigh!). I ask that you consider these words from former President Teddy Roosevelt. It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

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Khaldoun Aboul-Saoud

Innovation 360 Group

Based in Dubai, UAE. Background: Khaldoun is an experienced, executive, design thinking, User Experience, leadership and change management consultant, who provides consulting and coaching for executive clients and business units. He has extensive experience as a director and consultant in executive coaching, organizational development, business performance improvement, leadership and professional development, spanning over twenty years in a wide range of industries and across management levels,