Tue.Aug 23, 2022

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The Battle Against the Half-Life of Learning

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Douglas Ferguson Leading with learning in mind is a necessary skill to consistently innovate as a team. Continually learning and revisiting skill sets is crucial to combating the half-life of learning. As leaders, it’s important to make time available to our employees to freshen up their skills and knowledge through programs and […].

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From 911 to 988, assessing the new United States’ hotline through the lens of Jobs theory

Christensen Institute

More than half of all people incarcerated in the United States have mental health issues, according to a report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). In fact, every year 1.2 million individuals living with a mental illness are not receiving care because they are in prison. Individuals with mental health conditions need to be provided with mental health care, not unnecessary incarceration.

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Why Consider Hoshin Kanri (Policy Deployment) Software?

Kainexus

Hoshin Kanri, also known as policy deployment, is the Lean management approach for aligning strategy, tactics, and improvement work organization-wide. The words Hoshin Kanri mean "management compass." When well executed, the method ensures that every employee from the front-line to top leadership understands the organization's most important objectives and works to achieve them by tackling major priorities and daily improvement projects.

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Management Lessons from the Sinking of the SS El Faro

Harvard Business Review

What can we learn about how leaders and their teams communicate under pressure from the sinking of a container ship?

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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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Episode 10 – Retrospective

IM Insights

About the Episode. Elijah Eilert is talking to Oliver Durrer. Oliver is sharing insights from his accomplished career in corporate innovation. He is also helping Elijah do a Retro on the podcast for this 10th episode: What went well? What didn’t go well? What to do next? This episode is a bit different from others as it focuses less on specific lessons for innovation teams and leaders and more on personal experiences. “Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change

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Craft a Measurable Company Purpose

Harvard Business Review

Step one: Make sure your purpose statement includes key stakeholders. Step two: Make sure your KPIs align.

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Don’t Let Hierarchy Stifle Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Three practices to encourage participation from every level of your organization.

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Accelerating the new Energy Ecosystem

Innovating4Energy

Accelerating the Energy Transition [link]. Over the next twenty to thirty years, the Energy System will undergo a massive transition to achieve that eventual 2050 net-zero target of decarbonizing the energy system fully, resulting in a clean, climate-resilient energy transformation. I have been looking in a short mini-series at the need to structure the Energy System in a very systematic and consistent evaluation as we undertake the changes from a fossil-reliant ecosystem into a clean, renewable

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How Much Should New Hires Focus on Building Peer Relationships?

Harvard Business Review

It’s an important component of effective onboarding — but too much can backfire.

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Answering 3 Key Automotive Industry 4.0 Questions

Planview

Vehicle factory shutdowns due to a microchip shortage, an automotive CEO losing his job for software concerns, and millions of connected cars on the road. No doubt about it, Automotive Industry 4.0 is here. Technology-related issues that weren’t a concern just five or ten years ago are now top of mind as customer demands and a rapidly changing industry push automakers and OEMs in new directions.

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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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Why Companies Decide to Sell on Amazon—or Not

Harvard Business Review

A conversation with HBS professor Ayelet Israeli weighing the pros and cons of the e-commerce platform.

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