Wed.Feb 23, 2022

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The Importance of Listening When Developing a Product Roadmap

Anaqua

When it comes to product strategy and development at Anaqua, the key word is LISTEN. In developing the Anaqua 2022 roadmap for our AQX IP management platform, we listened to our customers, listened to the market, then we worked directly with our customers through two rounds of interviews, sharing and refining our thoughts with them, and listened again.

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5 Tips on How to foster Psychological Safety on your teams

Idea to Value

If you work in a team, you may have heard me talk about the importance of Psychological Safety before. Developed by Professor Amy Edmondson , it is a principle which shows a team that they can speak up when things are not going well, and foster a culture of collaboration and progress on challenging tasks. While the principles themselves are simple, many leaders find it challenging to know exactly how they can create a psychologically safe environment.

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Bringing innovation in from the cold

Jeffrey Phillips

I've been thinking a lot about innovation and it's "place" in a corporate structure. Innovation is often so different, so unique and so unfamiliar that many companies aren't quite sure where to place it. Does it belong with product teams, since some innovation is logically focused on new products? Does it belong in a strategy organization, since innovation is often focused on growth?

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CREATIVE THINKING EXERCISE

Michael Michalko

This exercise based on the forming of associative elements into new combinations. The more mutually remote the new combinations, the more creative the process or solution. Instructions: You are presented with three words and asked to find a fourth word that is related to all three. For instance, what word do you think is related to these three words?

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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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Meet CPG Profit Objectives with These Three New Product Development Priorities

Sopheon

40% of NPD projects fail to meet profit expectations. Often, the problem rests in 3 areas: inflexible decision processes, poor resource planning & over-reliance on low-risk offerings. The post Meet CPG Profit Objectives with These Three New Product Development Priorities appeared first on Sopheon.

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Invest Yourself in All That You Do

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Douglas Ferguson Diversity of thought and diversity of perspective is crucial to innovative solutions within teams. Building a work culture around diversity and inclusion is proven to provide performance rates that outshine the competition.

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MAKING GAMIFICATION ACCESSIBLE – BRINGING NEWNESS TO CORPORATE LEARNING

ImagineNation

I was first introduced to gamification when I met Mario Herger , in 2012, when he was a Senior Innovation Strategist at SAP Labs LLC, in Israel, as a participant in his two-day gamification workshop for Checkpoint security software. It was an exciting and exhilarating journey into the playful and innovative world of gamification pioneers such as Farmville, Angry Birds, and BetterWorks.

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Four Ingenious Ways to Attract Clients to Your Corporate Business

Collectivecamp

Whether you’re just starting out or have been running a business for years, the goals of most firms are pretty much the same - to maximize exposure in their particular sector, thereby attracting as many customers as possible and growing their market share.

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Imagining a Better Future: Keys to Human Progress

Phil McKinney

Playing it safe will lead to the decay of human progress. The way to a great future is through innovation and creativity. This may sound like something from the dawn of time, but it has never been more true in today's world. Innovation and creativity are at the heart of our economic recovery, our environmental […].

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Strategic Deterrence: P&G, Clorox, and the Bleach Category

Michael Roberto

Source: Fortune.com This month, we have read and heard a great deal about strategic deterrence at the geopolitical level. The news spurred me to think about how I teach in our business strategy course about deterrence with regard to incumbents and potential entrants in a particular industry. I often tell students the story of Proctor and Gamble's attempted entry into the bleach market in the 1980s.

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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.

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Disruption Should Never Sneak Up on You: Find the Courage to Change by Using Hard Trends

Daniel Burrus

I want you to take a moment and ask yourself: are you afraid of change? Many answer with a flat-out “yes,” some may answer “yes, depending on the circumstance,” and a select few answer “not really” or “not at all.”. Are those individuals who answered “no” to fearing change fearless? Not at all; everyone fears something. However, change not being one of their fears is most likely a result of them being Anticipatory as a business leader and an individual in society today.