IdeaScale

APRIL 10, 2018

It’s a cold, wet Spring, so let’s take a moment (and a sip or two?) to reflect on how great ideas become reality. Specifically, let’s consider the invention of Bailey’s Irish Cream and what it can teach us about idea management strategies that can support and amplify successful ideas. On December 3rd, 2007, Diageo announced the sale of the billionth bottle of Baileys since it was first introduced in 1973.

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Econic

APRIL 10, 2018

The biggest challenges in corporate innovation and how to navigate them. Corporate innovation is hard. There are loads of challenges and pitfalls when trying to explore new opportunities inside of an existing organization. More and more, we’re seeing innovation programs close their doors after only a few years, with few senior leaders in the organization recognizing any real value from their efforts.

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 10, 2018

In the Industrial Economy, our model of success in business started with a strong charismatic leader with superior intelligence who could see through the end of the game, pick the best solution and hand out orders to employees who then executed them with specialized division of labor in functional silos. This model worked as long.

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Innovation Leader

APRIL 10, 2018

New York Life’s Ventures has been amping up its investments in “frontier technologies” that can improve the client experience, streamline operations, and help grow the business.

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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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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 10, 2018

We host several Innovation Bootcamps each month. After doing this work for years, you expect a predictable pattern at each session. Surprisingly, it’s not in the transformational new thinking about the enterprise and the potential value that is created. The pattern I am exploring here is subtle, having far-reaching implications. It happens within the professionals.

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InnovationManagement

APRIL 10, 2018

The ISO 9000 international standard family is primarily meant to normalize and maintain various aspects of quality management. ISO 9001, one of the most prominent, explicitly establishes best-practices for Quality Management Systems (QMS) across a variety of industries.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 10, 2018

Since 1987, when I Co-Founded Idea Champions , I have met truckloads of keynote speakers, change agents, organizational consultants, facilitators, and trainers. Good people. Committed people. Skilled people. Of all of them, the one I've learned the most from is Steven McHugh. Steven and I Co-Founded Idea Champions back in the day and worked side by side, breath by breath for ten extraordinary years until we decided to go our separate ways.

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