Mon.Sep 10, 2018

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Leading The Rat Race: The Hurdles Of Innovation

Innovation Excellence

Locked with the President of my country, Cyril Ramaphosa, in what was already a ‘do-not-disturb, bromance-in-progress’ kind of moment; he must have developed an on-the-spot inkling that our intimacy stands to grow by leaps and bounds if he were to somehow ask me what I do for a living.

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How Might We?

Michael Roberto

Too often, we find it easy to poke holes in a proposal put forth by colleagues. We find all the flaws rather easily. However, we don't provide feedback that actually helps strengthen the proposal, nor do we offer any plausible alternatives. In those moments, team leaders need to consider what might be the best secret weapon at their disposal. It's a simple question: How might we?

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Scaling Up Startups in Corporate Settings

Innovation Excellence

In recent years, an increasing intensity in collaboration between incumbent companies and startups has been observed. Meanwhile, close to 80% of corporations and startups have already been or are collaborating. The mutual – actually complementary – benefits seem pretty obvious: Benefits for startups include availability of office space, hardware, networks, support and potential funding access.

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How to Attract the Brightest Innovative Minds to Your R&D Department

Innocentive

The benefits historically of having the best and brightest minds working at your company or organization are self-evident. When you recruit and keep the top talent in your industry, you stand the best chance of not only beating your competition, but you may also be able to outlast them. The same can be said about R&D departments: those who leverage the brightest minds in any field will innovate faster, more efficiently and with far less investment.

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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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Sten Jacobson

Innovation 360 Group

Director. Background. Sten is an executive consultant and workshop leader with 25+ years of successful C-level assignments including international management consulting. Focuses on strategy development, business model innovation, blue ocean creation and value proposition design as well as business process mapping, development and transformation. Long successful career with 100+ assignments with challenging teams, board members and leaders to innovate new, more profitable, business models, often

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Breakthrough AI Technology as Good as Experts

IdeaConnection

A machine-learning system that can detect more than 50 different eye diseases could speed up diagnosis and treatment that may prevent some people from going blind.

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Inside Kellogg's NYC Cereal Café

Innovation Leader

At Kellogg's NYC, playing with your food is encouraged. Kellogg's launched its New York City cereal café in 2016. See how the brand connects with its customers.

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Back Now Live: Value Proposition Surgical Robotics Simulation on Harvard Business Publishing Website

Innovation in Practice

This valuable simulation was recently published by my friend and colleague, Marta Dapena-Baron, of The Big Picture Partners. This multiplayer training simulation brings to life the concept of value proposition motivating players to consider how their brands’ value propositions affect both business outcomes and brand value. This simulation puts the user in charge of a robotics company as it prepares to launch a general surgery solution.