Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

I was thinking over the weekend that for years we've positioned innovation incorrectly. Too often we position innovation as creating a new and valuable offering or solution, ready when customers are ready to demand new products and services. In other words, we've positioned innovation as something to do to prepare for future business, future needs and future demands.

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Creativity Innovation Disruption Product Development 161

Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month we will profile the twenty posts from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Innovation Excellence. We also publish a weekly Top 8 as part of our FREE email newsletter. Did your favorite make the cut? But enough delay, here are August’s twenty most.

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Innovation 360

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

My friends – Sherlock is live! The collective deep-learning mind, Sherlock, where data from many thousands of companies in 62 countries, innovation experts in 28 countries and 100 years of current thinking is tap into the state of the art, artificial neuron network, with constant real-time data mining and training combined with supervised learning curated by a large group of accredited innovation practitioners all over the globe.

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Innovation Management Data Training Learning 40

Information Playground

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In late July I wrote about monitoring Stairs Mountain for the US Forest Service. In August I monitored two more locations in the Sandwich Range: Camp Rich and Square Ledge.  Camp Rich is near the peak of Mt Passaconaway. In addition to monitoring how many people passed through the area, the USFS asked me to monitor solitude by recording (a) how many tent sites were within hearing/seeing distance of each other, and (b) how many people I encountered on the trail.

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System 28

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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Michael Roberto

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Christa Quarles, CEO of OpenTable, described her favorite job interview question recently in an interview with CNBC. She likes to ask candidates: "What part of this role do you love and you can't stop doing? And what part do you hate doing?" Quarles knows the most important facets of the role she is trying to fill. If someone loves those critical facets of the job, then Quarles feels comfortable with that candidate.

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Management 22

Information Playground

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In late July I wrote about monitoring Stairs Mountain for the US Forest Service. In August I monitored two more locations in the Sandwich Range: Camp Rich and Square Ledge.  Camp Rich is near the peak of Mt Passaconaway. In addition to monitoring how many people passed through the area, the USFS asked me to monitor solitude by recording (a) how many tent sites were within hearing/seeing distance of each other, and (b) how many people I encountered on the trail.

System 28

System 28

BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Ask most business executives about strategy, and they don’t spit out well-articulated strategy statements. Instead, executives talk about customers or growth or cost cutting or new markets or a whole variety of other areas that can contribute to business success. That realization was a breakthrough in how we would create a strategy development exercise back when I ran strategic planning for a Fortune 500 corporation.

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