Mon.May 23, 2016

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Innovation Strategy – Diane Bleck with a 5-Step Infographic

BrainZooming

One of my favorite things is when clients, blog readers, and Brainzooming workshop attendees use our strategic thinking exercises to explore new ideas. They often end up creating new formats and adapting tools in ways we hadn’t envisioned! The most recent example came our way this weekend. Diane Bleck of Discovery Doodles and I were tweeting each other a couple of times in the past few weeks about innovation.

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Five Mindsets That Have Helped Successful People Bounce Back From Failure

Faisal Hoque

Who doesn’t love chocolate? And we all know Hershey’s — but perhaps we don’t all know the story of the famous chocolate company’s founder, Milton Hershey. The post Five Mindsets That Have Helped Successful People Bounce Back From Failure appeared first on Faisal Hoque :: Entrepreneur | Author.

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The Rise of the Smart Creative (Lessons from Google)

Innovation Excellence

IBM Learning is now developing a completely different set of competencies which they encapsulate and describe as an ‘adaptive learner’. Stating that “innovation is the art of combination” where designers, developers, and engineers (and supervisors, managers and leaders) are required to combine their ‘expert intuition’ (and knowledge, skills and experience) with ‘strategic intuition’ (and innovative thinking).

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Pre-solving Predictable Problems Is Better Than Experiencing Them

Daniel Burrus

On an almost daily basis, we read stories about how every industry is facing digital disruption. Although there has been a flurry of negative articles warning how we are heading for a dystopian technological future, the reality is that disruption has always happened; it is the speed at which it happens that has changed. Way back in 1942, Joseph Schumpeter coined the phrase “Creative Destruction” to describe something new that kills something old.

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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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Want to Innovate? Make Sure You Have a Seat at the Table

Innovation in Practice

For most companies, the top marketer, usually called the chief marketing officer, is part of the senior leadership team and sits on the executive committee or management board. In other words, marketing has a “seat at the table.”. But here’s the challenge. If you let things slip in terms of your team’s skills and effectiveness, you’re going to lose that seat.

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Head of Innovation Lab at ADP on Recruiting & Hand-Offs

Innovation Leader

Roberto Masiero, Vice President and Head of ADP’s New Jersey Innovation Lab, offers lessons and recommendations for companies looking to start their own labs.

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One Simple Way to Ensure That Your Team Becomes High Performing

Idea Champions

If you are reading this, chances are good that you are currently a member of a team -- either at work, in your community, or as part of a volunteer organization. And if you aren't on a team now, chances are good that, at some time in your life, you were on a team. Yes? I thought so. In any case, it's more than likely that whatever team you are on, or have been on, has had some challenges along the way.

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Customer Feedback and the Work That Comes With It

Svava

Understanding customer feedback is important.

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Understanding Customer Feedback

Svava

And the Work That Comes With It.

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