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My First Time: 3 of the Biggest Mistakes I Made

Cascade Strategy

My first time did not go well. Going in, I was absolutely sure that I was going to dazzle with my creativity, ingenuity, and assuredness. What transpired was a humiliating dress-down and me my leaving the room with my tail firmly between my legs. I was arrogant, selfish and unoriginal - plus, despite diminishing interest from all involved - I kept at it for over an hour!

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Podcast S5E119: Aidan McCullen – Metamorphosis and reinvention in innovation

Idea to Value

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with bestselling innovation author , facilitator and award winning innovation podcast host Aidan McCullen. We speak about reinvention and how it applies to innovation, as well as the power of using metaphors. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:30 – Aidan’s history playing professional rugby, and how this led to him having to transform and reinvent himself. 00:04:00 – The difference between choosing to change, an

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Why it's Vital to be an Ambidextrous Organization

Strategyzer Innovation

Crises often serve to exacerbate our natural tendencies as humans and leaders. During crises, the trend to solely focus on execution, at the expense of innovation, becomes most obvious. As the fate of organizations and employees hangs in the balance, organizations tend to forego their innovation practices.

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Vitamins Don't Have a Triggering Event

Leanstack

How I learned to stop procrastinating and start realizing that now is the best time to launch or pivot a new product offering or startup – yes, despite the pandemic. Were you in the middle of launching a new product or startup when the pandemic hit? Like a lot of entrepreneurs, you probably hit the brakes on your project or put your new ideas on the back-burner in order to conserve resources and ride out the uncertainty.

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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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Jobs to be Done Framework Training

InnovationTraining.org

Learn about this innovation framework and find training resources, articles, tips, and more. JTBD (or Jobs to Be Done) is a theory that describes consumer action. Consumers buy products and services to get jobs done – and while the individual products/services come and go, the underlying job-to-be-done remains. In the innovation process, this really comes down to trying to find better ways of accomplishing this JTBD, rather than focusing on the product itself.

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Why I Joined KaiNexus and What Do I Do?

Kainexus

I’ve had the benefit of learning, practicing, and teaching continuous improvement for the better part of almost twenty years. I have seen, first-hand, the transformational power of how continuous improvement can radically change people’s lives at work in a way that benefits everyone: the customer, the employee, and the organization. I am fortunate to have found a career where I can help people and teams be the best versions of themselves.

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Simplifying the Complexity of Foresight and Strategy

ITONICS

Recent global events have set in motion a ripple effect of change. However, the truth is that there have been other events or developments that have triggered significant shifts before 2020, and there will be other agents of change well after 2021. To navigate ongoing global and local changes, we need to be prepared for uncertain futures. Foresight is a powerful tool that organizations can utilize to anticipate and lay the necessary groundwork for different probable futures.

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20 Reasons Why People Get Their Best Ideas in the Shower

Idea Champions

During the past 25 years, I've asked more than 10,000 people where and when they get their best ideas. I get all kinds of answers, but the one that has always fascinated me is "the shower" -- maybe because I also get so many of my good ideas there. And so, at the risk of overstating my case, I hereby offer you 20 reasons WHY the shower is so conducive to idea generation. 1.

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Technology Scouting & Technology Landscaping – How They Differ and Why You Need Both

eZassi

Understanding your company’s “technical right-to-succeed” is critical to the success of your business: it’s what sets you apart from your competition and allows you to provide the best products and services your clients and users have come to expect. It’s important to understand the entire landscape of your company’s current technology and how it compares to the technology of your competitors and the future of technological innovation.

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Employee Spotlight: Interns

Brunner

Meet our 2021 summer interns—we’re so excited to have them on board and look forward to helping them gain hands-on experience during their time here. Get to know them below! . Maddie Spadafore, Digital Performance Marketing . Q: Where are you going to college? . A: University of Pittsburgh . Q: What is your intended major/ any minors? . A: Marketing/Business Information Systems .

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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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Why Foresight Is for Everyone

ITONICS

Recent global events have set in motion a ripple effect of change. However, the truth is that there have been other events or developments that have triggered significant shifts before 2020, and there will be other agents of change well after 2021. To navigate ongoing global and local changes, we need to be prepared for uncertain futures. Foresight is a powerful tool that organizations can utilize to anticipate and lay the necessary groundwork for different probable futures.

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Combining scenario management and business model thinking: Why strategic agility is the new way to define your corporate strategy

The BMI Lab Blog

For the past decades, companies have been defining their strategy following a traditional approach: On the one hand, they analyzed trends, selected the most relevant ones, and designed their strategy based on a “clear view of the future”. On the other hand, they created a one-dimensional strategy which – at best – provided a clear direction, but often gave the company's development little room to breathe.

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