IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Nowadays, you hear terms like “corporate social responsibility” (CSR) a lot. Business schools are teaching courses on CSR, top-notch organizations are too. This concept is fairly new and different to what was practiced before. Previously, NGOs and companies “co-existed.” CK Prahalad talked about this relationship and what it meant. While the two entities didn’t clash with one another, they didn’t contribute to one another’s business models either.

Social Innovation 245

Social Innovation Underperforming Technical Team Change Innovation 245

HYPE Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

“It ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new.

Management 170

Management Innovation Management Innovation 170

Braden Kelley

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

by Braden Kelley and Adam Radziszewski Design Thinking attempts to extract the mindset of a designer, an artist, a creator, or even a child into a series of steps that can be applied to any discipline (even business or politics) … Continue reading →

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Design Thinking Design How To Innovation 100

Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Social media is incredibly effective for conveying marketing messages and for receiving rapid customer feedback. The effectiveness of social media for outbound marketing activities, i.e. getting the news out about new products offerings, and interacting with customers, is well known. But social media is also a tool for inbound marketing – for understanding the customer.

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Tools Product Innovation Marketing Innovation 76

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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Braden Kelley

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

by Braden Kelley and Adam Radziszewski Building strong sales relationships is all about trust and demonstrating how the product/solution will make the customer’s life better. But is traditional selling getting you where you want to go?

Design Thinking 100

Design Thinking Design Innovation 100

Focused Momentum

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The optimism of a new year can quickly vanish when teams turn from planning to managing. The demands of managing transactions and interactions take over focus and attention to longer-term, more strategic goals wanes. When the organizational goals are set, inertia puts pressure to shift back to the status quo. Slipping back into the “comfort zone is sometimes fostered by leaders stepping back during the implementation of a new strategic direction.

Management 66

Management Strategic Management 66

Wazoku

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

New platform looks to build on previous innovation successes. by increasing staff engagement and the volume of ideas. UK Central Government department, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has selected Wazoku ’s idea management platform, Idea Spotlight, to drive digital innovation and idea management across its entire network: The Royal Navy, British Army, the Royal Air Force, Joint Forces Command and Defence Infrastructure Organisation.

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Idea Management Engagement Innovation Training 45

Kainexus

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The good old suggestion box for collecting employee ideas for improvement has been around for decades, if not even longer. Employers know that not every person is willing to speak up publicly when they see an opportunity for good change, so a point of collection for these ideas makes a lot of sense. Like everything else these days, the suggestion box is migrating from the analog realm to the digital one with more companies opting for an online approach.

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Engagement Change Company 41

Commodore Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Problem : Innovation leaders need to balance Operational and Creative mindsets, but it’s easy to overemphasize one. Action : Answer 10 questions to review and calibrate your practices and metrics. As an innovation leader, you have to enable creativity and … The post The Operational and Creative Mindsets in Innovation Portfolio Management appeared first on Commodore Innovation.

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Creativity Management Innovation 40

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

When I first heard about 3D printing I thought the technology was an inevitability, a foregone conclusion that would soon take its rightful place in our homes alongside our refrigerators, coffee pots, toasters, and washing machines as an appliance that we just can’t live without. But that never happened. They were too costly, too slow, and too impractical.

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Technology Project Industry 30

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.

Artificial Inteligence

The Human Factor

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Contributed post –. A successful business needs to increase its revenue and continuously look for new ways to prosper. It can be a hectic environment to be in, for sure, and any profit-driven business owner knows that they need to push their employees in order for them to perform their best. However, while all of this is good for business, it can quickly backlash if you’re not able to encourage your team to keep a balanced lifestyle and find moments of peace during their days in the office as we

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How To Training Exercises Management 28

Michael Roberto

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Source: Wikimedia Commons Do all team members receive an equal portion of blame when a group failure occurs? That is the question explored by researchers Ginger Zhe Jin, Benjamin F. Jones, Susan Feng Lu, and Brian Uzzi in a paper titled, "The Reverse Matthew Effect: Consequences of Retraction in Scientific Teams." To study this question, the schlars gathered data on roughly 500 academic papers that had been retracted between 1993 and 2009.

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