Tue.May 12, 2020

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Here’s how you can come up with outside the box innovations

Idea to Value

If you’ve been working in innovation for at least some time, you’re probably sick and tired of hearing people talk about “thinking outside the box”, or the need to create “outside the box innovations”. The phrase has become one of the most overused clichés out there. However, just like so many other clichés, there’s an underlying reason for this being the case even though I personally dislike the term.

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Five Top Challenges for Innovation Managers and How to Address Them

IdeaScale

Innovation is the art of finding and overcoming challenges. Yet sometimes the challenges will find you as you work on your innovation strategy. Here are some of the key challenges for innovation programs across the business world in 2020. Lack of Leadership Any initiative needs to have the wholehearted support of the top tier of … Continued. The post Five Top Challenges for Innovation Managers and How to Address Them appeared first on IdeaScale.

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Handwashing solution supported by TRANSFORM scales to Bangladesh

Exago

For every challenge there is a solution, and in these uncertain times, social innovators are making an impact and facing COVID-19 head on. HappyTap, a portable handwashing solution supported by the TRANSFORM initiative, is one such example, having recently launched its product in Bangladesh. The post Handwashing solution supported by TRANSFORM scales to Bangladesh appeared first on Exago.

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Are you Aiming to Manage Change?

Cris Beswick

Before the COVID-19 lockdown, less than 1% of health consultations took place over a video link. Now video/internet and phone consultations are seen as the primary method of contact in the first instance between doctors and patients. In the past few weeks, we’ve seen public buildings repurposed as field hospitals, and factories retooling to produce … Continued.

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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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How to Build Knowledge-Based Companies?

InnovationManagement

Knowledge management improves organizational processes through a variety of different practices, and enhances learning, which can increase both follower engagement and personal development. This article presents the two key steps of successful knowledge management that can be implemented by company executives.

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10 Leadership Mistakes that Undermine Improvement Efforts

Kainexus

Leaders that we speak with get very excited about the idea of creating an improvement engine within their organizations. Who doesn’t want a team of players always looking to edge closer to perfection? Of course, achieving this goal is harder than it sounds. We’ve found that leaders who struggle to create a culture that thrives on improvement make one or more of ten common mistakes.

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Life Lessons I learnt from the movie “Same Kind of Different as Me”

Rmukesh Gupta

Premise: Living in a lockdown comes with its own fringe benefits. You end up watching a lot more movies or reading a lot more books that you would have otherwise watched or read. One such movie that I watched recently with my family is was “Same kind of different as me” starring one of my favorite actress Renee Zellweger, Greg Kinnear and Djimon Hounsou in a pivotal role.

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The Forrester Wave™: Innovation Management Platforms, Q1 2020

Wazoku

Forrester Reveals The 13 Most Significant providers in Innovation Management “Wazoku has a differentiating vision for idea sharing and innovation collaboration.” Wazoku featured as one of the 13 Most Significant providers in Innovation Management in “The Forrester Wave : Innovation Management Platforms, Q1 2020”. In February 2020, Forrester published the 2020 Forrest Wave, a review of the global Innovation Management sector.

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What Corporate Venture Funds can Learn From VCs

Innovation Leader

What are the risks when large companies dive into the venture capital game? How are venture teams responding to challenges posed by COVID-19?

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5 Things To Consider Before Setting Up Your Business

The Human Factor

When it comes to business, there is no guarantee that it’s going to succeed and there isn’t any way of fully being prepared for the inevitable obstacles you’ll encounter along the way. However, in spite of the many challenges that entrepreneurship presents, pursuing a career in this field can be hugely rewarding, and in some cases, life-changing. If you’re at the stage where you’re seriously considering going into business, then take a look at some of the things that you will have to factor in d

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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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32 Inspiring Quotes on Mastery

Idea Champions

"Mastery" is a fascinating phenomenon -- one that many people speak about, but few attain. Is it possible? Yes, it is. But what is it really? Ah. now that's the question, isn't it? The dictionary defines mastery as "possession or display of great skill or technique." OK. Good start. If you're fluent in French, for example, you have a mastery of the language.

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Making Your Ecommerce Business Look A Lot Bigger

The Human Factor

source. Size matters when it comes to online sales in the modern world. People often find it hard to trust businesses that they perceive as being small, even when the company is working hard to provide better services than the larger alternatives on the market. Of course, though, one of the key benefits of running your business online is that people don’t have to see how small you are.

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Some Of The Best Ways That You Can Reward Your Employees

The Human Factor

source. Rewarding employees is something that some bosses overlook. When confronted with Peggy Olson’s claim that he “never says thank you,” Don Draper replied with “that’s what the money is for.”. But salary isn’t the thing that says thank you – it’s the recognition that you’ve done the basics and you should want more than that from your employees.