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Innovation Needs Constraints

Digital Tonto

Researchers have known for decades that creativity needs constraints. When you have a limited budget, you simply don’t have the luxury of ignoring problems. You have to face up to them and solve them. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Do we really care about (artificial) intelligence?

Norbert Bol

Dear readers, First of all I would like to wish you a healthy, safe and successful 2021! Sorry for not keeping my promise to blog more in 2020 about responsible technology and artificial intelligence as I wrote in Happy New Year: The new roaring ’20 s. The reason was that 2020 really became a roaring year due to COVID-19 and all my attention was completely dedicated to business, although some of you have seen my contributions on these topics in PropTech For Good ( Europe and Asia ) and Instituti

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Ethics and NDE 4.0

Inspiring Next

Ripi Singh & Tracie Clifford Sound of an Alarm There are too many unknowns around explosive growth of Industry 4.0 technology applications, that it needs a hard conversation around ethics. The situation is particularly alarming as decision making shifts from humans to autonomous machines that can learn action but incapable of fear of penalty. One… Read More » Ethics and NDE 4.0.

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How to Steer Innovation Activities Using KPIs

ITONICS

The relevance of profitable innovation activities is obvious: With emerging technologies – such as AI - companies need to keep track of their innovation activities and targets in order to prevail against the competition. When discussions turn to the immediate financial impact, even the most robust innovation activities are quickly undone. Thus, it requires innovation metrics that are actionable, informative, and measurable to steer innovation activities towards desired future goals.

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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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The Power of Human Ingenuity

Phil McKinney

“What are you going to do about it?” My grandmother was chastising me for whining about how life wasn’t fair – or some other perceived injustice. What could I do about it! I was only a kid. It’s someone else's job to fix it! Or at least I thought so. Instead of letting me pass […].

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Do we really care about (artificial) intelligence?

Norbert Bol

Dear readers, First of all I would like to wish you a healthy, safe and successful 2021! Sorry for not keeping my promise to blog more in 2020 about responsible technology and artificial intelligence as I wrote in Happy New Year: The new roaring ’20 s. The reason was that 2020 really became a roaring year due to COVID-19 and all my attention was completely dedicated to business, although some of you have seen my contributions on these topics in PropTech For Good ( Europe and Asia ) and Instituti

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How to Steer Innovation Activities Using KPIs

ITONICS

The relevance of profitable innovation activities is obvious: With emerging technologies – such as AI - companies need to keep track of their innovation activities and targets in order to prevail against the competition. When discussions turn to the immediate financial impact, even the most robust innovation activities are quickly undone. Thus, it requires innovation metrics that are actionable, informative, and measurable to steer innovation activities towards desired future goals.

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