Sat.Mar 09, 2019

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Strategic foresight: learning from Steve Jobs

Norbert Bol

Steve Jobs is often described as a visionary who was willing to take actions that reshaped a range of industries such as software, computers, cloud computing, tablet computing, cellphones, music, TV and movies. The combination of vision and taking appropriate actions made him a great example of a discipline which is called strategic foresight. This discipline includes all activities related to forecasting, scenario analysis, action planning and decision making about strategy.

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Creating cooperation & belonging: Are you living up to your promise?

Innovation Excellence

As I travel the world helping businesses to create communities of cooperation and innovation I sometimes wonder why we have not been able to solve the world’s Big Hairy Audacious problems together. We potentially have the knowledge, the resources and the technology to do so, but hunger, overpopulation, poverty and pollution are still on the rise.

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Ginger Grant, PhD

Innovation 360 Group

Dr. Grant is an expert in creating innovation cultures and is a well-rounded professional with more than 25 years industry experience as a consultant. As an Innovation Researcher and Academic Entrepreneur and Activist, Ginger’s passion is creativity in business – the design, development and implementation of narrative gameplans that transform corporate culture, and drive employee engagement and high-performance teams for competitive advantage.

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Breaking Up L Brands

Michael Roberto

CNBC reported this week that hedge fund Barington Capital has called for a break-up of L Brands, the parent company of Victoria's Secret as well as Bath and Body Works. James Mitarotonda of Barington Capital called upon the company to address the poor performance of the Victoria's Secret business. He noted, "We believe that the declining performance of Victoria's Secret is primarily due to merchandising missteps and the failure to maintain a compelling brand image that resonates with its target

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Raeshelle M. Morris

Innovation 360 Group

Based in Toronto, Canada . Raeshelle M. Morris BMOS(Hons), MA(Leadership is responsible for implementing the operational and strategic mandate of Humber Centre for Entrepreneurship (CfE) which is one of Humber College’s Centres of Innovation, managing CfE programs and activities, promoting CfE initiatives, and engaging in opportunities to support the ideas and ventures of CfE members.