Wed.Feb 03, 2021

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How savvy retailers are attracting customers

IdeaSpies

Shoppers may be shifting away from cities, shopping centres and high streets, but here’s how big retailers are creatively coming.

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Building the Innovation Business Case

Paul Hobcraft

The building always the Innovation Business Case offers a unique approach to tackle one of the real problem areas within innovation- making the case compelling. One of the toughest aspects within Innovation is making the Business Case. Much of the information is imperfect, the returns are often fuzzy and the doubters ready to block and deter new ideas from entering the commercialization process.

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What Are Some of the Benefits of Open Innovation?

IdeaScale

The span of human knowledge has grown vastly in the last century, to the point where many feel a traditional “closed” model of independent, internal research and development teams is no longer effective. This has led to the theory of “open innovation,” and it’s one worth considering as you develop an innovation strategy. What Is … Continued.

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Cui bono?

Idea to Value

It is a Latin phrase which means “to whom is there a benefit?” Always ask this question honestly and without bias when you are listening to advice about a new idea, innovation proposal or service offering. Because in most cases, people proposing something to you will almost always suggest something which would benefit them. Did your advertising agency suggest it is time for a brand refresh after your new product didn’t fly off the shelves?

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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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What Are Some of the Benefits of Open Innovation?

IdeaScale

The span of human knowledge has grown vastly in the last century, to the point where many feel a traditional “closed” model of independent, internal research and development teams is no longer effective. This has led to the theory of “open innovation,” and it’s one worth considering as you develop an innovation strategy. What Is … Continued.

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The Top 4 Innovation Culture Best Practices from the World’s Most Successful Companies

Qmarkets

Today the world’s most innovative companies are also some of the most successful. This doesn’t come as much of a surprise, especially in the continuous waves of disruption we’re seeing. Innovation lends itself to success by provoking organizations to continuously push for improvement and always be on the lookout for new opportunities. Amazon , SpaceX , Apple , and Salesforce are far better placed to innovate than others, but this is not by chance.

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Innovative Businesses Prioritize Creativity

Daniel Burrus

Human beings are meant to be creative. Year after year, entrepreneurs and employees alike are constantly driven to transform the world around them into something new, useful, and impactful in both their careers and personal lives. One problem we witness too often in society is the treatment of creativity and business innovation as mutually exclusive occurrences.

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#2,100 – Spinach Communication

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

If you thought you had trouble getting to inbox zero as it is just imagine how much harder it’ll be when you start getting emails from your plants as well. Futurism explains: “MIT scientists are showing off engineered cyborg spinach plants that they say are capable of sending emails to their creators. The spinach doesn’t have much on its mind, so it’s thankfully not filling inboxes with idle chit-chat.

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Assessment: What Stage of Innovation Maturity is Your Organization At?

Innovation Leader

Welcome to IL’s Innovation Maturity Model assessment. This diagnostic is designed to help innovation, R&D, strategy, and new product development leaders understand the strengths and weaknesses of their innovation programs, and provide an instant score.

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#2,099 – Harnessing Static Electricity

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

I’ve often wondered if it was possible to use human beings to generate power the way we use flowing water or the wind. For instance, could we power Penn Station in New York with the power generated from the movement of the turnstiles as commuters enter their respective platforms?! Or could we use the motion of our bodies while we walk, our Kinetic Energy, to power small electronics like our cell phones?

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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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Play Bold: Smart cities on water with CIO Luca Pronzati

Innovation 360 Group

Welcome to the third episode of Play Bold. and Magnus’ guest Luca Pronzati serves as the Chief Business Innovation Officer for the world-leading cruising company MSC. The post Play Bold: Smart cities on water with CIO Luca Pronzati appeared first on Innovation360.

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4 Innovation Culture Best Practices from the World’s Most Successful Companies

Qmarkets

This doesn’t come as much of a surprise, especially in the continuous waves of disruption we’re seeing. Innovation lends itself to success by provoking organizations to continuously push for improvement and always be on the lookout for new opportunities. Amazon , SpaceX , Apple , and Salesforce are far better placed to innovate than others, but this is not by chance.

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Transparent thinking

The Human Factor

source. Winning in business involves imagining a future for your company, determining what needs to happen to get there, and making sure it happens. Instead of focusing on what you can’t do, turn your brain towards what you can. To make this a reality, leaders need to develop transparent thinking in themselves and their team members. Stop Making Stuff Up.

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A Brilliant Spin on Scamming

Idea Champions

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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.