Tue.Jan 28, 2020

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Five Foundations for a Culture of Innovation

Destination Innovation

If you are trying to transform an organisation which is sluggish and risk averse into one which is innovative and entrepreneurial then you have taken on a massive task. One approach is to use the Prosci ADKAR Change Management methodology as advocated by Jeffrey Hiatt and Tim Creasey. It consists of five key stages. 1. Awareness. It is critical for the leader to communicate the need for change and the importance of the initiative.

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Why Emotional Intelligence Is a Hallmark of Great Innovation Leaders

IdeaScale

Emotionally intelligent leaders spur their teams to innovation. Have you ever wondered what makes successful business leaders innovative? All executives have varying opinions on the qualities that make up a good leader, but the most important factor lies in the results. Forbes interviewed business leaders to get their perspectives on what makes a great leader.

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3 Key Tips for Creating a Culture of Innovation through Learning and Development

CMOE

Recent research has highlighted how the Learning and Development (L&D) landscape is chock full of innovative practices. L&D professionals provide some key strategies that illustrate how the journey to fostering a culture of innovation throughout your organization can start in the training room. Because technology is becoming ever more integrated into our daily lives, business in today’s market is a whirlwind of constant developments and advancements.

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5 Tips to Create a Strong Product Vision

InnovationManagement

Every startup and growth-oriented business needs to focus on innovation in order to come up with compelling brand stories and messages, engaging products and services, and amazing marketing tactics that will put the company on the map and allow it to become an authority in its niche. The post 5 Tips to Create a Strong Product Vision appeared first on Innovation Management.

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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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Exciting Innovations at CES 2020

Yet2

Earlier this month, we were among the 175,000+ industry professionals who attended CES 2020 in Las Vegas. This was the second year yet2 sent team members to the conference, which markets itself as “The Global Stage for Innovation.” Our mission was twofold: to confirm trends we are seeing and hearing in the global market and to discover new companies and technologies that could be applicable to some of our tech scouting projects.

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Why Most Companies are Just “Flailing Faster” and What to Do About It

Innovation Excellence

Over 25 million copies of the late Stephen R. Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, have been sold. It remains a best-seller three decades after it was first published (1989). The second habit of highly effective people is to “begin with the end in mind.” That simple insight has probably done more to.

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7 Proactive Ways to Improve Workplace Culture and Engagement

Kainexus

While it is a little dated, The Deloitte University Press Global Human Capital Trends 2016 report has probably the most useful definition of culture and engagement that we’ve seen. The report notes that “Culture describes the way things work around here, while engagement describes how people feel about the way things work around here.”. That simple statement explains why a Dennison Consulting study found that organizations with thriving cultures have a 72% higher engagement rate than those witho

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Why Innovation Management is Important – 3 Key Reasons

Qmarkets

“Innovate or stagnate.” It’s a stark choice that businesses across all sectors must confront daily. Although many decision makers at large companies recognize the importance of innovation, most fail to implement it in a strategic, consistent, and effective way. A recent study by McKinsey & Company found that 84% of executives agreed innovation was important for their growth strategy, but only 6% said they were satisfied with innovation performance.

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How to Grow Your Company Without Spending Any Money

Stephen Shapiro

Sometimes the best strategy is to give someone a slice of your business… Do you ever feel as though you never have enough time, money, or resources to make your business as successful as you know it could be? As a small-business owner myself, I struggle with this dilemma frequently. Although I could take out business loans and hire employees or contractors, I would rather not take on the extra burden of having people to manage and additional bills to pay.

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23 Business Lessons from URBNSURF Founder, Andrew Ross

Collectivecamp

Andrew Ross is the founder of URBNSURF - Australia’s and the southern hemisphere’s first surf park, which opened its doors to the public in January of 2020 to much fanfare.

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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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New 2020 Cascade Pricing (And why Pricing is so Hard!)

Cascade Strategy

Today I want to share with you two things:

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Humans Are Lazy

helloFUTURE

Stop Asking The Customer To Jump Through Your Hoops In some ideation sessions that I’ve been a part of when attendees start the description of the idea with “the customer needs to” or “the customer should” or “the customer will,” I inwardly cringe. Typically, the rest of that sentence usually is asking the customer to… The post Humans Are Lazy appeared first on hellofuture.

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New Retail: how chinese user-centrism transforms retail

mjvinnovation

New Retail is a mix between logistics, supply chains, payment systems, automation and technologies such as Artificial Intelligence. It is the meeting of different business fronts to create new consumer possibilities. At the heart of this process is the concern on offering greater convenience to the user during their purchase journey. This Chinese-style user-centered method is already dictating the rhythm of global retail.

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#1,603 – Solar Foods

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

As much as we’d like there to be, there probably isn’t a miracle cure out there to solve the problem of Climate Change. Certainly a technological solution isn’t just going to materialize out of thin air. Or will it? Because as outlandish as it sounds, it may soon be possible to create food out of thin air in a sustainable way that would significantly reduce our carbon emissions.

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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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How to Go Beyond the Team Leader Overload Syndrome

Idea Champions

Most people who are in a leadership position, often find themselves overloaded and overwhelmed. "Too much to do and not enough time," is their mantra. And here's why: 1. They haven't established clear expectations with their team. 2. They don't trust the people they lead. 3. There are insufficient standards of excellence. 4. They want everyone to like them. 5.

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#1,602 – SelfieType Invisible Keyboard

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Prevailing wisdom suggests that we’ll invoke Minority Report when we interact with computer interfaces in the future, waving our hands and gesturing wildly in lieu of using a mouse. But what about when it comes to typing? What will replace the keyboard? Perhaps Samsung’s SelfieType could be the answer as we utilize our phone’s cameras to type on an imaginary keyboard.

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DON’T LISTEN TO YOUR CUSTOMERS!

Innovation 360 Group

You may have heard that we are living in the Age of Customer Experience. Gartner projected that 89 percent of companies compete primarily on customer experience. You might ask why on Earth anyone would say, “Don’t listen to your customers!” when customer opinions matter the most. Because your customers can’t tell you what they need. Listening to them will mislead you.

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How 3 Councils Connected With Over 200 Quality Startups in Less Than 3 Months

Collectivecamp

The general public does not commonly view councils as being fast-moving or innovative.

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How Retailers Are Transforming Customer Experiences with Data & AI

Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.