Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

When it comes to getting creative work done, sometimes your brain needs to shut out external information in order to focus. This is especially true for information which your brain previously noticed but deemed unimportant, and so begins to ignore. Examples of this include you not seeing the outline of your nose in front of your eyes, not feeling the weight of your clothes on your skin or not noticing the sound of the airconditioning in the room.

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Creativity Project Examples 223

Bill Fischer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Disruption is alive and well and posing a considerable threat to formerly successful, incumbent market-leaders in electric vehicles, dairy products and hearing aids. Time to disrupt has sped-up, and disruption is no longer exclusively for lower-price entrants.

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Disruption Marketing Strategy Strategy 85

Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Most of my advice to leaders who want to use innovation to grow their businesses boils down to two things*: Talk (and listen) to customers Do something But what if you don’t want to talk to customers? After all, talking to customers can be scary because you don’t know what […].

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Innovation Change Disruption Culture 84

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Four steps to prepare your company — before it’s too late.

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Company 98

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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Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. We also publish a weekly Top 5 as part of our FREE email newsletter. Did your favorite make the cut? But enough delay, here are August’s […].

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Change Innovation Learning Design 60

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Look out for these red flags.

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How To 91

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Sponsor content from HSA Group.

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Groups 86

Christensen Institute

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

A mere two years after COVID-19 shut down the country, we were slammed with another public health concern: monkeypox. As of mid-August, there were 14,115 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the US. While the disease burden is not nearly to the same scale as that of COVID-19, the global spread of monkeypox is enough for the WHO to have it declared a global health emergency —the second in two years. .

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Resources System Guidelines Change 52

Acuvate

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

With a greater emphasis on online interactions and digital business, identity management has become a critical global challenge worldwide. Physical credential documents can be easily tampered with; there is no way to separate the real from the fake. Moreover, verifying the authenticity of digital identity has also become difficult. People have become adept at making fake certificates or altering PDFs to create fake IDs.

Data 52

Data Technology Management Collaboration 52

Michael Michalko

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

This is a fun thing to do with a crowd of people, perhaps a dinner party. There are only 3 questions and the answers will surprise you. 1. Put the following 5 animals in the order of your preference. Cow Tiger Sheep Horse Pig 2. Write one word that describes each one of the following: Dog Cat Rat Coffee Sea 3. Think of someone, (who also knows you and is important to you), that you can relate him or her to the following colors.

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Handbook Brainstorming Creative Thinking Creativity 40

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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