Leapfrogging

JUNE 29, 2019

Why the Stage Gate Process is Being Used by More and More Organizations to Evaluate and Refine Their Next Big Ideas. by upBOARD. While every business wants to be seen as the creator of the next massively “disruptive” product or service , the truth is that most businesses won’t be able to disrupt the market in a truly unique way. Still, even without disruptive innovation, organizations can thrive if they maintain a steady stream of incremental innovations over time.

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Disruption Project Competition Innovation Management 100

Innovation Excellence

JUNE 29, 2019

An Innov8ors Miami Keynote by Sarah Thurber Last year Innov8rs embarked on a year-long research project to better understand: who are corporate innovators? What makes them tick? What makes their efforts succeed and fail? We partnered with FourSight, creators of the FourSight Thinking Profile, to assess more than 350 innovators from around the world.

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Leapfrogging

JUNE 29, 2019

A Balanced Scorecard Provides a Model for Businesses to Align High-Level Objectives With Their Mission and Vision. by upBOARD. Most businesses tend to manage their strategic mission and vision with a top down approach, all the while tracking metrics and key performance indicators from the bottom up, which can be messy. Unfortunately, this leaves lots of room for operational inefficiency and confusion , especially when the top-down strategic vision and mission is misaligned with bottom up success

System 100

System Tools Management Culture 100

Dawid

JUNE 29, 2019

So, I don’t want to start this blog on a downer, but in our beloved technology ecosystem there is complete overuse with the term ‘innovation’. Anything ‘cool’ or shiny is dubbed as ‘innovation’. However, the ugliest invention could also be the most innovative one that exists. Ok so if innovation is a term that is misused, how should it be used? What is innovation?

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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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Leapfrogging

JUNE 29, 2019

Operations Management Dashboards Are Being Used More and More by Businesses Looking to Drive Change. by upBOARD. When pilots take off from an airport with a plane full of passengers, you might imagine that they simply set coordinates for their end location and count the minutes until they arrive. That could not be farther from the truth. In fact, airplanes are typically off course by as much as 10% for the majority of their flight.

Management 100

Management Data Course Change 100

Innovation Excellence

JUNE 29, 2019

One of the things we know is that contracting is very important to create a cooperative relationship. And in the past, we’ve explained what is actually a contract. Now, we’re going to talk about the three levels of contracting and specifically this time, level one. Contracting Level 1: Administrative Contract Level one is how do.

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Dawid

JUNE 29, 2019

So, I don’t want to start this blog on a downer, but in our beloved technology ecosystem there is complete overuse with the term ‘innovation’. Anything ‘cool’ or shiny is dubbed as ‘innovation’. However, the ugliest invention could also be the most innovative one that exists. Ok so if innovation is a term that is misused, how should it be used? What is innovation?

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Innovation Design Thinking Design Resources 40

Leapfrogging

JUNE 29, 2019

What is the Agile Innovation Process, and what are best practices, tools and online templates for teams and organizations? By Upboard. Today, everyone wants to be agile. It’s seen as sexy and cool to be agile, but most people don’t know what the term really means. Still, concepts like agile design and agile software development have taken over the popular zeitgeist recently, and businesses are looking for ways to develop the agile mindset at every possible opportunity.

Agile 100

Agile Software Developers Software Development Roadmap 100

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

JUNE 29, 2019

Swipe left to reject someone. Right to match with them. Anyone who has tried online dating is familiar with this concept regardless of their preferred app. And yet swiping hasn’t really caught on anywhere else. Social media apps like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram involve scrolling, not swiping. Attention grabbing activity for sure. But not nearly as addictive or fun as swiping.

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Leapfrogging

JUNE 29, 2019

What can you learn about change from Baker’s Four Strategies of Influence? By UpBOARD. Are you using the right persuasion tactics to influence the people you engage with? Whether you are trying to drive engagement within your team, make a business case to your boss, or sell a product or service to a customer, the methods that you use to influence decision makers should be tailored to the situation and the individual you are speaking with.

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Change How To Underperforming Technical Team Comparison 100

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.

Artificial Inteligence

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

JUNE 29, 2019

Last week when Facebook unveiled plans for Libra, their new cryptocurrency, everyone focused on how this new digital coin would impact global financial markets and rightfully so. It was, after all, a financial instrument that we were talking about. But hidden in their white paper was mention of an idea that would go hand in hand with a digital currency: the formation of a definitive decentralized digital identity for users.

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Leapfrogging

JUNE 29, 2019

Sometimes, lasting innovation requires being slow, quiet and even a little bit boring. By Upboard. Every single business is unique in one way or another. Businesses vary greatly depending on the products that they provide, the business models they employ and the style of service they give to their customers. Most businesses struggle to compete against one another because what sets them apart from the others isn’t necessarily clear or well defined.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Tools Competition 100

Michael Roberto

JUNE 29, 2019

Sian Beilock, President of Barnard College, has written a good HBR digital article titled, "Why Talented People Fail Under Pressure." She writes, When the pressure is on, we tend to panic — about the situation, its consequences, and what others will think of us — and as a result we apply too much cognitive horsepower to what we are doing. We start overthinking something that usually comes naturally to us.

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Leapfrogging

JUNE 29, 2019

Managing projects with the Critical Path Method (CPM) allows teams to streamline processes that drive success even when the odds are stacked against you. By upBOARD. In the 1940s, the United States began working on a secretive program called the Manhattan Project. The project went on to develop the first functional nuclear weapons which were subsequently used in World War 2.

Project 100

Project Learning Analysis Technical Review 100

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.

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