Wed.Dec 23, 2020

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Hidden Opportunities for Improvement in Manufacturing

Kainexus

Manufacturing organizations dedicated to continuous improvement look for opportunities to eliminate waste at every juncture. They may spend most of their time looking at core activities like production efficiency because improvements to essential processes result in significant gains. However, there are many activities on the margins that can also be a significant source of waste.

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How to Get the Most Out of a Virtual Conference to Generate New Ideas

IdeaScale

Virtual conferences have become widely used in every industry. While they may not seem productive, they have more to offer than you may think in terms of generating new ideas. Video conferencing allows for face-to-face communication via software. This is crucial for employees working remotely from home, a trend that is expected to continue growing now … Continued.

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Interview in Investor’s Business Daily

Stephen Shapiro

I was recently interviewed for an article for Investor’s Business Daily. The topic of conversation was how reframing a problem can lead to better solutions. Here is the very start of the article: Racing to stay a step ahead of rivals, leaders often rush to find new innovations. They state a problem and tell their team to solve it. Yet jumping right into brainstorming can backfire if you don’t set the proper backdrop first.

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Video: 2020 in Innovation

Innovation Leader

Here’s a quick look at the most significant events of the year — and how innovators rose to meet the challenges they presented.

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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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#2,043 – The Weirdest Ideas of 2020

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

They may be weird but they’re also awesome. Say hello to the weirdest ideas of 2020: Dormio : It may soon be possible to hack our dreams, to boost our creativity and make us smarter, thanks to a new device from M.I.T. that prolongs the time we spend in Hypnagogia, that weird state between being fully asleep and being fully awake. Mining Cryptocurrency Using Brainwaves: How’d you like to get paid to do nothing?

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3 Tips To Engage Your Remote Working Employees

The Human Factor

Even before covid-19 became a global issue and meant that many businesses needed to switch to remote working, working from home was something that more and more employers were offering their teams. It makes sense. After all, if your employees are working from home, you can save money in your business by not needing to have an office space. Plus, the workers themselves are more at ease and happier to carry out their work as they’re in a comfortable space and no longer have to commute every day.