Wed.Jan 09, 2019

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Three Inside Stories of Innovation in Government

IdeaScale

Crowdsourcing reaches the citizens unable to make meetings. Democracy thrives when everyone participates, but it’s difficult to reach some communities through traditional means. Governments are increasingly turning to crowdsourcing and open innovation to encourage citizens across the spectrum to weigh in with ideas, opinions, and perspectives.

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Building the Single Innovation Digital Platform Environment

Paul Hobcraft

Aras PLM Platform Image courtesy of Aras. Throughout the past couple of years, I have been constantly arguing about the need to put innovation management on a digital platform. These have come in different thoughts on digital platforms, ready for cross-industry and having in place, a rapid digital innovation process that scales and evolves on new technology and insights.

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Materials Science May Be The Most Important Technology Of The Next Decade. Here’s Why:

Digital Tonto

A vast acceleration in our ability to create new, advanced materials will power industries from energy to manufacturing Related posts: Why Energy Storage May Be The Most Important Technology In The. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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The Top 10 Business Strategy Books of 2018

Innovation Excellence

There’s a big trend when it comes to business strategy books and it’s all about business models In my work advising executives from both big companies and startups, I get insight into what’s on the minds of some of the most strategic, innovative leaders in the planet.

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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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Are you looking for ideas from staff or just information?

IdeaSpies

Employees don’t contribute ideas when their boss is not interested. There is often a mismatch in goals between givers and recipients of advice. Though we usually have experience both with seeking and giving advice, when we put our advice seeker’s hat on, we seem to forget our perspective when we are giving advice. Advice seekers often view the purpose of the interaction to be more information-focused, while advisors view it as more guidance-focused.

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To Succeed You Must Hit Rock Bottom First

Innovation Excellence

None of us ask for life’s greatest challenges, but that doesn’t mean we can’t benefit from them. I’m going to ask you to recollect what you consider to be your greatest challenge to date. Not one that simply stretched your mind but one that drained your soul. Got it? Good. If it’s not one you’re.

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Strive for more than just "teamwork" - Part 1 of 2:

Values Centered Innovation

Part 1 of 2: Attuning for extraordinary teamwork. There was an extraordinary team expedition-competition called the Eco-Challenge , sponsored by the Discovery Channel on TV. One year it was held in British Columbia (BC), Canada. Seventy teams of 5 people engaged in an “expedition race” over an 8-to-9-day period. The challenge was to hike over glaciers, mountain climb (rappel, etc.), raft, mountain bike, kayak, and swim.

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The Future of Idea Management

InnovationManagement

As the Co-founder at Viima , an idea management software company, I frequently get asked about the future of idea management. With the amount of innovation that we’re seeing across industries, it’s hardly surprising.

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On Gumption

Mike Shipulski

Doing new work takes gumption. But there are two problems with gumption. One, you’ve got to create it from within. Two, it takes a lot of energy to generate the gumption and to do that you’ve got to be physically fit and mentally grounded. Here are some words that may help. Move from self-judging to self-loving. It makes a difference. It’s never enough until you decide it’s enough.

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#1,439 – Elevate

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

There hasn’t been a whole lot of buzz coming out of CES this year but one idea that is likely to make headlines is Hyundai’s walking car concept known as Elevate. While I can’t really imagine a car walking on a city sidewalk to pick up passenger from a Brownstone I can foresee a scenario where a car like this would come in handy and that’s in disaster recovery operations as having the ability to walk over obstacles or across uneven terrain could come in handy when roads are damaged or otherwise

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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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Better Ways of Marketing Your Business in 2019

The Human Factor

image source. Contributed post –. Marketing your business is one of the most important things you can do in the world, and it is essential if you are looking to win in 2019. There are a lot of things that play a role in helping the company take things further forward. You need to make sure you market the company better if you are serious about attracting more people to the company.

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Unlocking Creativity: The Resistance to New Ideas

Michael Roberto

Here's a brief video clip explaining some of the reasons why we face a persistent resistance to new ideas in many organizations.

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What Should You Do If You’re Unhappy At Work?

The Human Factor

image source. Contributed post –. If you tell someone you are unhappy at work, the chances are they will suggest you look for a new job. This isn’t bad advice by any stretch of the imagination, but there are downsides, too. For example, changing jobs frequently can be bad for your resume, and many people work in jobs that are otherwise very convenient – for example, they live close to their place of work – or include perks that they’d rather keep.

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The Ambidextrous Organization

Open Innovation EU

4 Paths to a Sophisticated Innovation Strategy. Like this post on LinkedIn or Twitter to get a free copy for now. Click below to download a full resolution version of the infographic. In december I reached out to both Alexander Osterwalder and John Bessant and asked them what is the most important organizational skill for engaging continuously with innovation.

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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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Making Sure Your Employees Can Be Productive In Their Workspace

The Human Factor

image source. Contributed post –. Becoming an employer means that you automatically take on a whole lot of responsibility over your employees’ wellbeing. There are various steps that you have to take in order to guarantee safety and to prevent yourself from being taken to court for injuries or illnesses that staff members could experience through your malpractice or negligence.

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#1,440 – Iso-Cam

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Fan of LeBron James but couldn’t care less about the Lakers? Well, then I’ve got some good news for you. Soon you’ll be able to watch LeBron and only LeBron during the second half of a game. Wait. What? According to Recode: “Instead of streaming a full game with all the players, graphics, and announcers, starting in February Twitter will stream the second half of some NBA games — yes, only the second half — but the camera will focus on a single player.

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#1,438 – Photo Wake Up

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Ever since I first saw photographs come to life and move about within the pages of The Daily Prophet in the Harry Potter series I’ve been fascinated by the possibility of one day being able to do that in real life as well. Thankfully I may have finally gotten my wish thanks to a new technology on the horizon known as Photo Wake-Up, that brings static images to life, enabling photographed subjects to walk, run, sit and stand up, all in 3D!