Mon.Jan 06, 2020

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Rudolph & The Island of Misfits – Incremental, Adjacent & Transformational Innovations

eZassi

Many think of innovation as a contemporary trend however when Robert Lewis May wrote Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in 1939, he was an Innovator. Rudolph himself is an Incremental Innovation. He is a reindeer like every other reindeer except for his nose! A bright red nose that would shine through fog like a spotlight. His nose resulted in improved product – instead of flying blind, they now had a light, which increased productivity – Santa would have been grounded that Christmas Eve

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Peeling away the layers of your innovation reality

Paul Hobcraft

So do we have a clear understanding of where we are in our current innovation capabilities? We have to establish a way to map our ‘terrain of innovation reality’ in not just how we are performing but what lost opportunities have slipped through. Why well simply because we lacked the awareness to seize on these opportunities when we first spotted them.

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The First 5 Things to Do When You’re Given Responsibility for Corporate Innovation

Innovation Leader

There are major risks of failure that surround every new innovation program. But there are also ”clear steps that innovation leaders can take to mitigate these risks, while increasing the likelihood that they can generate a concrete ROI for their company,” writes Alex Slawsby, a Director of Innovation at the.

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Let’s Face Facts, The Digital Revolution Has Been A Huge Disappointment

Innovation Excellence

One of the most often repeated episodes in the history of technology is when Steve Jobs was recruiting John Sculley from his lofty position as CEO at Pepsi to come to Apple. “Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life,”Jobs asked, “or do you want to come with me and.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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4 Tips to Optimize Your Office's Network Infrastructure

Entrepreneur - Innovation

A well-oiled network can ensure that businesses make and implement smart decisions efficiently.

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Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2019

Innovation Excellence

Building upon the success of Braden Kelley’s Blogging Innovation, we launched Innovation Excellence on August 1, 2011 and so 2019 was our eighth full year of operations. To celebrate we’ve pulled together the Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2019 from our archive of nearly 7,500 innovation-related articles from more than 400 contributing authors.

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How To Choose The Best Idea Amongst All to Execute

Rmukesh Gupta

Premise: I am sure that we all get into a situation where we are required to come up with a set of ideas that will solve a specific problem that we have run into. The question then is how one decides which ideas deserve to be picked from the bunch of ideas that we came up with. We need some sort of a framework that will allow us to decide the value of each of the idea so that we can pick one that is most valuable.

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Improving Aircraft Engine Maintenance with Blockchain Technology

IdeaConnection

A blockchain solution to improving aircraft engine maintenance by reducing inefficiencies.

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#1,587 – 2020 Breakthrough Nominee: The DNA of Things

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

2020 may finally be the year that 3D printing catches on thanks to a clever new trick that makes it possible to embed printed objects with DNA. As Futurism puts it: “Today, most data is stored in 1s and 0s, usually on magnetic- or optical-based systems such as hard drives or DVDs. That’s far from ideal, given that the systems have a max lifespan of about a century and the amount of data each device can store is tiny compared to the massive amount humanity produces.

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Challenging Our Gendered Idea of Mentorship

Harvard Business Review

It’s time to tell stories of women who lead men.

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Agent Tooling: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.

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How to Motivate Yourself When It’s Most Difficult

Tullio Siragusa

How to Motivate Yourself When It’s Most Difficult. We always show up our best when we are optimistic, hopeful, confident and resourceful with clear thinking and vision. When we are enthusiastic and highly motivated with envisioned purposes, lined-up desires, and set goals, we are operating with high emotional intelligence. But life rarely behaves that way.

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The Costs of Being a Caring Manager

Harvard Business Review

A study reveals the risks of helping your employees deal with personal problems.

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How to Motivate Yourself When It’s Most Difficult

Tullio Siragusa

How to Motivate Yourself When It’s Most Difficult. We always show up our best when we are optimistic, hopeful, confident and resourceful with clear thinking and vision. When we are enthusiastic and highly motivated with envisioned purposes, lined-up desires, and set goals, we are operating with high emotional intelligence. But life rarely behaves that way.

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What It Takes to Give a Great Presentation

Harvard Business Review

Five tips to set yourself apart.

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A Roadmap For Modernization: How To Break Free From Your Monolith Before July 31, 2026

Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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Business Development Manager

whataventure

Werde Teil des Teams! Business Development Manager (m/w/d). JETZT BEWERBEN. Wo. Wien. Start. Ab sofort. Erfahrung. Advanced. Sprachniveau. B2 Deutschniveau. Über uns. WhatAVenture hat es sich zum Ziel gemacht, Unternehmen dabei zu unterstützen, ihre Geschäftsideen iterativ und nahe am Kunden zu entwickeln. Wir begleiten, unterstützen und helfen etablierten Unternehmen als Facilitatoren, Sparringspartner oder auch als Teammitglieder bei der Umsetzung von Innovationsprogrammen und Innovationsstrat

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#1,588 – 2020 Breakthrough Nominee: Quantum Stealth

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

2020 may be the year that all of our wildest Harry Potter inspired dreams come true as this may finally be the year that we get a real-world invisibility cloak. As Futurism puts it: “Canada’s Hyperstealth Biotechnology already manufactures camouflage uniforms for militaries across the globe. But now, the company has patented a new ‘Quantum Stealth’ material that disguises a military’s soldiers — or even its tanks, aircraft, and ships — by making anything behind it seem invisible.

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Innovation Manager

whataventure

Werde Teil des Teams! Innovation Manager (m/w/d). JETZT BEWERBEN. Wo. Köln, Stuttgart, Frankfurt. Start. Ab sofort. Erfahrung. 2-4. Sprachniveau. B2 Deutschniveau. Über uns. WhatAVenture hat es sich zum Ziel gemacht, Unternehmen dabei zu unterstützen, ihre Geschäftsideen iterativ und nahe am Kunden zu entwickeln. Wir begleiten, unterstützen und helfen etablierten Unternehmen als Facilitatoren, Sparringspartner oder auch als Teammitglieder bei der Umsetzung von Innovationsprogrammen und Innovatio

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Innovation Manager

whataventure

Werde Teil des Teams! Innovation Manager (m/w/d). JETZT BEWERBEN. Wo. Köln, Stuttgart, Frankfurt. Start. Ab sofort. Erfahrung. Senior Manager. Sprachniveau. B2 Deutschniveau. Über uns. WhatAVenture hat es sich zum Ziel gemacht, Unternehmen dabei zu unterstützen, ihre Geschäftsideen iterativ und nahe am Kunden zu entwickeln. Wir begleiten, unterstützen und helfen etablierten Unternehmen als Facilitatoren, Sparringspartner oder auch als Teammitglieder bei der Umsetzung von Innovationsprogrammen un

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!