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3 Lessons on Innovation from Jeff Bezos

HYPE Innovation

Jeff Bezos just became the world's richest man. His creation, Amazon, is an incredible company. The consistency and breadth of innovation it has produced over the past two decades is awe-inspiring. Bezos is undoubtedly the force behind this relentlessness, and I find him fascinating to listen to and study. In the following 38-minute interview , he gives us a compelling glimpse into the mindset he’s created at Amazon that underpins its success.

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Is Myopia the Biggest Threat to Innovation?

IdeaScale

Innovation is all about the ability to see clearly. A lack of clarity can be deadly to companies in any number of ways, but one of the most deadly is how it can choke off innovation. Here are a few case studies and what organizations can learn from them. Kodak. Kodak was once the most powerful company in photography. Precious times with your family and holiday cheer were “Kodak moments.

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Reducing the friction around innovation

Paul Hobcraft

I was reading a report by the IBM Institute for Business Value’s “ Fast Forward: Rethinking enterprises, ecosystems, and economies with blockchains”. In IBM’s thinking, they have clearly taken friction as part of the need to be broken down within any rebuilding of the supply chain. Well, I also believe these apply equally as innovation frictions.

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Podcast #018 Stuart Semple – Why I created the “pinkest” pink in the world

Idea to Value

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with Stuart Semple, a visual artist based in Dorset, England and also one of the people in the centre of a recent controversy within the artistic world. What follows is an interesting story about how one of the world’s most famous artists Anish Kapoor was given the exclusive rights to produce art using the “blackest black” pigment ever produced, called Vantablack (which I have written about previously here: [link]

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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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Innovation circle in New York with Magnus Penker

Innovation 360

Complimentary VIP Invitation to Innovation circle in New York, USA. . Unlike other events, this is an interactive evening where you will gain insights about your organization’s strengths, weaknesses, and capabilities within innovation. In addition, you will come away with an understanding of how other companies succeed using these insights. We will also have three lightning talks throughout the evening from Magnus Penker, CEO of Innovation360, Katie Denton, Design Director at Doberman and

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5 Customer Experience Must Do’s for SaaS Businesses

Planview

The views in this blog post represent the viewpoints of the guest author, and may or may not reflect the viewpoints of Spigit. **. When it comes to providing value, SaaS businesses have it very different. Unlike their e-commerce counterparts (which provide value based on price), SaaS companies provide value with customer service experience. Businesses might measure customer experience on various parameters, but the majority of customers measure it against one metric – time.

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Pharma, Digital Technology and Patient Centricity

Innocentive

Last week the Deloitte Centre for Health Solutions released its report on ‘ Pharma and the connected patient: How digital technology is enabling patient centricity ’. The report explores the “transformation of healthcare from a provider-driven marketplace to a patient-centric health ecosystem”. It looks at the drivers, the challenges involved and the role of digital technologies in a successful transition.

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Top 20 Innovation Articles of February 2017

Innovation Excellence

Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month we will profile the twenty posts from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Innovation Excellence. We also publish a weekly Top 8 as part of our FREE email newsletter. Did your favorite make the cut? But enough delay, here are February’s twenty most.

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The 6 Best Video Streaming Tools for Tech Businesses

InnovationManagement

With video streaming becoming more and more popular, advancements have made networking much easier and simpler for technology businesses. In addition, they have also become a lot more affordable and practical to use. As tech companies begin to grow, the demand for such tools will also grow, and developers of data streaming tools know this. With that in mind, it is much easier to find many options for streaming tools.

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4 Steps to Build an Innovation Ecosystem [podcast]

Innovation Excellence

I spoke with Kawasaki Motors' Senior Manager of Corporate Research and Product Management, Dave Oventhal, to learn from their experience. We discussed the four steps for how product managers and innovators can help build a more effective innovation ecosystem in their companies.

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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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Illinois Innovation Index: Illinois' R&D landscape and path forward

Wellspring

Research and development (R&D) is the lifeblood of innovation. Universities, corporations, state and federal agencies, laboratories, and nonprofits all utilize R&D to advance scientific discovery and generate innovation that creates jobs and improves quality of life. This issue of the Illinois Innovation Index, sponsored by Wellspring, comes at a pivotal moment for R&D in the United States and underlines the special place that Chicago holds as one of the most innovative cities in the

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IAOIP Webinar with Magnus Penker

Innovation 360

During this webinar which is hosted by IAOIP the leading international membership-based organization dedicated to the professional development of individuals working in the field of innovation, Magnus Penker, international thought leader and author, will dive into how to assess and measure innovation. We will assess an organization’s innovation capabilities using InnoSurvey™ and give you tangible recommendations on how to sharpen your Innovation Strategy, Leadership, Culture and Capabilities.

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Illinois Innovation Index: Illinois' R&D landscape and path forward

Wellspring

Research and development (R&D) is the lifeblood of innovation. Universities, corporations, state and federal agencies, laboratories, and nonprofits all utilize R&D to advance scientific discovery and generate innovation that creates jobs and improves quality of life. This issue of the Illinois Innovation Index, sponsored by Wellspring, comes at a pivotal moment for R&D in the United States and underlines the special place that Chicago holds as one of the most innovative cities in the

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What’s Killing our Creativity?

Rmukesh Gupta

Scene 1: I was visiting a hospital today to visit someone who is admitted there to get through a minor surgery. He was supposed to check into the hospital at noon on a given date and check out at about 4:00PM the next day. This means that he had to spend about 28 hours in the hospital. Even for these 28 hours when he was in the hospital, when he was officially on medical leave, he was still working.

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How Retailers Are Transforming Customer Experiences with Data & AI

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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Bud Light's Decline: What's the Brand Promise?

Michael Roberto

The Wall Street Journal reports today t hat Budweiser and Bud Light continue to experience market share declines in the United States. The chart shown here documents the eroding share over the past six years for the Bud Light brand. The main Budweiser brand also has experienced share decreases over this time. The article attributes the declines to the growing appeal of craft beers and imports.

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Finally a Mixed Reality Tool That Has the Potential to Bring MR in Mainstream Use

Rmukesh Gupta

Disney Research recently released a white paper on its experiment with Mixed Reality and Augmented Reality. They address the one challenge that was stopping the widespread adoption of Mixed reality in everyday business scenarios – the requirement that the user wear an expensive device on his self and thereby literally get transported to a different world and it was an isolated experience for this user.

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