Tue.Dec 22, 2020

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Social Networks and Big Data: the best strategy for getting to know your customers

mjvinnovation

This is because the volume of daily data produced in these virtual environments is a real gold mine for companies prepared to prospect for it. We will reflect more on this thought in this article. Keep reading to understand how you can benefit from the combination of Social Networks + Big Data. Social Networks: the gold mine of data. In the age of Digital Transformation , social media is ubiquitous.

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NASA’s COVID-19 Work Highlighted in Comic Book Format

IdeaScale

NASA uses innovation management every day to develop new air and space technology and explore new frontiers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, they used technology and skills to help combat the coronavirus. NASA used the IdeaScale crowdsourcing platform to share ideas for leveraging capabilities and expertise during the pandemic. As a result, 220 people submitted ideas, … Continued.

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Remembering and Honoring Norman Bodek

Kainexus

I join many in the Lean community in mourning the recent passing of a publisher, author, educator, and life-long learner, Norman Bodek. He was 88. You can read his obituary here. I was fortunate to get a lot of time with Norman over the past 15 years, as I documented in my LeanBlog.org post. I learned a lot from Norman, and I will forever appreciate his enthusiasm and support over the years.

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Hiring Dynamics in 2021

Innovation Leader

Join us on January 22 at 2:00pm ET to discuss your recent experiences adding to your team, or your advice for navigating the job market.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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#2,042 – The Coolest Ideas of 2020

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Another year, another amazing collection of ideas that make you say, “wow, that’s cool!” Real Life Wakanda: To honor Chadwick Boseman, Whoopi Goldberg proposed adding a Wakanda Theme Park to Disney World. But F that. Why settle for a small scale theme park when you can recreate the real thing in Africa! That’s right. We could soon have a real world Wakanda, based in Senegal, thanks to a plan put in place by R&B singer Akon who has raised some of the $5 billion needed to pul

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Merriam-Webster CDO on Getting the Digital Skeptics Onboard

Innovation Leader

Merriam-Webster’s Chief Digital Officer Lisa Schneider shares insights on avoiding digital fatigue and getting a traditional company on board with a large-scale digital transformation.

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Why Uber’s Autonomous Car Project Flopped

Adam Hartung

Uber just spun off its autonomous car project into a new company called, "Aurora". Ok, but why did Uber invest in this tech in the first place? It was heralded as a good tech spend, but it was really just a backward integration for a ride share company.

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Leading Change: Focus on Desired Outcomes First, Not Activities

Michael Roberto

Source: pixy.org MIT Senior Lecturer and management consultant Elsbeth Johnson has written an interesting article for Strategy+Business about why many strategic transformation efforts fail (though I'm not a fan of the article title). She argues that we often blame middle managers for resisting change efforts and putting up various obstacles. However, she finds fault with senior leaders when examining many failed organizational change initiatives.

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Tips for Virtual Offsites and Remote Retreats

InnovationTraining.org

Retreats or offsites have been a great way for organizations and teams to take a step back, connect, and reflect on the past period or year. However, COVID-19 has disrupted these in-person retreats and forced businesses to get creative with virtual offsites and remote retreats. These virtual meetings can be just as interactive and collaborative as the old way of doing things – they just require a different mindset!

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