Carla Johnson - Innovation
MAY 5, 2025
Innovation isnt just about big breakthroughs or revolutionary ideas. It’s about how you think, how you see the world, and how you approach challenges that others overlook.
Qmarkets
MAY 7, 2025
Innovation used to be something companies scheduledan offsite, a brainstorm, a quarterly initiative. Now, its something that has to be built into the way people think, work, and make decisions every day. That shift has created a new kind of pressure: not just to have great ideas, but to make sure your workforce is ready to act on them. Because without strong innovation skills, even the most ambitious strategies stall before they start.
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Innovation Excellence
MAY 20, 2025
GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Have you heard any of these sentences recently? We dont have time Our people dont have the skills We dont have the budget Thats not what we do I hear them all the time.
Digital Tonto
MAY 4, 2025
In thinking about social justice, the philosopher John Rawls proposed a thought experiment known as the Veil of Ignorance. What kind of society would you design if you didnt know what position youd occupy in itrich or poor, Black, white, or brown, gay, straight, or trans? While Rawls was focused on justice, not innovation, the Veil of Ignorance offers a useful model for thinking about how access and influence are structured within organizations.
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The $53 trillion manufacturing economy in the US is undergoing a major automation paradigm shift due to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Thanks to new practical frameworks, automation projects that were once impossible or inefficient to implement are now being fast-tracked, and robotics automation is becoming increasingly relevant to a growing number of users and scenarios.
Innovation Excellence
MAY 13, 2025
Five Questions for Tendayi Viki GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Innovation efforts get stuck long before they scale because innovation isnt an idea problem. Its a leadership problem. And one of those problems is that leaders are expected to spark transformation, without rocking the boat.
Leapfrogging
MAY 22, 2025
AI is transforming the way you approach resource allocation in strategic planning. Traditional methods often rely on manual processes and historical data. In contrast, AI leverages sophisticated algorithms and vast datasets to provide real-time insights and predictive analytics. This approach aids in making more informed and accurate resource allocation decisions.
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Board of Innovation
MAY 21, 2025
Back to all insights Scaling enterprise innovation beyond pilots: 5 lessons from Bayers AI startup Inside Bayers approach to building GenAI applications that deliver real value. How do you go from sandbox experiments to fully deployed GenAI solutions that drive business value without getting lost in the hype? Thats the question Bayer has been answering through its pioneering work in GenAI, particularly with its domain-specific model: E.L.Y. ( E xpert L earning for Y ou) In a recent episode of AI
HYPE Innovation
MAY 30, 2025
Learn how innovation leaders can turn tariff disruption into supply chain resilience with focused campaigns and forward-looking strategy.
Daniel Burrus
MAY 21, 2025
Over 85% of companies say they have faced disruption in just the past two years. Yet less than 10% of those same organizations say they saw it coming. Thats not a failure of strategy. Its a failure of foresight. Far too many leaders are relying on agility alone, reacting as quickly as possible to unexpected events. But responding fast to disruption isnt leadership.
Innovation Excellence
MAY 30, 2025
GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski Innovation isnt achieved by creating more ideas. Innovation is realized when ideas are transformed into commercialized products and services. Innovation is realized when ideas are transformed into new business models that deliver novel usefulness to customers and deliver increased revenues to the company.
Speaker: Mark Gilham, FCCA, CPP
Finance used to be the function that counted, now it's the one that’s counted on. 📊 For accounting firms, controllers, and finance leaders, expectations are rising faster than headcount. Businesses want agile forecasts, granular analysis, seamless reporting, and smart automation—often without added resources while demanding uncompromised accuracy and compliance.
Leapfrogging
MAY 22, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the business world, and strategic planning is no exception. Understanding how to leverage AI in your strategic initiatives can help you stay ahead of the curve. What is AI-Driven Strategic Innovation? AI-driven strategic innovation involves using AI technologies to drive new strategies and solutions within your organization.
Game-Changer
MAY 22, 2025
Ever notice how the most memorable moments in your life often involve an element of surprise? That unexpected job offer that changed your career trajectory. The random coffee shop encounter that led to a lifelong friendship. The spur-of-the-moment road trip that you still talk about years later. There’s something magical about surprise; it jolts us out of autopilot and makes us truly present.
IdeaScale
MAY 20, 2025
At IdeaScale, we understand that time is valuable, and the quicker you can get your campaigns up and running, the sooner you can start gathering valuable insights. Thats why weve introduced the Quick Campaign Setup feature, which is designed to simplify and accelerate the campaign creation process.
Paul Hobcraft
MAY 25, 2025
The make-up of the Integrated Interconnected Business Ecosystem Framework provides a radically new way to build your Ecosystem. Firstly, a short explanation of the Integrated Frame and what it provides, and then a set of visuals that provide the critical aspects of the integrated design of each of the parts. These are made up of separate ecosystems that form around each ecosystem, suggested in the order that integrates the complete framework: innovation, start-up and entrepreneurial, business, d
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.
Innov8rs
MAY 6, 2025
Innov8rs | You don’t ever have to make your case. You dont have to beg, coerce or plead with people to join your movement.You dont need to host a massive event to announce the start of the transformation. There is only one thing you need to do create momentum. Invite the right people to your movement at the beginning. Then work with those people to create the gravity that will attract the rest of the organization.
Innovation Excellence
MAY 28, 2025
GUEST POST from Geoffrey A. Moore Portfolio management is the most consequential and the most challenging element in strategic planning.
Leapfrogging
MAY 22, 2025
AI is quickly becoming your secret weapon in business strategy and planning. It provides key insights, predictive capabilities, and streamlined processes that traditional methods simply can’t match. By integrating AI into your strategic decision support, you’re not just keeping up with trends; you’re setting the pace. AI can analyze vast amounts of data far more quickly and accurately than any human could.
Game-Changer
MAY 15, 2025
If you’re reading this, you’re probably passionate about bringing new ideas to life. Whether you’re a startup founder, a product manager, or someone with a great idea, we’ve all been there, excited about a breakthrough concept, ready to change the world, only to hit unexpected roadblocks. I’ve spent years working with teams across different industries and noticed that the same innovation pitfalls tend to trip up even the most brilliant minds.
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.
IdeaScale
MAY 4, 2025
As innovation ecosystems grow, so does the need for better visibility, efficiency, and organization. Thats why were excited to roll out workspace data aggregation - a game-changing update to the IdeaScale experience.
Planview
MAY 21, 2025
Remember when road trips meant unfolding paper maps and arguing over missed turns? Today’s navigation apps have transformed that experience, providing real-time guidance that adapts to traffic, construction, and changing destinations. Product portfolio management is undergoing a similar transformation. While technology has made business more complex, the right integrated solution can simplify your product development journey.
Innov8rs
MAY 6, 2025
Innov8rs | Stakeholders demand results. CFOs ask for projections. Yet innovation teams often find themselves pitching bold ideas with little more than a business model canvas that doesnt fit a quarterly earnings report. As Tristan Kromer, Founder and CEO of Kromatic, puts it: “At some point, somebody with a calculator is going to ask how much money your project will make.” That moment is when most innovation teams stumble because the language of innovation often clashes with the metr
Innovation Excellence
MAY 8, 2025
GUEST POST from Shep Hyken Companies today face three critical marketing and Customer Experience (CX) challenges: How can you keep customers coming back? How can you get your customers attention so they dont consider switching to the competition? How do you create an experience that makes price less relevant?
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.
Leapfrogging
MAY 22, 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in strategic planning refers to the use of advanced algorithms and machine learning techniques to analyze complex data and generate actionable insights for informed decision-making. By leveraging AI, you can automate data analysis, identify trends, and simulate various scenarios to optimize your strategic plans. AI can enhance your business strategy by providing a deeper understanding of market dynamics, customer behavior, and operational efficiencies.
Game-Changer
MAY 8, 2025
I don’t get it? Many marketing presentations look like this scene from the movie Big. The presentation focuses on what toy sales can do for the company, not what the toy does for kids! Here’s the scene: The Scene That Still Resonates In the 1988 film “Big,” a pivotal scene continues to offer valuable marketing lessons more than three decades later.
Tullio Siragusa
MAY 26, 2025
What If the Office Was Never thePoint? For years, the office was seen as the beating heart of business. If you wanted to prove your company was real, you needed a physical space. Desks. A kitchen. A place where people clocked in, gathered, and did the work. But as Alpesh Doshi, founder of Kendra Labs, reminded us in a recent episode of The Bliss Business Podcast , the real transformation isnt just about where we work.
Daniel Burrus
MAY 28, 2025
Were living in a time where exponential change isnt just acceleratingits compounding. In 2025, generative AI , robotics , and machine learning are transforming every facet of business, from customer service to supply chain logistics. These aren’t emerging trends anymorethey’re the new normal. But theres a catch. This pace of change is leaving reactive organizations behind.
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Board of Innovation
MAY 23, 2025
Back to all insights The data lake trap: Why many AI strategies stall Amir Ouki Managing Director, Applied AI & Technology Many companies kick off their AI journey by investing in large-scale data lake initiatives: terabytes of historical data are centralized, cleaned, tagged, and stored with the hope that it will serve as a launchpad for AI. The assumption is simple: to do AI right, you need all your data in one place first.
Innovation Excellence
MAY 9, 2025
GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski Wanting things to be different is a good start, but its not enough. To create conditions for things to move in a new direction, youve got to change your behavior. But with systems that involve people, this is not a straightforward process.
Leapfrogging
MAY 22, 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming how businesses strategize and operate. By integrating AI into your business strategy, you can harness the power of data to make more informed decisions and streamline your marketing efforts. AI’s ability to analyze vast amounts of data quickly allows for deeper insights into customer behavior, market trends, and competitive dynamics.
Game-Changer
MAY 1, 2025
I’ve consulted for companies of all sizes, some of which you’ve read and spoken about, and others that nobody knows about. They all have some things in common. But the most common denominator is this: people. People are difficult, no matter the size. Whether you’re a small or big business, most of your problems relate to people. And you can bet on one thing: self-interest rules the world.
Speaker: Erroll Amacker
Automation is transforming finance but without strong financial oversight it can introduce more risk than reward. From missed discrepancies to strained vendor relationships, accounts payable automation needs a human touch to deliver lasting value. This session is your playbook to get automation right. We’ll explore how to balance speed with control, boost decision-making through human-machine collaboration, and unlock ROI with fewer errors, stronger fraud prevention, and smoother operations.
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