Sat.Nov 05, 2022 - Fri.Nov 11, 2022

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Do you have plans or planners?

Jeffrey Phillips

I'm diverging a bit from my normal focus on innovation and strategy to write a brief piece on planning. You see, planning is vital for strategy and for innovation, and is so ubiquitous that no one in corporate America believes that they lack for planning. Planning is vital for innovation because planning is the concept of thinking ahead - getting ahead of the market, of competition, of customers.

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5 Characteristics of Next-Level Leaders that may (Pleasantly) Surprise You

Daniel Burrus

Many leadership principles have been around since the dawn of time, and those principles have served and still do serve us well. However, given the transformational, exponential changes that involve both technology and human culture taking place, there are new principles of leadership moving in that are vital for us to implement. Applying newer principles of leadership becomes what I refer to as “Next-Level Leadership” in that they help the leaders of today and tomorrow level up in a way that is

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L.I.V.E. (Lean Innovation, Validation & Execution): A new, more effective way to manage multiple innovation projects

Idea to Value

This new management method makes it nearly impossible for innovation teams to fail at delivering multiple challenging innovation projects faster, with less risk and lower required budgets. Most innovation experts often say that traditional management processes are not the way to run innovation projects. And this is true. Traditional project management and financial management processes and principles are designed to produce robust plans for exactly how a project should run, and select only proje

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Asking the Wrong Questions Gets You the Wrong Answers

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell “Greed… is good,” declared Gordon Gekko, the legendary character from the 80s hit film Wall Street. “Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the […].

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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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How to Build and Maintain a Strong Company Culture

IdeaScale

Company culture is more than just a mission, vision, and value statement. It's a set of shared values, beliefs, and expectations that serve as guiding principles for everyone in an organization. Culture is the glue that holds the company together and keeps it strong. It influences how employees interact with and engage one another, [.].

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Try Something Different

Destination Innovation

“If you always do what you’ve always done, you always get what you’ve always got.” This trite saying crops up all over the place. It is variously attributed to Henry Ford, Albert Einstein, Tony Robbins, Marian Diamond and several others. The trouble is that it just is not true. The world changes. It is volatile and uncertain. Things which worked well last year might work better this year but, more likely, they will work worse or not at all.

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Nine pregnant women cannot deliver a baby in one month

Idea to Value

Some things just take time. Traditionally, one of the best ways to speed up the delivery of a project is to allocate more resources to it. After all, if one construction worker can lay 1,000 bricks in one day ( note, this is just a guess… ), then a hundred construction workers could lay up to 100,000 bricks in a day, meaning the project would only take 1/100th of the time to complete ( assuming the project outcome is supposed to just be a pile of bricks… ).

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How to Align Continuous Improvement with Strategic Goals

Kainexus

One might think that any organization with leadership and employees dedicated to continuous improvement would slowly trend toward success. However, it takes more than a desire to implement positive change to get there. Continuous improvement is part of a strategic process that advances critical goals and objectives. Organizations that demonstrate operational excellence are aligned and working toward the same ends.

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Why Your Idea Will Probably Fail To Survive Victory

Digital Tonto

In the two decades I have been researching transformation and change, the failure to survive victory is probably the most consistent aspect of it. In fact, it is so common you can almost set your watch by it. Amazingly, no matter how many times change advocates experience it, they rarely see it coming. Many, in fact, seem to take pride in how many battles they have lost, seeing it as some kind of badge of honor.

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Only out-of-the-box solutions will tackle the root cause of what ails schools

Christensen Institute

As members of the media have bemoaned the tragic results of students on the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)—also known as the nation’s report card—many have been all too willing to jump into the game of who is responsible. Yet, few have sought innovative solutions to change the fundamental underlying reality: today’s schools were not built to maximize each and every student’s learning.

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From Data to Decisions: Maximizing Retail Potential with 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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Why Humility Is Key to Being a Successful Leader

Tullio Siragusa

Why Humility Is Key to Being a Successful Leader. Humility can be an important quality for a leader to have, especially CEOs. It can help them be open to hiring people who are more skilled or knowledgeable in certain areas. . This can be particularly important for building a strong team, as it allows the CEO to surround themselves with individuals who bring a diverse range of expertise and experience to the table.

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Use These 3 Growth Strategies for Your Business In This Bear Market

Entrepreneur - Innovation

The current bear market means plentiful opportunities for businesses. Taking steps now could prepare you for the next bull market — and even give you an advantage.

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5 Simple Steps for Launching Game-Changing New Products

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Teresa Spangler There has never been a better time to invent, create, and innovate game-changing products, new business models, and services. In fact, I will be so bold as to say, we must change it dramatically to succeed in the future. You know your team needs to be more creative, they need to collaborate, or many seek more outside influence, but […].

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With ESAs soaring, tech platform Odyssey emerges to help families access state funding

Christensen Institute

As the pandemic interrupted schooling throughout the country, an increasing number of parents from a variety of walks of life began seeking new schooling arrangements and educational opportunities. Eager to support all families looking for better choices for their children that match the priorities and realities of parents and caregivers, many states have stepped forward with a range of education savings accounts (ESAs) and microgrant programs to enable families to afford different choices.

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How Mature Companies Are Scaling Transformational New Businesses

Scaling transformational innovations in large companies is challenging due to ‘Company Fit’ issues, which arise when the resources, processes, and priorities (RPPs) of the core business are not aligned with the needs of the new business. Many companies have learned how ambidexterity—the ability to both ‘exploit the present and explore the future,’ can help them address these issues for ideation and incubation of new innovations, but scaling transformative business innovations remains a challenge

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Types of Innovation

InnovationManagement

Innovation is an important part of staying competitive in any market, and most businesses would say it’s a high priority for their organization. When thought about abstractly, however, it’s hard to imagine how innovation can impact current and future opportunities. In order to better understand how innovation can have a tangible impact, we created [.].

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Crazy Can Work

IdeaSpies

At Silicon Beach we empower early-stage founders to come up with crazy ideas that might seem a little bit out of the box in the (Feed generated with FetchRSS )

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Emotional Connections Drive Customer Loyalty

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Shep Hyken There are many reasons a customer might come back to a business again and again that have nothing to do with loyalty. A repeat customer can come about because of a convenient location, a lower price, a bigger selection and more. But those don’t create loyalty. It just looks as […].

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Infographic: A tool to choose your health care business model strategy

Christensen Institute

Stubborn challenges are inherent in attempting to change entrenched business models. Yet, with the right tools, it’s still possible. To make their attempts successful, and to pursue the appropriate type of business model change, health care leaders must first understand the specific context in which their business model exists. In our recent report, “ Improve or transform: Choosing the right business model to deliver health ,” we provide a strategy guide to help leaders with this pro

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How Automation is Driving Efficiency Through the Last Mile of Reporting

Speaker: Jamie Eagan

As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of

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The Best-Kept Secret to Cultivating Creativity and Innovation

Entrepreneur - Innovation

If you've ever felt limited in your creativity, then asking yourself these questions will help you unlock it.

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How One Company Used Data to Create Sustainable Food Packaging

Harvard Business Review

A German company’s efforts have prevented the use of more than 4.7 million disposable packaging containers.

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The Triple Bottom Line Framework

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Dainora Jocuite Money, money, money. It wasn’t so long ago that it was always sunny in the rich man’s world. But today, things just aren’t that easy, and talking about money isn’t enough. Businesses cannot thrive and survive in a competitive environment with only one bottom line – profit. United Nations Global […].

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Pondering Launching a Startup in 2023?

Leanstack

Then join us for our free 4-part Foundations Winter 2022 cohort, where we'll break down the process for evaluating new startup ideas and show you a step-by-step process for putting your idea on solid footing.   This series is delivered over three weeks and is 100% free for aspiring founders, entrepreneurs, and innovators at the early stages of an idea.

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Implementing Intelligent Document Processing Solutions: Why It Works

See how companies like yours are tackling some of today’s most common business problems using AI-assisted automation for document processing. Manually capturing, extracting, and processing data within documents is a costly and outdated practice that’s holding your company back. IDP takes document processing to a whole new level so you can understand and use your data more effectively than ever before.

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A Leader’s Super Power: Delivering Unprovoked Positive Antecedents!

Rmukesh Gupta

I was reading a blog post written recently by Adam Voigt about UPA’s and I wanted to share that with all of my readers. Adam is first and foremost a skilled classroom practitioner and a highly successful Principal. Earning his first Principalship at the age of 35, Adam has personally led full school turnarounds and also the design and establishment of a brand new school as its inaugural Principal.

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How Walmart Automated Supplier Negotiations

Harvard Business Review

Using a chatbot allows the procurement team to focus more on strategic relationships, exceptions, and continuous improvement.

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A Superpower That Can Save The Day

Innovation Excellence

Same But Different GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski If there’s one superpower to develop, it’s to learn how to assess a project and get a good feel for when it will launch. When you want to know how long a project will take, ask this simple question: ‘What must the project team learn before the […].

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4 Tips for Succeeding with Value Stream Management

Planview

Value stream management (VSM) is about helping teams work smarter and faster, but how do you begin? At our recent Planview Accelerate Customer Conference, the Lead Scrum Master at a Fortune 100 financial services organization shared their best practices for starting VSM in an organization. Below is a summary of the presentation, including practical, tactical tips for using flow.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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How to Explore in the Core

Moves the Needle

Dividing your company into execution mode vs exploration mode, as recommended by the multi-named mythology of “ambidextrous organizations,” “dual operating systems,” or “dual innovation,” will prevent you from competing efficiently in the digital age. These are academic principles perpetuated by people who spend a lot of time in ivory towers. The basic premise is that individuals cannot be ambidextrous, so the organization must be.

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Are You Being Quiet Fired?

Harvard Business Review

Some companies are intentionally creating work environments that encourage people to leave “voluntarily.” These are the signs.

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Innovation and Transformation Advisory and Connection Opportunity

Innovation Excellence

Braden Kelley has been focusing on human-centered change and innovation for more than twenty years, bringing in elements of design thinking, customer experience, employee experience and digital transformation as needed. On November 18, 2022 our founder will be in New York City (Midtown Manhattan) and available to connect for any of the following purposes: Private […].

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Gamification of idea generation process (Creativity Cards and LEGO Serious Play)

7innovation

Fun can give ignition for great things and I always try to make creativity workshops as fun as they can be. Use of gamification can help not only with students or entrepreneurs, but also inside corporate environment.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.