Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 3, 2016

We are facing tough challenges within the business world. To work through these we are all being asked to transform but there has to be a clear end, a return for all this energy and resources it requires, that we are being asked to spend? How and where does innovation fit will clearly depend on this transforming effect. We are fairly clear that incremental innovation is just not cutting through to give the types of growth expected.

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Idea to Value

OCTOBER 6, 2016

One of the most important skills for any creative person is that of visualisation. Whether it is remembering a specific image, like a sunset, your lover’s face or the goal scored by Didier Drogba against Everton, there is something special about being able to picture something in your mind’s eye. However, new research is telling us that up to 2% of the population might not be able to form mental images at all, as shown in the above video.

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Destination Innovation

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The fans packed into the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City in 1968 saw something they had never seen before. An athlete competing in the men’s high jump went over with his back to the bar. The man was a 21 year old American, Dick Fosbury. He won the gold medal with a leap of 2.24 metres, a new Olympic record. The conventional way to undertake a high jump until then was the straddle method (or western roll), where the athlete went over the high jump bar facing down.

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Paul Hobcraft and I have been writing a series of blog posts about innovation, ecosystems, platforms and what we believe customers will ultimately demand: seamless experiences. As products and services proliferate and basic needs are met, customers become more sophisticated and more demanding, desiring products, services and business models that work together and don't require configuration, integration or effort by the consumer to "make them work".

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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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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 3, 2016

We are facing tough challenges within the business world. To work through these we are all being asked to transform but there has to be a clear end, a return for all this energy and resources it requires, that we are being asked to spend? How and where does innovation fit will clearly depend on this transforming effect. We are fairly clear that incremental innovation is just not cutting through to give the types of growth expected.

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Idea to Value

OCTOBER 6, 2016

It seems that innovation is now an imperative for every company and every CEO. Leaders all stress the importance of agility, entrepreneurship and innovation in their organisations yet most of them are frustrated by slow progress. What can we do to boost our lateral thinking and creativity? How can we and our teams become the innovative pioneers we aspire to be?

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Digital Tonto

OCTOBER 5, 2016

We are entering a new era of cognitive collaboration in which machines become far more than just agents to perform tasks, but help us to understand the world and make better decisions. Related. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Imaginatik

OCTOBER 7, 2016

A little over a year ago , I was in a board meeting of a large consumer-based financial services firm. The CEO was sponsoring a workshop on the future of payments – its dizzying array of emerging new standards and technologies as well as the dark horse disruptive potential of blockchain technologies. He recognized that the “same old, same old” methods of engaging with his customers were changing.

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Braden Kelley

OCTOBER 6, 2016

I came across this video recently thanks to my friends at BLT who recruit consultants for firms in London and beyond.

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 3, 2016

In an earlier post on the Ecosystems 4 Innovating site I suggested that innovators must understand the expectations of customers. As such that's not new or especially insightful. Innovators are supposed to find new and unmet customer needs, and solve them for customers in ways that benefit the customer and create value for the innovator. What's important about this idea is that innovators must begin to understand the maturity and expectations of their customers.

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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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Digital Tonto

OCTOBER 2, 2016

The problems we need to solve today are so complex that no one likely to be have more than a small piece of the overall puzzle. That's why open systems are no longer a choice, but an. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Boxes and Arrows

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Have you ever felt like you were having a one-sided conversation with someone? It feels as if you are exerting much effort with minimal feedback or response in return. When we use an application, we can think of this experience as a conversation between the user and the technology. Sometimes, it feels as if we are having that same one-sided conversation with the technology we are using.

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Daniel Burrus

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Users are looking for more than the humble SMS text message to communicate with friends and family. Our communication requirements now demand group messaging capabilities with the ability to seamlessly share an image or video on the move. Apple’s iMessage, WhatsApp and Facebook’s Messenger are leading the way, but the recent release of Google Allo suggests that messaging has become the new tech battleground.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 4, 2016

I attended a presentation on cultivating a creative culture delivered by Michael Perman, formerly of Gap, at The Marketing Conference last week in San Francisco. During his keynote, Perman discussed twenty-plus three-day creativity sessions he organized while at Gap. Called M!ndspark, the sessions brought together thirty team members from The Gap in three-day “mini-TED conferences” to capitalize on creative diversity.

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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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Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 3, 2016

I had the opportunity recently to interview fellow Innovation author Gijs van Wulfen to talk with him about his new book The Innovation Maze, which is a follow-up to his great first book The Innovation Expedition. 1. In the book you cite a study saying companies reported a drop in breakthrough ideas between the mid 1990’s.

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Faisal Hoque

OCTOBER 3, 2016

As one entrepreneur explains, “crisis management” isn’t a monolithic process or a skill that suits every situation. The post How To Weather 3 Critical Business Crises: Personnel, Systemic, And Contextual appeared first on Faisal Hoque :: Entrepreneur | Author.

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Rapid Innovation in digital time

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Emmanuel de Lutzel is VP Social Business at BNP Paribas, and an active a social intrapreneur.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 6, 2016

We were on a hotel site visit to scout the location for an upcoming client conference. Beyond meeting with the client team, we spent considerable time with the hotel staff. The objective was to solicit their innovative ideas for how to create the highest impact in a challenging conference space. While we developed ideas for high-impact options, we wanted the experts at the hotel to come to the table with ideas.

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Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Workplace Implications of Eye-interaction Technology in AR and VR headsets: As augmented reality and virtual reality technology advance, AR and VR headsets are, or will soon be, entering the workplace. Enterprises are scrambling to establish a competitive edge through the use of these glasses, goggles, and phone carriers, and pilots are rolling out globally in factories, construction.

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Faisal Hoque

OCTOBER 2, 2016

We are nearly two decades into the 21st century and finding meaning in your work (both in and out of the office) has become all but a way of life. Faisal Hoque shares his thoughts on what businesses can do to accommodate this new way of working. The post Why “Talent Clusters” And Side Projects Are Good For Business appeared first on Faisal Hoque :: Entrepreneur | Author.

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Mike Shipulski

OCTOBER 5, 2016

If you think something can’t be done, it won’t get done. And if you think it may be possible, or is possible, it may get done. Those are the rules. If an expert says it will work, it will work. If they say it won’t work, it might. Experts can tell you will work, but can’t tell you what won’t. If your boss tells you it won’t work, it might. Give it a try.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Want to try something to get a particularly new and insightful look at a situation? Here’s how it works. After you identify the “characters” in a particular situation, completely shift their roles. After you do that, see how the situation looks differently, simply because the characters are playing different roles. We frequently facilitate a strategic thinking exercise that uses a character outside a situation as the perspective.

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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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Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 7, 2016

In her bestselling book Mindset, psychologist Carol Dweck argues that people who see their skills as a fixed set of strengths and weaknesses tend not to achieve much. On the other hand, those that see their skills as dynamic and changeable are able to continually grow their abilities and soar to great heights. Businesses are the same.

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Innovation in Practice

OCTOBER 3, 2016

A clever and effective way to name an innovative brand is to use an existing verb. Verbs by their very nature are action oriented, so it’s a great way to create a sense of activity and movement for your brand. But even more powerful is when your brand creates a new meaning and becomes the verb itself. In marketing, we call in verbifying a brand. Let’s look at some examples.

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IdeaConnection

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Since its launch last October, the Metastatic Breast Cancer Project has enrolled more than 2,500 patients. The open innovation health initiative aims to accelerate breast cancer research by partnering researchers and their cutting-edge technology directly with patients. According to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, metastatic breast cancer is an understudied area with a lot of unanswered questions, such as: how does the tumor change?

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Stephen Shapiro

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Funny you say that. I always joke that if expertise is the enemy of innovation, then an innovation expert can’t innovate. This is why I spend a lot of my time NOT studying innovation but rather neuroscience, psychology, sports performance and magic. These help me break free of the traditional ways of thinking about innovation. Thanks!

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Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Have you ever wondered where big, breakthrough ideas come from? How do innovators manage to spot the opportunities for industry revolution that everyone else seems to miss? By asking how the world’s top innovators—Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, and many others—came up with their game-changing ideas, bestselling author Rowan Gibson identifies four key business.

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Rmukesh Gupta

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The Situation : My job entails a lot of travel and that has resulted in me amassing a decent number of miles on an airlines frequent flier program. A few weeks back, I got an email from the airline announcing that they will equip their aircrafts with wi-fi and if I downloaded an app, I shall be able to have access to an array of inflight entertainment options.

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Wazoku

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Earlier this week, Simon Hill spoke with James Goad of Owen James Events, ahead of the upcoming “Meeting of Minds Bank and Brand Distribution of Retail Financial Services” Event, with the aim to explain the importance of innovation in the workplace. You can read the full article on their site here. JG: First things first….and you must get asked this a thousand times… what does Wazoku actually mean and how was it created?

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Stephen Shapiro

OCTOBER 5, 2016

I guess that means we should never listen to experts on innovation, because they obviously have thought about it too much.

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