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The Customer Factory Manifesto

Leanstack

Successful businesses are more alike than unalike. They share a common universal goal and employ a systematic approach to building a repeatable and scalable business model. This manifesto shows you how. 1. All Businesses Share a Common Universal Goal All businesses, irrespective of business model type (b2b, b2c, digital, hardware, services, etc.), share a common universal goal: To make happy customers. 2.

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How California Plans to Do Its Part to Crush Climate Change in the Coming Years

IdeaScale

California faces unique challenges when it comes to climate change. It’s an enormous state with several major ports, making it a shipping hub; a state where driving is practically synonymous with travel; and it faces unique geological and meteorological challenges. It’s a challenge the state has met with government innovation, serving as a policy lab … Continued.

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7 Surefire Ways to Promote a Continuous Improvement Culture

Kainexus

Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, famously said, “If you get the culture right, most of the other stuff will just take care of itself.” He might not have been thinking of a continuous improvement culture specifically, but he’s right. Culture is the foundation on which success is built. Strong leaders build the foundation for the culture they want to achieve.

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Exago commits to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Exago

As we celebrate Human Rights Day 2020, we at Exago officially join public and private organizations worldwide acting to promote the UN 2030 Agenda and meet the Sustainable Development Goals. The post Exago commits to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development appeared first on Exago.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Podcast S4E90: Greg Orme – The Human Edge

Idea to Value

In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with author Greg Orme. Greg’s book The Human Edge was voted as the business book of the year. We speak about how artificial intelligence is changing the nature of work, and how people can improve their capabilities to stay relevant in the future. Topics covered in this episode: 00:02:30 – Machines are coming for white collar jobs for the first time. 00:04:45 – What types of jobs are most at risk of automation. 00:06:30 R

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Why Project Teams Frequently Fail at Brainstorming

IdeaScale

Introduction: How often have we heard executives and project managers say, “We need to come up with some new ideas” or “We need to find some elegant solutions to this project problem”? The project manager then sends out e-mails to all the team members with the hope of filling every available seat in a conference … Continued. The post Why Project Teams Frequently Fail at Brainstorming appeared first on IdeaScale.

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The 4 Key Attributes Of Transformational Leaders

Digital Tonto

Change isn’t what it used to be. While history shows that revolutionary change is possible, today's transformational efforts seem to be rudderless, getting mired down and eventually fading away. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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National Pride: 3 Mexicans Win First Place In an Innovation Contest

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Nicolás Ángeles, Lizbeth Gutiérrez and Luis Lira, graduates of the IPN of Guanajuato, won with an environmental scientific project.

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How Government Innovation and the Private Sector Cooperate to Protect Your Privacy

IdeaScale

Large data breaches are becoming a fact of life we have to deal with. In 2019 alone, an estimated 4 billion records were breached, a number that’s only rising. Fortunately, citizens aren’t on their own dealing with the fallout: Government innovation and cooperation between government and private industry is helping to better secure our data.

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Elon Musk: Forget Breakthough Innovation — Just Make the Product Better

Innovation Leader

Elon Musk shared his thoughts on innovation at a Wall Street Journal CEO Council conference. ”Spend less time in meeting rooms, less time on PowerPoint presentations, less time on spreadsheets,” he said. Here are the three big takeaways from his session.

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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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How Machine Learning is Changing Business Communication

InnovationManagement

Machine learning is not a sci-fi concept anymore. Over the past few years, it has improved business operations in multiple ways. One of the areas that benefit from ML technologies the most is business communications. So, how does machine learning impact your internal and external communications? Let’s find out! The post How Machine Learning is Changing Business Communication appeared first on InnovationManagement.

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Failure to Succeed

IdeaSpies

The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, battled depression and family illness before starting the bicycle shop that would lead th.

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After a strong Q3, where next for innovation investment?

Commodore Innovation

Innovation spending grew strongly in Q3. Investment in innovation by US-listed firms grew strongly in the third quarter of 2020—reflecting strong economic growth for the quarter 1. After falling about 2.9% in Q1, and a modest return to positive … The post After a strong Q3, where next for innovation investment? appeared first on Commodore Innovation.

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These 8 Heartland Cities Are Essential to the Future of American Innovation

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Here's why the future of American Innovation lies away from the coasts.

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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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The 9 People You’ll Meet as a Corporate Innovator

Innovation Leader

Here’s our guide to the nine people corporate innovators interact with most — and how you can get them on board with your agenda. Any resemblance to real people in your organization is completely coincidental.

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#2,028 – Anxiety Week: Comingle

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

One of the things that could give a person anxiety, especially now during a pandemic, is financial security or lack there of. That’s why the idea of Universal Basic Income is so great. Receiving a stipend to do nothing may not seem like a great idea at first glance but in a counter intuitive way it really is because once people’s basic need are met they’re freed up to follow their passions and do what they want, creating even more wealth for themselves and others in the process

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All Work and No Play May Not Help Your Bottom Line

Daniel Burrus

It is no secret that children are attracted to video games like moths to light. From Minecraft to Roblox, children of today spend hours in front of screens both large and small, oftentimes much to the dismay of their parents and teachers. Whether you have children of your own or not, you may believe these kids are using their time idly; however, it is actually quite the contrary.

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The 5 Steps That Will Boost Your Creativity and Capacity for Innovation

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Here's how to get to those "aha" moments.

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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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Preparing for Vaccine Distribution, Navigating Pivots at HCA

Innovation Leader

Chip Blaufuss of HCA Healthcare discusses his team’s COVID-19 preparations at the start of 2020 and getting ready for vaccine distribution in 2021.

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#2,026 – Anxiety Week: Pickles to the Rescue

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

One of my biggest regrets in life is not attending a pickle festival that I was invited to back when I lived in New York. Right up there with the time that I overslept in 2006 and missed out on meeting Cameron Maybin at Marlins fan fest. That’s because I love pickles. Obsessed with them really. So, you can rest assured that I was super excited when I found out that the cure for my anxiety lies in…eating more pickles!!!

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How To Help Your Team Manage Pressure

Tullio Siragusa

How To Help Your Team Manage Pressure. The weight of pressure is an inborn piece of work culture. Each of us faces pressure regardless of position, profile, title, insight, or sexual orientation. Steady pressure can cause us to fail to remember that others around us may be experiencing similar circumstances. As a leader, if you trouble your workers with an excessive number of tasks, it can later turn into reason for frustration and demotivation for your whole team.

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How to Have a High-Tech Hanukkah

Entrepreneur - Innovation

It's the festival of lights, so you should celebrate it with a little 'chai' tech.

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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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There Is No ‘Workplace of The Future,’ Says Knoll VP

Innovation Leader

Tracy Wymer, VP of Workplace Strategy at design firm and manufacturer Knoll, shares predictions for how the office will change in 2021 and beyond.

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#2,025 – Anxiety Week: Melatonin to the Rescue?

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

I haven’t been feeling well lately. Lightheadedness, tiredness, dizziness, nausea, fatigue, severe headaches. You name it. I’ve got it. Yet blood work, an EKG, and even a brain MRI haven’t shown anything wrong. Is it all psychosomatic? Anxiety induced? Possibly. I certainly can’t rule it out since we now live in a post apocalyptic society.

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Innovation Serendipity

Sopheon

Sopheon CTO Paul Heller discusses how social distancing may be impacting creative collaboration sparks and innovation serendipity. The post Innovation Serendipity appeared first on Sopheon.

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Are You Caught in the Innovation Purge? Part 1

helloFUTURE

Sometimes, you can almost feel it coming. It’s a palatable thing. The innovation purge. It goes something like this: A new leader or leadership team decides that your company is flagging on the innovation front and hires a Chief Innovation Officer or CINO. This CINO is given a budget and a mandate to create an… The post Are You Caught in the Innovation Purge?

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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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Go for Launch: X.ai, Riff Analytics & Powow AI

Innovation Leader

Three AI-powered tools share their solutions to running better meetings, assessing employee engagement, and scheduling.

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#2,031 – Anxiety Week: Hand-Holding Robot

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Have anxiety because of your loneliness? Then you may need Japan’s new hand-holding robot! Futurism explains: “Scientists from Japan’s Gifu University built a robot hand for men to clasp when they feel lonely. The hand, dubbed ‘Osampo Kanojo,’ which the engineers roughly translate to ‘My Girlfriend in Walk’ in their research , is meant to feel and even smell like a romantic partner from the forearm down, according to CNET.

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Play Bold: Create your resume of failure

Innovation 360 Group

If you want to learn how to get executives to open up and engineers to be playful, and how to really learn from mistakes, going beyond what you thought was possible, this is the episode for you. The post Play Bold: Create your resume of failure appeared first on Innovation360.

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Now What? Dealing With The Disruption Rollercoaster….

helloFUTURE

Not again. You thought you had this whole COVID thing down. You moved all of your folks to work-from-home and got ready for the new normal, but you never thought it would go on this long. You thought things would be back to some semblance of normal by now. I mean, the year is almost… The post Now What? Dealing With The Disruption Rollercoaster… appeared first on hellofuture.

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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.