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9 Agile Transformation Metrics for Executives to Watch

Planview

How do you know whether your Agile transformation is on the right track, or heading in the right direction? Understanding Agile transformation metrics for executives is key to proving the ROI of your Agile transformation. Making the switch from measuring outputs to measuring outcomes can make it difficult to know exactly what you should be measuring… and what it all means.

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What is ‘True Creativity’? (part 3 of 5)

Idea to Value

So for the past two weeks I have been telling you about my big upcoming plans. And that you could get a sneak preview of what was coming up by registering here for free. Today I want to begin telling you about ‘ True Creativity ‘ As I mentioned last week, I have made it my mission to help a billion people transform their ideas into reality.

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Where do Innovative Ideas Come From?

Destination Innovation

Cities around the world suffer from a common problem – a shortage of affordable, decent quality housing. Cutworks Studio, a design company based in Paris and Amsterdam has developed an approach called PolyBlocs – modularly constructed residential sites consisting of individual block rooms which can be stacked in different ways to create an array of sizes and shapes.

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Don’t Confuse A Moment With A Movement

Digital Tonto

It’s easy to confuse a moment with a movement. A movement involves linking together small, but often disparate groups in the context of shared purpose and shared values. A moment occurs when an event. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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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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Society 2045’s Outlook for Purposeful Relationships at Work

Tullio Siragusa

Society 2045’s Outlook for Purposeful Relationships at Work. In the corporate world, diminishing the barriers of bureaucratic hierarchy is essential to create a more intimate work environment centered on collaboration and engagement. . “Collapsing rules that restrict people is the key to changing the outlook on relationships in the workplace.”. Changing the dynamics of relationships at the workplace from bosses and subordinates to equally valuable peers and diminishing the power rules will signi

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Podcast S6E150: Alex Pang – The Benefits of a 4 Day workweek

Idea to Value

In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Alex Pang, founder of Strategy and Rest, a consultancy devoted to helping companies and individuals harness the power of rest to shorten our workdays, while staying focused and productive. Alex is also the author of Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less and his new book SHORTER: WORK BETTER, SMARTER, AND LESS– HERE’S HOW.

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Cleantech: How Businesses Can Access and Benefit

Innovators Alliance

Short for clean technology, cleantech refers to companies and technology aiming to improve environmental sustainability. ECO Canada defines cleantech as “any technology, product, or service that uses fewer materials or energy, generates less waste, and causes less negative environmental impacts than the industry standard.”. As such, Cleantech has three goals: Provide superior performance or lower costs than the current norm or standards.

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Innovation Management Systems Reduce Turnover Challenges

Sopheon

As people seek new jobs at record levels, companies rely on innovation management systems to keep new product development moving forward. The post Innovation Management Systems Reduce Turnover Challenges appeared first on Sopheon.

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Top 12 Best Creativity Podcasts

Idea to Value

If you are anything like me, you will have discovered how convenient and informative podcasts can be. Unlike a lot of other information on the internet, podcasts can be a great source of information direct from the mouth of an expert. Even better, because podcasts are audio, you can listen to them in the background while doing something else, like commuting, doing housework or just walking.

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Episode 078: Getting Corks Out of Wine Bottles Leads to Creative Breakthrough

Innovation in Practice

Ever removed a cork from a wine bottle? If so, you also know how to remove a baby from its mother’s birth canal! Just kidding. That is certainly not true. What is true, however, is that a very important medical device has been invented because one man learned how to remove the wine cork that was stuck in his wine bottle. He did so by using something called analog transfer. .

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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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Not Invented Here

Innovation Excellence

Sometimes Letting Go is the Hardest Part of Innovation GUEST POST from John Bessant (You can find a podcast version of this story here) The Welsh valleys are amongst the most beautiful in the world.

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Brunner Honored for Integrated Marketing, PR Campaigns at PRSA Renaissance Awards

Brunner

Agency takes home four awards for three clients in the home category. On Jan. 27, the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Pittsburgh chapter hosted its annual Renaissance Awards , held at the Carnegie Science Center. The event honors local organizations, agencies and businesses as well as communicators for their innovative work across all aspects of public relations and marketing communications.

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Status Quo bias: Why people are resistant to change

Idea to Value

In innovation projects, we often hear about companies resisting a change to the status quo. In this case, the status quo being how things are currently done. As a result, many innovation projects fail at the final hurdle, when they are asked to actually implement the change they were designed for. But is this preference for the status quo real? Yes it is.

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Top Qualities of a Good Team Leader (And How to Develop Them)

CMOE

No one is born a great leader. Like any hard or soft skill, leadership qualities are developed through conscious, consistent learning and training. Top-notch leadership is comprised of many qualities, some more important than others. The skills you need will depend on your role and industry, but for this article, CMOE is taking a holistic approach and highlighting the top seven qualities of a good team leader.

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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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Finding the Right Physician Advisor for a Healthcare Startup

Innovation Excellence

It has never been easier to create a sickcare startup, particularly in digital health. Part of that process requires that founders find the right players to be on the team. In many instances, that will involve finding physician advisors or consultants.

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5 Digital Transformation Use Cases in the Automotive Industry

Acuvate

The automotive industry is on the brink of significant technological disruption. Underpinning Industry 4.0 and the next-gen of mobility is the rapid emergence of artificial intelligence, intelligent automation, predictive analytics, and Big Data – delivering real-time insights to enable powerful innovation and transform the way automotive companies operate.

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Fear of the unknown: The one true fear?

Idea to Value

Why are people so hesitant to support new ideas? As we have seen in the past few weeks, people have a natural tendency to prefer things stay the way they are , as well as feeling negative experiences more strongly than positive experiences. But is there something even stronger at play here? Is there something about new ideas which scares people? Some scientists believe the answer is yes, and it is all related to our fear of the unknown.

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Understanding the ISO Standard for Innovation Management – Concepts & Benefits

IM Insights

About the Episode. Elijah Eilert speaks to Andy Cars , the founder and CEO of Lean Ventures International, about the ISO standards for innovation management. Having participated in the ISO creation process, Andy Cars will discuss the concepts around ISO standards and how organisations can benefit from them. The aim is to create a long-term innovation strategy and transform an organisation’s culture into a value creation mindset.

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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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The Era of Moving Fast and Breaking Things is Over

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell On July 16th, 1945, when the world’s first nuclear explosion shook the plains of New Mexico, the leader of the Manhattan Project, J.

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“Lift” by Faisal Hoque Is A Must-Read. — Readers’ Favorite

Faisal Hoque

If you want to be this kind of new leader, or if the idea excites you for the great changes it could bring, “ Lift: Fostering the Leader in You Amid Revolutionary Global Change” by Faisal Hoque is a must-read. BOOK REVIEW. Reviewed by Tammy Ruggles for Readers’ Favorite. Lift: Fostering the Leader in You Amid Revolutionary Global Change (English and Spanish Edition), by Faisal Hoque, Jeff Wuorio, and Shelley Moench-Kelly, is a compelling, powerful guide to transforming leadersh

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Paying It Forward With Random Acts of Kindness

Phil McKinney

I began my tech career in a factory in Evansville, IN as the sole “geek” living in a condemned (yes—condemned) apartment building for $50.00 a month with my wife, who was finishing her nursing degree. How things have changed from that humble beginning. When I look back on my career and where it has brought […].

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Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste

helloFUTURE

Everyone fears change. Humans would rather suffer under terrible conditions than step into the unknown. This is one of the reasons that it is so challenging to bring innovation to life in organizations. Organizations are made of people – and people primarily fear change. If your leaders fear change, you might want to look for… The post Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste appeared first on IDEATE + EXECUTE.

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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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Strategy Map: How to create one and why

Cascade Strategy

Do you know where your business is going? More importantly, do your employees understand precisely how to get there?

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“Lift” Looks For Contemporary Opportunities to Make a Difference. — Foreword Clarion

Faisal Hoque

“The book’s reliance on real-world examples vivifies its ideals about transformational leadership, which involves making meaning for the people whom one serves.” Lift: Fostering the Leader in You Amid Revolutionary Global Change. Faisal Hoque. Fast Company Press. ( 264pp ). 978-1-63908-012-0. Clarion Rating: 4 out of 5. Faisal Hoque’s encouraging leadership book Lift looks for contemporary opportunities to make a difference through one’s personal and professional choices.

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The Fall of Peloton

Michael Roberto

Source: NPR The Wall Street Journal reports today that Peloton CEO and co-founder John Foley is stepping down from the company. The firm also announced 2,800 layoffs. The newspaper reports on the precipitous decline in the company's fortunes over the past few months: For a while Peloton enjoyed high times as a pandemic darling , with homebound customers ordering its exercise equipment and streaming its virtual classes.

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Understanding the ISO Standard for Innovation Management – Concepts & Benefits – Podcast Transcript

IM Insights

Main Episode Page. Podcast & Show Notes. Episode Transcript. Teaser. How do we have a positive impact on the world that we live in? And how can we maximise value creation and wellbeing, right? And that goes into very much the idea of long-term innovation. So, it’s about value creation, the definition of innovation, how do we create value right?

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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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Strategy vs Execution: How to break out of the strategy planning trap

Cascade Strategy

Strategy without action is pointless.

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“Lift” Urges Forward-Thinking Innovation. — Booklife by Publishers Weekly

Faisal Hoque

“An inviting, in-depth guide to transformational leadership in a world of continual change.” Lift: Fostering the Leader in You Amid Revolutionary Global Change. Faisal Hoque , author. Reviews. This motivational guide urges readers to anticipate the relentless pace of change at the dawn of what Hoque and c-authors Jeff Wuorio and Shelley Moench-Kelly call the Fourth Industrial Revolution, an era of new technology, an ongoing pandemic, and climate disruption.

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Cognyte Selects Qmarkets to Support Market-Leading Security Analytics Software

Qmarkets

Cognyte, the global leading security analytics software provider, has launched an innovation management program with the Qmarkets Q-ideate tool. This initiative will see 1,500 employees invited to share their ideas and proposals to further improve and develop the solutions offered by Cognyte. Recently recognised as a ‘Leader’ in the 2021 Frost & Sullivan Digital Intelligence Solutions report , Cognyte supplies its software to over 1,000 government and enterprise companies in over 100 countri