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3 Questions Every Change Consultant Should Be Able To Answer

Digital Tonto

The ugly truth about change management is that the traditional change models simply don’t work. They aren’t based on any serious research and have shown themselves, over a period of decades, to fail consistently. Often, organizational change management units are used by consulting firms and vendors to cheerlead a larger engagement. That isn’t to say it’s some sort of con.

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Let’s be clear about Innovation Ecosystems

Paul Hobcraft

Embracing Innovation Ecosystems for Evolution and Revolution My definition of innovation ecosystems is that they, “innovation ecosystems are dynamic, interconnected networks of diverse actors and resources that come together to collaborate to drive innovation opportunity and create a more compelling value.” They are progressively replacing “just” innovation as this tends to be housed in one organization, to be developed and delivered on the resources and insights they hav

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Are We Doing Social Innovation Wrong?

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Geoffrey A. Moore The Volume Operations business model kicks in when you have hundreds of thousands of users and goes up from there. 100,000, for those of us who are not math majors, is 10 to the power of 5.

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The Unconventional lies beyond the Conventional

Destination Innovation

In his stimulating and provocative book, Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman gives this advice – originality lies on the far side of unoriginality. The principle is that if you want to be innovative and unconventional it is probably better to serve your time learning a conventional skill before branching out on your own creative route. Pablo Picasso started with traditional academic art training, but later co-founded the Cubism movement, revolutionizing the way we perceive and represent reali

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

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.

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Only One Type of Innovation Will Win the Future

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell Very few businesses last. While we like to think we live in a particularly disruptive era, this has always been true. Entrepreneurs start businesses because they see opportunity and build skills, practices and processes to leverage it. Yet as the world changes, these strengths often become vulnerabilities.

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Maker’s schedules, Manager’s schedules and why meetings can destroy productivity

Idea to Value

How you prioritise your work is one of the major ways you determine what you get done. Different people require different times and schedules to do their best work. According to influential tech founder and investor Paul Graham in his 2009 essay, there are two major types of schedules that different people require to work effectively: Makers: Makers are the people who are creating new things (whether it is a design, code, innovative solution concept, scientific formula or piece of art) and solvi

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From ‘BIG’ Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group

Qmarkets

Discover how ICL achieved $1B+ forecasted ROI using the Qmarkets innovation management platform. We’re pleased to offer exclusive, free access to this strategic report from Harvard Business Review and Harvard Business School, which brings to life ICL’s innovation journey through real-life business data analysis.

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Nine Actions for Building a Great Team

Innovation Excellence

Which Resonates with You? GUEST POST from Stefan Lindegaard Building a strong team is a multifaceted journey, and there are several key actions that can contribute to the growth and success of a team. Reflecting on the nine actions for building a great team, which ones do you find your team focuses on the most?

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Understanding the Pillars of Operational Excellence | KaiNexus

Kainexus

Operational excellence is a management philosophy that continuously improves an organization's processes, efficiency, and effectiveness. It involves optimizing workflows, reducing waste, and enhancing quality to achieve better performance and deliver more customer value. A study by the Aberdeen Group found that organizations that adopt operational excellence practices see a 5% to 10% improvement in revenue growth and a 15% to 30% reduction in operational costs.

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Lessons in Leadership from the movie “Raayan”

Rmukesh Gupta

I recently watched the Tamil language movie – Raayan and really liked the movie. It is a typical commercial movie, following the life of three siblings with the eldest one trying to protect the younger one’s. Here is the plot according to Wikipedia: The film follows Kathavaraayan “Raayan”, a fast-food hotel owner in North Chennai, who begins to protect his family when they inadvertently get muddled in a war between two rival gangs.

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Agent Tooling: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems & Data

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.

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The Renaissance of AI: Humanizing Data to Create the Next Market Makers

Tullio Siragusa

The Renaissance of AI: Humanizing Data to Create the Next MarketMakers History has a way of repeating itselfnot in exact form, but in patterns. The 21st centurys AI revolution echoes a time when the world broke free from rigid structures and redefined what it meant to be human: the Renaissance. Just as that era wasnt merely about new technologies like the printing press or linear perspective in art, AI today isnt just about data.

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Time to Make a Difference

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski When it’s time to make meaningful change, there’s no time for consensus. When the worn path of success must be violated, use a small team. When it’s time for new thinking, create an unreasonable deadline, and get out of the way.

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EMOTIONAL ENERGY, CREATIVE THINKING AND AI

ImagineNation

The impact of disruption, hyperconnectivity, and uncertainty, coupled with the pace of change, causes many people to feel fearful and anxious. Causing them to become defensive and reactive and ‘go under’ emotionally and ‘go inwards’ cognitively, often by ruminating about their past and what bad things may happen in the future. Dwelling on past mistakes, failures, and poor performance also causes them to disengage emotionally, take flight and move away, avoid taking action, fight, or freeze and

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Unlocking growth through Strategic Partner Ecosystems

Ecosystems4Innovating

The need to elevate Business Partner Ecosystems In today’s complex business landscape, leveraging partner ecosystems offers a competitive edge. Building an effective partner ecosystem in systematic stages in thinking and design becomes increasingly critical, to build the mindset, skills and understanding of what this means in undertaking to yield the level of return in different routes to growth and value.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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Types of Coaching in the Workplace

CMOE

“Coaching is a two-way communication process between members of the organization (leaders to team members, peers to peers, team members to leaders) aimed at influencing and developing the employees’ skills, motivation, attitude, judgment or ability to perform, and the willingness to contribute to an organization’s culture and goals.” –Coaching for Results by Steven J.

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Breaking Free From Stagnation

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton As a leader in your organization, you’re under tremendous stress. Not only do you need to deliver against a “growth strategy” that demands constant increases in revenue and profit, but you also need to cut costs and support employees who are more disengaged and burned out than ever before.

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The Word You Can’t Get Wrong in Your Organisation

IM Insights

A Shared Delusion According to a recent (though entirely fictitious) study, 99% of organisations lack a formalised working definition for the term “innovation.” Only 0.03% of companies possess a shared definition that at least 50% of their staff comprehends and can consistently recall (this is a fact, kinda). The post The Word You Can’t Get Wrong in Your Organisation appeared first on Innovation Metrics.

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The many Partner Ecosystem challenges within the Energy Sector

Innovating4Energy

Considering the design of the Energy Ecosystem through Partner Ecosystems Partnerships are becoming a very effective way to build the Energy transformation. There are a awful lot of challenges in the energy sector where the complexity becomes to much for one player and they need to partner. There is actually a significant interplay between technological, regulatory and market-driven challenges Lets just take a look at six of the most significant issues that require Partner Ecosystem thinking and

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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What Is Process Innovation in Businesses? – Benefits, Examples, Case Studies

innosabi Innovation Insights

When it comes to innovative businesses, standing still means falling behind. The true differentiator isn’t just about what you do, but how you do it. One such strategy that has emerged as a cornerstone of modern business transformation is process innovation. But what is process innovation – and why does it hold such […] Der Beitrag What Is Process Innovation in Businesses?

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Five Keys to Personalizing the Customer Experience

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Shep Hyken Earlier this year, we surveyed more than 1,000 consumers in the U.S. for our 2024 State of Customer Service and Customer Experience (CX) Study. We asked about the importance of a personalized experience.

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Strategic Thinking in the Data Age: Missing the Forest for the Trees

Focused Momentum

Data is front and center in today's management team meetings. This is not new. We fell in love with dashboards years ago. What is surprising is that its growth is continuing. The global data analytics market is projected to reach $234 billion by 2028, a 13.6% Compounded Annual Growth Rate.

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Bullet Point Meetings and Campfire Conversation

Rmukesh Gupta

I was watching a recording of the highly energetic and insightful anthropologist Jitske Kramer, delivering her keynote at the Nordic Business Forum 2022 and was stuck by one of her insights: Bullet Point Meetings: These meetings are all about taking actions and tactical thinking. These meetings are about listing down what needs to be done and checking them once done.

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Relevance, Reach, Return: How to Turn Marketing Trends From Hype to High-Impact

Speaker: Alexa Acosta, Director of Growth Marketing & B2B Marketing Leader

Marketing is evolving at breakneck speed—new tools, AI-driven automation, and changing buyer behaviors are rewriting the playbook. With so many trends competing for attention, how do you cut through the noise and focus on what truly moves the needle? In this webinar, industry expert Alexa Acosta will break down the most impactful marketing trends shaping the industry today and how to turn them into real, revenue-generating strategies.

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11 Proven Ideation Techniques and Strategies to Ignite Your Team’s Creative Genius

innosabi Innovation Insights

Tired of the same old brainstorming sessions that lead nowhere? Yep, aren’t we all? If you truly want to unlock your team’s full potential for groundbreaking ideas, don’t be fooled: innovation is the secret weapon that will set your company apart. In this article, we’re diving into the world of ideation techniques – […] Der Beitrag 11 Proven Ideation Techniques and Strategies to Ignite Your Team’s Creative Genius erschien zuerst auf innosabi.

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50% Off of Charting Change This Weekend Only

Innovation Excellence

Wow! Exciting news! In honor of International Women’s Day my publisher is having a 24 hour flash sale that will allow you to get the hardcover or the digital version (eBook) of my latest best-selling book Charting Change for 50% off! What People Are Saying “There’s no denying it: Change is scary.

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The Intelligent Way To Harness Content For AI

BPI Thought Leadership Commentary

Companies want to harness the power of generative AI and get smart answers to important questions, but first they’ll have to discover, classify, manage and secure content from which those answers come from. And they’ll have to do so in a way that avoids content leaks and a black eye to their brand. “You have to sift through literally petabytes of content in order to achieve a.

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The Race to Dominate Stablecoins

Harvard Business Review

Stablecoins — cryptocurrencies pegged to an external currency — have the potential to rewire the global financial system, and expose banking and finance to new digital competition. Now, there is intensifying competition among stablecoin issuers, prominent digital wallet providers, and traditional banks, each racing to establish their platform as the dominant one.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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What Can We Learn From Olympic Fencing Stars?

Michael Roberto

Source: Sports Illustrated As you watch the Olympics this week, take note of a few of the sports that receive much less attention. For example, consider the sport of fencing. You might notice something rather odd. An unusually high number of athletes in the sport are left-handed. Or, consider trap shooting. As author David Epstein points out, "Half of the women in the final were left-handed, while fewer than ten percent of women in general are lefties.

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How Companies Can Take a Global Approach to AI Ethics

Harvard Business Review

Many efforts to build an AI ethics program miss an important fact: ethics differ from one cultural context to the next. Ideas about right and wrong in one culture may not translate to a fundamentally different context, and even when there is alignment, there may well be important differences in the ethical reasoning at work — cultural norms, religious tradition, etc. — that need to be taken into account.

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When Your Boss Suddenly Reduces Your Scope

Harvard Business Review

All careers have highs and lows, and scope reductions can be particularly challenging. You may feel like immediately handing in your resignation or retreating and disengaging. It’s natural, but neither response is helpful. Your manager and coworkers are watching how you respond, making it even more critical to approach this difficult situation with composure and pragmatism.

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Despite Anti-ESG Attacks, New Study Shows Investors See Climate as Critical to Business Performance - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM MASLANSKY+PARTNERS

Harvard Business Review

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.