Sat.Mar 28, 2015 - Fri.Apr 03, 2015

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Double Down, Explode, Bridge and Breakout: The innovation options

Jeffrey Phillips

For quite a while now, the words and phrases we use when we talk about innovation have bothered me. To some extent that's because the language is too inexact, and in other cases the words have been appropriated or misused. In many companies any new product is labeled "innovation", regardless if it is actually innovative or not. Further, innovation is a word that encompasses so many activities and purposes that it becomes almost meaningless.

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Organizational Models for Breakthrough Innovation

Integrative Innovation

As we have suggested earlier, innovation activities that are radical or disruptive in nature, should be separated from incremental innovation around a company’s established core business. The main reasons are: Required capabilities, structures, approaches, success metrics and culture for radical/disruptive innovation are highly incompatible with those required for incremental innovation.

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Sustainability strategy in tough times

Norbert Bol

The april (2015) special edition of the scientific journal of Long Range Planning is called “ Doing more with less? Sustainability strategy in constrained economic times “ The different articles in this special edition all focus on the sustainability behavour of companies in tough times. One might expect that in tough times there is less focus on sustainability.

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If You Can't Deal with Conflict, Can You Lead?

Mills-Scofield

'Dan Rockwell , also known as Leadershipfreak , writes a daily blog that is simply astounding with wisdom and insight - you must sign up ! With his permission, I''m reposting a rather critical one that all leaders must read and address. When we don''t deal with conflict, we inflict great damage on our organization. Here''s how to address it. Thank you Dan, for letting me repost!

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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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My latest interview with Trend Hunter

Improvides

This week I had the pleasure of being interviewed by the team at Trend Hunter, one of the internet's most recognised names in Trend Spotting and analysis with over 60 million monthly readers. You can read my full interview here, which covers: What my overall mission is How I define innovation How I motivate myself […]. Originally published at My latest interview with Trend Hunter.

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10 Clichés Leaders Use (and How to Avoid Them)

The Human Factor

Holly welcomes guest blogger Sarah Landrum-. As a leader, one of your responsibilities, among other things, is to make sure you and your employees remain on the same page. If you do that by bombarding them with clichés , however, it is likely you’ll end up with a team of bored, unmotivated and jaded people. Here are a few common overused sayings and suggestions on what you might replace them with. . “In Today’s Highly Competitive Marketplace…” .

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Coming To You Live From Everyone

It's Saul Connected

In case you missed it the next salvo in the social media revolution is underway. The release of two live video streaming apps within weeks of each other, Meerkat and Periscope, have my attention and should have yours too. Think about it, now everyone with an iPhone (soon any smart phone) can broadcast and receive live video anywhere, any time. We now have the capacity to share, not just tidbits from our experiences on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, but to stream our actual experiences live in

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Praying for the Engagement of Disengaged Millennial Talent!

BPI Thought Leadership Commentary

I know that many of my Christian friends and clients have spent time with their heads bowed praying for good people. Rarely are those prayers answered in the way they want. We’ve all seen the reports, and in all likelihood experienced it in our own businesses: disengagement is at an all time high. But I wonder if you’ve actually taken the time to look at what that really means to y.

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Pay to be deceived?

Innovation 360 Group

On weekdays we stick to digital editions of the morning papers but come weekends we splurge in paper, subscribing to the two largest newspapers in Sweden. Every now and then we try to decide on one of them but my husband wants his Fredrik Strage chronicles in Dagens Nyheter , and I, believe it or not, start every Saturday breakfast with Glossy Weekly SvD Perfect Guide from Svenska Dagbladet.

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Steve Blank: Are You Having Impact, Is It ‘Innovation Theater’?

Innovation Leader

"Lean startup" proponent Steve Blank focused on several things necessary to take pilot experiments and turn them into significant new products. Listen here.

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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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Gender bias or intimidation? Why sex discrimination isn’t business’s biggest problemDISRUPT | INNOVATE | LEAD

Linda Bernardi

In my most recent article on Washington Post, I write about a topic that I feel very passionate about with some critical insight into what I think is happening with gender bias and discrimination in businesses today. When I entered the Austin airport on the heels of the SXSW conference last week, a group of […].

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Management systems

Innovation Fixer

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15 Challenging & Conflict-Ridden Jobs Innovation Execs Must Do

Innovation Leader

Few jobs are tougher than that of the innovation leader.