Idea to Value

MARCH 27, 2025

In todays fast-paced environment, innovation leaders are harnessing the power of AI to speed up tasks , automate processes, and enhance creative output. I asked 7 innovation experts on how they are using AI, the tools they use most frequently, and the tasks they still prefer to do manually ( with good reason ). Nick Skillicorn www.improvides.com Everyday Tasks Enhanced: Drafting thought leadership Editing text Meeting summarisation and note taking Document summarisation Voice dictation Drafting

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 24, 2025

Evolutionary thinking makes Innovation different When we are conceptualizing organization structures and relationships in Ecosystem thinking and design we often begin by attempting to relate this to Natural Ecosystems. We often miss the connections, perhaps this might help Traditional business frameworks often get caught in mechanistic metaphors but natural ecosystem perspectives need a fundamentally different mindset.

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innosabi Innovation Insights

MARCH 27, 2025

Employee disengagement is a billion-dollar problem. Studies show that disengaged employees cost companies $8.8 trillion globally in lost productivity each year, amounting to 9% of global GDP. Beyond the numbers, a disengaged workforce leads to higher turnover, lower innovation, and missed opportunities for growth. But employee engagement is more than just boosting morale or […] Der Beitrag How Innovation Can Help with Employee Engagement (And Why It Matters for Your Business) erschien zuer

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Planview

MARCH 26, 2025

When it comes to software delivery, the topic of outcomes often comes up. Are we creating value rather than just features? Are we achieving specific business results that make these massive technology investments worth it? These questions are worth asking because, alarmingly, the answer is often no. For every dollar a typical company invests in software development, only about 25 cents supports the companys highest-priority business outcomes.

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Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

If AI agents are going to deliver ROI, they need to move beyond chat and actually do things. But, turning a model into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. In this new webinar, Alex Salazar and Nate Barbettini will break down the emerging AI architecture that makes action possible, and how it differs from traditional integration approaches.

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Carla Johnson

MARCH 24, 2025

Innovation doesnt happen in a vacuum. It doesn’t matter how groundbreaking your idea is, its success depends on your ability to communicate it effectively. Whether youre persuading your team, executives, customers, or investors, storytelling is one of the most powerful tools at your disposal.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

What is the Experiment Canvas? The Experiment Canvas is a structured template used to design, test, and evaluate assumptions behind new ideas. It helps innovation teams reduce uncertainty by laying out the elements of a business or product hypothesis in a clear and visual way. Rather than pursuing full-scale execution based on intuition or untested assumptions, teams use the canvas to validate their ideas through focused, low-cost experiments.

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Planview

MARCH 24, 2025

Product managers juggle countless responsibilities while steering products toward market success. From prioritizing features to analyzing customer data, the demands can quickly become overwhelming without the right tools. With AI, organizations are discovering real value in redesigning how work gets done. New research from McKinsey indicates that workflow redesign has the strongest impact on achieving measurable financial returns from generative AI more than any other factor studied.

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Tullio Siragusa

MARCH 26, 2025

Creating Connection at Scale: Building a Purpose-Driven Community Authentic connection isnt a nice-to-haveits the foundation of meaningful growth. But how do you foster that connection when your business spans two countries and 140+ locations? On this episode of The Bliss Business Podcast, Vanessa Yakobson, CEO of Blo Blow Dry Bar, joined us to share how shes scaling a purpose-driven franchise while preserving the human element at every touchpoint.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

What is Discovery Driven Planning? Discovery Driven Planning (DDP) is a structured framework for planning innovative initiatives in uncertain or ambiguous environments. Unlike traditional planning methods that rely on fixed forecasts and clearly defined outcomes, DDP embraces uncertainty by emphasizing learning, testing, and adjusting. It is particularly useful in situations where assumptions outweigh factssuch as launching a new venture, developing disruptive products, or entering unfamiliar ma

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 25, 2025

How Complex Problem-Solving Creates Automation Champions GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Imagine a manufacturing company. On the factory floor, machines whirl and grind, torches flare up as welding helmets click closed, and parts and products fall off the line and into waiting hands or boxes, ready to be shipped to customers.

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Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

MARCH 25, 2025

Building the Mid-sized Ecosystem Business Model Building Ecosystem Business Models for Mid-Sized Firms are so often under-looked in much of the literature we are refer too. We get caught in the bigger players, often provided by the large consultant companies for our references- such as Alibaba, Salesforce, Amazon, Apple, Siemens, etc, How can Mid-sized Business Organizations set about to build out an Ecosystem Business Model using third party providers for platforms, communication technology, da

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Tullio Siragusa

MARCH 24, 2025

The Empathy Imperative: Rethinking Leadership andPower What happens to empathy when people gain power? Its a question few business leaders askbut maybe they should. In this conversation on The Bliss Business Podcast, we were joined by Chris Jarvis, co-founder of Realized Worth, to unpack the surprising neuroscience behind empathy, the risks of power, and how immersive experiencesnot theorieshelp leaders reconnect with their humanity.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

What is the 70-20-10 Innovation Rule ? The 70-20-10 Innovation Rule is a strategic framework that guides organizations in allocating time, budget, and resources across three categories of innovation: core, adjacent, and disruptive. It proposes that approximately 70% of innovation investment should focus on improving existing products and processes, 20% on expanding into adjacent markets or offerings, and 10% on exploring transformative, disruptive ideas that could redefine the business.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 28, 2025

Every business process, no matter how well-designed, has room for improvement. Operational inefficiencies, quality inconsistencies, and unnecessary costs can accumulate over time, limiting an organizations ability to scale and compete effectively. Companies that succeed in the long run are those that adopt a structured approach to continuous improvement , ensuring that processes evolve to meet new demands while maintaining efficiency and quality.

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ImagineNation

MARCH 26, 2025

I have earned my stripes as a rebellious maverick and serial misfit, who, until today, seldom feels content with complying with the status quo, especially when confronted by illogical, rules-bound, conventional, and conforming behaviours. My constant and disruptive search for new horizons has enabled me to make many professional changes and reinventions – from graphic to fashion designer, retail executive, design management consultant, culture and change management consultant, corporate tr

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The Bliss Business Podcast

MARCH 26, 2025

Customers dont just buy productsthey buy into brands that align with their values. In todays fast-moving world, customer loyalty isnt just about satisfactionits about emotional connection. Research shows that emotionally connected customers are 306% more valuable than those who are merely satisfied. Thats the power of purpose-driven experiences. Join us on The Bliss Business Podcast as we explore how businesses can embed purpose at every customer touchpoint to drive deeper engagement, trust, and

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

What is the Business Model Canvas? The Business Model Canvas is a visual framework that outlines the key components of a business model in a single, easy-to-understand chart. Developed by Alexander Osterwalder, this tool allows organizations to design, describe, analyze, and iterate on their business strategies. It replaces lengthy business plans with a concise visual snapshot that focuses on how a business creates, delivers, and captures value.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 27, 2025

Its estimated that 80% of digital transformation projects fail to deliver the expected value (Source: Forbes ). This is not because of the technology, but because theres no clear strategy behind it. Companies rush to modernize without a roadmap , ending up with fragmented tools, overwhelmed teams, and little to show for it. A digital transformation strategy gives structure to change.

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 26, 2025

GUEST POST from Stefan Lindegaard In any organization, having the right people in the right places at the right time is critical for success. This is especially true for innovation, which doesnt just depend on good ideas, projects, or technologies – it depends on the people who can bring these to life.

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Stephen Shapiro

MARCH 24, 2025

(And why Id probably do it again) In June 2024, I released what might be my most important book to date: PIVOTAL: Creating Stability in an Uncertain World. It tackles some of todays most pressing challengeschaos, unpredictability, and the rise of AIwith frameworks that help individuals and organizations find clarity, focus, and strength. And yet, shortly after it launched, I came to a startling conclusion: I probably never should have written it.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

What is White Space Innovation? White Space Innovation is a strategic framework used to identify and pursue growth opportunities beyond a companys current product lines, markets, or business models. It focuses on unmet customer needs or unexplored value spaces that fall outside the boundaries of existing operations. Unlike incremental innovation, which optimizes what already exists, White Space Innovation pushes organizations to look beyond conventional strategies and explore new territorywhile

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The Bliss Business Podcast

MARCH 27, 2025

What does the future of work really look likeand how do we design for it today? Join us on The Bliss Business Podcast for a forward-thinking conversation with Alpesh Doshi Founder of Kendra Labs , systems thinker, technologist, and a leading voice in the evolution of organizational models. Alpesh has spent his career helping companies embrace decentralization, agility, and purposenot as buzzwords, but as the foundation for thriving, human-centric cultures.

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Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 28, 2025

GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski If you have the data that says the market for the new concept is big enough, you waited too long. If you require the data that verifies the market is big enough before pursuing new concepts, youll never pursue them.

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Phil McKinney

MARCH 24, 2025

I'm excited to announce that I'm moving to Substack! This is a significant shift that will allow me to focus more on creating meaningful content and less on managing multiple platforms and technologies. On Substack, I'm consolidating my content from various channels—including my other newsletters such as "Finding New Ideas" on LinkedIn and blog posts from philmckinney.com—under what I'm calling " Studio Notes." What is Studio Notes?

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

What is Outcome Driven Innovation? Outcome Driven Innovation (ODI) is a customer-centric framework that helps organizations develop and refine products or services based on clearly defined customer needs. Unlike traditional innovation approaches that focus on features, technologies, or internal capabilities, ODI shifts the focus to the outcomes customers are trying to achieve.

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innosabi Innovation Insights

MARCH 24, 2025

The numbers speak for themselves: Companies with strong partner ecosystems grow 5x faster than those without, with 76% of executives saying that partnerships are essential to meeting their revenue goals. And a well-structured partner ecosystem strategy allows businesses to expand their reach, enhance capabilities, and create new valuefaster and more efficiently than going it […] Der Beitrag A Guide to Successful Partner Ecosystems to Build Better Collaborations for Business Growth erschien

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The Bliss Business Podcast

MARCH 25, 2025

What happens when you combine hustle, heart, and human connection? Join us on The Bliss Business Podcast for a powerful conversation with David DeLorenzo , entrepreneur, author of Just Getting Started, and founder of Bar & Restaurant Insurance, a premier insurance agency for the hospitality industry. David isnt your typical business leader. From his days as a record exec to becoming a trusted advisor to some of the top restaurant and bar owners in the country, hes built a brand rooted in tru

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Michael Roberto

MARCH 25, 2025

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy recently penned a blog post about career planning and development. Mostly, the post offers a series of clichs such as "find your passion" and "don't be afraid to fail." However, one point bears emphasis and reflection. Jassy argues as follows: "I don't think that you have to know what your final destination is in your job early in your life.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

What is S-Curve Mapping? S-Curve Mapping is a strategic innovation tool used to understand the evolution and performance trajectory of technologies, products, services, or entire industries. It visually plots progress or performance over time, forming an S-shaped curve that represents four key phases: Incubate, Scale, Maturity, and Discontinuity. Each phase reflects different levels of growth potential, innovation activity, and competitive pressure.

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eZassi

MARCH 25, 2025

Turning Tariff Challenges into Opportunity Across industries, companies are facing mounting uncertainty driven by tariffs, shifting trade policies, and global supply chain disruptions. These uncertainties are forcing organizations to reallocate resources from long-term innovation to short-term operational pivots. However, businesses that take a proactive approach to overcoming these challenges can emerge stronger and more competitive.

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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.

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