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5 Key Skillsets of an Innovation Manager

IdeaScale

The role of an innovation manager is diverse. It cannot be described in one single job description. Instead, it is defined by the skills needed to embrace disruption and invoke change. Innovation managers may be referred to by various titles. These can include: Chief Innovation Officer Head of Innovation Innovation Portfolio Manager Some innovation manager … Continued.

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Celebrate Failures as Much as The Successes

Strategyzer Innovation

In most companies, incentives are tied to success (e.g. sales targets, revenue). But this approach does not work for innovation. In order to succeed at innovation, companies need to build a portfolio with a pipeline of projects and accept that most of these will fail before you find one that works. As such, in order to succeed you can't just incentives and reward the successful projects.

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Seeing The Future

Innovation Excellence

Marketing. We will see a decline of traditional media, and a concentration and digitization of advertising. Consumers will be sourcing their info and ‘cool’ online, via very few, integrated and global platforms. Marketing needs to adjust to this behavioral shift. All of this needs to be orchestrated centrally, with a strong set of corporate positions and a periphery of experimentation & negotiation.

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From MW to GW’s of Renewable Hydrogen using Electrolyzers

Paul Hobcraft

I was listening to a short chat between Armin Schnettler, the SVP New Energy Business, Siemens Energy, and Kevin O’Donovan. Kevin, without doubt, is an outstanding, knowledgeable technology evangelist for all things relating to the Energy Transition. The two briefly discussed green Hydrogen and where Electrolyzers will fit within the future strategy of building a broader Hydrogen business.

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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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2020 IM Awards: PSA International

IdeaScale

Building an Inclusive Innovation Process. The Need to Innovate at PSA International But prior to 2016, innovation was driven purely by respective business units across the organization around the world and ideas were submitted mainly on paper or through email and manually routed to the relevant subject matter experts. There was no overview of the … Continued.

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Podcast S4E69: Daniel Burrus – Seeing the future and knowing the trends that will come true

Idea to Value

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak world-renowned futurist Daniel Burrus. He has written 7 bestselling books on innovation, including the Anticipatory Organisation , and has also started 6 leading companies himself. We speak about the difference of hard trends ( that will definitely happen) and soft trends (assumptions, that might happen or might not) , and using the principles of hard trends to guide your innovation efforts.

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To Drive Change Forward, You First Need To Build A Shared Purpose. Here’s How:

Digital Tonto

Today, most essential element of a leader’s job today isn’t so much to plan and direct action, but to inspire and empower belief in a common mission. Revolutions do not begin with a slogan, they. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Embracing a Culture of Continuous Learning in Government

IdeaScale

We never stop learning, on a personal level, and that should be transferred over to the professional world. Yet, prioritizing continuous learning can sometimes be a difficult task in government. Here’s what you need to know to implement continuous learning to breed innovation leadership, at all levels. Build A Learning Mindset It all starts with … Continued.

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This Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Template Drives Growth

Leapfrogging

Management guru Peter Drucker once said, “What’s measured improves.” So true. You get what you measure when it comes to business performance. The problem is that most teams don’t have clear key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of their strategies and projects. Sure, they may have goals, but without clear KPIs, they don’t have a way to know quantitatively that they’re on or off track.

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Why Let Others Disrupt You? Take the Smart Self-Disruption Journey!

InnovationManagement

In a time when uncertainty reigns, the fear of being disrupted can brutally hurt any business. Responsible leaders who dare to anticipate disruption and take steps to self-inflict it to their organization in a smart and controlled way are best positioned for the future. The post Why Let Others Disrupt You? Take the Smart Self-Disruption Journey! appeared first on InnovationManagement.

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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 price of a cheap supply chain. Are you willing to take the risk?

Board of Innovation

Thanks to the resilience of global supply chains the world economy did not grind to a halt when most of the world went into lock-down. But, it has come at a price. Going forward supply chains need to be re-examined to keep operating cost-effectively while minimizing risk. The post The price of a cheap supply chain. Are you willing to take the risk? appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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Anatomy of a Cross-Functional Innovation Team

IdeaScale

Cross-functional teams are powerful tools for innovation. Instead of moving ideas through a committee process department by department, decision-makers and stakeholders come together in one to move raw ideas into concrete approaches. Here’s how to build a cross-functional team that works. Involve Leadership Leaders in a department are the ones who make things happen.

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Complacency Stunts Innovation

Daniel Burrus

Complacency is often mistaken for stability, the feeling you’ve “made it” and now you can sit back and revel in what you’ve built. However, that ideology carries far more pitfalls than we realize. Complacency is even more detrimental in the environment we live in today, dominated by exponential digital disruption. It’s essential to eliminate complacency with both an anticipatory mindset and a willingness to act on the abundant opportunities ahead.

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Peace through Entrepreneurship: How Businesses Can Be a Force for Unity

InnovationManagement

Cyprus is politically divided, movement is restricted, and there are two different authorities and sets of laws. How can innovation and entrepreneurship thrive in such a polarized environment - and alternatively, how does that polarization drive innovation? The post Peace through Entrepreneurship: How Businesses Can Be a Force for Unity appeared first on InnovationManagement.

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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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Shifts in the Retail Pharmacy Ecosystem

Board of Innovation

We mapped the retail pharmacy ecosystem in the US and identified opportunities new players are leveraging to challenge incumbents. The post Shifts in the Retail Pharmacy Ecosystem appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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How Small Businesses Can Leverage AI to Battle Bigger Competitors

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Increased productivity, better data collection and more are there for the taking.

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Praktikum im Innovationsmanagement

whataventure

Werde Teil des Teams! Praktikum (m/d/w) im Innovationsmanagement. JETZT BEWERBEN. Wo. Wien. Start. Ab sofort. Anstellung. Praktikum. Sprachniveau. B2 Deutschniveau. Über uns. WhatAVenture hat es sich zum Ziel gemacht, Unternehmen dabei zu unterstützen, ihre Geschäftsideen iterativ und nahe am Kunden zu entwickeln. Wir begleiten, unterstützen und helfen etablierten Unternehmen als Facilitatoren, Sparringspartner oder auch als Teammitglieder bei der Umsetzung von Innovationsprogrammen und Innovati

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Brainwriting Template

InnovationTraining.org

This brainwriting exercise template can help your virtual or in person innovation teams succeed. 6-3-5 Brainwriting is a group-structured brainstorming technique that is a highly collaborative way to generate as many ideas as possible in groups within a short period of time. The technique can be used in multiple projects or work cases, such as marketing, design, product/service development, and more.

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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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Becoming A Learning Organization Enables Innovation and Growth

Tullio Siragusa

Becoming A Learning Organization Enables Innovation and Growth. It is rightly said that anyone who stops learning is old, doesn’t matter if they are twenty or eighty. “Anyone who keeps learning stays forever young.”. We are living in an age where technologies and economies are transforming the entire workplace. Employees are consistently trying to do better, and don’t like to remain stuck in the same position or organization for too long.

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Book Review – Humanocracy by Gary Hamel & Michele Zanini

Rmukesh Gupta

Overview: Gary Hamel has been one of my favorite authors and management guru’s. In his most recent book Humanocracy, he lays out the case against bureaucracy and instead argues that we need to embrace what he calls “ Humanocracy ” as in build human centric organisations. He chronicles some interesting experiments being done worldwide with different management philosophies and based on them, posits some principles which when put in use can lead organisations to become a lot more human centric and

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Praktikant (m/d/w) im Innovationsmanagement

whataventure

Werde Teil des Teams! Praktikant (m/d/w) im Innovationsmanagement. JETZT BEWERBEN. Wo. Wien. Start. Ab sofort. Anstellung. Praktikum. Sprachniveau. B2 Deutschniveau. Über uns. WhatAVenture hat es sich zum Ziel gemacht, Unternehmen dabei zu unterstützen, ihre Geschäftsideen iterativ und nahe am Kunden zu entwickeln. Wir begleiten, unterstützen und helfen etablierten Unternehmen als Facilitatoren, Sparringspartner oder auch als Teammitglieder bei der Umsetzung von Innovationsprogrammen und Innovat

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The Rise of ‘Conferencing Competence’ and the Decline of Fancy Footwear

Innovation Leader

Thornton May contends that many leaders — and many organizations — are moving too slowly in responding to the dramatic changes that 2020 has brought.

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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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StartOut Pride Economic Impact Index to Help Quantify Value of LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur - Innovation

The advocacy group has partnered with Chase and think tank Socos Labs on new initiative meant to underscore the innovation and revenue-generation all founders can bring to the table.

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How the Royal Australian Navy Nurtures Innovators

InnovationManagement

The first time I heard Stephen Delo speak, it was at the Australian Intrapreneurs Summit. He was talking about some truly fascinating ideas: how 3D printing could be used at sea, possibilities for drones, new methods for making the Royal Australian Navy more sustainable, and beyond. The post How the Royal Australian Navy Nurtures Innovators appeared first on InnovationManagement.

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How internal innovators win the game, with Kaihan Krippendorf

Rapid Innovation in digital time

22 out of the 30 most transformative innovations were conceived by employees. Kaihan explains why internal innovators are so essential for corporate growth, and how they can win out on the innovation path.

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Ignominious Ends- Sears and Malls

Adam Hartung

Like newspapers before them, retail stores are now experiencing the overwhelming power of a trend whose time has come. The retail industry was built on consumer mobility- buyers came to stores. Consumers traded time for convenience and when mobility was abruptly disrupted, retail paid the price.

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Implementing Intelligent Document Processing Solutions: Why It Works

See how companies like yours are tackling some of today’s most common business problems using AI-assisted automation for document processing. Manually capturing, extracting, and processing data within documents is a costly and outdated practice that’s holding your company back. IDP takes document processing to a whole new level so you can understand and use your data more effectively than ever before.

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Translate Ancient Hieroglyphs With Google's New AI-Powered Tool

Entrepreneur - Innovation

New Arts & Culture tool Fabricius uses machine learning to translate 4,000-year-old symbols.

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#1,805 – Social Distancing is a Sign of Intelligence

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

The other day I took a random online quiz. No, I wasn’t trying to find out what Harry Potter house I belonged to. I already knew that it was Ravenclaw, the house known for intelligence, knowledge, and wit! Rather, I took an actual IQ test for the first time in my life. On this particular test 100 is considered average and 130 plus genius level.

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Why Pampered Chef is Reinventing a Well-Established Sales Model

Innovation Leader

The migration away from in-person selling actually predates COVID-19 for Pampered Chef, but they’re taking advantage of the moment to experiment with social media.

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When your coworker does great work, tell their manager

Rmukesh Gupta

I read this post on my feed and thought this was a very interesting post about recognising one of your co-workers. You can read the entire post here. However, to summarise the post: 1. Ask before you write a glowing email to someone’s manager, if it is ok. There could be many different and valid reasons why someone might not want the praise. 2.

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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.