Innovation Excellence
MARCH 27, 2023
Why It’s Bad News and Good News for Corporate Innovation GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Last week, as news of Silicon Valley Bank’s losses and eventual collapse, took over the news cycle, attention understandably turned to the devastating impact on the startup ecosystem.
ImagineNation
MARCH 28, 2023
In our previous two blogs, we outlined the need, in our chaotic world of unknowns, to reclaim our focus and attention and take charge of our own minds. By reclaiming our focus, attention, intention, and awareness we develop a deeper understanding of the sources of our anxiety and distractions and how to self-manage them. Doing this effectively creates a safe space, to transform the power of our minds and hearts to connect with others, cultivate well-being, harness people’s collective genius, and
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BrainZooming
MARCH 28, 2023
Brainzooming works with many industrial companies to strengthen and expand their new product development and process innovation initiatives.
Digital Tonto
MARCH 26, 2023
These days, it seems that every time you turn around you see some breakthrough technology that will change our lives. We see media reports about computing breakthroughs, miracle cures, new sources of energy and more. Unfortunately, very few will ever see the outside of a lab and even fewer will prove commercially viable enough to impact our lives. Don’t get me wrong.
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.
HYPE Innovation
MARCH 28, 2023
As markets expand and customers’ requirements grow rapidly, businesses need to be ready to meet their clients’ changing needs. While coming up with solutions themselves is one approach, partnering with other companies in their partner ecosystem may prove more effective than developing a new offering from scratch on your own, which can be time-consuming and expensive.
Entrepreneur - Innovation
MARCH 27, 2023
Meg Strachan, founder and CEO of lab-grown jewelry company Dorsey, personally packed and shipped every order until she hit $1 million in sales.
Business Innovation Brief brings together the best content for business innovation and strategy professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Tullio Siragusa
MARCH 27, 2023
Cultivating Emotional Intelligence for Success in a Digital World The digital revolution has radically transformed the way we work, communicate, and interact with each other. As technology continues to advance, our reliance on digital tools and platforms has become an integral part of our lives. While technical skills are essential for thriving in this digital landscape, it’s crucial not to overlook the importance of emotional intelligence (EQ).
Innovation Excellence
MARCH 29, 2023
Why Old Technologies Are Sometimes Still the Best Ones GUEST POST from John Bessant Close your eyes and imagine for a moment a computer room in the early days of the industry. Chances are you’ll picture large wardrobe-sized metal cabinets whirring away with white-coated attendants tending to the machines.
BrainZooming
MARCH 28, 2023
We experience it all the time: executives generate ideas to fill the size of the innovation questions we ask.
Business and Tech
MARCH 30, 2023
There’s a 100-year transformation taking place right now in the automotive industry. Around the world, drivers, governments, and businesses are discovering — and embracing — electric vehicle (EV) technology and setting a path toward a cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation future. In the United States, the transformation has been gathering steam.
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.
IdeaScale
MARCH 29, 2023
As companies continue to navigate the ever-changing landscape of business, one thing remains constant: the need for innovation in workplace. Embracing innovative thinking can lead to significant benefits, both for employees and the organization as a whole. In this blog post, we'll explore the surprising benefits of being innovative in workplace and why it's essential [.
Qmarkets
MARCH 28, 2023
Establishing the right innovation process to deliver on your enterprise company-wide strategy can be a real challenge, but it is crucial to the success of any innovation program. You need to make sure you’re leveraging the right resources and audiences as impactfully and efficiently as possible in order to move the right solutions forward. If this sounds scary, don’t worry!
Christensen Institute
MARCH 30, 2023
As the pandemic clearly highlighted, nearly everything in education hinges on teachers: their ability to connect with and motivate students; their skills at developing and implementing new instructional strategies in ways that ensure learning; and their willingness to be the critical communications pipeline between students, families, and the school community.
Business and Tech
MARCH 30, 2023
One of the things that bugs Jez Rose most is that humans don’t ask enough questions. “We just accept at face value what we’re told or what we expect something to be,” said Rose, a content creator, speaker, TV presenter, and creator of the world’s first carbon-neutral honeybee farm. “If nothing else,” Rose said, “going carbon neutral taught me that the right questions do all the heavy lifting.
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.
Sopheon
MARCH 28, 2023
As innovation becomes a source of competitive advantage for companies, new roles and titles keep emerging. There was a time when project managers were the ninjas who got things done, on time and within budget. Next came the era of product managers who balanced customer needs with larger business objectives to create the market success of products. Now, we are entering an age where it’s not just product managers – but a larger group of product people – who are responsible for innovation and corpo
Cascade Strategy
MARCH 29, 2023
Overview of Healthcare KPIs Healthcare key performance indicators (KPIs) are critical for any organization in the healthcare sector to keep track of its business performance.
Wellspring
MARCH 28, 2023
Every so often we ask our community to sound off on popular topics in innovation and share their best tips, tricks, and advice in hopes that their answers may inspire others in the field. We’ve gathered these insights by email, over phone calls, at events and roundtables, and by catching up with clients and colleagues.
Business and Tech
MARCH 28, 2023
Trying to live a sustainable lifestyle? Molly R. Blessing, director of sustainability for the Household & Commercial Products Association, talks about finding the right products to clean, protect, maintain, and disinfect your home and workplace without harming the planet. What’s the role of household products in fighting climate change? A challenge as big as climate change needs collective action from all sectors, organizations, and people to tackle it.
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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
Kainexus
MARCH 28, 2023
Effective leadership in healthcare organizations requires open lines of communication between caregivers working directly with patients and hospital administrators who seek to protect the interests of all stakeholders. In addition, operationally excellent healthcare organizations engage in nimble, data-driven decision-making and foster a culture of respect and value.
Cascade Strategy
MARCH 26, 2023
Do you know how well your retail business is performing? Are you able to identify which areas of your retail operations are driving growth and which areas need improvement?
Sopheon
MARCH 29, 2023
I hear this a lot in product meetings: “You know what we need to do?” Before the conversation goes a sentence further, I’ll ask, “What problem are you trying to solve?” If their response is silence or a puzzled look, the discussion’s over. Here’s why: A product without a problem isn’t product innovation. A cool idea, perhaps, but not a product.
Business and Tech
MARCH 27, 2023
Over the past 10 years, the U.S. telehealth market has grown significantly — increasing by over $22 billion from 2019 through 2023 alone, according to a report by IBISWorld , a leading industry-research firm. A lot of factors have contributed to this increase, including the COVID-19 pandemic, an aging U.S. population, and convenience (especially for mental health consultations).
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
Innovation Excellence
MARCH 28, 2023
GUEST POST from Greg Satell Silicon Valley is often known as a cut-throat, technocratic place where the efficiency of algorithms often define success. Competition is ferocious and the pace of disruption and change can be dizzying. It’s not the type of environment where soft skills are valued particularly highly or even at all.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 28, 2023
Too many companies prioritize efficiency over the customer experience.
InnovationTraining.org
MARCH 29, 2023
We’ve been coaching professionals on using ChatGPT for their projects in their work. We’ve created a number of demonstration videos and even a short online ChatGPT AI innovation course. Here’s an example of a video demonstration ChatGPT course module. Now, we’d like to offer a live virtual workshop that will help our participants learn ChatGPT and how to use this tool (and other similar generative AI tools) in their work for their own unique projects and programs.
Entrepreneur - Innovation
MARCH 29, 2023
Its staff is saying goodbye to on-camera requirements for virtual meetings too.
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Innovation Excellence
MARCH 30, 2023
The Difference Between Repeat Customers and Loyal Customers GUEST POST from Shep Hyken In a recent Shepard Letter, I discussed the Trust Gap, which is the difference between an organization’s belief that their customers trust them and the percentage of customers who actually do.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 31, 2023
Microsoft and Salesforce have already rolled out sales-focused versions of this powerful tool.
ITONICS
MARCH 28, 2023
If you're not keeping up with the latest developments, it’s likely your competitors are. Being up to date on developments helps you stay ahead of the competition and ensure that your products or services are relevant and cutting-edge.
Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews
MARCH 31, 2023
At a Glance Jamie Crump, President, The Richwell Group Focus Areas: Diversity & Inclusion, Procurement, Supply Chain Thinkers360 In-Depth Profile & Portfolio: Jamie Crump Social Media: LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram Book: Backstage Pass: Pulling the Curtain Back on the Business of Supplier Diversity Highlighted Content: Top three reasons 2023 is the year for procurement and supplier diversity to align , Supplier Diversity and the Bottom Line , Making Research Sexy With The Richwell Gr
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