Innovation Excellence
MAY 13, 2025
Five Questions for Tendayi Viki GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Innovation efforts get stuck long before they scale because innovation isnt an idea problem. Its a leadership problem. And one of those problems is that leaders are expected to spark transformation, without rocking the boat.
Qmarkets
MAY 15, 2025
Innovation opportunities are everywherebut impact is less common. Thats the paradox many innovation leaders face when tapping into external sources like startups , research labs, or their customers. Discovering inputs isnt the problemwhether its a breakthrough patent, a promising startup, or a creative idea. Turning them into real outcomes at scale?
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Leapfrogging
MAY 14, 2025
Design thinking is a powerful method that allows you to approach problem-solving and innovation in a user-centric way. This methodology is highly valued among innovation professionals for its effectiveness in developing new products, services, customer experiences, and business models. What is Design Thinking? Design thinking is a user-centered approach to problem-solving and innovation.
Daniel Burrus
MAY 14, 2025
Were in a world where reacting quickly is no longer enough. The real advantage lies in anticipationpredicting disruptions and preparing for them before they strike. Thats what digital ecosystems empower you to do. By developing a digital ecosystema network of platforms, partners, and integrated systemsyou position your organization to create exponential value , leverage the power of Hard Trends, and seize opportunities before your competitors even see them.
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The $53 trillion manufacturing economy in the US is undergoing a major automation paradigm shift due to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Thanks to new practical frameworks, automation projects that were once impossible or inefficient to implement are now being fast-tracked, and robotics automation is becoming increasingly relevant to a growing number of users and scenarios.
Qmarkets
MAY 14, 2025
The role of Chief Innovation Officer (CINO or CIO) isnt newbut what it entails today is radically different from even a few years ago. No longer confined to brainstorming workshops or managing a small R&D team, the CINO has stepped firmly into the boardroom. Innovation is no longer a department. Its a mandateand one that now plays a central role in enterprise growth strategy.
Game-Changer
MAY 13, 2025
In the pursuit of innovation, we often focus on finding better answers. But what if the key isn’t better answers, but better questions? Better questions = better answers. And by extension: Bigger, thought-provoking questions = bigger, thought-provoking innovations. Innovators know this all too well. Here’s a short story before I get into the power of questions : 2008 I was hired to consult for The Jumpitz , a kids’ entertainment group.
Business Innovation Brief brings together the best content for business innovation and strategy professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Information Age
MAY 15, 2025
By Matt Hillary on Information Age - Insight and Analysis for the CTO AI continues to reshape how we engage with the world and how organisations operate at unprecedented speed. This growth continues to increase the pressure on organisations to implement responsible (and reasonable) governance. But where is that oversight coming from, and how can organisations align themselves with a best practice and balanced approach?
ImagineNation
MAY 12, 2025
The Boston Consulting Group’s “The Automation Revolution in Manufacturing” article states, “Manufacturing is on the verge of an automation revolution. By skillfully combining innovative technologiessuch as machine learning, vision systems, and high-speed connectivitymanufacturers can overcome many long-standing barriers to realising the vision of a highly automated factory.” How does this apply to automating safety protocols?
Game-Changer
MAY 15, 2025
If you’re reading this, you’re probably passionate about bringing new ideas to life. Whether you’re a startup founder, a product manager, or someone with a great idea, we’ve all been there, excited about a breakthrough concept, ready to change the world, only to hit unexpected roadblocks. I’ve spent years working with teams across different industries and noticed that the same innovation pitfalls tend to trip up even the most brilliant minds.
Innovation Excellence
MAY 16, 2025
GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski Theres a useful trick when you want to do new work. It has some of the characteristics of procrastination, but its different. With procrastination, the problem solver waits to start the solving until its almost impossible to meet the deadline.
Speaker: Mark Gilham, FCCA, CPP
Finance used to be the function that counted, now it's the one that’s counted on. 📊 For accounting firms, controllers, and finance leaders, expectations are rising faster than headcount. Businesses want agile forecasts, granular analysis, seamless reporting, and smart automation—often without added resources while demanding uncompromised accuracy and compliance.
Information Age
MAY 13, 2025
By Mike Arrowsmith on Information Age - Insight and Analysis for the CTO Over the last decade, the complexity of IT ecosystems and sophistication of cyber threats have escalated to new heights. This evolution has intensified the need for IT and security teams to collaborate and partner closely. Historically, these two functions sat separately, sharing information only when required.
Strategyn
MAY 12, 2025
Organizations are making a mistake that undermines their AI investments: automating inefficient processes without first redesigning them. This approach creates a dangerous illusion of progress while merely accelerating existing problems. The “Faster But Still Broken” Problem I’ve seen it countless times in my consulting work: a company excitedly rolls out an AI solution only to […] The post Stop Automating Bad Processes: A Product Team’s Guide to AI Automation Succe
Planview
MAY 16, 2025
Weve been riding the waves of economic uncertainty for a while, but now it feels like were being pulled further out to sea. Between unpredictability on a global scale, changing customer behaviors, and the constant undercurrent of market volatility, many organizations are starting to feel the pressure chipping away at their bottom line. This is the time when finances tighten and investments face heightened scrutiny.
Innovation Excellence
MAY 15, 2025
GUEST POST from Shep Hyken Whats the secret to keeping employees, getting them to work hard and provide a more engaging experience with your customers? There are two answers. The first is one word: Money. Many years ago, I worked with a well-known fast casual restaurant chain.
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.
Bubblegroup
MAY 12, 2025
Unlocking organizational agility As we kick off new planning cycles, it’s the perfect time for upstream energy companies to reflect on past challenges and set the stage for greater organizational agility. In an industry defined by fluctuating markets, complex projects, rapid technological advancements, and the ongoing energy transition, the ability to adapt quickly is no longer a luxury but a necessity.
CMOE
MAY 15, 2025
Mentorship is a crucial component of talent development for all businesses. According to Forbes : 84% of U.S. Fortune 500 companies have mentoring programs. 90% of U.S. Fortune 250 companies have mentoring programs. 96% of U.S. Fortune 100 companies have mentoring programs. 100% of U.S. Fortune 50 companies have mentoring programs. Mentoring provides a process where a mentee can expand their skills, obtain career guidance, and prepare for advancement opportunities.
Planview
MAY 15, 2025
When every decision feels high-stakes and every resource is stretched thin, technology leaders are carrying more weight than ever before, tasked with moving fast, staying innovative, and delivering consistent value in a world full of uncertainty. But success isnt just about cutting costs; its about making bold, strategic moves that keep teams focused, maintain work alignment, and reduce waste to keep value flowing.
Innovation Excellence
MAY 16, 2025
Drum roll please At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut? But enough delay, here are April’s ten most popular innovation posts: Innovation or Not?
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.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 13, 2025
Studies of more than 3,500 people reveal the hidden trade-off of collaborating with AI tools.
CMOE
MAY 15, 2025
Have you ever walked away from a challenging conversation feeling like you either came on too strong or didn’t say enough? You’re not alone. Participants in our Courageous Conversations Workshops agree: when facing difficult conversations, most of us default to one of two counterproductive approacheswinning or minimizing. Understanding these tendencies is the first step toward more effective dialogue.
Qmarkets
MAY 13, 2025
Thousands of peer-reviewed papers are published every day, yet only a small fraction lead to practical breakthroughs or sustained impact. For science organizationswhether universities, research institutes, or departmental labsthis disconnect raises an essential challenge: how can scientific work produce more than knowledge for its own sake? Scientific innovation is not just about generating discoveries.
Innovation Excellence
MAY 14, 2025
GUEST POST from Janet Sernack 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 behaviors.
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.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 13, 2025
What scientific breakthroughs can teach business leaders about engineering “aha” moments.
Go Hire - Business Innovation
MAY 15, 2025
The AI Hype is here! But, whats real? Whats hype? What should you pay attention today, and what to plan for? How do you create a plan for yourself, your team, your leadership, your workforce? Where do you even start? Whats actually working? Today? In your industry? In companies like yours? In this Webinar thats Exclusively for HR and Talent Leaders, were going to dive in.
Qmarkets
MAY 12, 2025
Ideas are rarely the problemwhat derails innovation is the lack of a disciplined process to filter whats worth pursuing. Too many initiatives move forward without proper validation, draining resources and losing stakeholder confidence. Teams need a structured way to evaluate progress, align decisions with business objectives, and ensure that only the strongest opportunities move forward.
Digital Tonto
MAY 11, 2025
In his first inaugural address, Ronald Reagan declared, Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem, and vowed to unleash the private sector. His deregulation led to the Savings and Loan crisis. Then came the dotcom bubble and crash, two long and destructive wars, the Great Financial Crisis, and the Covid pandemic. Each time there was a villain to execrate: Big Business, Wall Street, Neocons, The Military-Industrial complex, Big Banks, Big Pharma and, of course, name
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Harvard Business Review
MAY 13, 2025
A conversation with author Whitney Johnson on recovering from a career disruption.
Leapfrogging
MAY 14, 2025
Design thinking is a user-centric approach to problem-solving that encourages innovation by understanding the needs of people. This methodology focuses on empathy, creativity, and logical reasoning to develop solutions that are not only functional but also meaningful to users. Design thinking involves several key stages: empathizing, defining problems, ideating, prototyping, and testing.
Paul Hobcraft
MAY 12, 2025
Building the integrated ecosystem knowledge architecture Once in a while you should stop and look back. I have been very focused on justifying Business Ecosystems by providing frameworks, mechanisms or attempting to demystify them with suggested analytical or practical proposals. I have been grouping my articles covered over two sites of paul4innovating.com and ecosytems4innovating.com.
Board of Innovation
MAY 16, 2025
Back to all insights How to scale AI across the Enterprise Vincent Pirenne Global Partner & Head of AI Strategy (EMEA) AI transformation in enterprises isnt just about adding another internal chatbot or running another pilot in customer service. Its about rethinking how your organization works at a fundamental level. And right now, too many companies are playing small.
Speaker: Erroll Amacker
Automation is transforming finance but without strong financial oversight it can introduce more risk than reward. From missed discrepancies to strained vendor relationships, accounts payable automation needs a human touch to deliver lasting value. This session is your playbook to get automation right. We’ll explore how to balance speed with control, boost decision-making through human-machine collaboration, and unlock ROI with fewer errors, stronger fraud prevention, and smoother operations.
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