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One constant and one big change to consider in your business

Jeffrey Phillips

David Bowie sang a song about change called Changes. He spoke about the need to change - to "face the strange" - and find a new reality. Another band - Rush - talked about change as well. In their song Tom Sawyer, they wrote that "changes aren't permanent, but change is". What these rock stars and others help us realize is that change is constantly confronting us, as people, as society and as institutions.

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It is impossible to please everyone

Idea to Value

Many creators think that the ultimate accolade is for their new idea, product or innovation to be universally loved. However, this is impossible. It is impossible to please everyone. Everyone is different. Everyone is human. And as a result, some people are going to have different opinions about what they like. Some people like pop music. Some people prefer country music.

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Some Can Transform Themselves. Others Can’t. Here’s What Makes The Difference:

Digital Tonto

Since 1970, we have undergone three revolutions—financial, managerial and digital—and we are somehow worse off. It’s time to admit that we had the wrong theory of the case and chart a new course. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Scenario Planning: 6 Steps to Prep Your Organization for the Future

HYPE Innovation

This is the fifth blog post in HYPE’s series on the most often-asked questions about strategic foresight. While the fourth post provided insights on where and how to identify industry trends , this post offers a step-by-step process for scenario planning to prep your organization for the future. Strategic Foresight

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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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How a South African Consulting Firm is Drawing on New and Old Innovation Best Practices

IdeaScale

Innovation is an ongoing process. It draws on existing principles and new ideas to effect positive change. As organizations find new ways to reach customers, they need to embrace new business processes. High value is placed on the customer. Research shows 86% of buyers will pay more for a positive customer experience , making it one of the most important aspects of a business.

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The 1950 speech that started creativity research

Idea to Value

Very rarely do we come across a specific moment where we can see an entirely new field of research begin. However, on Sep 2-8, 1950 , Joy Paul Guilford gave an impassioned speech as new president of the American Psychological Association where he introduced the need for more formal research into the previously vague field of creativity. It was this speech which kickstarted the field of creativity research, pioneered by himself and other researchers like Paul Torrance , and led us to the world wh

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Social Innovation - the What, Why and How

Viima

When thinking of innovation, we usually think of new technologies developed by companies as engines for their own growth. However, there is more than that to innovation. It doesn’t just help companies grow; it also helps the society prosper. Today we’ll dive deeper into social innovation and show how it can serve your business.

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Air, Water, Food

CorporateIntel

There’s no time like the present to set goals. Here’s a framework I use for myself and those I manage or advise. I generally try to classify projects into three levels of priority before I consider adding resources to anything on deck: Air, Water, and Food. In the unlikely event everything classified under Air, Water, and Food is done and behind us, I might move onto the next realm of importance, but generally, if it’s not Air, Water, or Food, it is going to get a very low priority, I’m st

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Podcast S5E113: Pascal Guyon – The creative process of a #1 hit music producer

Idea to Value

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with #1 hit music producer and composer Pascal Guyon about his creative process. Pascal has worked with music artists like Leona Lewis and Anthony Hamilton, as well as smaller groups like Jazz musicians in Cuba. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:30 – How Pascal’s creativity and music started at a young age & his big break in Los Angeles. 00:06:15 – How he is now focused on several different creative endeavo

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Building a World-Class Innovation Culture: Bayer

Strategyzer Innovation

In our work with companies, we have observed significant changes in the attitudes that leadership has towards innovation. Leaders now value innovation as the most important driver of growth. But even with leadership having understood the importance of innovation, there is still a need to ensure that companies create the right culture for innovation to thrive.

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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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Improving business with JEDI: justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion

Board of Innovation

How inclusion, equity and diversity should be common sense in business. For our third Impact Talk, Board of Innovation reached out to Thandi Dyani, Head of Partnerships at Girls Are Awesome. This Copenhagen-based Community, Brand and Impact Agency strives to amplify women’s voices across all echelons of society – especially in business. It has an […].

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Is it time for Industry 5.0?

Inspiring Next

Oh Really? While most of us are still getting our hands around the fourth industrial revolution, we occasionally come across terms Industry 5.0 as return of the human touch or human-machine reconciliation or an attempt to address shortcomings of the fourth revolution. What do you think? The Four Industrial Revolutions Over the last three centuries,… Read More » Is it time for Industry 5.0?

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Simple vs Easy

Idea to Value

Just because something is simple does not mean that it is easy to do. Similarly, just because something is complex does not mean it needs to be hard. Complexity and ease are often confused in innovation, both in design and in problem finding stages. But they are two fundamentally different aspects of a solution which exist on a spectrum, and can be mapped on a 2×2 matrix like this: Some of the best innovations are the result of taking all sorts of activities and making them easier to perfor

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Approaches to trustworthy Artificial Intelligence

Norbert Bol

Great news this week, that the European Union (EU) presented the draft proposal on the EU Artificial Intelligence Regulation and also the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made a clear statement that it shall take enforcement actions against companies that are selling and using biased algorithms. In my former blogs I have stated that the future success of Artificial Intelligence (AI), depends not only on the further development of its current success factors.

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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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3 ways to validate your healthcare innovations

Board of Innovation

The barriers preventing you from doing healthcare validation and 3 ways to tackle them. The post 3 ways to validate your healthcare innovations appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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How to Develop and Maintain a Positive Attitude

Tullio Siragusa

How to Develop and Maintain a Positive Attitude. We read despairing worldwide headlines on an almost hourly basis. We’ve heard of livelihoods and lives being lost and being stuck at home for over a year. There is a general dread of the most horrifying virus that through mutations may never come to an end. It is reasonable to assume that our physical, emotional, and mental health has taken a massive toll recently.

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Don’t believe everything you read on the internet

Idea to Value

There are at least 5 things wrong with this image. Can you spot all of them all? When it comes to spreading ideas, the internet can be a blessing and a curse. While it allows knowledge to be exchanged across borders, to billions of people and at the speed of light, the question also arises as to whether that information can be trusted. There are thousands of people online who take great care in only showcasing information which has evidence to back it up.

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Protecting Innovation’s Portfolio While Fielding Business Requests

Wellspring

Despite grand plans for disruptive innovation and headline-grabbing announcements, plenty of organizations manage to get in their own way when it comes to innovation. Many believe they have an impressive range of innovation activities, covering the gamut from incremental (H1) to adjacent (H2) to transformative (H3) - but the reality may suggest otherwise.

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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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Pfizer Joins Apple, Google and Amazon in Exclusive Top 10 Most Innovative Companies

Entrepreneur - Innovation

The pharmaceutical company Pfizer, creator of one of the most effective vaccines against Covid-19, reached the list prepared by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), dominated by Big Tech.

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Member Spotlight: Melanie Nuce, GS1 US

Innovation Leader

Melanie Nuce is the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at GS1 US. We sat down with Melanie as part of our IL Member Spotlight series.

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Strategic Planning Models: 3 Awesome Examples

Cascade Strategy

Strategic planning models exist as blueprints that we can follow when tackling the process of creating a strategic plan.

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America’s National Innovation System Needs an Upgrade

Wellspring

It has been 75 years since Vannevar Bush wrote in Science: the Endless Frontier that “without scientific progress, no amount of achievement in other directions can insure our health, prosperity, and security as a nation in the modern world.” This call-to-arms jump-started a golden age for the United States as the world’s undisputed technological and economic superpower.

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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.

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4 Ways to Sharpen Your Strategic-Thinking Skills

CMOE

In a recent survey, 97% of 10,000 senior leaders surveyed said that being strategic was the leadership behavior most important to their organization’s success—but another study indicated that fully 96% of leaders say they lack the time for strategic thinking.*. Leadership today is about more than being operationally effective, solving existing problems, and guiding people through the work that needs to be done each day.

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PayPal on Getting Design Involved Early in Innovation Projects

Innovation Leader

Daniela Jorge, Chief Design Officer at PayPal, shares insights on testing the Venmo credit card, getting design involved in innovation early and often, and the power of design thinking in large organizations.

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Innovate or Die

Entrepreneur - Innovation

The pandemic has forced us all to change, adapt and engage our customers at a faster rate than any economist could have predicted.

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5 Innovative & Sustainable Product Design Principles

ITONICS

The question is no longer why the sustainability agenda holds strategic relevance or what action must be taken in order to achieve it - but rather how to do so. In order to achieve ambitious sustainability targets, businesses must move from an extractive approach to support generative and inclusive design. Sustainable business models deliver value propositions that create and leverage environmental and societal surplus, often carrying accumulative secondary value.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Top 10 Characteristics of High-Performing Teams

CMOE

Top 10 Characteristics of High-Performing Teams. 1. Decisiveness. 2. Alignment of Values. 3. Trust. 4. Drive. 5. Confidence. 6. Learning. 7. Diversity & Inclusion. 8. Celebrating Achievements. 9. Team Mentality. 10. Conflict Management. Outstanding business teams possess positive attributes that enable them to perform at a high level—and sustain that level of performance over years.

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How to fight climate change with innovative business models

The BMI Lab Blog

This should not come as a surprise: Climate change is one of the biggest challenges that humankind faces today with a wide range of negative impacts such as droughts, floods, rising sea levels, ocean acidification, and loss of biodiversity. Due to its complexity, there is no easy, quick-fix solution to address it. Experts agree that climate change is clearly linked to Green-House-Gas (GHG) emissions.

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Edge AI: discover the new limits of Artificial Intelligence

mjvinnovation

Ten years ago, we would not imagine that Artificial Intelligence would be at today’s levels. Now, it is part of industries and even devices for customer service. The time has come to take a step forward. The new frontier is Edge AI. In today’s post, you will understand what this concept is and why you will hear it a lot in the coming years.

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how do you feel about taking risks?

helloFUTURE

After facing the future and feeling empowered to change yourself or your organization to design your ideal future, one of the next steps in my Foresight Leadership program is a risk assessment. Typically, most people and organizations are very risk-averse, especially if they have done up until now sort of “works.” They can maintain a… The post how do you feel about taking risks?

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Mapping Digital Transformation: Retail’s Strategic Shift

Speaker: Jennifer Wright, Michael Scholz, Jasmin Guthmann, and Scott Canney

Digital transformation in retail is so much more than new technology. You need to get your whole organization, from entry-level workers to executives, on board with the new tech, new skills, and culture changes that digital transformation brings. Leading this mindset shift can be a daunting task… but that’s where this webinar comes in! Join our panel of experts as they guide you through the challenges of digital transformation, preparing you to avoid common mistakes and make the most of incredib