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Please, we need a different Innovation narrative

Paul Hobcraft

Innovation “fights” to attract resources, gain management attention or understand its difficulties in the time it takes, its potential risks and its need for a more ambitious and bold commitment of support. Often innovation activity frustrates senior management. It is knowledge-based and well-grounded.

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30-Year Perspective: Seven Traits of Successful Digital Marketers

Brunner

Thirty years ago, I was working as a software engineer and a systems analyst for an IT consulting company. Much of what we did was custom software development in nature and usually operations related. For instance, an early project I was given was to develop an inventory control software system for a consumer packaged goods company.

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What the Cannabis Business Needs in Order to Thrive

Business and Tech

Whether it’s your customer relationship management tool, your menu and orders management tool, your point of sale, or your logistics software, being able to not have to worry about the software just working, or potentially running afoul of complex compliance requirements, is key.

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Technology Scouting or Technology Landscaping: Tactics or Strategy?

eZassi

A critical aspect of any innovation management program is thoroughly understanding your own technology portfolio and how it fits within the technology ecosystem of both known competitors and potential collaborators alike. Here’s how we at Ezassi think about these innovation management tools. Technology Scouting.

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6 Reasons Your Intranet Is Facing Low User Adoption

Acuvate

To manage developing business needs, distributed teams, and a complex threat environment, we must embrace new digital technologies and maintain a collaborative modern digital workplace. A report by Gartner reveals that at least 40% of intranets fail to deliver a return on investment due to inadequate adoption.

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How to Avoid Information Overload in Your L&D Programs

CMOE

Look at the results of training sessions you’ve conducted in the past and ask yourself these questions: Was your team able to apply the new knowledge to their daily tasks? Did you check their knowledge base beforehand to remove topics that they already know well? All posts are peer-reviewed by CMOE. .

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The Secret Ingredient to Operational Excellence Success

Qmarkets

The whirlwind of discussion surrounding this subject includes terms such as Performance Excellence, Business Process Management, Process Improvement , Economic Efficiency, and Incremental Innovation just to name a few. While Scientific Management represented a significant development in management theory, it also had a bad side.

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