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Innovation Capital Lies Within Organizational Learning

Paul Hobcraft

Innovation will lack that essential organization innovation rhythm, and it will stay disconnected for many and will be frustrating your own evolution in understanding if it does not become an organizational learning need. Let’s start with the vast knowledge inside the organization, as this forms learning capital. See how you can learn from these: These elements can be described as follows: Innovation strategy relates to strategic choices a firm makes regarding its innovation.

Learning 202
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EFFECTING TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE AND LEARNING

ImagineNation

This means that I have been able to observe, engage with and participate, from both Israel and Australia, in the evolution of Presencing and Theory U as powerful resources and vehicles for effecting profound transformational change and learning. Intentional change and learning.

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Learning Experience Design (Top Questions and Answers about LXD)

InnovationTraining.org

These are some of the top questions people have about learning experience design (LXD). Read on for the answer summaries for each frequent asked question about designing learning experiences. What is learning experience design and why is it important?

Design 52
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Best Practices for Internal Crowdsourcing: Lessons Learned from NASA

IdeaScale

Learn innovation and crowdsourcing strategy from NASA. NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation — a crowdsourcing platform — unveiled their best practices for approaches to problem-solving on a recent webinar in a move to share what they’ve learned to help others. If your company is large, keeping this data organized and accessible can be difficult, so be sure to choose a tool to make reference easy.

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How Micro-Innovations Can Drive Breakaway Results

How do micro-innovations affect businesses' way of thinking? Those small acts of 'everyday innovation' are the stuff of greatness. Download the eBook today to learn more about micro-innovations and how they have influenced some of the biggest companies to date.

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FinTech and Machine Learning

IdeaScale

When people talk about machine learning they are a referring to a type of artificial intelligence that has the ability to learn without explicit programming. These programs can grow and change on their own once they know how to learn and some financial companies are beginning to use machine learning for a variety of different reasons. But some financial companies are already using machine learning to solve some of these fintech problems today.

Learning 113
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Forget Best Practice, Think Always Of Learning Next Practice

Paul Hobcraft

We are all presently learning a new practice. We need to ditch much of the endeavors that make up a legacy of past practice, and think forward, to which the term next practice becomes the learning spot. We live in what is commonly referred to as a digital age.

Learning 146
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Building Your Learning Culture to Retain Top Talent

CMOE

The factors that employees reference when describing why they chose to leave a job or organization are familiar: better pay, advancement, relocation, etc. Create an employee-retention strategy that includes a specific learning and development initiative.

Culture 97
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What Apple Can Learn From Tires

Matthew May

And by meaningful, I’m referring to a useful and actionable answer to the question of “so what?” So, note to Apple: you may build great high tech gadgets, but you can learn a thing or two from tires and shoes on how to help people buy them, without needing a Genius. I am happy to see more and more companies providing product information in a form that is actually meaningful to people.

Learning 179
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Soft Skills can be Taught the Way Many of us Learn: Through Dynamic Connections.

Daniel Burrus

During this unique period of technology-driven transformation, the education sector has so far been slow to embrace the power of digital tools that can be used to accelerate learning. machine learning (M.L.),

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Accelerate Innovation — With Experiential Learning

Gregg Fraley

Experiential Learning Accelerates Innovation. New Study: Drawing is the Fastest, Most Effective Way to Learn. I read with interest an article stating that drawing accelerates learning. Using experiential learning tools like drawing isn’t really new in innovation process. Sunni Brown , Dave Gray , Dan Roam, and yours truly all use experiential learning tools in innovation projects. They don’t know how to scaffold a learning experience.

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Elements of Learning Experience Design

Boxes and Arrows

The purpose of an experience and the platform on which the experience takes place will vary: purchasing a plane ticket on a tablet to vacation, enjoying a musical performance in a theater, or learning to code in a classroom. While Garrett’s “elements” are most relevant to digital product design, I’ve been able to use them as a roadmap for developing learning experiences for adults. Elements of learning experience design. Imagine you’re learning how to drive.

Design 110
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There's gold in the data - but have we learned the lessons?

Jeffrey Phillips

The reference to "49" in the song, by the way, is a reference to the gold rush in California. Few companies have good consistent data, and even fewer have the patience necessary to allow a lot of experiments and learning in the data.

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A platform providing innovation learning.

Guide 4 Innovating

What we do see is that we seem to change the people constantly involved in innovation but we so often lose their learning when they move on or move out. We somehow miss constantly the chances to create the collective memory and necessary reference points of past learning. We lack a platform of learning on innovation. What should we place in this platform of learning? Are there alternatives in learning?

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A platform providing innovation learning.

Guide 4 Innovating

What we do see is that we seem to change the people constantly involved in innovation but we so often lose their learning when they move on or move out. We somehow miss constantly the chances to create the collective memory and necessary reference points of past learning. We lack a platform of learning on innovation. What should we place in this platform of learning? Are there alternatives in learning?

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Building Your Own Innovation Capital Lies Within Organizational Learning

Guide 4 Innovating

Let’s start with the vast knowledge inside the organization, as this forms learning capital. See how you can learn from these: These elements can be described as follows: Innovation strategy relates to strategic choices a firm makes regarding its innovation. The stock of knowledge can be increased by an organization’s internal and external learning. Our learning capital needs to emerge and dominate future discussions in improving its quality and value contribution.

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Innovation Management: How to Learn the Right Thing at the Right Time

IM Insights

We failed but we have learned so much,” is often heard from innovators. But, we need to ensure that ‘learning’ does not turn into an excuse for poor innovation discipline. . It is correct, that in their quest for Product/Market-Fit, above all else, innovators need to learn.

Data 52
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What You Can Learn About Goal Setting from the Manhattan Project

Leapfrogging

The need for a rigorous planning and review process for large scale undertakings like the Manhattan Project led to the development of what is now formally referred to as the Critical Path Method (CPM), an algorithm for scheduling a set of project activities. Still want to learn more? Managing projects with the Critical Path Method (CPM) allows teams to streamline processes that drive success even when the odds are stacked against you. By upBOARD.

Project 100
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Widen Your Lens: How Might I Learn From Others Far From My Technical/Industry Domain?

Michael Roberto

Source: Forbes.com For the most part, we tend to focus on learning from others within our technical or industry domain. However, adopting this narrow lens means we are missing out on some valuable and impactful learning opportunities. learning problem solving

Study 45
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What You Can Learn from Playing With Your Brain

The Human Factor

With the rate of change in today’s world, learning how to counteract these brain foibles has become a very important leadership skill. Does it refer to the man with the wooden leg or to the camera? The post What You Can Learn from Playing With Your Brain appeared first on The Human Factor. The human brain is a remarkable organ. As anyone who reads my blog knows, I’m a big proponent of playing with it. First of all, it’s a lot of fun.

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Customer, Culture, and Learning: Takeaways from the Lean Startup Conference

Moves the Needle

The Lean Startup Methodology has had an enormous effect on the business world - some have even referred to it as a cult (which is not 100% far from the truth). Yet despite certain warnings about having “blind faith” in the methodology, we all continue to preach the gospel of Lean Startup because the rigorous cycle of build, measure, learn (or, some might argue, learn, build, measure) has had a marked effect on growth for so many of the world’s most successful organizations.

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25 Lessons Learned (or Reconfirmed) in Year Six Away from Corporate Life

BrainZooming

My frame of reference for recognizing new lessons isn’t the same as it used to be. 25 Lessons Learned (or Reconfirmed) in Year Six Away from Corporate Life. For at least one more time though, here are my twenty-five lessons learned (or re-confirmed) in the year six away from corporate life: You can afford to take your eyes off of some balls, but needing to take your eye off the business development ball is killer.

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Five Digital Innovations To Help Elevate Your Retail In-Store and Online Experiences

Daniel Burrus

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Cognitive Computing will increasingly be integrated into all Business Processes. The AI application can also learn and take note of what time each week or month more of what product needs to be reordered.

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What Does It Really Take to Learn Anything from Somebody Else?

Idea Champions

Some of these learning obstacles are internal (i.e. Find Your Intrinsic Motivation: If you want to learn something new, you will. If you don't want to learn something new, you won't. Trust is essential to learning, as it is to any relationship. Learning takes time.

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Facilitating the Innovation Ecosystem Design

Paul Hobcraft

To get groups to think more openly about considering innovation in a more ecosystem approach to design and interaction I like to often refer to my mind maps to trigger discussions. I do like to capture thoughts within Mind Maps. I am never sure if they work for others as the map maker does see things in his or her own way. In the end, it is seeing the other person getting it, that light bulb moment.

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Learn from the Best: Google’s 9 Principles of Innovation (Part 2 of 2)

Robert Brands

In the previously published blog on this site, entitled “Learn from the Best: Google’s 9 Principles of Innovation (Part 1 of 2)”, the first four innovation principles from Google’s 9 Principles of Innovation were discussed. The post Learn from the Best: Google’s 9 Principles of Innovation (Part 2 of 2) appeared first on Robert Rules Of Innovation. Continuing to Explore Google’s Successful New Product Development and Innovation Process.

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Innovation adoption in the technology lifecycle for Energy Translation

Paul Hobcraft

Roger’s theories do stand the test of time, and I want to refer to the Characteristics of an Innovation Diffusion here as it is highly relevant to technology innovation diffusion in the energy system for going through an adoption process. Something we trail or pilot represents less uncertainty to potential adopters and clearly can allow adopters to learn by doing. Building the systems enabling framework. Source: World Economic Forum.

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How Artificial Intelligence Can Create Real Value for your Business

Daniel Burrus

and machine learning (M.L.); and machines learn how to do the math, science, and laborious tasks of past careers, humans will fill the sentient, creative side of those tasks.

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All things considered for Innovation Thinking

Paul Hobcraft

I like to refer to four frames or tools that I think should always be available to simply map to when you are in any design thinking phase. Source: Rikke Dam and Teo Yin Siang. When we are designing innovation for the future, the search is even more centered around strategically connected value creation. The task of searching to resolve more complex problems allows Design Thinking to step up and become a far more visible component on how we can go about this.

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What Does It Really Take to Learn Anything from Somebody Else?

Idea Champions

Some of these learning obstacles are internal (i.e. Find Your Intrinsic Motivation: If you want to learn something new, you will. If you don't want to learn something new, you won't. Trust is essential to learning, as it is to any relationship. Learning takes time.

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Dynamics within the system are always dominated by the slow components.

Paul Hobcraft

We draw attention to a given innovation but not to the (world-class) capabilities we are building to turn innovation into a ‘sustaining innovation machine’ All we here is just a general reference to it, to cloak innovation often in the ineffectiveness that lies within.

System 172
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Varied Practice: Key to Learning New Skills

Michael Roberto

Celnik summarizes his findings: "What we found is if you practice a slightly modified version of a task you want to master, you actually learn more and faster than if you just keep practicing the exact same thing multiple times in a row." Consolidation refers to the process by which memories stabilize and solidify over some period of time. learning memory skill development

Study 20
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A.I. Requires Repositioning Your Workforce Rather Than Laying Them Off

Daniel Burrus

and what’s called Machine Learning (M.L.) What better way to do that than by implementing a system that can actually learn how to adapt to changing digital environments and know how to defend against them faster than a human cybercriminal can hack? Learn To Anticipate The World Of A.I.

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12 Types of Innovation You Should Know in 2021

IdeaScale

Social innovation refers to both the new strategies, concepts and ideas innovated to meet the social needs of society (including, but not limited to, working conditions, education, health, and community development) as well as the social processes of innovation, including open innovation techniques.

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Being Anticipatory Ensures your Place in a Digital World

Daniel Burrus

Rideshare platforms are in what is referred to as the “gig economy,” where individuals who drive under them do it part time for extra money. and automation can only learn so many ways to solve problems systematically.

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More on Learning Through Blogging: What Readers Think

Boxes and Arrows

My post a few days ago arguing that the real value of blogging lies not just in reading blogs, but in commenting on blog posts and writing your own, generated a lot of comments and some great references to what others are thinking. Most people seemed to agree with my premise that while reading blog posts can be helpful to learning, commenting and being a blogger yourself adds even more value. Learning is an active process. If learners want to learn, they will learn.

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Fusion, Flow and Fluidity are needed in our Management Practices

Paul Hobcraft

One real need is for increasing knowledge and then being equipped in interpreting this in our learning, daily routines and activities is becoming paramount to break out of a declining performance cycle. Our horizon two (transition from old to new) we need significant innovation, learning and experimentation to drive scalable participation in knowledge exploration and exploitation, a duality of fluidity and stability.

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How do you measure social learning

Xplaner

I tweeted this question earlier: are there studies that show ways to measure social learning? are lessons learned discussed, or work-arounds. What reference material is already being created that might be a target? Kevin Jones at Engaged learning listed 15 objections to using social media as a learning tool. Is that a good measure of ROI for learning - hits per day? The article talks about Learning as Execution.

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Why Build, Measure, Learn – isn’t just throwing things against the wall to see if they work – the Minimal Viable Product

Steve Blank

I am always surprised when critics complain that the Lean Startup’s Build, Measure, Learn approach is nothing more than “throwing incomplete products out of the building to see if they work.”. Unfortunately the Build, Measure, Learn diagram is the cause of that confusion. It’s time to update Build, Measure, Learn to what we now know is the best way to build Lean startups. Build, Measure, Learn sounds pretty simple. Build-Measure-Learn. Lessons Learned.

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Learning in Academic vs. Corporate Settings

Boxes and Arrows

So it might be most useful to refer to the audiences as "academic" and "corporate" rather than "education" and "training." At the same time, I think the corporate world can learn a lot from academicians' experiments with social learning and user-created materials. Cathy Moore left an excellent comment on my recent Culture Clash post that I think is worthy of being elevated to post level.

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Innovation Passion led me here

Paul Hobcraft

By sharing, you learn and continue to build on this knowledge. You actually blend your own creation and learn from others, and that combination effect curates even greater knowledge and application. By sharing, you learn and continue to build on this knowledge.

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A Remote Retrospective – Behind the Screen

100%Open

Navigating different ideas, personalities and politics is what we do best, and over the years we learned how to do this, and do it well, from behind a screen. . But this wasn’t the only thing that we had already learned before the world started working from home.

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acting dumb and beginners mind

helloFUTURE

” This refers to openness, enthusiasm, and lack of bias in learning a subject, even when learning at an advanced level, as a beginner would. The idea of ??a