May, 2023

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Innovating in India Part 2 – History of India’s Innovation Challenges

IdeaScale

In the first part of our three-part series, we discussed the unique challenges of innovating in India. In this second part, we will explore how these challenges have their origins in India's culture, history, and institutional structures. Regulatory Challenges: A Legacy of Colonialism India's regulatory environment is a legacy of its colonial past, although [.

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Authority Bias: Why we submit to the ideas and orders of others

Idea to Value

Would you ever hurt someone intentionally? What about if someone you respected told you to do it? In some cases, people will believe almost anything someone tells them, if the person telling them appears to have the authority to do so. One of the most dangerous biases in the world might be the Authority Bias. This is the tendency to attribute greater accuracy to the opinion of an authority figure ( unrelated to its content ) and be more influenced by that opinion.

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Five Reasons why You are Blocking Innovation.

Destination Innovation

What is inhibiting innovation in your organization? There might be many reasons, but have you considered that one of them might be you? What happens when a colleague or subordinate comes to you with a radical idea? Here are five good reasons why you are likely to reject it. You are smart. The more intelligent and experienced you are the more problems you can see with their idea.

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From Quantity to Quality: Improving Your Idea-Generation Process

HYPE Innovation

Day in and day out, we’re all coming up with ideas at work and home as we go about routine tasks or during meetings and problem-solving sessions. There’s often a tendency to think that more ideas mean better results. But, typically, this isn’t the case. A focus on generating more, rather than better-quality, ideas might lead to slower decision-making and lower motivation to be creative.

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Why You Need to Use Case Studies in Sales and Marketing (and How to Start Now)

Case studies are proof of successful client relations and a verifiable product or service. They persuade buyers by highlighting your customers' experiences with your company and its solution. In sales, case studies are crucial pieces of content that can be tailored to prospects' pain points and used throughout the buyer's journey. In marketing, case studies are versatile assets for generating business, providing reusable elements for ad and social media content, website material, and marketing c

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Are we EVER going to embrace innovation?

Paul Hobcraft

Why have we not embraced innovation? I will not apologize here; this will partly be a “rant” and then begin to suggest a way forward on embracing innovation fully. I was thinking of having the headline “Innovation as our eternal doom or shame” or “innovation groundhog day” Let me begin in why. I really am fed up with constantly seeing claims that “ innovation is core to our business ” and that we are “ constantly seeking fresh growth ”

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Don’t Trust Your Feelings. They’re Often Triggers That Mislead You

Digital Tonto

The neuroscientist Antonio Damasio believes we encode experiences in our bodies as somatic markers and that our emotions often alert us to things that our brains aren’t aware of. Another researcher, Joseph Ledoux, had similar findings. He pointed out that our body reacts much faster than our mind, as when we jump out of the way of an oncoming object and only seconds later realize what happened.

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Seth Godin – The Song of Significance: Podcast E165

Idea to Value

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value Podcast , we speak with one of the most influential and prolific authors on the topics of marketing and creativity in the world, Seth Godin. Seth Godin is one of the fathers of online and email marketing, and has blogged every day for decades. His blog has thousands of posts, he has written over 20 bestselling books, and his views are respected around the world.

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Who Is Going to Regulate AI?

Harvard Business Review

As the world reckons with the impact of powerful new AI systems, governments are jostling to lead the regulatory charge — and shape how this technology will grow.

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The Future of Innovation Management: Trends and Predictions

HYPE Innovation

The “secret sauce” for successful innovation lies in the way it’s managed, particularly for large corporations looking to continuously innovate in a strategic and sustainable way to stay relevant in their market.

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Recognizing the Building Blocks of Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

I finished my last post, “ Are we EVER going to embrace innovation? ” With the argument, we need to change the innovation narrative and significantly update the innovation approach and processes to meet today’s and tomorrow’s business challenges. I am working through what I think this should become in design and application, involving providing the key innovation building blocks as components of the innovation stack, using the innovation stack to guide platform development and the pl

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Retail Tech: Empower Associates, Optimize CX, and Boost Productivity

Speaker: Andrew Regan, Managing Partner at BlueSeed Retail Ltd.

Did you know that 70% of new retail technology fails to deliver expected benefits and can often decrease customer value, service, and experience? With that in mind, how can we empower our store associates to leverage new technology to optimize the customer experience and boost productivity? This exclusive webinar with Andrew Regan will dive into strategies to empower retail associates for success with new technology.

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Values Always Cost You Something. That’s What Makes Them Different From Platitudes.

Digital Tonto

Values are essential to how an enterprise honors its mission. They represent choices of what an organization will and will not do, what it rewards and what it punishes and how it defines success and failure. Perhaps most importantly, values will determine an enterprise’s relationships with other stakeholders, how it collaborates and what it can achieve.

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Innovating in India Part 3 – The Way Forward

IdeaScale

In the first two parts of our three-part series, we explored the unique challenges of innovating in India (Part 1) and the origins of these challenges in the country's culture, history, and institutional structures (Part 2). In this final part, we will discuss strategies for overcoming these challenges and fostering a more innovative ecosystem in [.

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Is global development anti-development?

Christensen Institute

On April 25 th , 2023, I had the opportunity to present some of our work on market-creating innovations in the halls of the United States Congress. I began my remarks by telling the following story I’d heard from a minister in an East African country. The minister explained that as the COVID-19 pandemic began, leaders in the country realized they didn’t have the capacity to make facemasks and other personal protective equipment (PPEs).

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Protecting DEI Progress When Budgets Are Tight

Harvard Business Review

Three strategies to embed DEI into your core business practices — and make your efforts recession-proof.

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Future Focus: Constructing Unshakeable Stability in Your Manufacturing Supply Chain

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

We’ve all heard the buzzwords to describe new supply chain trends: resiliency, sustainability, AI, machine learning. But what do these really mean today? Over the past few years, manufacturing has had to adapt to and overcome a wide variety of supply chain trends and disruptions to stay as stable as possible. Stability has become key in this post-COVID world, and will remain key moving forward.

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How to Share and Manage Knowledge for Innovation

HYPE Innovation

Knowledge sharing and innovation In the 1970s, Walker’s Wagon Wheel Tavern sealed its role in innovation history. Its name perfectly captured what took place there – like spokes on a wheel, people converged and the air was full of conversation on a Friday night. Ideas flew around, many of which crashed and burned. But some fused, became something bigger, gained momentum, and grew into new businesses.

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Building the innovation stack

Paul Hobcraft

Developing the innovation stack takes the view that innovation is a series of building blocks stacked on top of each other with different layers to work through. These stacks follow an established logic, such as working through idea discovery, relating to given problems, exploring solutions, and determining the final model or design and the execution delivery to achieve this.

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5 Simple Rules That Will Make You A Powerful Communicator

Digital Tonto

Sometimes the hardest thing is merely to make yourself understood. Things that change the world, or even a small part of it, always arrive out of context because, by definition, the world hasn’t changed yet. That’s why innovators need to be great communicators, because an idea that doesn’t gain traction is an idea that fails. That’s easier said than done.

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What is innovation in business: The Ultimate Guide to Staying Ahead of the Game

IdeaScale

Innovation is the lifeblood of business. It's what keeps companies ahead of the curve, and it's what enables them to stay competitive in a rapidly changing market. But what is innovation in business, and how can it be used to stay ahead of the game? In this ultimate guide, we'll explore the ins and outs [.

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Cracking the Code to Product Team Success: Data, Empathy, and Extraordinary Communication

Speaker: Donna Shaw - Senior Product Manager & Eric Frierson - Director of Innovation for Public and School Libraries

Product management goes beyond product development; it involves nurturing a cohesive team. Collaborating with cross-functional teams can be overwhelming, particularly when objectives diverge. Establishing effective communication channels with team members and stakeholders can be a daunting task. Nonetheless, by leveraging foresight and valuable insights, you can cultivate a thriving product management team that works together harmoniously to craft customer-centric products.

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The Uplifting Wisdom of Fred Smith

CorporateIntel

I recently enjoyed the privilege of participating in a small group online discussion with Frederick W, Smith , the founder and longtime CEO of Federal Express. Imagine being at the helm of a global disruptor like FedEx for an uncanny five decades. Think someone like that might have a few things to say about the life and times of business, society, and learning?

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AI Can Be Both Accurate and Transparent

Harvard Business Review

Historically, tech leaders have assumed that the better a human can understand an algorithm, the less accurate it will be. But is there always a tradeoff?

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How to combine offline and online ideation

HYPE Innovation

Ideas can emerge anywhere: at meetings, through informal conversations, during hackathons, and, in the digital space, via emails, notes, or calls. But how do you combine online (digital) and offline (in-person) ideation and organize ideas in a single centralized space to ensure that you don’t lose any of them, no matter where they originate?

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Improving Your Match Quality: How to Differentiate Yourself and Thrive

Phil McKinney

Have you ever found yourself in a job you thought you wanted, only to realize it wasn't the right fit for you? Or maybe you've been in a job for years but still don't feel entirely satisfied with your career? The concept of match quality might be the missing piece to your career puzzle. As I look back on my career, the importance of match quality on my career satisfaction and success cannot be understated.

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ERM Program Fundamentals for Success in the Banking Industry

Speaker: William Hord, Senior VP of Risk & Professional Services

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is critical for industry growth in today’s fast-paced and ever-changing risk landscape. When building your ERM program foundation, you need to answer questions like: Do we have robust board and management support? Do we understand and articulate our bank’s risk appetite and how that impacts our business units? How are we measuring and rating our risk impact, likelihood, and controls to mitigate our risk?

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Summer Reading List: 11 Books That Will Help You Navigate the New Age Of AI

Digital Tonto

It’s hard to believe that summer is already here. Where I live, outside of Philadelphia, the nights in May have been pretty cold, so I’m still trying to get used to the idea that the time for backyard barbecues and hanging out by the pool has already arrived. Still, summer is by far my favorite […] The post Summer Reading List: 11 Books That Will Help You Navigate the New Age Of AI first appeared on Digital Tonto.

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10 Mind-Blowing Examples of Innovative Products That Will Leave You Speechless

IdeaScale

Innovation is the key to success in today's fast-paced and ever-changing world. As technology continues to advance, the possibilities for new and innovative products are endless. From self-driving cars to smart homes, innovative products are changing the way we live, work, and play. In this article, we'll explore 10 mind-blowing examples of innovative products that [.

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How lithium can jumpstart Latin American economies

Christensen Institute

Three Latin American countries–Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia–account for approximately 61% of the world’s identified lithium resources, notes Eduardo Porter, in his most recent Bloomberg opinion column. An essential component in lithium-ion batteries, these countries have a unique opportunity to jumpstart their advancement to high-income economies in the next decade.

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CEOs, Step into the Front Lines or Risk Losing Touch

Harvard Business Review

Driving organizational change requires getting closer to both your employees and customers.

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The B2B Sales Leader's Guide for Any Economic Environment

When economic headwinds pick up, sales leaders are the first to sound the alarm — and chart a new course. Longer sales cycles, larger buying committees, increased price pressure, and smaller teams can quickly combine to reduce your margin for error and increase the urgency to find a solution. To thrive in a challenging environment, sales teams need a rock-solid grasp of the fundamentals and the biggest force-multipliers they can get their hands on.

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The Continuous Improvement Process Explained Step by Step

HYPE Innovation

Continuous improvement is a process that involves making incremental changes to systems, processes, and products to achieve better results over time. It’s a crucial aspect of business management, ensuring that organizations remain competitive, efficient, and profitable in a constantly evolving marketplace.

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There Is No Such Thing As A New Idea, And That's Ok.

Phil McKinney

As innovators, we push ourselves in the hunt for new innovative ideas that will change the world. We strive for that original idea and the praise that comes with it. Just like the innovators before us who came up with what many consider an original idea and were celebrated as pioneers and trailblazers. But what if I told you there is no such thing as a new idea?

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When Innovation Becomes Magic

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Pete Foley Arthur C Clarke’s 3rd Law famously stated: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” In other words, if the technology of an advanced civilization is so far beyond comprehension, it appears magical to a less advanced one.

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IdeaScale Secures 8th FedRAMP ATO to bring Innovative Solutions to Federal Agencies and U.S. Department of Defense

IdeaScale

IdeaScale, the leading idea management solution for government, announced it has secured its 8th Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP®) Authorization to Operate (ATO). IdeaScale is the only FedRAMP certified idea and innovation management software, and each new designation solidifies their standing as an industry leader. Their 8th FedRAMP ATO comes from Defense Counterintelligence [.

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Fail Well, Pivot Fast: Product Experimentation for Continuous Discovery

Speaker: William Haas Evans - Principal Consultant, Head of Product Strategy & Design Practice, Kuroshio Consulting

The purpose and value of experimentation (from a scientific and product perspective) is to produce new information. From a product discovery/product management perspective, the purpose of experimentation is to focus our efforts on invalidating our assumptions to reduce the risk of developing and going-to-market with the wrong product. It’s our way of intentionally managing through uncertainty — since, as Claude Shannon said, “the only resolution to uncertainty is information.