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The Experience Nexus

Innovation Excellence

Integrating an XMO with Customer, Employee and Partner Advisory Boards by Braden Kelley and Art Inteligencia In today’s fiercely competitive landscape, merely meeting expectations isn’t enough; delivering exceptional experiences is the non-negotiable standard. Customers demand seamless, intuitive journeys. Employees seek engaging, meaningful work that fosters growth.

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Are Business Ecosystems Being Overtaken, Facing the New Realities

Ecosystems4Innovating

Building Strong Business Ecosystems for the Future I recently got into a chat exchange between Google Gemini and myself on the present and future of Business Ecosystems. So editing this down into two major points Firstly “ why our old structures are no longer good enough ” and then “ are business ecosystems being overtaken?” I worry more over the second question on the view of “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been. – Wayne Gretzky as

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3 Stupid Things Leaders Often Think

Digital Tonto

Leaders begin their role with the best of intentions. No one start out by thinking, “I want to make everyone’s lives miserable and undermine their performance.” Yet, we know many do just that. Most are thrust into the role, with very little training or development, because they were good at something else or there was simply a hole to be filled. In "Good Boss, Bad Boss," organizational psychologist Bob Sutton writes, “Devoting relentless attention to doing one good thing after another—however sm

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The Future of IT/OT Convergence: Bridging Operational and Information Technology

Acuvate

One of the areas that has fascinated us the most has been that of IT/OT and the convergence of these traditionally very separate worlds. For the unfamiliar, whilst IT is traditionally focused on providing information technology to the office -based workers, OT or Operational Technology provides sensors and control systems in the industrial domain. Historically, the OT domain was confined to specialized control engineers but as control systems have become data-rich and digital, more and more digi

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AI In Accounting: A Practical Roadmap For Smarter AP

Speaker: Gerald Ratigan

The accounts payable (AP) function is evolving and AI is leading the charge. As finance teams face rising invoice volumes and expectations for speed and accuracy, AI-powered automation has shifted from a futuristic concept to the most practical solution. But for finance leaders, success isn’t just about selecting the right tools, it’s about implementing the right strategy.

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The legal blind spots stalling data and AI start-up growth – and what to do about it

Information Age

By Simon Davies on Information Age - Insight and Analysis for the CTO For UK and international tech companies, digital transformation is less of a buzzword and more of a necessity. From AI-first platforms and data-driven SaaS products to cross-border marketplace models, founders are typically under pressure to build fast, scale faster, and keep up with an increasingly complex regulatory environment.

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Doing Good Is Not a Strategy: It’s a Standard

Tullio Siragusa

Doing Good Is Not a Strategy: It’s a Standard Too often, companies treat social impact like a PR campaign, something to announce rather than embody. But when doing good is baked into your DNA, customers can feel the difference. On The Bliss Business Podcast , Colin McIntosh, Founder and CEO of Sheets & Giggles, joined Stephen Sakach and Mike Liwski to unpack how conscious capitalism isn’t just a philosophy.

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People Will Be Competent and Hardworking – If We Let Them

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell Go to just about any business conference these days and you’re likely to see some pundit on stage telling a story about a company — often Blockbuster, Kodak or Xerox — that got blindsided by nascent trends.

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Have We Forgotten How to Skip?

Carla Johnson - Innovation

Remember skipping? Yeah, me neither. Or rather, I never spent time thinking about it. Until I stumbled upon it a couple of months ago. All in the name of “research”, I found myself in a TikTok rabbit hole (as one does) and came across a challenge that absolutely cracked me up.

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What Happens When We Compare Ourselves to Generative AI?

Michael Roberto

Source: [link] What happens when we compare ourselves to generative AI? What conclusions do we reach about our own capabilities? Taly Reich and Jacob Teeny have examined these questions in a new paper titled, "Does Artificial Intelligence Cause Artificial Confidence? Generative AI as an Emerging Social Referent." The scholars conducted several experiments in which they exposed people to precisely the same work, but told some that it was performed by AI and others that it was completed by human b

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Natagora

Exoplatform

Founded in 2003, Natagora is a Belgian environmental protection organization , active mainly in Wallonia and Brussels. Relying on a professional team, committed volunteers groups, and a wide network of partners, Natagora works daily to halt biodiversity loss through four main areas: biodiversity research, nature conservation, public engagement, and awareness-raising.

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AI-Enabled Robotics Software for Manufacturing Automation: Speeding Time-to-Value

Robots are a cornerstone of a smart factory, automating a wide range of manufacturing tasks that are monotonous, physically straining, or even hazardous. However, real-world robotics deployments have not lived up to the revolutionary potential the industrial sector had originally envisioned. Robot implementations are typically confined to specific applications, carry high costs, and are time-consuming.

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Special eBook Offer – $13.99 for the Charting Change

Innovation Excellence

Wow! Exciting news! My publisher is having a summer sale that will allow you to get the digital version (eBook) of my latest best-selling book Charting Change for only $13.99!

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New Research on the Link Between Learning and Innovation

Harvard Business Review

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How AI Assessment Tools Affect Job Candidates’ Behavior

Harvard Business Review

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Stop Solving Your Team’s Problems for Them

Harvard Business Review

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AI In The Aisles: The Executives Guide To Better In-Store Experiences

Speaker: Steve Worthy, MBA

The rapid rise of AI-powered displays, touchless technology, and sensory marketing is reshaping the future of in-store engagement. Yet for many retail executives, the real challenge is not identifying new tools - it is knowing which signals to trust, which inputs to prioritize, and how to architect decisions that elevate in-store leadership rather than dilute it.