Wed.May 31, 2023

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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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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.

Strategy 115
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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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What Is Continuous Improvement in the Workplace? | KaiNexus

Kainexus

Continuous improvement is not a one-time project or initiative; it is an ongoing continuous improvement mindset and culture that should be fostered throughout the organization. It involves encouraging all employees to seek opportunities for improvement, identifying and eliminating inefficiencies, and continuously enhancing processes, products, and services.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Is it Possible to Outpace Disruption? Definitely.

Daniel Burrus

When you recognize that things change ever so rapidly in the world, you may already feel disrupted before anything has even happened. The negative view many have about disruption is the result of it happening to you, causing you to have to manage a crisis. My desire for all of my clients and followers is to excel as positive catalysts within their industry, attracting new customers and making a positive impact on the world.

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I Helped Grow 4 Unicorns Over 10 Years That Generated $18 Billion in Online Revenues. Here's What I've Learned.

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Only 0.00006% of businesses will achieve unicorn status. It's not impossible, but extremely challenging, to say the least.

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What is Failure?

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about my hatred of failure while acknowledging that there are things I hate more (inertia, blind allegiance to the status quo, unwillingness to try) that motivate me to risk it.

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Why Conflicting Ideas Can Make Your Strategy Stronger

Harvard Business Review

In a volatile world, think of your strategy as a portfolio of options, not a roadmap.

Strategy 107
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Announcing the brand new Wazoku Crowd website!

Wazoku

The Wazoku Crowd has spent twenty years at the forefront of open innovation. During this time, it’s enjoyed a couple of different homes – including its previous incarnation as InnoCentive – and connected businesses around the world to Solvers for their problems. Today, we announce its new home. Welcome to the future of the Wazoku Crowd!

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What Is Blue Ocean Strategy — and Where Does It Go Wrong?

Harvard Business Review

Hint: remember to include your non-customers in your market research.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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How Chriztine Kirk Strengthens Global Connections

Planview

With employees and teams around the world, Planview is a global powerhouse. Each employee brings their unique background to their role to build something great together, no matter where they are located. This month, we’re highlighting Chriztine Kirk, our energetic and team-focused Director of Solution Consulting APAC, based in Singapore. Explain your role at Planview and a few of your responsibilities.

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The Future of Retail Operations: A Deep Dive into GPT and Chatbots and How They’re Transforming the Industry

Acuvate

The retail industry is constantly undergoing a profound transformation as it continues to embrace the power of technology. This association has been extensively helpful to enhance customer experiences and drive operational efficiency. In this blog, we will delve into the promising front of GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformers) and chatbots. Furthermore, we will explore how they are revolutionizing the retail industry.

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How to Take Better Breaks at Work, According to Research

Harvard Business Review

A guide for employees and managers.

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How Business Travel Spurs Innovation

Michael Roberto

Source: muratart/shutterstock Dany Bahar, Prithwiraj Choudhury, Do Yoon Kim and Wesley W. Koo have written a new working paper titled, "Innovation on Wings: Nonstop Flights and Firm Innovation in the Global Context." The scholars collected data from over 5,000 airports around the world over a ten-year period (2005-2015). They married flight data with other datasets that provided information about company patents.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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The Food and Beverage Sector Needs to Embrace Digital Transformation to Achieve Sustainability Goals - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from Schneider Electric.

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F1 Legend Toto Wolff on Leading Through Big Wins — and Crushing Losses

Harvard Business Review

Wolff had to adjust his leadership style to get his team back on track.

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4 Actions CEOs Should Be Taking to Drive Growth With Their Ecosystem Strategy - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM EY-PARTHENON

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from EY-Parthenon.