Destination Innovation
OCTOBER 22, 2017
Innovation should be a regular topic item on the agenda of company board meetings. If you have not had a fundamental conversation about innovation with your key corporate stakeholders and senior executives then these are some of the questions and topics to discuss at the first such meeting. What is the vision for our organization? Where are we headed?
IdeaScale
OCTOBER 26, 2017
Like chess, for innovation having an idea is just the first step. Is your first idea really your best? It’s often held as an adage, but the history of ideas tends to prove the opposite. Thomas Edison is the classic example: You’ve likely heard he took 10,000 prototypes to invent the light bulb, but the truth is even more involved. Edison claimed he formed three thousand theories about how electric lights might work, and discarded all but two, with thousands of prototypes and experim
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Paul Hobcraft
OCTOBER 22, 2017
We all spend our Sundays in different ways. Some spend it recovering from the Saturday night, other spend large chunks of the day traveling to meet up with friends or family. Others go off to the gym, jog, take a run or simply enjoy a day of pursuing something differently from the working week. We do different things. Mine is usually a mix of exploring and researching around innovation in the morning, a couple of hours at the gym, a walk to finish off and then a mixture of enjoying a nice home-c
HYPE Innovation
OCTOBER 26, 2017
We have all become totally wrapped up in thr “Innovation Theatre.” Some have called these song and dance routines , others like Steve Blank, have described their view of “innovation theatre” around the current obsession of setting up outposts , mostly in Silicon Valley. We seem to be layering on more and more activities to grab the attention and spread out our innovation resources.
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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?
Exago
OCTOBER 27, 2017
Long-term stability is highly unlikely, and we all have questions and uncertainties churning in our heads, CEOs included. They are, right now, looking for answers and for ways to include their organisations in possible solutions. The post Strategic cost-cutting and improvements in the innovation corporate agenda appeared first on Exago.
IdeaScale
OCTOBER 25, 2017
Ford wasn’t just known for cars, but innovation. “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” Henry Ford didn’t mean, necessarily, to sum up the greatest obstacle to innovation in that quote. Really, it’s just one of many pithy one-liners and inspirational quotes Ford tossed off the cuff over his life.
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Digital Tonto
OCTOBER 22, 2017
Despite all the excitement about platforms, businesses still need to create, deliver and capture value Related posts: Today, Every Business Must Transform Itself Into A Platform. Is Your Platform. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Destination Innovation
OCTOBER 23, 2017
With all the concern about plastics polluting our oceans it is time to think seriously about innovating with packaging. How can we make our packaging environmentally friendly, disposable and fit for the packaging purpose? Let’s consider some solutions from the food industry and one creative idea in particular – edible packaging. One of the first and most successful examples of edible packaging is the common ice cream cone.
BrainZooming
OCTOBER 23, 2017
Yesterday marked a momentous day professionally, that seemed big on the day it happened, but not as life-changing as it has become. On October 22, 1997, I wore orange socks for the first time. Current Orange Socks. The occasion was presenting our first strategic market plan at Yellow Transportation (whose name was Yellow but whose color was orange) to the senior leadership team.
Be-novative
OCTOBER 27, 2017
Open innovation is combining internal and external ideas to advance technology, product development, and so much more—including social good. Why crowdsource for social change? In today's digital age, the Internet connects the world like never before. Utilizing this virtual environment to involve an unlimited audience brings an array of possibilities to tackle important challenges.
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.
Digital Tonto
OCTOBER 25, 2017
The truth is that data security and operational excellence go hand-in-hand Related posts: If Big Data Is To Live Up To Its Promise, We Need To Fix Our Data Systems. How Big Data Can Create Real. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Yet2
OCTOBER 24, 2017
Considering a challenge? While it may not be every company’s initial plan of action, it can lead to incredibly successful results and collaborations. Here are 5 questions to ask yourself when deciding if you should launch a challenge. 1. Who is the crowd? When it comes to a challenge, getting the best solution means getting the word out to the best crowd, and having a strong network for outreach is crucial.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 24, 2017
From an innovation standpoint, any innovator would be glad to find out that one’s creation continued to amaze future generations for hundreds of years. Yet I was struck by another analogy for innovation and the moai that could be relevant for modern practitioners.
BrainZooming
OCTOBER 27, 2017
We have been discussing strategic planning process approaches for next year with multiple people. While they are all considering different ideas, there is one common element to the conversations. They all want to spend less time planning, making it more productive and beneficial than in the past. 3 Strategic Planning Process Tweaks to Make Right Away!
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
Norbert Bol
OCTOBER 21, 2017
This week is the start of the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, where 2500 designers present their ideas, experiments and solutions. The theme of the event is “Stretch”, to encourage both designers and the public to get involved with each other and to break out of their comfort zone. Everybody has different comfort zones depending on the subject and circumstances.
The BMI Lab Blog
OCTOBER 27, 2017
Creativity is not a gift but a skill we can train with proper tools. When we introduce somebody to innovation methodologies, especially those focused on business models, the role of creativity topic usually comes up. The most common question is whether we need to use creativity or not to innovate. There is a short answer for this: The majority of the most successful innovation methodologies give creativity a strong role.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 24, 2017
It often puzzles me the lack of investment we make in coaching, mentoring, or even facilitating around innovation, it simply is not enough with the use of an external innovation expert accelerating the process, stimulating the thinking and learning.
David Marks
OCTOBER 27, 2017
I recently had a chat with a senior director of a respected technology company making highly specialized products. He is in charge of the innovation and development in his company. I was telling him about the innovation assessments I conduct. “ Are your assessments industry specific? ” He suddenly asked “ No ” I said. Because they aren’t. “ Well, in that case, it is not for us ” he abruptly proclaimed.
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Scaling transformational innovations in large companies is challenging due to ‘Company Fit’ issues, which arise when the resources, processes, and priorities (RPPs) of the core business are not aligned with the needs of the new business. Many companies have learned how ambidexterity—the ability to both ‘exploit the present and explore the future,’ can help them address these issues for ideation and incubation of new innovations, but scaling transformative business innovations remains a challenge
Mike Shipulski
OCTOBER 25, 2017
Creativity and innovation are dominated by uncertainty. And in the domain of uncertainty, not only are the solutions unknown, the problems are unknown. And yet, we still try to use the tried-and-true toolbox of certainty even after it’s abundantly clear those wrenches don’t fit. When wallowing in the mud of uncertainty and company leaders ask, “When will you be done?
Wazoku
OCTOBER 24, 2017
Momentum is so important in many aspects of our lives. When we are ‘on a roll’ confidence builds, the daily bumps don’t impact you as much and good things seem to follow. Momentum is hard to achieve and even harder to sustain and it is therefore important to recognise it and celebrate it, especially with early stage businesses. At Wazoku, we have worked hard to achieve the momentum the business is currently experiencing and have some important milestone moments I wanted to recognise and celebrat
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 26, 2017
These books provide a roadmap and a compass that will forever change the way you look at entrepreneurism, innovation, marketing, and change. Some people learn entrepreneurship from their family business; others learn it by studying entrepreneurship in school. I did neither. Instead, I was enrolled in the “learn while you burn” program of entrepreneurship.
Planview
OCTOBER 24, 2017
IBM , Pepperdine University , Pfizer , MetLife and more join us to share their experiences and key learnings around innovation. Today we’re thrilled to announce the launch of Spigit’s Fall Innovation Forum series! Following the huge success of Spigit events earlier in the year, this is the next evolution of Innovation Forums, hosted with strategic partner, IBM, and Spigit customers.
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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.
Innovation 360
OCTOBER 24, 2017
Sales Summit 2018 for Licensed Practitioners. Welcome to two days focused in sales, with the best international speakers at Innovation 360 Group’s Office in Stockholm. This 2-day event will help you boost your sales immediately, we will cover sales tactics, pitching, Innovation Circle as a sales technique, pipeline for LinkedIn, the bew ISO and CEN standard in Innovation Management, etc.
Open Innovation EU
OCTOBER 24, 2017
In 1990 Kurzweil instantly incubated the way we think about Artificial Intelligence (AI) with his work The Age of Intelligent Machines. While there is now, almost 30 years later, still a long road ahead of us, the technology readiness level of AI is getting significantly closer and many applications are trying to implement AIs state-of-the-art features and starting to accelerate the creation of the Smart Business : AI-enabled organizations that thrive digitally, are hyperconnected (both digitall
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 25, 2017
History skews our perception of possibility. It’s easy to forget that man’s great achievements were mere “mights” for those on the other side of the present. Take the Apollo 11 moon landing. Retold today, that “one giant leap for mankind” was but a series of surefooted steps taken by America’s scientists and engineers.
Daniel Burrus
OCTOBER 25, 2017
Teegan Lexcen’s doctors were at a loss. Born in August 2015 with only one lung and half a damaged heart, the Minnesota infant’s condition seemed undeniably fatal. Then a $20 product saved Teegan’s life. A staff member at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami suggested Google Cardboard, a virtual reality device, to boost images of Teegan’s tiny organs into three-dimensional detail that made surgery possible.
Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali
Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.
Values Centered Innovation
OCTOBER 24, 2017
Voyage Dallas is an online magazine that shares inspiring stories about people and businesses in the Dallas area. We're delighted that they chose to feature an article about the co-founders of Values Centered Innovation, Debra and William Miller. Click here to enjoy!
Innovation in Practice
OCTOBER 23, 2017
Few activities are more iconic to American football than the huddle. Bill Pennington, in his New York Times article, “ Ready, Set, Gone! The N.F.L.’s Disappearing Huddle ” thoughtfully fills out the history, the heritage, and the slow disappearance of this classic practice. And while innovation is often thought of in connection to a tangible product, the emerging use of the “no-huddle offense” in football is an excellent example of innovation through the use of the innovation template known as T
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 21, 2017
This is another excerpt from 2016’s FEI conference in Boston, MA. This one comes from William Greenwald, Founder and Chief Neuroleaderologist at Windsor Leadership Group. He began with a story. This one was about air travel. Something happens. The plane makes an odd noise, then nose dives. “What am I’m going to do?” echoed in.
InnovationManagement
OCTOBER 22, 2017
Anyone who has ever been on the hunt for a new corporate job knows that it can be one of the most difficult and frustrating processes in the world. The Internet has given us the tools to apply for thousands of different jobs every day, but it has also presented its own problems: application systems with no easy answers, automation, and stiff competition make the ease of online applications less attractive.
Speaker: Jamie Eagan
As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of
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