Business and Tech

MARCH 25, 2022

A panel of retail experts share their insights on the future of retail technology, the challenges it poses, and how it can be utilized to improve the customer experience and boost profits. A chief consumer officer charged with integrating data across channels could simultaneously improve company performance and consumer satisfaction.

Technical Review 246

Technical Review Technology Industry Data 246

Idea to Value

AUGUST 26, 2020

This video is quite interesting, if you’re interested in how quickly a small company can innovate. It is about how a small raincoat production company was asked to produce COVID-19 protective gowns by the Japanese government, but was struggling to meet targets of 10,000 gowns a day. All without significant expense.

Company 278

Company Video LEAN Meeting 278

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2024

Building a strong, flexible “digital core” that integrates cloud, data, and AI technologies to serve as an interconnected foundation for your company is the key to future growth. Compared to a sample baseline, these leaders experienced a 60% acceleration in their revenue growth rate (from 7.1% percentage points on average).

Data 144

Data Technology Company How To 144

Business and Tech

AUGUST 26, 2021

” I’ve used this exercise both in my boutique hotel company, Joie de Vivre, as well as at Airbnb. Which technologies have you seen make the biggest impact on hospitality recovery efforts during the ongoing pandemic? How are these technologies helping to meet the evolving consumer demands and trends?

Technology 246

Technology Strategic Thinking Exercises Trends 246

Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The image here is the list of exactly which capabilities your company needs to succeed at innovation. Almost every business leader will tell you that they value innovation and that it is a positive & important factor for their company. Now, I’m going to outline step by step what enables a company to deliver those ideas.

Company 283

Company Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Leadership 283

Digital Tonto

MARCH 26, 2023

These days, it seems that every time you turn around you see some breakthrough technology that will change our lives. Digital technology is a great example of how this happens. The post To Build The Technology Of Tomorrow We Need To Create The Ecosystems Today first appeared on Digital Tonto. Don’t get me wrong.

Technology 197

Technology Report Examples Change 197

Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

“Fusing” human engagement with technology enablement involves creating a harmonious integration of human collaboration and technological tools to enable an ecosystem’s successful development and operation. You need those things before technology can add any value. Is that possible?

Technology 174

Technology Collaboration Engagement Data 174

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Companies are struggling with where to start with generative AI. They call it WINS Work — the places where tasks, functions, possibly your entire company or industry — are dependent on the manipulation and interpretation of Words, Images, Numbers, and Sounds (WINS).

Company 140

Company Generative AI Case Study Study 140

Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Exploring the interplay between Humans, Technology and AI for design thinking Why is design thinking regarded as so crucial to the future of innovation in a world of accelerating interplays between humans, technology and generative AI? This involves moving computing power, data storage, and decision-making to the edge of operations.

Design Thinking 148

Design Thinking Technical Review Design Technology 148

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2024

Companies need new ways to innovate quickly, cheaply, and productively. To investigate, we researched how companies are using AI for innovation and found that tools are just tools — success depends on how organizations use these new tools now at their disposal. Many, quite reasonably, wonder how deploying AI might help.

Company 121

Company Artificial Inteligence Radical Innovation Survey 121

Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Atos holds the number one position in European advisory companies in Cloud, Cybersecurity and high-performance computing that provides end-to-end solutions to Orchestrate a wide array of Digital Solutions. Atos offers its first international student competition dedicated to technological innovation. Why do I single out Atos for a post?

Innovation 329

Innovation Competition Technology Industry 329

Idea to Value

APRIL 14, 2022

Paul is a veteran of the Telecommunications industry, and his companies have helped bring breakthrough technologies like worldwide mobile calling and SMS to the masses. 00:04:45 – What it was like innovating in an industry when the technology was only just being developed.

Industry 268

Industry Innovation Technology Company 268

Idea to Value

MAY 21, 2021

Why is it that some promising technologies seem to progress quickly but then disappear entirely? While some private companies invest in cutting edge Research & Development , a huge amount of primary research is conducted through public funding , such as at Universities looking at fundamental new science and engineering opportunities.

Technical Review 286

Technical Review Innovation Technology Examples 286

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 19, 2021

As we continue to respond to Covid-19, technology has the power to reduce the complexity often faced, speed up and contribute to solutions that help resolve pressing issues. We recognize that equally as important as the technology are the people using the technology. Applying human-centred innovation.

Software 279

Software Innovation Technology Design 279

IdeaScale

APRIL 14, 2021

The paradigm is that companies cannot afford to rely strictly on their own internal methods of innovation, but can buy or license processes or inventions from other companies. This helps to further their goals while also providing the opportunity to license or use joint ventures to share their under-utilized technology or processes.

Radical Innovation 264

Radical Innovation Open Innovation Innovation Social Innovation 264

Idea to Value

APRIL 22, 2022

This is the practice of innovating and co-creation in collaboration with people outside of your company. Partnering with other companies, like suppliers or manufacturers, to innovate around integrating and optimising processes to make the entire supply chain more efficient. A typical company vertical supply chain.

Open Innovation 268

Open Innovation Innovation Collaboration Company 268

Paul Hobcraft

MAY 19, 2021

In the near term, the report describes a net-zero pathway that requires the immediate and massive deployment of all available clean and efficient energy technologies, combined with a major global push to accelerate innovation. For advanced batteries, this pathway to commercialisation is being funded by capital markets.

Report 345

Report Innovation Technology Policies 345

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

But what are early adopter companies really doing with Apple’s new hardware, and what do they hope to get out of these investments? Cosmetics, Hanifa, and the PGA Tour to understand these companies’ strategies. The piece examines efforts from Lowe’s, e.l.f.

Company 143

Company Competition Strategy Strategy 143

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Three operational differences that allow them to make the most of the technology.

Company 114

Company Technology Generative AI Artificial Inteligence 114

Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

In 1998, the energy services company Enron built and maintained a fake trading floor on the sixth story of its headquarters in downtown Houston. New technology (toys) which the team is “investigating”, like 3D printers and drones. Research into innovations happening at other companies.

Innovation 303

Innovation Examples Project Brainstorming 303

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The authors explore what can go wrong with autonomous agents, and how companies can deploy them responsibly. This evolution is exciting and promises to make our lives much easier — eliminating mundane tasks and helping us become more productive.

Company 142

Company Artificial Inteligence Learning Technology 142

Idea to Value

JANUARY 18, 2021

Any company planning on bringing a new innovative solution to market must accept the fact that not every customer will be willing to buy it immediately. The Early Adopters: Also willing to try new technology and innovations, once it can communicate its value. This group makes up about 2.5% of the total market.

Innovation 306

Innovation Groups Marketing Company 306

Idea to Value

JANUARY 20, 2021

By now it is common knowledge that solar energy has been becoming more and more affordable as the technology develops and economies of scale blossom. Purchasing power increases as the renewable companies grow, enabling them to purchase more raw materials at better prices.

Report 275

Report Technology Trends Competition 275

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2024

There are three immediate challenges for companies that want to train fine-tuned AI models: 1) they require extensive, high-quality data — a scarce resource for many enterprises, 2) third-party AI models can include problematic biases, and 3) training fine-tuned models with users’ personal data may result in privacy violations.

Data 141

Data Collaboration Company Training 141

Idea to Value

JANUARY 7, 2022

It might seem like a straightforward question, but it is fundamental to whether a company will end up succeeding at innovation or failing. While many experts have argued for this in the past, in reality the research suggests it will depend more on the needs of each company. Companies that survive do both.

Underperforming Technical Team 291

Underperforming Technical Team Resources Innovation Project 291

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Recently, some organizations have begun to recognize the downside of C-level proliferation and decided to consolidate senior technology and data roles.

Company 117

Company Data Leadership Report 117

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The EU’s forthcoming AI Act imposes requirements on companies designing and/or using AI in the European Union, and backs it up with stiff penalties. Companies need to analyze where they might fail to be compliant and then operationalize or implement the requisite steps to close the gaps in a way that reflects internal alignment.

Company 126

Company Design Management Artificial Inteligence 126

Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

This report is a follow up to the amazing InnoLead reports I have previously written and spoken about, including the one which outlined how over time companies planned to invest more and more in adjacent and transformational innovations. So let us go into some of the most important data points highlighted by the report: 1.

Technical Review 305

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Report Innovation 305

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2024

Unfortunately, most companies lack these. Specifically, companies should invest in behavioral change, controlled experimentation, measurement of business value, data management, human capital development, and systems thinking. Once these capabilities are in place, companies should focus on picking the right projects for gen AI.

Company 138

Company Project Data System 138

Idea to Value

JULY 15, 2020

He studied all 100 Idealab companies, as well as 100 others, both successful and unsuccessful, and analyzed their cases. The problem with timing is that every innovation only has a relatively small window of opportunity that happens when the technology and customers are ready, but there isn’t much entrenched competition.

Innovation 248

Innovation Industry Technology Marketing 248