Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2024

Whenever a new technology comes along, large companies think you need to appoint a designated senior leader — a “czar,” in popular parlance — and it will get taken care of. This, however, is a mistake. The process usually starts when teams are pitching leadership on wildly optimistic and conflicting use cases, and the board, excited but unsure how to proceed, puts some poor, unsuspecting soul in charge of the whole thing.

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 30, 2024

(and Cut Research Time by 80%) GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton AI is NOT a substitute for person-to-person discovery conversations or Jobs to be Done interviews. But it is a freakin’ fantastic place to start…if you do the work before you start.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2024

How can you decline a promotion without making things awkward? In this article, the author shares advice from two experts on how to navigate this complicated situation. First, explore the underlying reasons behind your hesitation. If you are 100% sure you don’t want the promotion, decline as swiftly as possible. Be tactful and tactical. While there’s no need to provide an exhaustive account of your decision, framing it strategically is important.

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Acuvate

APRIL 30, 2024

In 2018, Ford Motor Company was forced to halt production of its F150 pickup truck following a fire at the facility of a part supplier. The F series line of trucks was among the top-selling vehicles in the US at the time, and estimates suggest Ford could have lost millions in revenue for each day of lost production. The potential revenue impact was such that Ford did not hesitate to extract crucial equipment from the plant, install it in a plant in the UK , and fly the fabricated parts back to t

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2024

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Strategos

APRIL 30, 2024

How does ZF Commercial Vehicles use Innovation to build the next generation of commercial vehicles and enable the future of automotive? Gandert van Raemdonck, Head of Innovation, explains how they tackled this challenge and prepared ZF for future growth. Michel van Hove… Source The post How ZF improved their Innovation System. appeared first on Strategos.

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Acuvate

APRIL 30, 2024

In 2018, Ford Motor Company was forced to halt production of its F150 pickup truck following a fire at the facility of a part supplier. The F series line of trucks was among the top-selling vehicles in the US at the time, and estimates suggest Ford could have lost millions in revenue for each day of lost production. The potential revenue impact was such that Ford did not hesitate to extract crucial equipment from the plant, install it in a plant in the UK , and fly the fabricated parts back to t

Data 52

Data Generative AI Industry Analysis 52

Rmukesh Gupta

APRIL 30, 2024

Almost all good stories, whether shared by a leader or a professional storyteller, share a common attribute. They always share the perspective or the world view of a characters. Another common thread among all good stories is that they have simple storylines about complex characters or situations. As leaders, when we are sharing stories, we need to keep in mind the perspective are we telling the story (ours or the audience or someone else) from and be consistent with it.

Leadership 52

Leadership 52

ITONICS

APRIL 30, 2024

Collaborating with external partners—startups, scaleups, and entrepreneurs—is a best practice for large corporations aiming to infuse their innovation process with fresh ideas, greater agility, and a culture of rapid iteration. More than half of business executives in the United States report turning to startup partnerships and accelerator or incubator programs to help achieve their organization’s three-year growth objectives, according to KPMG’s Benchmarking Innovation Impact report.

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