Fri.Apr 26, 2024

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Keeping Your Innovation Team United and Focused on the Big Picture

IdeaScale

Innovation teams face a big challenge: how to stay together and aim high when everything around them is constantly changing. This time, it isn’t about ideas but creating a team that can quickly adapt, work together smoothly, and always keep an eye on their main goals, no matter what new technology or trend comes along.

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How to Answer an Open-Ended Question from a Job Candidate

Harvard Business Review

Interviewers should prepare for interviews just as thoroughly as candidates do. Being equipped with compelling stories and setting aside dedicated preparation time, such as 30 minutes beforehand, allows interviewers to mentally prepare and be fully present during the interview. Like with candidates, it’s not only the content of what is said that matters, but also the manner in which it’s conveyed.

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Problems are Required for Progress to Occur

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski Without a problem, there can be no progress. And only after there’s too much no progress is a problem is created. And once the problem is created, there can be progress. When you know there’s a problem just over the horizon, you have a problem.

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Metaphors and Leadership

Rmukesh Gupta

One of the responsibilities of a leader is to simplify complexity in a way that everyone can relate and make sense. One of the best ways to do is by the use of metaphors. Metaphors are used to explaining something (new and unknown) by comparing it with something else (common and known). We generally use a lot of metaphors in our day to day conversations.

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Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production

Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, CTO of Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI prototypes into

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Technology Evaluation: A Guide for R&D and Innovation Teams (Free Template)

ITONICS

As an emerging technology scout or manager or as part of an innovation team, your role is pivotal in identifying and evaluating new technologies that can drive growth and maintain a competitive edge.

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7 Key Benefits of an Idea Portal for Enterprises

Qmarkets

Innovation is the lifeblood of successful enterprises. Companies that stay ahead of the curve are those that constantly generate new ideas and effectively manage them. But where do these ideas come from, and how do you harness them? An idea portal is the answer. This digital platform is rapidly becoming a critical tool for enterprises seeking to tap into collective creativity and transform great ideas into tangible results.

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7 Key Benefits of an Ideas Portal for Enterprises

Qmarkets

Innovation is the lifeblood of successful enterprises. Companies that stay ahead of the curve are those that constantly generate new ideas and effectively manage them. But where do these ideas come from, and how do you harness them? An ideas portal is the answer. This digital platform is rapidly becoming a critical tool for enterprises seeking to tap into collective creativity and transform great ideas into tangible results.

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More Women Work in Nonprofits. So Why Do Men End Up Leading Them?

Harvard Business Review

The term “glass escalator” refers to the finding that men in female-dominated occupations often experience a faster and smoother rise to the upper levels of leadership than women. Why does the male advantage persist? Systemic power dynamics and gender stereotypes are pervasive across industries. Because of these stereotypes and incorrect assumptions, even in fields where there is an abundance of qualified women for leadership roles, men continue to be singled out and fast-tracked.