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People Probably Like You More Than You Think

Harvard Business Review

Do people understand the impressions they make on others or do their anxieties lead them to assume the worst? Across nearly 10 years of research and tens of thousands of observations, the authors have come to this answer: people underestimate how much others like them, and this bias has important implications for how people work together.

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Embrace Your Disgruntled Customers

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Howard Tiersky Every day, businesses find themselves faced with unhappy customers; if you’re like most people, you might feel apprehension when an unhappy customer requests a meeting with you.

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Pro Sports Has a Piracy Problem

Harvard Business Review

Piracy poses a growing challenge to all sorts of digital media and entertainment companies, but it’s particularly acute for companies that own the rights to sports broadcasts, because efforts to shut down pirated broadcasts often take longer than the broadcasts actually last. New research suggests, however, that there are effective ways to discourage the use of pirated broadcasts and boost payment for legal ones.

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Customer Interview Webinar: Leading A Succesful Program

Qmarkets

Hear from our clients from a leading global software company as they share key learnings about how to lead an enterprise innovation program successfully. Drawing on their own experience of launching and running Qmarkets platform, you'll discover a wealth of best practices and insights to guide you to innovation success at your own organization.

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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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Nudging Employees to Make More Sustainable Choices

Harvard Business Review

Decarbonization efforts across various sectors have affected the car industry tremendously — especially sports car manufacturers. At Porsche, efforts such as the development of the electric Taycan in 2019 have begun to disrupt a “petrol head” culture enamored with the Porsche’s traditional, distinctive flat-six engine. The company itself has endeavored to encourage “employee sustainable behaviors,” such as the voluntary adoption of electric vehicles for employees eligible for company cars.

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Future-Proofing Energy: Innovative Solutions for the World’s Growing Needs

Daniel Burrus

The world population today is a little less than 8 billion people, and this number will only increase in the coming years — A definite Hard Trend future certainty. It is estimated by industry experts that by the year 2050, the population will reach around 9.7 billion people. Along with this increase in population comes an increased demand for basic human necessities, such as food, clean water, clothing, and shelter.

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How the Best Leaders Drive Innovation

Harvard Business Review

They learn how to take on three key roles: architect, bridger, and catalyst.

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How Can Spatial Computing Make Industrial Development More Intuitive and Seamless?

Entrepreneur - Innovation

It's about improving the customer experience by combining virtual reality and physical reality.

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Getting Board Members on Board: The Role of the CIO in AI Strategy - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM ALTERYX

Harvard Business Review

Sponsor content from Alteryx.

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New Subtitle for PIVOTAL

Stephen Shapiro

As we got one step closer to the publication of my seventh book, we decided at the last minute that we needed a new subtitle. The old one, “Mastering Depth in an Era of Perpetual Pivoting,” was confusing and too hard to say. Try saying “perpetual pivoting” ten times without spitting on someone! Over the past several months, I have heard the same message from many clients: How can we increase predictability when everything seems so unpredictable?

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Leading the Development of Profitable and Sustainable Products

Speaker: Jason Tanner

While growth of software-enabled solutions generates momentum, growth alone is not enough to ensure sustainability. The probability of success dramatically improves with early planning for profitability. A sustainable business model contains a system of interrelated choices made not once but over time. Join this webinar for an iterative approach to ensuring solution, economic and relationship sustainability.

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The Innovator’s Guide to Harnessing ISO 56007 for Innovation Excellence

PlanBox Innovation

This article originally appeared on Forbes. Recognizing the pivotal role that ideas play in driving innovation, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has introduced ISO 56007 guidance on tools and methods for managing opportunities and ideas. This standard serves as a comprehensive guide to managing innovation opportunities and ideas.

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New Website Coming Soon!

Stephen Shapiro

No changes will be made to this website for the next couple of weeks. Why? We are launching a new website later this month or early March. We are still putting the finishing touches on it. Here is a sneak preview of the “hero” section… The post New Website Coming Soon! appeared first on Stephen Shapiro.

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Considering the design of the Energy Ecosystem

Innovating4Energy

Designing the Energy Transition with Ecosystem Thinking and Design By fostering greater collaboration and co-creation within the Energy Industry, it is becoming crucial to consider Ecosystems in design and thinking. Ecosystems designed well are robust for navigating the complex landscape of any Energy transition. The Energy transition we are all facing has such high levels of complexity and challenge.

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Shifting Your Focus from Short-Term Efficiency to Long-Term Resilience

Harvard Business Review

There are downsides to pursuing efficiency at all costs.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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Innovating at Amdocs – Webinar

Qmarkets

Discover Magna Powertrain’s groundbreaking approach to technological innovation in this exclusive recording from the 2023 Innovation Roundtable Summit in Copenhagen.

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Board of Innovation

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Future-Fit Frontier: A Guide to Unlocking Transformative Innovation

PlanBox Innovation

This article originally appeared on Innovation Leader. The traditional “slow and steady wins the race” approach prevailed until the new millennium. But then the pace of change accelerated, particularly after the pandemic compressed a decade of transformation into a single year. Just as the dust settled, artificial intelligence (AI) emerged, demanding swift comprehension due to its pervasive applications in daily work and the potential to reshape entire markets and industries.