IdeaScale
JULY 12, 2024
“Trust no one. Suspect everyone.” Great advice if you’re an MI6 agent trying to uncover a spy at the height of the Cold War. Not great advice if you’re a senior executive responsible for leading a team to deliver record results.
Innovation Excellence
JULY 12, 2024
GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski Do you bring your whole self to work? If not, how do you feel about that? When you demonstrate your unique goodness and it’s met with “You don’t fit in.” they may say they want you to fit in, but, really, that’s objective evidence that they need your unique goodness.
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IdeaScale
JULY 12, 2024
Even with the best intentions, reward systems in corporate life all too often mean that most of the people you need supporting innovation work flee from it. Here are some ideas for getting a better balance.
Michael Roberto
JULY 12, 2024
John Keilman has written a Wall Street Journal article this week that is titled "Harley Will Ride or Die With the Graybeards." Keilman reports that, "The Milwaukee-based company is selling less than half as many bikes as it did during its 2006 peak. Harley’s portion of the U.S. large motorcycle market recently dropped to its lowest level since the 1980s.
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Rmukesh Gupta
JULY 12, 2024
This is a rant. Please ignore if you are not in a mood for somebody’s rant! I strongly believe that talent is equally distributed across any segment that we can think of {men vs women, rich vs poor, straight vs gay, Asian vs European vs African, black vs brown vs white folks, early talent vs experienced talent, developed nation vs developing nation, students of Ivy League universities vs public universities, etc).
Qmarkets
JULY 12, 2024
Entrepreneurship has long been a driving force behind groundbreaking innovations and industry disruptions. In the context of large businesses, harnessing the entrepreneurial spirit can significantly enhance innovation management, leading to sustained competitive advantage. This article explores how entrepreneurship and innovation management work together and examines the role of innovation management software in leveraging entrepreneurial talent.
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Qmarkets
JULY 12, 2024
Managing something as amorphous as innovation can be a daunting task, especially for large organizations. The very nature of innovation—unpredictable, dynamic, and often disruptive—makes it challenging to control and direct. Organizations must navigate complex structures, foster collaboration across siloed departments, and overcome ingrained resistance to change.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 12, 2024
Business leaders are expected to be strategic, and while organizational obstacles can prevent you from translating intent into strategic actions, so can your personal limitations and practices. It doesn’t have to be this way. Even when it feels like the odds are stacked against you, you have more choices than you may realize. Small decisions about where to focus and what to do throughout your day may feel inconsequential, but their impacts accumulate.
Qmarkets
JULY 12, 2024
Managing something as amorphous as innovation can be a daunting task, especially for large organizations. The very nature of innovation—unpredictable, dynamic, and often disruptive—makes it challenging to control and direct. Organizations must navigate complex structures, foster collaboration across siloed departments, and overcome ingrained resistance to change.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 12, 2024
When efforts to improve health care, the failures are often blamed on leadership and culture. But the main problem often is the underlying systems. To generate better outcomes, increase safety, and improve efficiency, health care organizations should shift their focus to designing systems that facilitate delivery of the highest-quality care.
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Innovation is key to overcoming crises. This guide outlines how businesses can navigate uncertainty by adapting strategies, embracing open innovation, and strengthening resilience. Learn how to reassess business models, engage external expertise, and build a robust innovation ecosystem. Explore the three phases of crisis response—from immediate adaptation to long-term transformation—and discover how collaboration accelerates progress while reducing costs.
Qmarkets
JULY 12, 2024
Ideation workshops play a critical role in driving innovation. These structured sessions are designed to generate and develop new ideas, fostering creativity and problem-solving within teams. However, running an effective ideation workshop requires careful planning and execution, especially when considering different formats such as online and in-person sessions.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 12, 2024
Speaking up — and being heard — in organizations is critical, but failed attempts to speak up happen often at work and can lead people to silence themselves and others in the long run. Instead, leaders and team members should frame such situations as opportunities to learn. But this isn’t easy; it can be difficult to recognize such moments as learning opportunities; it can be difficult to move beyond counterproductive emotions like shame and blame,;and we tend to be too busy and focused on the s
Qmarkets
JULY 12, 2024
Operational excellence is a crucial strategy for organizations striving to outperform their competitors. Companies that excel in their operations can significantly boost their profitability and market share. But what exactly is operational excellence, and how can your organization achieve it? This article will delve into the concept, exploring its key principles and the substantial benefits it can bring to your business.
Qmarkets
JULY 12, 2024
Agile innovation is transforming how companies develop new products and services, fostering a culture of flexibility, speed, and customer-centricity. As the business world becomes increasingly competitive, understanding and implementing agile innovation can be the key to staying ahead. This article will provide a comprehensive guide to agile innovation, starting with a clear definition, exploring its benefits, and offering practical steps for implementation.
Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage
When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m
Qmarkets
JULY 12, 2024
In an era where technological advancement is relentless, maintaining a competitive edge requires businesses to constantly innovate. Innovation professionals and leaders face the constant challenge of identifying and integrating new technologies that can drive growth and efficiency. This is where scout software comes into play. As a pivotal tool in the realm of technology scouting, scout software helps businesses discover, track, and evaluate emerging technologies and startups.
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