September, 2024

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Are you selling “Vitamins” or “Painkillers”?

Idea to Value

Many startups and innovators struggle to sell their products once they launch. Often, this is because while they love the idea for the product they have come up with, it is not actually solving a problem which the user perceives in their own lives. But how is it possible that intelligent, hardworking teams can make such glaring errors? Especially when they themselves can list all of the real, tangible benefits that their innovative solution brings?

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Mastering Innovation Challenges: A Roadmap for Success

innosabi Innovation Insights

During the deep dive sessions of innosabi connect, our annual customer meeting, innosabi’s Customer Success Managers and customers work together on best practices for current topics. One of this year’s focus was “Innovation challenges: Best practices for conducting successful crowd innovation” Innovation challenges are increasingly popular among organizations looking to harness collective intelligence and […] Der Beitrag Mastering Innovation Challenges: A Roadmap for Success er

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Don’t Bring A Can Of Gasoline To A Fire

Innovation Excellence

Crisis Management GUEST POST from Shep Hyken This is a departure from my usual customer service and customer experience (CX) articles. While it does tie in to service and CX, it is really about leadership.

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Risk or Opportunity? Promoting Innovation in Your Organization

Innov8rs

Innov8rs | Dig into human psychology to help people take risks and make innovation the norm within your organization. Imagine this: you’re on a game show standing in front of three doors. Behind one of the doors is a prize, behind the other two, goats. You select a door. The host then opens one of the remaining doors to reveal a goat, and offers you a choice.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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We Have Decades Of Research Telling Us How Change Works. We Need To Start Following The Evidence

Digital Tonto

The biggest misconception about change is that once people understand it, they will embrace it. That’s almost never true. If you intend to influence an entire organization— or even an entire society—you have to assume the deck is stacked against you. The status quo has had years—and sometimes decades or longer—to build connections and form networks.

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AI-Powered Innovation: Practical Examples & Best Practices

Qmarkets

Qmarkets has always been at the forefront of AI. Now, we are injecting the full power of generative AI across our entire suite of innovation management tools. Join our product specialist Yoel Ben Nesher as he lifts the lid on these brand new AI features and demonstrates how they can be used to achieve unparalleled efficiency in your enterprise innovation program.

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Tri-Force Ideation – A Strategic Approach to Brainstorming for Business Innovation

Destination Innovation

In the fast-paced and competitive world of business, innovation is not just a luxury; it’s a necessity. Companies must continually evolve to meet the ever-changing needs of their customers, outpace competitors, and adapt to new market dynamics. One powerful method I use for generating innovative ideas is called Tri-Force Ideation. It involves focusing on three key elements: Strengths, Values, and Assumptions.

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AI Can (Mostly) Outperform Human CEOs

Harvard Business Review

When researchers at the University of Cambridge pitted human competitors against a leading LLM, the chatbot beat the top participants on almost every metric. It also was fired more quickly.

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3 Myths That Underlie Transformation Theater

Digital Tonto

It’s tough to imagine how anyone who is familiar with the evidence would ever assume that change is linear, that it is a good idea to “create a sense of urgency around change,” or that you should move quickly to publicize an early win. Yet, more often than not, that’s what otherwise smart, accomplished people set out to do. There are a few reasons that this is the case.

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Organisational Stresswood: How a little adversity is required to become resilient

Idea to Value

A while back, I came across a great article by Aidan McCullen , the host of the excellent Innovation Show podcast, about Stresswood. In an Arizona research facility called Biosphere 2 , opened in 1991, researchers tried to create a completely sealed-off ecosystem to see if a man-made biosphere could produce enough fresh water, oxygen and ecosystem growth to support a human population.

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The Benefits of Innovation in Times of Crisis

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.

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The Dynamic Ecosystem lies at the core of the Interconnected Business Ecosystem Model

Paul Hobcraft

The Dynamic Ecosystem lies at the Core The Concept for a Dynamic Ecosystem as the Core to the Interconnected Business Ecosystem framework has been a slower realization than I had initially recognized. In some ways this is the most important post, to date , on the extending out of the Interconnected Business Ecosystem framework. I wrote a post explaining out the shifts that have been taking place in this evolutionary process but I feel into the trap of keeping this as a linear sequence process an

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Supercharge Your Community Engagement with Ideascale’s Kudos Feature

IdeaScale

In the world of innovation and idea management, motivation and engagement are key to driving success. Enter Kudos, Ideascale’s unique feature designed to foster a culture of appreciation and recognition within your community. Here’s everything you need to know about Kudos and how it can transform your engagement strategy. What Are Kudos?

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When Should Founders Hand Over to Managers?

Destination Innovation

Founders of successful start-ups often face a critical juncture where they must decide whether to hand over responsibilities to professional managers. They will get advice from many quarters telling them that this transition is pivotal for scaling the company beyond its initial success. Founders typically possess visionary zeal and hands-on expertise in all operational areas, but as the business grows, their intense activities might become a bottleneck as nearly all major decisions come to their

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Why Neglecting New Hire Ideas Hurts Revenue

Innovation Excellence

The Cost of Silence GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Stop me if this sounds familiar. A new hire bounces into your office and, with all the joy and enthusiasm of a new puppy, rattles off a list of ideas.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

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

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We Need To Rethink How Competition And Collusion In An Artificially Intelligent World

Digital Tonto

Back in the Gilded Age of the 19th century, it was taken for granted that industrialists were all powerful. Men met in smoke-filled back rooms, traded information and, much like Adam Smith described, conspired against the public to raise prices and increase profits. Eventually, the public could bear no more, political pressure built, and legislation was passed to prevent collusive and predatory behavior.

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Who is more creative: Men or Women?

Idea to Value

When it comes to how society views creativity , there is unfortunately a clear stereotype of who is most creative. For hundreds of years, men in general have been listed as more creative than women. This creative stereotype is often based on the fact that throughout history, there have been more examples of famous creative men across science and the arts.

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Entrepreneurial or Start Up Ecosystems need to be added into the Integrated Business Ecosystem Frame

Paul Hobcraft

Shaping Innovation through Entrepreneurial and Start-up Ecosystems By including Start-up and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems into the Interconnected Business Framework, it becomes more comprehensive and reflective of the full spectrum of business activities. It can enable how ideas flow from innovation through entrepreneurship and into established business practices, and how larger businesses can engage with and benefit from entrepreneurial energy.

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What is Creativity in Business? Definition, Advantages, and Benefits

IdeaScale

 Table of Contents What is Creativity in Business? Creativity in business is defined as the ability to generate novel and valuable ideas that drive innovation, solve problems, and create new opportunities. It involves thinking outside traditional frameworks to develop unique solutions that can lead to competitive advantages and business growth.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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KI als Gamechanger: Wie deutsche Unternehmen heute schon profitieren

HYPE Innovation

Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) entwickelt sich zu einem entscheidenden Erfolgsfaktor für die deutsche Wirtschaft. Neueste Studien gehen davon aus, dass generative KI die Bruttowertschöpfung in Deutschland um insgesamt 330 Milliarden Euro erhöhen kann. Ob Einzelhandel oder Gastronomie: In nahezu allen Branchen haben Betriebe begonnen, das Potenzial der Technologie auszuschöpfen und damit ihre Prozesse zu optimieren.

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Disinformation Economics

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell Marshal McLuhan, one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, described media as “extensions of man” and predicted that electronic media would eventually lead to a global village.

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To Lead Change, You Need To Shift From A Manager Mindset To A Changemaker Mindset

Digital Tonto

Most of the time, we operate with a manager mindset and that works fine. We build consensus and execute with predictable outcomes. Our colleagues are motivated, customers are satisfied and everybody is happy. In an era of disruption, however, it’s only a matter of time until we need to adapt and drive transformation. That’s never easy. To pull it off we need to shift from a manager mindset to a changemaker mindset in which we no longer assume an environment of predictability but explore unknowns

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Who is more creative: Men or Women?

Idea to Value

When it comes to how society views creativity , there is unfortunately a clear stereotype of who is most creative. For hundreds of years, men in general have been listed as more creative than women. This creative stereotype is often based on the fact that throughout history, there have been more examples of famous creative men across science and the arts.

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Campaigns that Click: Practical Personalization Strategies to Boost ROI

Speaker: Jennifer Hodroge, Omni-Channel Strategic Leader, Forrester CX Certified

Marketers know that personalization is the key to engagement—but with limited budgets and time, how do you prioritize what, where, and how to personalize? Aligning your content, campaigns, and buyer experiences requires a deep understanding of customer needs. In this new webinar with expert Jennifer Hodroge, we’ll explore how to leverage insights and customer journey mapping to build personalization strategies that deliver real impact.

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The Critical Research needed in Understanding and Shaping Business Ecosystems

Paul Hobcraft

the building blocks through research building towards Business Ecosystem design. During the month of August 2024 I undertook some fairly intensive research work on Business Ecosystems. Must of this was not just to compliment what I had already built and shared in different post in the past few years but to push out the future thinking There are a lot of concepts that need to come together for thinking through and designing Business Ecosystems let alone to roll these out in vary thoughtful and co

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Collaborative Innovation in Education: The Role of Innovation Management Software

IdeaScale

Collaboration and innovation are more critical than ever. As schools and universities strive to meet the evolving needs of students, they must find ways to harness the collective creativity of their communities. This is where innovation management software plays a pivotal role, enabling institutions to foster collaboration and drive meaningful change.

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The Ideation Process: Examples and Best Practices

Qmarkets

Innovation doesn’t happen by accident. Behind every groundbreaking product or service is a well-structured process that transforms creative ideas into actionable solutions. This process, known as ideation, plays a pivotal role in helping companies generate new concepts, solve problems, and stay competitive. Yet, many leaders struggle to harness the full potential of their teams’ creativity.

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Creating the Ultimate Customer Experience with AI

Innovation Excellence

Delivering Real Value the Key GUEST POST from Shep Hyken Whenever I get the chance to interview the CEO of a major CX company, I jump at the chance. I recently conducted a second interview with Alan Masarek, the CEO of Avaya, a company focused on creating customer experience solutions for large enterprises.

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Revolutionize QA: GAPs AI-Driven Accelerators for Smarter, Faster Testing

GAP's AI-Driven QA Accelerators revolutionize software testing by automating repetitive tasks and enhancing test coverage. From generating test cases and Cypress code to AI-powered code reviews and detailed defect reports, our platform streamlines QA processes, saving time and resources. Accelerate API testing with Pytest-based cases and boost accuracy while reducing human error.

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Sometimes The Future Demands A Vision. This Is Probably Not One Of Those Times.

Digital Tonto

Over the past two centuries, we have seen echoes of the same pattern first established in the late 18th century: a wave of new ideas is resisted by the dominant powers, as tensions build below the surface and eventually explode. Sometimes order holds and sometimes it gives way to a period of chaos and destruction before, eventually, finding some sort of homeostasis.

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8 Powerful Operational Excellence Tools and Techniques for Sustained Enterprise Growth

Kainexus

Achieving operational excellence means skillfully managing organizational processes and resources to deliver top-notch results. It's about continually refining internal operations to elevate customer satisfaction, cut down on waste, and boost productivity, fostering sustainable growth and competitiveness. Tools and techniques such as Lean and Six Sigma play a key role in identifying inefficiencies, minimizing waste, and elevating quality.

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Extending out the Interconnected Business Ecosystem as necessary.

Paul Hobcraft

Extending out the Interconnected Business Ecosystem The Interconnected Business Ecosystem Framework is a pioneering and holistic approach that redefines how organizations create value, drive innovation, and achieve long-term success in an increasingly complex and dynamic business environment. By seamlessly integrating interdependent ecosystem layers this framework unlocks a transformative paradigm that transcends traditional boundaries and silos, creating a virtuous cycle of value creation, resi

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What is Creative Thinking in the Workplace? Definition, Importance, Examples, Benefits, and How to Promote

IdeaScale

Table of Contents What is Creative Thinking in the Workplace? Creative thinking in the workplace refers to the ability to generate novel and valuable ideas that can drive innovation, solve problems, and enhance overall performance.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.