Innovation Excellence
AUGUST 5, 2024
GUEST POST from Greg Satell Very few businesses last. While we like to think we live in a particularly disruptive era, this has always been true. Entrepreneurs start businesses because they see opportunity and build skills, practices and processes to leverage it. Yet as the world changes, these strengths often become vulnerabilities.
Qmarkets
AUGUST 2, 2024
Sparking creativity and generating groundbreaking ideas often requires more than just inspiration—it demands a structured approach. Ideation techniques serve as powerful tools for unlocking creativity, enabling teams to think outside the box and explore new possibilities. While some methods like SCAMPER and brainstorming cards are well-known, there are other effective techniques that can greatly enhance your innovation program.
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Paul Hobcraft
AUGUST 26, 2024
The increasing value of investing in Partner Ecosystems In today’s highly interconnected business landscape, are you fully harnessing the transformative power of partner ecosystems to drive exponential growth and innovation? There are so many avenues of opportunity to explore by taking a wider lens towards Partnering for your business Let me help as a Business Ecosystem Strategist specializing in partner networks, to work through critical challenges that can make or break success in this n
Destination Innovation
AUGUST 13, 2024
Bill Wilson During the Great Depression of the 1930s when people where hungry, depressed and desperately poor one man had a lateral idea which changed the lives of millions. William Griffith Wilson was born 1895 in Vermont. He served as an officer in World War I, and after the war he worked successfully as a stockbroker and as a salesman. However, a deep-seated restlessness led him into a growing dependence on alcohol.
Speaker: Paul Heller
Most innovation work proceeds independently from company strategy. As a result, the products that arrive in the market are not well aligned with the company’s goals. This challenge is particularly significant in organizations with transformation-oriented strategies, where innovation must directly support growth, scalability, and strategic pivots. In this session, we will discuss why innovation in large companies is so often not aligned with the company’s strategy and what innovation leaders, pro
Innovation Excellence
AUGUST 26, 2024
GUEST POST from Greg Satell Becoming a successful executive is a fairly linear path. You start at the bottom and learn to solve basic problems in your field or industry.
Digital Tonto
AUGUST 18, 2024
My friend Stephen Shapiro argues that best practices are stupid. It’s not that he believes they can’t be useful, in fact in areas of low-competence they can be very helpful in helping a team get up to speed. Yet Steve’s point is that you can’t separate a practice from its context. Copying Netflix’s Culture Deck or Amazon’s six-page memo is unlikely to improve your performance if you don’t develop the norms and rituals to support them.
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Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 27, 2024
Few companies have a clear idea of where strategy making ends and execution begins. As a result they develop strategic plans where they’re not required and fail to develop strategic plans where they are. To help prevent this happening to your Graham Kenny offers a few dos and don’ts: (1) Don’t develop strategic plans for functions; (2) Confine “strategy” to the business level; (3) Keep strategy and action separate; and (4) Be careful how you use the terms “strategy” and “strategic.
Paul Hobcraft
AUGUST 26, 2024
I have been concerned for quiet some time about the ‘state’ of the consulting industry when it comes to innovation. There are simply far too many out there offering pieces of the innovation equation. If I was a client I’d be getting fairly hacked off- different people, different approaches, styles, methods of working and that nagging feeling it does not fit any bigger picture.
Destination Innovation
AUGUST 6, 2024
In his stimulating and provocative book, Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman gives this advice – originality lies on the far side of unoriginality. The principle is that if you want to be innovative and unconventional it is probably better to serve your time learning a conventional skill before branching out on your own creative route. Pablo Picasso started with traditional academic art training, but later co-founded the Cubism movement, revolutionizing the way we perceive and represent reali
Innovation Excellence
AUGUST 16, 2024
GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski Whatever your initiative, start with customer value. Whatever your project, base it on customer value. And whatever your new technology, you guessed it, customer value should be front and center. Whenever the discussion turns to customer value, expect confusion, disagreement, and, likely, anger.
Speaker: Aindra Misra, Senior Manager, Product Management (Data, ML, and Cloud Infrastructure) at BILL
Join us for an insightful webinar that explores the critical intersection of data privacy and AI governance. In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, building robust governance frameworks is essential to fostering innovation while staying compliant with regulations. Our expert speaker, Aindra Misra, will guide you through best practices for ensuring data protection while leveraging AI capabilities.
Digital Tonto
AUGUST 11, 2024
Bill Gates recently wrote that, “The development of AI is as fundamental as the creation of the microprocessor, the personal computer, the Internet, and the mobile phone.” Yet the unspoken problem is that none of those technologies, except for the Internet, had a significant impact on productivity. In fact, since 2005, we seem to be caught in a second productivity paradox.
IdeaScale
AUGUST 25, 2024
Have you ever felt stuck in an innovation rut? Great ideas bubble up from your team, but the process of capturing, vetting, and transforming them into actionable strategies feels cumbersome and slow. You know your organization has the potential for groundbreaking innovation, but translating that potential into reality seems out of reach.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 22, 2024
When work and life are overwhelming, it can be difficult to reclaim a sense of joy at work. Research has shown the benefits of incorporating joy, hope, and optimism into the workplace to combat burnout and improve well-being. The author recommends four strategies to reconnect with joy at work on your toughest days: 1) Find your why: Reconnect with your passion and purpose by aligning your work with what brings you joy, what you are good at, and what the world needs. 2) Embrace a beginner’s minds
Paul Hobcraft
AUGUST 13, 2024
Navigating Complexity though Dynamic Ecosystems Navigating complexity within the realm of Dynamic Ecosystems. We all recognize that markets are changing, complexity is growing, and challenges are more formidable to manage without extended help. This requires all businesses to face rapidly changing business environments to design their response rates and abilities to react differently.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
In the world of small business management, the challenge of managing payroll & HR efficiently while scaling operations can be overwhelming. Yet, with the right strategies in place, these challenges can become opportunities for growth and innovation. In this session, Joe Sharpe, Senior Director of Managed Payroll Services at IRIS, will reveal practical methods and expert insights for outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes, resulting in substantial time and resource savings.
Viima
AUGUST 27, 2024
After a well-deserved summer break, we are back with another Innovation Room Podcast episode. In this one, Colin and Braden Kelley discuss the interconnection between innovation and change management, the growing role of sustainability in driving corporate innovation, the impact of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence on business models, and so much more.
Innovation Excellence
AUGUST 27, 2024
GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton The quest for immortality is as old as humankind. From King Gilgamesh in 2100 BCE to Jeff Bezos and Larry Page, the only thing that stops our pursuit of longevity is death. So why don’t we apply this same verve and vigor to building things that last forever?
Digital Tonto
AUGUST 4, 2024
The ugly truth about change management is that the traditional change models simply don’t work. They aren’t based on any serious research and have shown themselves, over a period of decades, to fail consistently. Often, organizational change management units are used by consulting firms and vendors to cheerlead a larger engagement. That isn’t to say it’s some sort of con.
IdeaScale
AUGUST 22, 2024
AI is everywhere: in our workplaces, homes, schools, art galleries, concert halls, and even neighborhood coffee shops. We can’t seem to escape it. Some hope it will unlock our full potential and usher in an era of creativity, prosperity, and peace. Others worry it will eventually replace us.
Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron
Navigating the complexities of e-commerce requires more than just the right technology - It demands a holistic strategy that aligns platform capabilities with customer- centric design and marketing. This webinar will provide a roadmap for building a robust e-commerce strategy, guiding you through key decisions from platform selection to creating user experiences that convert, and leverage digital marketing to reach and retail customers.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 20, 2024
Previous research has found that new ideas are seen as risky and are often rejected. New research suggests that this rejection can be due to people’s lack of shared criteria or reference points when evaluating a potential innovation’s value. In a new paper, the authors find that the more novel the idea, the more people differ on their perception of its value.
Qmarkets
AUGUST 7, 2024
Discover how ICL achieved $1B+ forecasted ROI using the Qmarkets innovation management platform. We’re pleased to offer exclusive, free access to this strategic report from Harvard Business Review and Harvard Business School, which brings to life ICL’s innovation journey through real-life business data analysis.
Daniel Burrus
AUGUST 29, 2024
As a sales professional or a member of a sales team, here are some questions I want you to ask yourself: What do you do when new competition shows the potential to disrupt your sales cycle? What do you do when you find that you are not innovating as fast as others and are losing momentum? What do you do when you are successful, but worried about digital disruption from new technologies like generative AI?
Innovation Excellence
AUGUST 7, 2024
Which Resonates with You? GUEST POST from Stefan Lindegaard Building a strong team is a multifaceted journey, and there are several key actions that can contribute to the growth and success of a team. Reflecting on the nine actions for building a great team, which ones do you find your team focuses on the most?
Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage
Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.
Digital Tonto
AUGUST 25, 2024
It’s funny how things can turn out. We’re heading in a particular direction, focused on the future and things somehow go awry. We try in vain to get back on track, but instead we end up setting out in a new direction, exploring avenues we scarcely knew existed. Before we know it, we’ve gotten to […] The post Happy 15th Birthday Digital Tonto!
IdeaScale
AUGUST 18, 2024
Today, innovation is no longer optional – it's a necessity and the lifeblood of success. But for many organizations, the challenge lies in capturing, filtering, and nurturing the best ideas from a sea of employee suggestions, leading to a graveyard of good ideas and missed opportunities.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 27, 2024
High stress at work can destabilize people’s ethical compass, putting them at heightened risk of ethical lapses. When employees focus solely on achieving their targets, deadlines, or personal financial goals at the expense of ethical considerations — when doing the right thing feels burdensome compared to seemingly less-costly shortcuts — they can teeter on “ethical burnout.
Qmarkets
AUGUST 1, 2024
The companies that excel are those that continuously explore new ideas, enhance their processes, and adapt to changing environments. By innovating—whether through product development, operational improvements, or adopting new business models—organizations can not only meet current demands but also anticipate future challenges. This article delves into various types of company innovation, highlighting real-life examples of businesses that excel in these areas.
Speaker: Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners
This new, thought-provoking webinar will explore how even incremental efforts and investments in your data can have a tremendous impact on your direct mail and multi-channel marketing campaign results! Industry expert Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners, will share real-life case studies and best practices from client direct mail and digital campaigns where data modeling strategies pinpointed audience members, increasing their propensity to respond – and buy.
Daniel Burrus
AUGUST 14, 2024
Understanding the Generational War As Baby Boomers delay retirement and Gen Zers enter the workforce, many offices have become a veritable battleground of generational values, differing perspectives, and, in some cases, anxiety. This “Generational War,” as it has come to be called, is reshaping the traditional notion of work culture and collaboration, with each party bringing its own expectations regarding work-life balance, communication methods, and technology to the table.
Innovation Excellence
AUGUST 14, 2024
GUEST POST from Howard Tiersky For the past few weeks, I’ve been sitting in a lot of usability testing sessions for web and mobile sites. In particular, for two sites that we are beginning the process of re-doing for clients. I’ve noticed a consumer pattern jumping out across multiple subjects in tests for both clients.
Kainexus
AUGUST 12, 2024
According to a study by McKinsey & Company, hospitals in the United States could save $130 billion annually by improving their operational efficiency. This staggering amount represents about 16% of total healthcare spending in the country. This statistic underscores the critical need for healthcare organizations to focus on operational excellence to enhance patient care and achieve significant cost savings that can be reinvested into improving healthcare outcomes and services.
IdeaScale
AUGUST 15, 2024
In 2020, the International Standards Organization, most famous for its Quality Management Systems standard, published ISO 56000, Innovation Management—Fundamentals and Vocabulary. Since then, ISO has released eight additional innovation standards. But is it possible to create international standards for innovation, or are we killing creativity?
Speaker: Jamie Bernard
Success in product management goes beyond delivering great features - it’s about achieving measurable financial outcomes that resonate across the organization. By connecting your product’s journey with the company’s financial success, you’ll ensure that every feature, release, and innovation contributes to the bottom line, driving both customer satisfaction and business growth.
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