Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2017

There is a lot of change occurring in our innovation abilities. There is this constant shift to more open-sourcing and collaborating. We are seeing profound shifts that technology and digital transformation are bringing us to deliver innovate differently. These changes are influencing all of our worlds, allowing a very different “connecting” innovation to come into play and provide ‘greater value’ Nothing succeeds in isolation anymore, it needs fully connecting up, to bring increased

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Idea to Value

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Many entrepreneurs believe that the most important factor that will determine their level of success with a startup relates to their overall experience and skills in the niche area. However, the most successful entrepreneurs have developed a certain set of skills that have helped them reach their goals. While you definitely need nerve and patience to launch and run a new business, you also need to focus on nurturing these seven critical skills that are integral to your future success in very imp

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Exago

DECEMBER 29, 2017

December means Christmas ads and one of our two top scorers for Nokia by Mother falls into that category just about; another variation on the recurring theme that Christmas is about bringing people together, not handing out prezzies. Mother, our Agency of the Year in 2016, has kept up the good work this year alongside.

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Digital Tonto

DECEMBER 6, 2017

A corporate venture program can provide a valuable window into the future Related posts: How Power Is Shifting From Corporations To Platforms. Could Ukraine Be The Next Silicon Valley? 4 Things. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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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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Imaginatik

DECEMBER 18, 2017

What’s New in Corporate Innovation – Dec 18, 2017. By Jaimie O’Byrne. Hello folks, and welcome to our first edition of “What’s New in Corporate Innovation.” Everyone’s talking about innovation these days – a profusion of content ranging from social posts on Medium and LinkedIn to the hallowed pages of HBR and the Economist – and everything in between.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 12, 2017

You will likely engage your experts and authorities at the earliest stages or your program through discussion. These are the people who know a great deal about the subject matter of the campaigns and can give you strong feedback on your problem statement and criteria for success. And these are the people who must agree and must give their blessing to your plan before you move forward in launching.

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HYPE Innovation

DECEMBER 6, 2017

We all know that old, wooden idea suggestion box that was flamboyantly presented during the Q1 openings but ended up tucked away under someone’s desk. It started off great, with people adding various ideas with equally different purposes but after a while, it died and became part of the company relics. For companies, these inputs for change are highly welcome.

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Idea to Value

DECEMBER 18, 2017

The year was 1978. The location was the small town of Xiaogang, China. And the situation was desperate. But what came next should serve as an inspiration to any leader trying to improve the innovativeness of their teams. After years of governmental and agricultural mismanagement, people in China in the 1970s were starving to death of famine. The issue was that not enough food was being produced to feed the growing population, and the communist government tightly regulated all the work of their p

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Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 19, 2017

We find ourselves near the end of another fruitful, eventful year, here at December 19, 2017. All eyes turn toward the holidays (actually, the merchandising happened in October and the Christmas muzak started in early November it seems). While there are a few working days left in the month, and year, I thought I'd offer up some ideas for those individuals who are hard to shop for on your lists.

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Braden Kelley

DECEMBER 19, 2017

“Stealing the role of customer success manager from the world of SaaS is the key to making your digital transformation efforts a success.

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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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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 28, 2017

What’s the best idea among the ones you’ve defined? You’ve collected ideas. You’ve refined them. Now it’s time to see what’s made it through the process and evaluate which to act on. But how should the process of reviewing ideas be engaged in? Who should be involved? What, in short, are the best practices of idea review?

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 26, 2017

A couple of weeks ago I was invited to the Siemens Innovation Day. I really appreciated it, yet it took me time to absorb all that was provided, over these past two weeks. One outcome is this post. I am grateful to have had the time to translate this in my mind. We all move on far too quickly and not have the time to sufficiently reflect, and that can be a huge mistake.

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HYPE Innovation

DECEMBER 22, 2017

That old saying - ‘many hands make light work’ - takes on a particular meaning in the world of innovation. Faced with open-ended challenges which require radical solutions, the more minds we have on the task the more likely it is that the innovation ‘light bulb’ will flash on! Whether we are seeking a radical new idea for a novel challenge or suggestions to help improve an existing situation there’s no doubt that shared creativity is a powerful resource.

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Exago

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Never resist good old traditions. Always dare to create new ones. Merry Christmas and a sparkling New Year! from your team @exago. The post Getting into that Christmas swing? appeared first on Exago.

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Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 11, 2017

I was working out this morning before work and as usual, watching the breaking news. At 7am there are a range of news choices, and strangely each network seems to have the exact same advertisements on during the breaks. As I was working out I realized that I knew the side effects of several medications that I don't need and don't take. These side effects include headaches, vomiting, and so on.

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Braden Kelley

DECEMBER 7, 2017

As 2017 comes to a close, perhaps you are a manager or leader with a project that you are responsible for finishing before the end of the year. Why not get an MBA-qualified resource to help you complete the work?

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 19, 2017

In 2011 the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a government-wide cloud security memo and guidance policy known as the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). For the first time, government entities were provided a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Managing cash, balancing this out with your liabilities and obligations, knowing your market dynamics, and equally, having a good understanding of where the future growth lies, are all essential for managing any healthy business. It is then through managing your future development, mostly through research and development, that when combined with a sound acquisition strategy, that you believe will then augment your present internal growth and look to sustain the business.

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Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Tim Kastelle

DECEMBER 18, 2017

What year do you think this quote is from? There are three ways of dealing with difference : domination, compromise, and integration. By domination only one side gets what it wants; by compromise neither side gets what it wants; by integration we find a way by which both sides may get what they wish. How about this one? It has often been thought in the past… that I need be concerned only with doing my part well.

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Digital Tonto

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Great innovators aren’t prima donnas or glory seekers. They are problem solvers. Related posts: Truly Great Innovators Do These 4 Things. The Most Important Thing That Great Innovators Do. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Thanks to my blog, and hopefully the insights I share here, I'm often asked to review books about innovation and innovators. Recently I was asked to review a book entitled Quirky. The subtitle is: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World. Their capitalization, not mine. The traits that innovators possess or share has been an interest of mine for quite a while.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 4, 2017

It’s that time. Organizations are reviewing budgets for the year ahead. While everyone hopes these meetings are smart, strategic, and have a meaningful impact on the business , that rarely seems to be the case. 12 Reasons Budget Meetings Aren’t Strategic. Too often, budget meetings aren’t strategic. From personal experience, these twelve reasons all contribute to the disconnect: The meetings are adversarial , as if the people inside the company are trying to rip off the company by requesting m

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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 14, 2017

You’ll collect a lot of ideas. How do you find the best? Before you find gold, you find ore. Seemingly dull rocks are pulled from the ground and carefully refined until the gold inside them is brought out. And so it is with ideas, as well. In this series, we’ll explore how raw ideas are distilled into innovation. And, like any refining process, it all begins with the raw material.

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100%Open

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Out of the hundreds of nominations, and amazing finalists, the 8th annual winner of The Best Product Person is … Melissa Perri. The Best Product Person (TBPP) is the leading international award honoring excellence in Product Management. Established in 2010, TBPP is awarded annually in association with The Product Guy and The Product Group. Take a moment and congratulate The Best Product Person of 2017: Melissa Perri. ( tweet ).

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Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Research shows that growth fueled through organic innovation is more profitable than growth driven by acquisition, in part because the organizational capability required is vastly different. But the litmus test is.

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Digital Tonto

DECEMBER 3, 2017

We need to be open to new possibilities to solve new problems. Innovation needs exploration. Related posts: It Takes A Lot More Than A Big Idea To Change The World. The Next Great Transformation. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 5, 2017

I was thinking today about one of my favorite books - The Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham - and the quote from the book that forms the title. I won't bore you with a rehash, except to say that the main character is told that "the path to salvation is as narrow and difficult to walk as a razor's edge". This from a Buddhist monk the main character, Larry, meets during his journey to find himself and his purpose not long after the end of the first World War.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Matt Britton, a millennial generation expert , spoke about the anticipating the Class of 2025 as the keynote speaker on the closing day of the October 2017 Social Media Strategies Summit in New York. His keynote got us thinking about how today’s ten-year-olds (the Class of 2025) will change the landscape for brands, following in the wake of the impact millennials have created.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Innovation, like anything, is built one stroke at a time. When it comes to innovation, you’ve followed the example of Galileo and observed your industry. You’ve taken a cue from Edison and Thomas Watson, founder of IBM, and thought through your observations. So, what’s next? You build a team, execute a plan , and keep working it. Planning In Innovation.

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Integrative Innovation

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Dual approaches are evermore finding their way into corporate strategy, development and innovation. There are several manifestations at play, such as. Organizational Ambidexterity : Drawing on Tushman/O’Reilly, an ambidextrous approach is deployed if a venture is of high strategic relevance and its synergies with core business are high, therefore suggesting a strong leverage of core assets and capbilities as well as an ultimate integration in core business in the course of scaling.

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Speaker: Jamie Eagan

As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of

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