June, 2014

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Creating Your Personal Mission Statement

Boxes and Arrows

'You’re weird. In a good way, but weird nonetheless. Weird in the sense that people outside of work likely have absolutely no clue what it is you do. Maybe many at work as well. For me, this weirdness manifests itself at parties. Inevitably, a new acquaintance asks me what I do. Beads of sweat form on my forehead. My eyes dart around, desperately seeking my far more articulate wife, Mary Jean.

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Bring customers into the idea review process

Hutch Carpenter

Say you’ve got some internal ideas at your company. Who takes a look at them? Assesses them to determine next steps for each idea? Figures out the value and difference the ideas can make? How about your own customers? I talk a lot about jobs-to-be-done here, and getting a firm grip on those to understand where innovation and product enhancement opportunities lie.

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How Constant Contact Blends Lean Startup & Design Thinking

Innovation Leader

Andy Miller, Chief Innovation Architect at the digital marketing company, shares slides and a video that offer a look at Constant Contact's approach to developing new offerings.

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Disruption, Innovation And The Necessity Of Creative/Engaged CollaborationDISRUPT | INNOVATE | LEAD

Linda Bernardi

The art of disruption and collaborative innovation is a very complex and often sensitive topic. In my line of work (as an innovator and disruptor), I am brought into medium and large enterprises with the explicit mission of breaking things to identify and collaborate on new areas of business. We hit many levels of resistance […].

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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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Making the Case for a Design-Led Transformation

Boxes and Arrows

'When you hear about problems in the healthcare space, the list can be long enough to require a prescription of its own. They can be concerns that we as individuals face. Coping with a disease or condition and understanding your care choices. Figuring out how to make decisions to improve your health and maintain a healthier life. Determining which insurance plan is best.

Design 81
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Nancy Shea: Turning Your CEO into a Fully-Vested Partner

Innovation Leader

"You really have to be careful what you wish for when you talk about getting your CEO involved with innovation," says Nancy Shea of Kraft Foods, Ashland Inc., and World Kitchen.

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Kelly Services Exec on Creating Meaningful Revenue

Innovation Leader

Rolf Kleiner took on the Chief Innovation Officer role at Kelly Services at the start of 2012, after 20 years at the temporary staffing and consulting firm.

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Google Execs Explain How the Company Spurs Innovation

Innovation Leader

Google executives offer an inside look at how the company hires, why reasonable goals are not good enough, and how internal projects gain or lose momentum.

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eBay Innovation Vice President: ‘Evangelize Early & Often’

Innovation Leader

Steve Yankovich talks about how his team “graduates” its projects to business units, and why it’s so important to be able to kill low-potential projects.

Project 40
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Inside Moen’s Prototype-Driven Product Development Strategy

Innovation Leader

Moen’s SVP of Global Strategic Development describes the customer-focused innovation process behind a new line of motion-sensitive faucets…

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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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Inside the Boston Ecosystem: Google, J&J & More

Innovation Leader

Our Field Study took place at Google Cambridge, Johnson & Johnson's Boston Innovation Center, Fidelity Investments, and Blade Network.

Study 40
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How Autodesk “Looks to the Edge” for Emerging Trends

Innovation Leader

Autodesk’s Jon Pittman talks about 3D printing, synthetic biology, programmable matter, and other trends he’s tracking.

Trends 40
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How Publisher Pearson Gets Close to Education Startups

Innovation Leader

“Education is changing — there’s no denying that,” says Diana Stepner of Pearson plc.

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Soccer or Football, Anyone???DISRUPT | INNOVATE | LEAD

Linda Bernardi

Dear readers and friends, I promise many new blogs being planned as we speak and I will be publishing these in the weeks to come. But for now, it is time to talk about something else. Why? Well, because it is FIFA-season! This is the first year that my family and I have missed the […].

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?