Boxes and Arrows
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
'This article is a guide on what to expect, and how to get the most from your UX researcher–a user manual, if you will. You will invest a lot in your researcher and you deserve the greatest return. You should have high expectations for this critical component of your UX team, and following the recommendations presented in this article will help maximize your return.
Improvides
SEPTEMBER 4, 2014
TED has just uploaded the video of my recent speech at TEDx Durham University In it, I go through evidence from recent academic studies which shows how everyone has the ability to improve their creativity over time, and what sort of things can help achieve that aim. For those of you who want to know […]. Originally published at TEDx Talk: The science of improving your brain’s creativity.
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Gijs Van Wulfen
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014
Innovation is one big struggle. Not being able to change habits within the organization. Being creative at the wrong moment. Frustrated by budget cuts. Confronted with a lack of entrepreuneurship. Putting pressure on people in operations who resist change. Taking the credits as team leader myself instead of praising the team. Yes, I made a lot of mistakes as marketer, strategy consultant and innovation facilitator.
Hutch Carpenter
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
Previously, I’ve described Why Crowdsourcing Works. Crowdsourcing is a case where you get many people who don’t one another collaborating toward a defined outcome. To reiterate the principle points about the value of crowdsourcing: Diverse inputs drive superior solutions. Cognitive diversity requires spanning gaps in social networks. Simple enough, yet actually a rich field for work and analysis.
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Leanstack
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
Facebook Lean Canvas: How to Model a Multi-sided Business Today I will show you how to model a multi-sided business using a Lean Canvas. Products like Facebook, Google, Twitter, and YouTube all fall into this category. This post builds upon an earlier one on modeling direct business models , which I recommend reading first if you haven’t already.
InnovationLabs
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
We recently had a fascinating meeting with a prominent venture capitalist based in Palo Alto, and during the course of our conversation about the pressures that his portfolio companies are under he used a fascinating phrase to describe the tech industry as a whole. He said that the lagging companies, many of which are not […].
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Improvides
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
In my latest exclusive interview, I speak to Simon Hill, voted Guardian Small Business Leader of the Year and CEO of Wazoku on what it takes to get idea management systems to actually deliver results. Over the past 5 years, there has been a lot of buzz about software tools which can help companies become more […]. Originally published at Getting idea management to work: Interview with Wazoku CEO Simon Hill.
Bill Fischer
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
By Abhijit Bhaduri & Bill Fischer In the nineteen-eighties, Michael Porter argued that more thoughtful approaches to strategies could help make organizations succeed. Two decades later, Porter’s Five Forces was disrupted by Clayton Christensen’s argument that what makes companies fail is often a reluctance to give-up the choices made in [.
Hutch Carpenter
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
Airbnb. Lyft. Kickstarter. Quirky. Kiva. TaskRabbit. The sharing economy is increasingly in the news. Those six companies are receiving a lot of chatter, as shown by Google News results for September 12, 2014: Certainly, the sharing economy is a “thing” But it’s not yet as mainstream as may come across in the media. For most of us, it’s still sort of a “toy” if you will.
Gijs Van Wulfen
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014
Innovation is one big struggle. Not being able to change habits within the organization. Being creative at the wrong moment. Frustrated by budget cuts. Confronted with a lack of entrepreuneurship. Putting pressure on people in operations who resist change. Taking the credits as team leader myself instead of praising the team. Yes, I made a lot of mistakes as marketer, strategy consultant and innovation facilitator.
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As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.
Innovation Leader
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
Without the rights kinds of people on a project team, says Mike Duke, the Chief Innovation Architect at Wells Fargo, progress can stall. "Diversity of thought is critical," Duke says.
Boxes and Arrows
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
'Why are you in UX? It probably isn’t to get rich. Yes, there is plenty of money in being a UX professional today. If you’re competent, you should be enjoying a very nice lifestyle. But we do this not for money–being on the business side would be far better at achieving that goal. We do it for creative reasons, expressive reasons, quality of life reasons, perhaps even altruistic reasons.
Improvides
SEPTEMBER 5, 2014
File this one under: Impending telepathic Cyborg takeover According to a new study released by PLoS, a group of scientists have successfully sent a message between two brains, without actually implanting anything in either person. Yes, this was all achieved across a normal skull without any wires being inserted. Simply put, one person was shown an […].
Bill Fischer
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
By Abhijit Bhaduri & Bill Fischer In the nineteen-eighties, Michael Porter argued that more thoughtful approaches to strategies could help make organizations succeed. Two decades later, Porter’s Five Forces was disrupted by Clayton Christensen’s argument that what makes companies fail is often a reluctance to give-up the choices made in [.
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Hutch Carpenter
SEPTEMBER 26, 2014
The area of collaborative innovation is a natural extension of the social business movement. It’s the extension of social into purposeful collaboration , a term Alan Lepofsky uses to describe the evolution of the social business market. In the innovation-focused radio show, Women Who Innovate , host LeAnna Carey, innovation expert John Lewis and I talk about collaborative innovation at scale.
Linda Bernardi
SEPTEMBER 26, 2014
This article is brought to you by Linda and Braden Kelley. Collectively, we have over 30 years of experience working with large, global multi-disciplinary enterprises. We write this with care and passion as we want your enterprises to succeed. We would love to hear your thoughts. Even in 2014, there are business sectors who feel […].
Innovation Leader
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
In March, the $9 billion videogame retailer created the GameStop Technology Institute to help it develop new experiences and offerings for the "empowered consumer.
Improvides
SEPTEMBER 23, 2014
It's official! Apple has taken its focus off the only thing that matters: its customers In many ways, Apple is having an incredible year. Last week it announced not only it's long awaited new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus (which have broken sales records by selling more than 10 million units in 3 days), as […]. Originally published at Dear Apple: Your designers are killing your business.
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 Leader
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
Optum Labs' Paul Bleicher explains why a new open innovation center was created, the key to getting everyone to play nicely , and how they'll measure success.
Innovation Leader
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
We asked about the issues, challenges and opportunities you’re focused on this fall. Here are the ten most interesting — and representative — answers we got.
Innovation Leader
SEPTEMBER 2, 2014
Rod Hogan of privately-held Sargento Foods, explains how a dialogue with consumers helped the company create a product that produced $50 million in revenue.
Innovation Leader
SEPTEMBER 19, 2014
Nate Bellinger of Humana talks about the 15-year history of Humana’s innovation initiatives and some of the lessons they’ve learned as it has evolved.
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