March, 2025

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The Power of Storytelling for Innovation: How to Gain Buy-in for Your Big Idea

Carla Johnson

Innovation doesnt happen in a vacuum. It doesn’t matter how groundbreaking your idea is, its success depends on your ability to communicate it effectively. Whether youre persuading your team, executives, customers, or investors, storytelling is one of the most powerful tools at your disposal.

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Breakthrough Innovation: A Guide to Game-Changing Ideas

Qmarkets

Self-healing materials that repair cracks in buildings, nuclear fusion promising limitless clean energy, and brain-computer interfacesthese examples arent just science fiction anymore. Theyre real breakthroughs that have the potential to reshape industries, solve massive global challenges, and create entirely new markets. Breakthrough innovation isnt about minor upgrades or gradual improvements.

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What is Value Innovation? Examples, Process, & Best Practices

Qmarkets

Most businesses focus on outperforming rivals in existing markets, but this approach often leads to diminishing returns. Value innovation takes a different pathit creates entirely new demand by delivering higher value at a lower cost, making competition irrelevant. Instead of fighting over market share, companies that embrace value innovation redefine industry norms and unlock new growth opportunities.

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Towards a Sustainable Innovation Portfolio

Innov8rs

Innov8rs | Organizations striving to integrate sustainability into their core strategies face a common challenge. How can innovation be effectively connected with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a structured and measurable way? In a recent Innov8rs Learning Labs Session, Martijn Antonisse, Group Sustainability Director Portfolio Steering at dsm-firmenich, provided clear insights into how companies can steer their innovation portfolios toward sustainability without falling into the gr

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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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12 Innovation Quotes and their Key Lessons for Business Success

Qmarkets

Genius is often sparked by a single ideabut turning that idea into real innovation takes insight, action, and the right mindset. Some of the most influential business leaders, analysts, economists, scientists and thinkers have shared powerful lessons on what it takes to drive meaningful change. Their words offer timeless wisdom on creativity, problem-solving, and the strategies behind business success.

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Humanising agility to innovate

IdeaScale

Like many others, I invested time in isolation during the pandemic to engage in various online learning programs. As a highly credentialed coach who coaches many global Agile and SCRUM leaders in major international and local organisations, I enrolled in an Agile Coach Certification Program and enthusiastically attended all daily sessions.

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Evolutionary Ecosystem Thinking should be adopted by Business

Paul Hobcraft

Evolutionary thinking makes Innovation different When we are conceptualizing organization structures and relationships in Ecosystem thinking and design we often begin by attempting to relate this to Natural Ecosystems. We often miss the connections, perhaps this might help Traditional business frameworks often get caught in mechanistic metaphors but natural ecosystem perspectives need a fundamentally different mindset.

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The Hidden Dangers of AI Tool Adoption: A Program Manager’s Guide

Idea to Value

I keep telling clients: just because a new AI tool is exciting, DO NOT GIVE IT ACCESS TO YOUR COMPANY DATA without proper due diligence. In the fast-paced world of business technology, AI tools promise efficiency and innovation. However, as a program management and AI specialist, I’ve witnessed a concerning trend: organizations hastily implementing AI solutions without proper security vetting.

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How Unexpected Connections Can Lead To Surprising New Breakthroughs

Digital Tonto

When I arrived in Palo Alto for a publishing course at Stanford in 2006, I'd never heard of Srdja Popovi or Duncan Wattsbut their stories were about to become tangled up with mine. Facebook was just taking off and "social networks" were the hot new thing. I was running a sizable digital business, and it seemed that networks were something I should learn about.

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Shifting Mindsets to Compete in an Ecosystem-Driven World

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell In 1980 Harvard professor Michael Porter published Competitive Strategy, which recommended that firms create advantage by driving efficiencies throughout the value chain and mastering competitive forces by maximizing bargaining power. These concepts drove corporate thinking for decades.

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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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Ambidextrous leadership: how to build future-proof business growth

IdeaScale

Greta Faccio1, Valentina Lorenzon21 Scientific consultant for innovation, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

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Discovery Driven Planning Template

Leapfrogging

What is Discovery Driven Planning? Discovery Driven Planning (DDP) is a structured framework for planning innovative initiatives in uncertain or ambiguous environments. Unlike traditional planning methods that rely on fixed forecasts and clearly defined outcomes, DDP embraces uncertainty by emphasizing learning, testing, and adjusting. It is particularly useful in situations where assumptions outweigh factssuch as launching a new venture, developing disruptive products, or entering unfamiliar ma

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Forget traditional operating models when dealing in Business Ecosystems

Paul Hobcraft

Comparing Operating Models to change to Business Ecosystems Forget how you operate in traditional business models if you are considering the value and benefits of applying Ecosystem thinking and designs. You really have to think radically differently. There are significant differences in how we (can) operate and appreciate the distinctive aspects between our traditional management approach and applying Ecosystem thinking and design.

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The 7 Levels of A.I. usage: How advanced are you?

Idea to Value

Why is it that some people and companies so quickly enhance their productivity and speed with new A.I. tools , while others do not even know there is more than just ChatGPT? It is because not everyone is at the same maturity level when it comes to using A.I. There are in fact 7 levels of increasing maturity for how individuals and companies use A.I. in their work.

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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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Measuring Operational Excellence: Key Metrics & KPIs for Continuous Improvement

Kainexus

Operational Excellence isn't just about improving processesits about sustaining and scaling those improvements over time. But how do you measure success? Organizations that excel in Operational Excellence rely on key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track progress, align efforts with strategic goals, and drive data-driven decision-making.

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Focus your Emotional Energy Purposefully

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Janet Sernack When I exited my corporate career more than thirty-five years ago, I was privileged to be regarded and respected as the Fashion Direction Manager for the Grace Bros Department Store group, one of Australias most senior women in retail management.

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FORCE FIELDS AND INNOVATION

IdeaScale

Introduction This paper relates selected multidirectional patterns of changeforce fieldsin the business environment to innovation strategy within the context of Zen philosophical principles. Three force fields are selected for brief evaluation: 1) domestic vs. global markets, 2) economic growth vs. environmental quality, and 3) entrepreneurs vs. customer base.

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70-20-10 Innovation Rule Template

Leapfrogging

What is the 70-20-10 Innovation Rule ? The 70-20-10 Innovation Rule is a strategic framework that guides organizations in allocating time, budget, and resources across three categories of innovation: core, adjacent, and disruptive. It proposes that approximately 70% of innovation investment should focus on improving existing products and processes, 20% on expanding into adjacent markets or offerings, and 10% on exploring transformative, disruptive ideas that could redefine the business.

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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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Tech Leaders Are Rethinking Software Delivery. Here’s the Evolution Taking Shape

Planview

When it comes to software delivery, the topic of outcomes often comes up. Are we creating value rather than just features? Are we achieving specific business results that make these massive technology investments worth it? These questions are worth asking because, alarmingly, the answer is often no. For every dollar a typical company invests in software development, only about 25 cents supports the companys highest-priority business outcomes.

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Leading with Heart: Bridging Innovation and Social Impact in Business

Tullio Siragusa

Leading with Heart: Bridging Innovation and Social Impact inBusiness In a business world that often places profit above all else, striking a balance between financial growth and social responsibility can feel like walking a tightrope. For Brandon Powell, CEO of HatchWorks AI, that tightrope has been both a challenge and a calling. In this deeply personal and thought-provoking episode of The Bliss Business Podcast , Brandon opens up about the journey that led him to build HatchWorks AIan innovati

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Startup or Spinout? Choosing the Right Path

Innov8rs

Innov8rs | The stakes are high for corporate leaders tasked with bringing new innovations to market. Choosing between building a venture internally or seeking external partnerships is a strategic decision and critical to long-term success. Yet many leaders hesitate, unsure of the risks, trade-offs, and hidden challenges of either path. How can you determine the right approach for your team?

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Product-Lifecycle Management 2.0

Innovation Excellence

A Kaizen Approach to Market-Driven Innovation GUEST POST from Dr. Matthew Heim In todays competitive business environment, companies are under constant pressure to innovate, streamline processes, and improve product quality. One powerful way to achieve these goals is by applying the principles of Kaizenthe Japanese concept of continuous improvementto Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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Dangerous Ideas: Why We Fear Innovation (And Why We Shouldn't)

Phil McKinney

From the harmless to the revolutionary, innovations throughout history have often been met with suspicion, fear, and sometimes outright hostility. This pattern is so persistent across cultures and time periods that it reveals something fundamental about human nature: we have a complicated relationship with the unknown. Today's breakthroughs—from artificial intelligence to genetic engineering—face similar resistance.

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Business Model Canvas Template

Leapfrogging

What is the Business Model Canvas? The Business Model Canvas is a visual framework that outlines the key components of a business model in a single, easy-to-understand chart. Developed by Alexander Osterwalder, this tool allows organizations to design, describe, analyze, and iterate on their business strategies. It replaces lengthy business plans with a concise visual snapshot that focuses on how a business creates, delivers, and captures value.

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25 AI Prompts to Supercharge Your Product Management with Planview

Planview

Product managers juggle countless responsibilities while steering products toward market success. From prioritizing features to analyzing customer data, the demands can quickly become overwhelming without the right tools. With AI, organizations are discovering real value in redesigning how work gets done. New research from McKinsey indicates that workflow redesign has the strongest impact on achieving measurable financial returns from generative AI more than any other factor studied.

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Creating Connection at Scale: Building a Purpose-Driven Community

Tullio Siragusa

Creating Connection at Scale: Building a Purpose-Driven Community Authentic connection isnt a nice-to-haveits the foundation of meaningful growth. But how do you foster that connection when your business spans two countries and 140+ locations? On this episode of The Bliss Business Podcast, Vanessa Yakobson, CEO of Blo Blow Dry Bar, joined us to share how shes scaling a purpose-driven franchise while preserving the human element at every touchpoint.

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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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Building a Culture of Innovation From the Ground Up at SHV Energy

Innov8rs

Innov8rs | Despite having strategies, methodologies, and even innovation teams in place, many organizations find that their innovation efforts fail to gain real traction. Employees remain disengaged, initiatives feel isolated, and innovation is seen as an abstract concept rather than a core business driver. Culture plays a critical role in making innovation stick.

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Turning Bold Ideas into Tangible Results

Innovation Excellence

Exclusive Interview with Robyn Bolton Innovation doesn’t happen without the right kind of leadership, it’s not all about the lightbulb moment or the idea that results.

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A Guide for Ecosystem Business Model Building for Mid-Sized Firms

Ecosystems4Innovating

Building the Mid-sized Ecosystem Business Model Building Ecosystem Business Models for Mid-Sized Firms are so often under-looked in much of the literature we are refer too. We get caught in the bigger players, often provided by the large consultant companies for our references- such as Alibaba, Salesforce, Amazon, Apple, Siemens, etc, How can Mid-sized Business Organizations set about to build out an Ecosystem Business Model using third party providers for platforms, communication technology, da

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White Space Innovation Template

Leapfrogging

What is White Space Innovation? White Space Innovation is a strategic framework used to identify and pursue growth opportunities beyond a companys current product lines, markets, or business models. It focuses on unmet customer needs or unexplored value spaces that fall outside the boundaries of existing operations. Unlike incremental innovation, which optimizes what already exists, White Space Innovation pushes organizations to look beyond conventional strategies and explore new territorywhile

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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.