Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Robotics is a field of study I find fascinating, because not only can you see gradual improvements in design brought on by better technology each year (a perfect example of incremental innovation), but every now and again you see something that makes you realise there has been a big leap forward. A few years ago, it was the video which showed Honda’s Asimo being able to walk up and down stairs , which was all the more impressive considering how many times it had failed in previous demonstr

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Matthew May

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Over at LinkedIn and Medium, I’ve posted my chat with Michael Bungay Stanier, author of the new book, The Coaching Habit. Take a look! Click here for the Medium version. Click here for the LinkedIn version.

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Destination Innovation

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Ingvar Feodor Kamprad was born in 1926 on a small farm in the Swedish province of Småland. He had an austere upbringing and the lessons he learnt in thrift stayed with him throughout his life. At the age of six the boy started a business selling matches to neighbours. He bought the matches in bulk and sold them in small inexpensive packs. He went on to sell seeds, pens, pencils and even fish in this way.

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Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

I've had a really good laugh lately at the people running around tripping robots. I wonder if that's an actual job description (Robot Tripper) or if Google and others simply look for volunteers who are willing to trip the robots. Aren't the people doing this afraid that one day the robots will seek revenge? But here's where innovation turns down a potentially blind alley.

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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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Exago

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The Brazilian company Fleury – a leading provider of clinical analyses in Latin America – has currently more than 10,000 employees. All can participate in Fleury’s innovation efforts. In 2007, the company initiated a programme to encourage suggestions for how. Read More. The post The idea management challenge. How do they do it? appeared first on www.exago.com.

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Braden Kelley

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

I was lucky enough to (a) get Tanveer Nasser to contribute some thought leadership to my new book Charting Change (launching tomorrow!) and (b) to be a guest recently on his leadership podcast.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

So in the past week or so we have seen the announcement that Capgemini has acquired Fahrenheit 212 , at present for an undisclosed sum, now that one was a real surprise. I have a friend when he is presented with something that stops him and makes him really have to think he would say “intriguing”. This joining forces is one of those ‘intriguing” moments for me.

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HYPE Innovation

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Consider for a moment the following three statements: Innovation results from lucky accidents; The more open the innovation process, the less disciplined; Innovation can’t be measured. What do they have in common? If you’re inclined to say: “They’re all truisms!” (= Truths too obvious to mention) I’d pat you on the back and kindly invite you to join us at the next HYPE Innovation Managers Forum in Bonn for two days of enlightening conversations about innovation practice.

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Tim Kastelle

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We’ve got a problem with our accelerators. Too often, we’re trying to accelerate ideas that aren’t ready for it, and the outcome is lower impact that than we hoped for. A couple of years ago, The Startup Genome Project released their first report on the factors that lead to success and failure. The leading cause of startup failure was premature scaling, defined as: …spending money beyond the essentials on growing the business (e.g., hiring sales personnel, expensive marketing, perfecting the pro

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Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

So many companies make so many claims about innovation, and yet so few are really, deeply engaged in innovation. In the next decade we'll say goodbye to some of the firms who are talking about innovation but aren't exercising the muscles. Disruption and market transformation will occur (will? is occuring) at a far faster clip than before, and as Warren Buffet likes to say, when the tide goes out we'll know who was swimming in the buff.

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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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Braden Kelley

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

In my last article, Time for Digital Transformation is Now, we looked at the accelerating pace of change, the case for digital transformation, and our evolving interactions with technology.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

What does it take to encourage creativity and innovation across an entire region? I sat down with Pascal Cools, from the Flanders District of Creativity, which the Belgian government set up to promote innovation and creativity within businesses of the region. Essentially, it was designed to help companies think of innovation in a different way. You could say it was to help them “innovate their innovation” Their philosophy is that innovation should be a combination of insights coming

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Exago

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

A little over a year after implementing a new innovation management solution, participation at Fleury was nearly five times higher. This real company has generated real value through innovation. What can you learn from their experience? No single secret software. Read More. The post Can you master the 3 key success factors of innovation management? appeared first on www.exago.com.

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HYPE Innovation

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

How do your company’s employees react when asked to participate in enterprise collaborative innovation? Do employees cheer enthusiastically, as they are finally able to get involved? Perhaps there’s a degree of cynicism having seen corporate initiatives fail in the past? Do employees understand what you’re trying to do? It can be hard to understand whether you have an ‘innovation culture’ and to what extent that’s propagated the organization, however, running idea campaigns helps to develop a cl

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Imaginatik

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Many corporate innovation efforts suffer from a subtle defect: two competing innovation agendas that fight for control. In most cases, the problem is never detected, and no one is to blame. Yet a two-track innovation agenda is among the most reliable killers of well-intentioned innovation programs. Two real-world cases are instructive: An international food-service company created a VP Global Innovation position to refresh their food products, packaging, and market approach.

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Tim Kastelle

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Part Eight in the Lean Startup Series When teams start out with lean startup, they often build hypotheses that are too precise – we assume we know more than we do. Imagine that we’re trying to build a startup called ScotchFinder – it’s like AirB’n’B, but for Scotch! Our first hypothesis often looks like this: We believe that: people will be happy to share their rare scotch with others.

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Braden Kelley

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Companies seeking to cope with the pace of accelerating change are looking for ways to go faster, and managers in non-technical disciplines have become increasingly infatuated with the Agile Software Development methodology and many are finding ways to adapt parts … Continue reading →

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Jeffrey Baumgartner is not the sort of guy who settles for the status quo. He has spent the last few decades helping companies come up with new ideas. However, frustrated with the lack of end-product coming out of most brainstorming sessions, he developed a new way to approach the problem: Anti-Conventional Thinking. In my recent interview with him, we talk about the research behind why brainstorming is so ineffective, and how companies can use Anti-Conventional Thinking.

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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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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

I came across the recent launch of Capgemini’s Applied Innovation Exchange today, it left me puzzled. Firstly the latest part of their hub network opened up in San Fransisco in mid January, yet I’m wondering why this is the first time I have come across it. Putting that aside the website, the current point of reference, leaves me puzzled, a little unclear on its ‘compelling’ proposition.

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HYPE Innovation

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Nowadays, the Internet is littered (in a good way!) with applications designed to help you brush up on your know-how. Whichbook , for example, uses scales – i.e., “Larger than life - Down to earth”, “Optimistic - Bleak”, to generate your next inspiring Sunday read. Want to get better at producing music or just in need of some Monday Productivity Pointers ?

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Imaginatik

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

So, you just presented to your leadership team on the innovation portfolio and how it was going to contribute to value to the company. Your slide to communicate that value was simple: on one side of the chart, you had a stack of $1 bills with an arrow pointing, on the other side, to a stack of $100 bills. “Got it, love it, now go”! is what the leadership team told you once you showed them this slide.

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Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

There's a real sense that we in the corporate world are standing on the brink of an amazing transition, moving from relatively older, static models of competition based on corporate size and mass, to new competitive realities dictated by speed, agility and innovation. For at least a couple of centuries, as we look back over the dominant corporations of the past, we can see that size and scale were the predominant factors.

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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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Braden Kelley

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

To supporters of my first book Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire and my latest book Charting Change, I am sad to say that the launch date for my new book, designed to make change less overwhelming and more human, has moved … Continue reading →

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Exago

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

More than 88% of respondents indicate that innovation is a major element of their product development initiatives, according to ‘The 2015 Global Innovation Economy Survey’. However, less than 25% set innovation performance metrics, other studies found. How can we explain. Read More. The post If no magic formula exists for innovation, how could one exist for measuring it?

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Tim Kastelle

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

When Nancy and I arrived in New Zealand for our honeymoon, we had just started birding. We got to Christchurch and talked to a woman in the Department of Conservation, who helped us plan out a two week trip around the South Island that would help us see kiwis, penguins, kea and all kinds of other great birds. At the end of the trip, we had seen 99 species of birds, and Nancy made me promise that we’d come back.

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HYPE Innovation

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

It's difficult to measure with any real precision how much the Internet has changed the way we do business and live life. One such way is the concept of 'crowdsourcing.' In an era when garnering the assistance of venture capitalists is increasingly difficult, due to tremendous competition, crowdsourcing can often be used to get a company or idea off the ground without that elusive help.

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Scaling transformational innovations in large companies is challenging due to ‘Company Fit’ issues, which arise when the resources, processes, and priorities (RPPs) of the core business are not aligned with the needs of the new business. Many companies have learned how ambidexterity—the ability to both ‘exploit the present and explore the future,’ can help them address these issues for ideation and incubation of new innovations, but scaling transformative business innovations remains a challenge

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

As we think through innovation, do we every consider the broader global effects and what is helping us to accelerate or seemingly holding us back in our innovating impact? For policy makers around the global all working to design the most optimum innovation conditions they might not be considering enough the true effects their individual policy decision means, it might actually be undermining the very thing they are attempting to achieve.

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Destination Innovation

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

Leading B2C (Business to Consumer) companies have invested in Listening Centres where they monitor real-time conversations and web analytics in order to gain immediate insights, start dialogues, diffuse critical issues and observe competitors. They use sophisticated dashboards of real-time information on keyword tracking and competitor share of voice.

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Braden Kelley

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

The pace of change is accelerating. Much has changed since we all started to dial in with our modems and connect to online services like America Online or Compuserve and eventually directly onto the Internet and the World Wide Web.

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Exago

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

You may easily find yourself overwhelmed. But, you cannot get mired in endless reports, comparative numbers and hundreds of percentages that may have nothing relevant to show you. The post How to avoid the innovation management analysis-paralysis appeared first on www.exago.com.

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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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