November, 2013

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An Open Letter to Project Managers

Boxes and Arrows

'Dear Project Managers, It has been a very enjoyable experience working with everyone over the last couple of months and sharing our ideas on UX design. The various discussions about user interface, product usability, and user engagement have been an enlightening experience for me as well, and it is very positive to see that everyone involved in the product thinks so highly about improving the user experience.

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Selfish Tweeting

Bill Fischer

Amidst all of the stories of great wealth and good fortune being generated by Twitter’s IPO, most of which was unavailable to real tweeters, there is one incontestable Twitter fact in my life: twitter may be social media, but the real beneficiary of my tweeting is myself. The realization that I [.

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Remembering

Technology Created

“The greatest advances in human civilization have come when we recovered what we had lost: when we learned the lessons of history.” Winston Churchill. Remembering history. Should we? What good is it anyways? The past is the past. How relevant is a world where technology was so weak, so non-integrated? Think about merely seven years ago. The iPhone was five months old, Twitter was barely on the horizon, much of what we consider intrinsic in our daily lives today was not really present at all.

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Wings: Remastered and Revisited

CorporateIntel

A few decades back, before I became a software and media executive and long before I returned to writing, I wrote the “screenplay” for a succesful computer game called Wings. That “interactive movie” — as it was marketed — was a World War I flight simulation that followed the lives of the very first fighter pilots, trying to make combat sense of fragile biplanes curiously equipped with machine guns.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Scoring Ideas: at One Financial Services Firm

Innovation Leader

The head of innovation at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. shares their internal 0-21 point scale for scoring ideas. How much would the idea rely on high-cost technology?

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Soldiers & Hessians, Ronin & Ninja

Boxes and Arrows

'When UX’ers talk, they tend to talk about process, but the ability to deliver an innovative user experience starts before kickoff and lasts after the launch. Repeatable success in UX depends on the right culture. This is particularly important in enterprise scale organizations, with long-lasting relationships. Having worked as a consultant, at an agency and in-house, I’ve observed that the organizational location and economics of the user experience team can make or break them.

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Evolving a Creative Workplace: Step 2

Boxes and Arrows

'In my last installment , I shared how Greg, Tim, and I prepared Intuitive Company for success by focusing on creating an open work environment in every sense of the term. Planting , or placing the right elements into the mix, was our next step. We wanted every aspect of our environment to be a positive influence and encourage great work. You can’t achieve that without first having the right people.

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Selfish Tweeting

Bill Fischer

Amidst all of the stories of great wealth and good fortune being generated by Twitter’s IPO, most of which was unavailable to real tweeters, there is one incontestable Twitter fact in my life: twitter may be social media, but the real beneficiary of my tweeting is myself. The realization that I [.

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China's Third Plenum: What The 'Smart Money' Thinks

Bill Fischer

For most of the thirty-five or so years that I’ve been in the China-watching business, the easiest question of all to answer has always been: “Tell us what will happen next?” Easy because the best answer has consistently been: “Pick a point sufficiently high on the chart, ten years out, [.

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China's Third Plenum: What The 'Smart Money' Thinks

Bill Fischer

For most of the thirty-five or so years that I’ve been in the China-watching business, the easiest question of all to answer has always been: “Tell us what will happen next?” Easy because the best answer has consistently been: “Pick a point sufficiently high on the chart, ten years out, [.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

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.

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16 New Things I’m Thankful For (2013 Edition)

CorporateIntel

With Thanksgiving on the horizon, it’s time again to take a step back from our daily grind and consider the rejuvenating goodness that dots the landscape all around us. Last year I kicked off my own blogging tradition with a post that featured 16 Things I’m Thankful For. Here in reasonably simplicity that speaks without much preamble is my itemized, non-prioritized, yet still incomplete version for this year: 1) I can stop saying someday I am going to write a book.

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Inside iRobot’s “Business-Sriven” Strategy

Innovation Leader

Colin Angle says his most important jobs is protecting products that have left the safe confines of the R&D lab but haven't yet grown into significant businesses.

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3 Key Trends in Distributed Work

Innovation Leader

There's an shift happening, toward judicious use of distributed talent — whether it's full-timers or freelancers who prefer not to become anyone's employee.

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Time Warner & Blue Cross on Starting Accelerators

Innovation Leader

Execs from Time Warner, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, and TechStars talk about the upside in supporting accelerator programs for entrepreneurs.

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How To Select the Right Software for Innovation Management

Finding the right innovation management software is like picking a racing bike—it's essential to consider your unique needs rather than just flashy features. This oversight can stall your innovation efforts. Download now to explore key considerations for success!

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Whirlpool’s Dashboard of Ideas

Innovation Leader

How does the appliance and home products maker keep track of new product ideas bubbling up in the organization — and their market potential?