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What Companies That Excel at Innovation Do Right

IdeaScale

Innovation can be challenging. You need a strategy with the right people and solutions in place to effectively drive the process. Companies that excel at innovation share common traits. Here are some of those characteristics that lead to success. Develop an innovation strategy You need an innovation strategy to achieve sustainability. It should align with … Continued.

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Quality Improvement in Residency Programs

Kainexus

I received an interesting call a few weeks back from Bahnsen Miller, MD. Bahnsen is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Virginia Health System. He attended LSU School of Medicine and completed his residency training there. After residency training, he completed a quality improvement and patient safety fellowship at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge—this is where he learned about KaiNexus.

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The Courage to Belong No Place

IdeaScale

“You are only free when you realize you belong no place—you belong every place—no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great,” Maya Angelou told Bill Moyers in a 1973 interview. As a leader, you may find yourself toeing the line between fear and courage. As Angelou teaches, mustering the vigor to … Continued. The post The Courage to Belong No Place appeared first on IdeaScale.

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A pathway to building more dynamic innovation capabilities

Paul Hobcraft

To build a pathway to enabling more dynamic innovation capabilities needs to go through Nine Stages. These nine stages are, in my opinion, needed for developing an understanding of your innovation capabilities, so as to make them more dynamic and, as a result, to be at the top of your innovation game. This “step process,” I believe, gets you to the point of understanding what innovation capabilities are a better ‘fit’ for the purpose, to deliver on your innovation needs on a consistent, repeatab

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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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How to Remove Roadblocks to Creativity

Idea to Value

The power of the mind is something we have only begun to grasp and understand with the help of science. However, creativity is an expansive expression of what the mind can envision, create, and conceptualize. The beauty of a fine painting. The elegance of a story that makes us think and emote. Even the email that gets everyone on board and fired up for the next meeting.

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6 Ways to Create Innovation Culture with Virtual Tools

Leapfrogging

Culture is a key success factor for every team and organization. Shape it to get more innovation, even from your remote workforce. Companies like Facebook, Twitter, Box, Slack, and Salesforce all say that employees can keep working remotely well into next year or even forever. We’re seeing a sea change toward remote work and how to make it more fun and effective.

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We Need To Finally Break Free Of The Engineering Mindset

Digital Tonto

To solve big, important problems, we often need to discard up our illusions first. It would be nice if the general well-being could be reduced to a single metric like GDP or the success of an. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Podcast S4E82: Shama Rahman – using AI to augment human intelligence & creativity

Idea to Value

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with artist, neuroscience researcher and startup founder Dr Shama Rahman. We speak about how we are using Artificial Intelligence and mental models to better understand and even enhance our human intelligence and spark creativity in new ways. Topics covered in today’s episode: 00:03:00 – What she was researching and her findings, to see if there are certain brain activities depending on the creative process. 00:08:00 

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6 Ways to Create Innovation Culture with Virtual Tools

Leapfrogging

Culture is a key success factor for every team and organization. Shape it to get more innovation, even from your remote workforce. Companies like Facebook, Twitter, Box, Slack, and Salesforce all say that employees can keep working remotely well into next year or even forever. We’re seeing a sea change toward remote work and how to make it more fun and effective.

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Good Ideas Don’t Last Forever

Bill Fischer

When was the last time that you had a good idea go bad? Professional success today is much more about the learning than the knowing.

Learning 140
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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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The 5 biggest sustainability challenges our clients currently face

Board of Innovation

Sustainability goals and Circular Economy targets are a recurring theme in large corporates’ strategic priorities. But what are the most common pain points they face in the process? Read all about it. The post The 5 biggest sustainability challenges our clients currently face appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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Praktikum/Werkstudent*in DevOps bei Pixofarm

whataventure

Werde Teil des Teams! Praktikum oder Werkstudent*in DevOps bei Pixofarm. JETZT BEWERBEN. Wo. Wien. Start. Ab sofort. Anstellung. Praktikum oder Werkstudent. Anstellung. ab 20h/Woche. Über uns. Pixofarm (www.pixofarm.com) ist eines der drei Company Building Projekte von WhatAVenture. Die App Pixofarm ermöglicht es das Fruchtwachstum von Äpfeln bzw. anderen Früchten über das Handy zu überwachen und Voraussagen über die Ernte zu treffen.

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Improvement Culture: 4 Signs of Trouble

Kainexus

Modern leaders are fortunate to have a host of proven continuous improvement tools like DMAIC , Standard Work, kanban, Hoshin Kanri , and more. We owe a lot to those who pioneered Lean management and other methodologies that bake quality improvement into daily business processes. These tools are available to everyone, but not all organizations that strive for improvement achieve it.

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Solve the Real Problem with Exponential Thinking

Daniel Burrus

I have discussed at length the importance of making sure that the problem you and your organization are facing is the correct problem to be focusing on. Currently, we are moving toward a post-pandemic “new normal” as we navigate the tidal wave of COVID-19. In one way or another, all industries were affected, but brick-and-mortar businesses were impacted the hardest, as they were forced to close by government-mandated stay-at-home orders.

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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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How One Smile Can Change the World

Tullio Siragusa

How One Smile Can Change the World. It is one thing to put on a great smile in front of everybody and say you are doing great but realize there is a deeper more genuine smile that we often miss out on. We are so busy with the ways of the world around us that we can easily forget what a genuine smile means and how it can impact the people around us. “A genuine smile is magical indeed and we all have that magic within us.”.

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Junior Innovation Manager

whataventure

Werde Teil des Teams! Junior Innovation Manager (m/w/d). JETZT BEWERBEN. Wo. Wien. Start. Ab sofort. Erfahrung. 1 Jahr. Sprachniveau. B2 Deutschniveau. Über uns. WhatAVenture hat es sich zum Ziel gemacht, Unternehmen dabei zu unterstützen, ihre Geschäftsideen iterativ und nahe am Kunden zu entwickeln. Wir begleiten, unterstützen und helfen etablierten Unternehmen als Facilitatoren, Sparringspartner oder auch als Teammitglieder bei der Umsetzung von Innovationsprogrammen und Innovationsstrategien

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A Decade of Action

IdeaSpies

The year 2020, with all its tribulations, brought forth the "Decade of Action". With just 10 years to go, an aspiring globa.

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Don't Just Disrupt How Consumers Think: Walk Your Talk

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Disrupting means nothing if you're not creating real value.

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How To Set Up Innovation So That It Aligns With And Enables Corporate Strategy

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

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Book Excerpt: The Catalyst’s Guide to Working Well

Innovation Leader

The new book Move Fast. Break S**t. Burn Out. is about “Catalysts,” a subset of innovators with “a deep-rooted need to create positive change.

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#1,968 – Week In Review

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

A quick look at everything that tickled my fancy this past week: Virgin Hyperloop. Sir Richard Branson is getting into the Hyperloop game, building a new test track and research center in Virginia that could one day make the dream of high speed travel that connects far flung cities in a manner of minutes a reality. As Futurism puts it: “The center will be the first of its kind in the US, Reuters reports , and will serve as a regulatory proving ground for future hyperloop systems.

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Play Bold: Bring African Ubuntu to the table

Innovation 360 Group

Isaiah C. Engelbrecht, member of the South African National Advisory Council of Innovation and the executive. The post Play Bold: Bring African Ubuntu to the table appeared first on Innovation360.

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2 Guys From Utah Co-Founded a Healthcare-Solutions Company. Within a Year, They Were Managing Covid Testing for 3 States

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Joshua Walker and Mark Newman thought they were going to revolutionize healthcare administration. Then the coronavirus revolutionized their business.

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Driving Responsible Innovation: How to Navigate AI Governance & Data Privacy

Speaker: Aindra Misra, Senior Manager, Product Management (Data, ML, and Cloud Infrastructure) at BILL

Join us for an insightful webinar that explores the critical intersection of data privacy and AI governance. In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, building robust governance frameworks is essential to fostering innovation while staying compliant with regulations. Our expert speaker, Aindra Misra, will guide you through best practices for ensuring data protection while leveraging AI capabilities.

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RPA Vs BPM: Differences Every Enterprise Leader Should Know

Acuvate

RPA Vs BPM: Differences Every Enterprise Leader Should Know Business Process Management (BPM) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) have been an integral part of organizations’ digital transformation strategies as companies are continuously pushing the envelope to gain competitive advantage and optimize their business processes. BPM, often known as Business Process Automation (BPA), is an approach […].

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#1,967 – Slow Blinking

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Lots of people believe that their cats are highly intelligent, capable of understanding them. We usually call those people crazy cat ladies and move about our business but now there’s scientific evidence that proves their point as cats may be able to use “slow blinking” as a form of communication. The Huffington Post explains: “Slow-blinking means making eye contact with a cat and then slowly closing and opening your eyes.

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Ideating at Enexis – Driving Operational Innovation in Dutch Energy Sector

Qmarkets

The Enexis Group finds itself in an industry prime for innovation stagnation; well-established solutions, a workforce often resistant to change, and heavy regulation on procedures and costs, means that spontaneous innovation is not something that can happen easily. Yet the company has managed to generate hundreds of new ideas each year since 2014, resulting in millions in cost-saving and improved employee safety.

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Automating Complex Marketing Models for Insight That is Deep and Frequent

Brunner

Speed versus depth of insight is a fundamental trade-off marketing strategists often face when working with analyst teammates. Both sides contribute to this reality. Strategists often ask nuanced or difficult questions (what is the ROI of a sports sponsorship?), and analysts or data scientists, reacting to a wide variety of these questions, tend to approach each new project from scratch.

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HR Meets AI: The New Way of Keeping Large Workforces Connected and Engaged

Speaker: Miriam Connaughton and Donald Knight

As organizations scale, keeping employees connected, engaged, and productive can seem like a monumental task. But what if AI could help you do all of this and more? AI has the power to help, but the key is implementing it in a way that enhances, rather than replaces, human connection. Join us for an exploration into how industry trailblazers are using AI to transform employee experience at scale while addressing both the potential and the pitfalls.

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How to “Manage” A Blue Lobster

Mills-Scofield

As we think ahead to the surreality of these times, many of us are trying to figure out how to support, encourage, understand our employees, in particular, how to find, nurture and develop our blue lobsters. So, I adapted this ‘ oldie ’ to remind us how, before I even knew about blue lobsters. My first boss at Bell Labs had a habit of yelling. While he was an equal-opportunity yeller, when he shouted at me in my first department meeting, I got up, told him when he wanted to talk, not yell, I’d b

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#1,972 – Sponge Scrapers

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Skyscrapers are modern marvels. Feats of ingenuity that allow us to reach for the sky while living and working closely together inside of diverse, densely packed cities. Without them we would quickly run out of room, our talent and best ideas spread out among vast urban sprawl. A reality that would quickly stifle our ability to innovate. As important as they are, usual skyscraper innovation is reserved for unique designs or attempts to break the record for world’s tallest building.

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Tidying Up - The Greening of Cleaning

Wellspring

As concerns for personal and environmental health continue to build, a growing proportion of consumers have chosen to replace traditional cleaning products with green, eco-friendly products. Despite early skepticism that consumers would actually change their purchasing habits, this shift in purchasing behaviors is hardly unexpected. Sustainability is becoming increasingly important to buyers, especially in household cleaning products and personal care products.

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Epilogue: The Post–COVID-19 World

Innovation 360 Group

The year is 2050, and we are blooming in a new Renaissance. The pandemic back in 2020 took its toll—with lockdowns not only delivering a devastating economic impact but also a huge social impact that none could foresee. The virus mutated several times, and it is still around in various guises. But we have learned to live with it, and in its wake: social adoption and a deeper understanding of the interaction between the different systems that form the global ecosystem.

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How to Master Product Portfolio Management

Pursuing product portfolio management excellence empowers organizations to unlock the full potential of their offerings. This comprehensive guide unveils 10 essential keys that serve as the building blocks for success.