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Five Innovations That Are Addressing Supply Chain Troubles

IdeaScale

Overview: The COVID-19 pandemic has squeezed supply chains around the globe. Companies involved in the supply chain have needed to develop new methods up and down the supply chain, from AI managing the entire system to new vehicles for delivery and pickup. What Happened To The Supply Chain? One innovation revolutionized how we buy things in the 1990s – “just-in-time” management.

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Most Creative TV Ads of 2021

Destination Innovation

Advertising is creativity in action. How can you make beer or ketchup or vaccination topical, relevant and fascinating? The clever people at advertising agencies do some lateral thinking and keep coming up with creative ideas. Here are my top six favourites from 2021 on Youtube. 6. BLK – Vax That Thang Up – How do you encourage young black people to get vaccinated?

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Reimagining the Future of International Events

Business and Tech

Face-to-face events are essential for so many organizations globally, from meeting planners organizing events, to services providers and the entire hospitality industry. With the pandemic literally putting a stop to in-person gatherings, everyone needed to rethink what the future of events will look like. . Senthil Gopinath CEO, International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA).

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Providing the glue in the common language, communications, and context needed for successful innovation

Paul Hobcraft

The Tower Of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1563). Central to any organizational innovation building, the enormous value of having a consistent common language is paramount; it is essential to gain identification and understanding that all can relate to; it provides the backbone to a clear, united “sense of purpose” Building upon this common language gives a greater chance of effective communication to place the innovation activities into their appropriate context.

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Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production

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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Exploring the Executive Innovation Workmat with Video discussions

Jeffrey Phillips

Over the last few weeks, Paul Hobcraft and I have developed a series of short videos. The purpose of these videos is to explore a tool that Paul and I created, which we call the Executive Innovation Workmat. The Workmat is meant to help executives understand their role in innovation activities, and to identify the key attributes of a business that must be aligned and in synch for innovation to flourish.

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A New Era: A New Green Economy

IdeaScale

The climate crisis is escalating faster than most people imagined, and we must act now to change critical dimensions of the tasks, structures and day-to-day practices of our companies. Just as human civilization moved from the Agricultural Era to the Industrial Era, and from the Industrial Era into the Digital Era, we are now simultaneously moving into two eras at once: while every day we are getting deeper into the Digital Era, we are also taking first steps into the emerging Regenerative Era.

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This free OGSM (Objectives Goals Strategies & Measures) model template helps teams grow

Leapfrogging

The OGSM model (Objectives, Goals, Strategies and Measures) can help teams get on the same page and moving in the right direction. For the past 25 years, I’ve worked with hundreds of groups across dozens of big companies and startups. One thing’s consistent: everyone works in teams, and the ultimate success of any organization relies on the overall effectiveness of the teams within it.

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Canada’s Climate Change Report: Canada Releases National Issues Report on Climate Change Adaptation

Innovators Alliance

Natural Resources Canada has released a new climate change report for Canada. Called Canada in a Changing Climate: National Issues Report , the in-depth document explores how climate change is impacting the Canadian environment, economy and many aspects of citizens’ lives. It delves deeply into local climate change impacts and provides examples of adaptation efforts underway to address them.

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Not Everyone Can Transform Themselves

Innovation Excellence

Here’s What Makes the Difference GUEST POST from Greg Satell The conservative columnist John Podhoretz recently took to the New York Post to denounce the plotline of Disney’s new miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

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The Future of Hybrid Events and Trade Shows

Business and Tech

Corbin Ball is an event technology speaker, consultant, and writerhelping event and exhibitionhosts worldwide to effectively use technology to increase efficiency and improve the attendee experience. Corbin Ball Event Technology Speaker, Consultant, and Writer. Why are trade shows important? For more than a century, trade shows have brought buyers and sellers together in a concentrated, face-to-face (F2F) manner that educates, strengthens human interaction and generates significant business acti

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Leading the Development of Profitable and Sustainable Products

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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The Future Role of the Chief Innovation Officer

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Nowadays, companies cannot be too passive with innovation.

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What is Policy Deployment and How To Reach True North

Kainexus

Policy deployment, known in Lean circles as Hoshin Kanri or Strategy Deployment, is a technique for ensuring that an organization's strategic goals and objectives drive activities at every level. The goal is to provide consistent direction and clear communications so that every employee pulls in the same direction (toward "True North") simultaneously.

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Re-Thinking for a New Era

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Janet Sernack In our last blog, we proposed, rather than living in a world where everyone hates to fail, why not adopt a rethink, respond, regroup, thrive pattern, and experience failure as an opportunity for change, unlearning, and … Continue reading →

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Why 2022 Is the Year of the Password Manager

Business and Tech

The buzz around the cybersecurity world has reached a fever pitch this year, with news of high-profile breaches making headlines on a seemingly daily basis. Yet, despite this ongoing cybersecurity-centric newscycle, many individuals are uncertain about the best ways to protect themselves or are simply too skeptical of the security methods that exist to make themselves more secure.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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why storytelling is important

helloFUTURE

Not all human cultures are literate, but every culture tells stories. Whether in caves or cities, storytelling remains the most natural and essential form of communication. We often forget that stories can be a powerful means of establishing context or connecting people to values ??or beliefs. Whether at home listening to your child tell you… The post why storytelling is important appeared first on IDEATE + EXECUTE.

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Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Management: Which Style is Best?

Kainexus

John Shook, president of the Lean Enterprise Institute , is among those who describe Lean or the Toyota Production System as being neither top-down management nor bottom-up management. It's not about the boss telling people what to do, and it's not a system where employees are empowered to do whatever they want. Instead, an effective culture and management system has top-down AND bottom-up communication, decisions, and improvement elements.

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My Advice on Giving Advice

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Arlen Meyers One way to put a toe in the water of physician entrepreneurship is to become an advisor to a startup founder or client or simply someone who wants your opinion.

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The 6 Best Practices to Prevent Ransomware Infection

Business and Tech

While the FBI is reportedly tracking as many as 100 variants of ransomware, most ransomware vectors follow a common thread. Steve Durbin CEO, Information Security Forum (ISF). Ransomware needs no introduction and is perhaps the most damaging and widespread form of cybercrime in years. Several high-profile businesses fell hostage to ransomware in the first half of 2021, with U.S. agencies now prioritizing ransomware incidents as serious acts of terrorism. .

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

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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How Tech Helped Our Clients Do Business By Devising a Strategy to Enhance Consumer Safety

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Thanks to technology, we came up with a way to help our clients keep their businesses open and operating safely.

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Steven Spielberg And The (Re)Making Of West Side Story

Bill Fischer

If anyone working today would have been a welcome addition to the original "West Side Story" team, it would have been Steven Spielberg. We speculate that it was the creative magic that made this team great that drew Spielberg in, not to renovate, but, instead to add his expertise to the original.

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Under the Surface

Rmukesh Gupta

Yesterday, I watched the movie – Encanto streaming on Disney+ and really loved the movie and the underlying concept that it is based on. This song encapsulates the feeling that the movie handles. I would recommend you watch this 3 min song (and the entire movie if you have the time). I think as leaders, it is our responsibility to learn the way we and the people we lead feel under the surface (in addition to knowing how we feel under the surface ourselves).

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The New-Normal of Hybrid Events Offer AV Tricks

Business and Tech

Hybrid events have grown up quickly. Corporations, trade associations and nonprofits in various industries have noticed. Mark Miller President, Rental & Staging Network and President, Markey’s Indianapolis. Presenting an event with a live and a remote audience creates new opportunities that were unimaginable two years ago. Hybrid events can position any brand for dramatically more reach, more revenue and more market share.

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

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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Why the Need for Innovation in Commercial Real Estate Will Only Increase With Time

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Innovation and commercial real estate (CRE) go hand-in-hand.

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Three Things for the New Year

Mike Shipulski

Next year will be different, but we don’t know how it will be different. All we know is that it will be different. Some things will be the same and some will be different. The trouble is that we won’t know which is which until we do. We can speculate on how it will be different, but the Universe doesn’t care about our speculation. Sure, it can be helpful to think about how things may go, but as long as we hold on to the may -ness of our speculations.

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Ideas Are Not Innovations!

Phil McKinney

Ideas inspire people to change how we do the things we do. But ideas by themselves are just an inkling of what could be. Ideas that remain ideas forever eventually become ideas of the past, things we once thought could change the world. But never did. No one ever changed the world by just thinking […].

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How the Pandemic Changed the Way Cybersecurity Professionals Work

Business and Tech

The past 20 months have proven that cybersecurity professionals don’t need to be in a physical office environment to protect and defend their organizations. Clar Rosso CEO, (ISC) 2. COVID-19 forced a lot of change in the ways we operate businesses, including where we perform our jobs. Remote work has never been so widely mandated or accepted. Fewer professionals have long, overcrowded commutes to work, finding themselves equally — if not more — productive at home while enjoying more time with fa

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How To Get Promoted In Product Management

Speaker: John Mansour

If you're looking to advance your career in product management, there are more options than just climbing the management ladder. Join our upcoming webinar to learn about highly rewarding career paths that don't involve management responsibilities. We'll cover both career tracks and provide tips on how to position yourself for success in the one that's right for you.

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How To Get Started With Azure Cloud Adoption Framework

Acuvate

How To Get Started With Azure Cloud Adoption Framework. Businesses are racing to adopt cloud as a critical element of their digital transformation journey. Cloud technology has become an essential part that defines a modern day business as it provides a competitive advantage, higher scalability, seamless collaboration efficiency, and flexibility. The added uncertainty caused by the pandemic has only accelerated cloud adoption led by the shift to the remote and virtual.

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The Case For Humanities In The Era Of AI, Automation, And Technology

Faisal Hoque

As the Fourth Industrial Revolution advances, virtually all job openings will emphasize judgment and decision-making and an ability to manage people and resources. BY FAISAL HOQUE. More and more we’re finding ourselves standing at the intersection of humanity and technology. Whether we’re working side-by-side with autonomous robots on the factory floor, spreading the happy news about a new addition to the family on Facebook, or asking Siri to help us get from point A to point B as quickly as po

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Episode 073: Top Ten Most Underappreciated Creative Inventions

Innovation in Practice

When does a creative idea get so old that people stop appreciating it and start just expecting it? I’m not sure I have the answer for that. However, I do know that there are many unappreciated things out there that are still highly creative. In this episode, I explore some of these things. Everything you see around you is a creative invention that has survived the test of time.

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The Key Trends to Watch in Cybersecurity

Business and Tech

Our panel discusses the biggest trends in cybersecurity, and what organizations and individuals can do to protect their data. . Dave Estlick Chief Information Security Officer, Chipotle. What is the biggest challenge facing cybersecurity today and what advice would you provide to businesses struggling with it now? The biggest challenge is the lack of available talent in the workforce.

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.