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Innovating, Fast And Slow

Digital Tonto

Just as Daniel Kahneman explained that there are fast and slow modes of thinking, the same can be said about innovating. The truth is that moving slowly is often underrated and that moving fast can. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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One great visual paints a thousand innovating words

Paul Hobcraft

One great visual paints a thousand words. This visual I came across some years back, and for me , is outstanding in providing the feedback loops that go into developing the right innovation vision. To get to a definitive endpoint of having an innovation vision, you are faced with some complex challenges. These are well shown here. Each influences the other and constantly loop back, making an improving vision success hopefully.

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These 5 Principles Will Accelerate Innovation

BMNT

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Who is more creative: Oldest, middle or youngest siblings?

Idea to Value

Do you have brothers, sisters, or are you an only child? Which of you do you think is the most creative? Well, a new meta analysis of divergent thinking research just set out to find out what the science says. Just published in the Creativity Research Journal, Birth Order and Divergent Thinking: A Meta-Analysis looked at the analysis of divergent thinking performance of 27 different studies, with 4,690 participants.

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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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It's past time to think the unthinkable

Jeffrey Phillips

I've been noodling lately about what new way of thinking or new perspective or approach we can bring to companies and organizations that may help break what I think is a current innovation gridlock. Today, a LOT of companies are talking about innovation (and digital transformation) and some are practicing what I'd like to call innovation theater - that is, doing some window dressing around innovation without actually committing to a real innovation program or deep change.

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One great visual paints a thousand innovating words

Paul Hobcraft

One great visual paints a thousand words. This visual I came across some years back, and for me , is outstanding in providing the feedback loops that go into developing the right innovation vision. To get to a definitive endpoint of having an innovation vision, you are faced with some complex challenges. These are well shown here. Each influences the other and constantly loop back, making an improving vision success hopefully.

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The amazing science of programmable bacteria

Idea to Value

You might think that bacteria are mostly harmful. That they are the foundations of disease , or make things dirty. On the other hand, you might think of some useful things they do for us, like turn wheat into bread and beer ( in case you think that, those are both actually the result of a fungus, not a bacteria). What you probably don’t think about is bacteria being on the cutting edge of science and manufacturing.

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The Business Tool You Didn’t Know You Needed: A Customer Problem Statement

Leapfrogging

Do you know what matters most to your customers? If you aren’t living and breathing the problems your customers face every day, you will likely be unable to empathize with their needs, and providing meaningful innovation to address them. For the past 25 years, I’ve worked with hundreds of groups across dozens of big companies and startups. One of the biggest barriers brands face when it comes to meeting the needs of their target customer is a lack of understanding of a customer’s pain points.

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One great visual paints a thousand innovating words

Paul Hobcraft

One great visual paints a thousand words. This visual I came across some years back, and for me , is outstanding in providing the feedback loops that go into developing the right innovation vision. To get to a definitive endpoint of having an innovation vision, you are faced with some complex challenges. These are well shown here. Each influences the other and constantly loop back, making an improving vision success hopefully.

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How Do You Score Innovation Ideas?

IdeaScale

Overview: It can be difficult to evaluate ideas, especially when they’re new and untested, as criteria such as ROI or market size can be difficult to predict. Instead, you need to create a process with clear evaluation criteria customized to your needs and properly managed expectations. The Innovator’s Dilemma. Truly new, world-changing, radical ideas can seem outlandish when they’re first proposed or developed.

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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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What are you trying to improve?

Idea to Value

Sometimes, innovation can have unintended, negative consequences. Even if what you aimed to improve was a total success by the criteria you measured. This is the danger of judging success only by a narrow set of specific criteria, and ignoring other changes which you did not anticipate. Let me give you an example. A few months ago, some university students asked me to help them assess their innovation idea for their degree.

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The Principles of Experiment Flow

Strategyzer Innovation

This is a guest post from David J Bland, co-author of our best selling book Testing Business Ideas. Testing Business Ideas explains how to increase the success of any venture by providing a practical guide to rapid experimentation.

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How to Become a Lifelong Learner

Tullio Siragusa

How to Become a Lifelong Learner. We humans are always learning. Ever since our brains develop enough, every single experience teaches us something new. Today, in this complicated world where everything is changing all the time, learning from your own life experiences might become a little redundant. To become lifelong learners, you don’t have to be a genius.

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14+2 Brilliant Strategies used by Toyota, Walmart & Costco to Deliver Exceptional Customer Experiences and Build Strong Customer Connections

Cascade Strategy

'Customer Experience', the business deliverables buzzword that has seen exponential growth in use this past decade, as businesses are recognizing the importance of customer connection to overall business success.

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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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Optimizing Your Work-From-Home Space for Creativity and Productivity

Idea to Value

Remote working is nothing new. It was already on the rise and has seen significant growth over the last several years. But, the COVID-19 pandemic sped up that process significantly. According to a FlexJobs survey , 65% of employees want to continue working from home even after the pandemic is over. There are plenty of reasons why remote working is so appealing.

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The Power of Small Ideas in Improving Vaccinations

Kainexus

With all of the work going on to set up and run Covid-19 vaccination centers around the world, the principles of Lean process design are really helpful. But, as hard as we might try, no process is ever perfect, so having a culture of continuous improvement from the get-go is incredibly important. Many times, when you ask an employee to share an improvement idea, they might say, “I can’t think of anything.

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This Innovative Technology Will Level Up Your Franchise Businesses

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Franchises are easier to start than brand-new businesses, but they still take some work. Savvy entrepreneurs can leverage technology to optimize their efforts and increase revenue.

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Embracing Diversity: Brands That Foster a Diverse Workplace

Cascade Strategy

“The world is intertwined today, much more than it was when I was coming out of school. Because of that, you really need to have a deep understanding of cultures around the world. I have learned to not just appreciate this but celebrate it. The thing that makes the world interesting is our differences, not our similarities.”.

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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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Podcast S5E115: Fabienne Jacquet – Bringing feminine energy to innovation

Idea to Value

In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Fabienne Jacquet, scientist, author of “ Venus Genius ” and founder of Innoveve. We touch on what feminine traits are, and how important it is to understand and harness diversity of thinking in order for innovation teams to succeed. Apologies for the audio quality of this episode, there were issues with the recording.

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How to Create and Sustain a Continuous Improvement Culture

Viima

Company cultures can be very different from one organization to the next and there’s nothing wrong with that. Having shared values, goals and beliefs drives organizations forward, but what truly contributes to their success is a healthy organizational culture. A healthy company culture is the cornerstone of successful companies. So, what kind of culture should you develop in your organization for long term performance and success?

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Free On-Demand Webinar: Winning Strategies to Drive Product Innovation & Growth

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Discover why it's especially important to change your business strategies when crisis strikes during this on-demand webinar with Burton Goldfield, President and CEO of TriNet.

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DMAIC Tools Offer a Solid Structure for Problem Solving

Kainexus

DMAIC (Deh-May-Ick) tools are some of the most critical options in the continuous improvement toolbox. They are most closely associated with the Six Sigma methodology. Still, the DMAIC approach to problem-solving is also used by those who practice Lean manufacturing or don’t use a formal management structure. DMAIC is so widely used because the problem-solving framework takes teams from discovering root causes to long-term, stable standard work.

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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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Corporate Venture Building Studio, with Tomasz Rudolf from The Heart

Rapid Innovation in digital time

The Heart is a corporate center for digital ventures, joining forces with leading multinationals to build enterprise startups - future suppliers, partners, distributors and disruptors- and unleashing value added services for big companies.

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Managing Risk in an Innovation Project – Part 2

Inspiring Next

Can you see the role of human factors in a gate review? Really? In spite of a well-defined stage-gate process for managing innovation, projects that deserve to be discontinued (fail-fast) pass through the gates and fail-late, causing huge losses and sometimes the entire business. After all gate-keepers are human, and subject to emotional interference.

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The Three Horizons of Innovation Training

InnovationManagement

What if everyone in your organization came to work believing they could shape the destiny of your company? Learn more in this new post, and find out how it's possible with a 30-minute consult. The post The Three Horizons of Innovation Training appeared first on InnovationManagement.

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How Dana-Farber Leverages Partnerships to Advance Cancer Treatments

Innovation Leader

Lesley Solomon, Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses how her team utilizes partnerships to get new treatments to patients faster.

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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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Top-Down vs Bottom-Up: Approach Differences and Actionable Advice

Cascade Strategy

For years your business was doing well, more than well, it was doing excellent. But now things have taken a turn for the worse and the worst thing is, you can’t find the root of the problem. The strategy you followed all these years that was serving you well, is now betraying you. How can you strategically respond to this unforeseen situation and come out on top of it?

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run from disruption: pivot quickly or face the music

helloFUTURE

Do you remember the time BC (Before COVID)? Everything was awesome, right? The market was going great – you are selling well – your revenues were rocking and your profits were high. You are thinking that you might be able to afford that new home or that second home. You started seeing yourself in that… The post run from disruption: pivot quickly or face the music appeared first on hellofuture.

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The History & Evolution of the PDSA Cycle of Improvement

Kainexus

The PDSA cycle is a popular approach to process improvement because of its simultaneous simplicity and effectiveness. PDSA cycles can be applied to an unlimited number of processes, making them applicable across almost every industry. We thought it was worth a quick look back at how it came to be and how it has changed over time.

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Member Spotlight: Michael Gudas, Liberty Mutual

Innovation Leader

Michael Gudas is the Director of Innovation Strategy & Operations for Liberty Mutual’s Global Risk Solutions Division. We spoke with Michael as part of our IL Member Spotlight series.

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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.