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Five Keys to Maintaining Your Customer Experience

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Shep Hyken I was talking to a friend the other day. He purchased an expensive new car just eight months ago. Unfortunately, the car turned out to be a “lemon,” and he has taken it back to the dealer multiple times for various problems.

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Are you selling “Vitamins” or “Painkillers”?

Idea to Value

Many startups and innovators struggle to sell their products once they launch. Often, this is because while they love the idea for the product they have come up with, it is not actually solving a problem which the user perceives in their own lives. But how is it possible that intelligent, hardworking teams can make such glaring errors? Especially when they themselves can list all of the real, tangible benefits that their innovative solution brings?

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What is Adjacent Innovation in Business (Real-Life Examples)

innosabi Innovation Insights

Not too risky, not too comfortable – adjacent innovation strikes the perfect balance for businesses seeking growth. This article will explore what adjacent innovations are, how they differ from other forms of innovation, and showcase real-world examples of companies successfully leveraging their existing capabilities to unlock new markets and possibilities.

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Exploring How States Are Leveraging AI: Insights from the National Survey

IdeaScale

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant concept for state governments, it's becoming a critical tool in their operations. According to a recent survey by the National Association of State Technology Directors (NASTD), AI is already playing a significant role in various state functions, particularly in cybersecurity.

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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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How to Build Innovation Resilience in Uncertainty

Innovation Excellence

Reality Strikes Back GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton “This time feels different.” I’ve been hearing this from innovation practitioners and partners for months We’ve seen innovation resilience tested in times of economic uncertainty and geopolitical volatility. We’ve seen it flourish when markets soar and capital is abundant.

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Tri-Force Ideation – A Strategic Approach to Brainstorming for Business Innovation

Destination Innovation

In the fast-paced and competitive world of business, innovation is not just a luxury; it’s a necessity. Companies must continually evolve to meet the ever-changing needs of their customers, outpace competitors, and adapt to new market dynamics. One powerful method I use for generating innovative ideas is called Tri-Force Ideation. It involves focusing on three key elements: Strengths, Values, and Assumptions.

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How Innovation Management Software is Shaping the Future of Education: 5 Must-Know Reasons

IdeaScale

Innovation has become a buzzword across various sectors, but nowhere is its impact more critical than in education. As schools and universities face rapidly evolving challenges, from the integration of new technologies to the need for personalized learning, the demand for innovative solutions has never been higher.

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3 Myths That Underlie Transformation Theater

Digital Tonto

It’s tough to imagine how anyone who is familiar with the evidence would ever assume that change is linear, that it is a good idea to “create a sense of urgency around change,” or that you should move quickly to publicize an early win. Yet, more often than not, that’s what otherwise smart, accomplished people set out to do. There are a few reasons that this is the case.

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AI-Powered Innovation: Practical Examples & Best Practices

Qmarkets

Qmarkets has always been at the forefront of AI. Now, we are injecting the full power of generative AI across our entire suite of innovation management tools. Join our product specialist Yoel Ben Nesher as he lifts the lid on these brand new AI features and demonstrates how they can be used to achieve unparalleled efficiency in your enterprise innovation program.

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How to Lead Like a Coach

Harvard Business Review

The modern workplace demands that executives move away from a command-and-control style and instead adopt a model based on the idea of the leader as a coach. Companies have devoted extensive resources to this effort, in the form of time-intensive training programs and expensive new technologies, but without great success. In this article, the authors draw on their experiences as behavioral scientists and propose a simpler, cheaper, and more-effective approach: Help leaders identify interactions

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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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What is User Engagement? Definition, Strategies, Why It Matters, and How to Improve It

IdeaScale

Table of Contents In today's digital landscape, user engagement has become a critical factor for businesses looking to build strong, lasting relationships with their audiences. Whether you're running an online platform, a mobile app, or a website, keeping your users engaged is key to driving growth and fostering brand loyalty.

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Creating a Giving Cycle

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski The best gifts are the ones that demonstrate to the recipients that you understand them. You understand what they want; you understand their size (I’m and men’s large); you understand their favorite color; you know what they already have; you know what they’re missing, and you know what they need.

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Introducing Next-Gen AI-Enhanced Innovation Management Webinar Copy

Qmarkets

Qmarkets has always been at the forefront of AI. Now, we are injecting the full power of generative AI across our entire suite of innovation management tools. Join our product specialist Yoel Ben Nesher as he lifts the lid on these brand new AI features and demonstrates how they can be used to achieve unparalleled efficiency in your enterprise innovation program.

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When a Coworker You Don’t Like Becomes Your Boss

Harvard Business Review

When a colleague you dislike or who dislikes you becomes your new leader, it’s natural to feel anxiety or despair, worry about the fallout, and think about leaving. But five strategies can help you transform this challenging situation into career growth: distinguish your feelings from the facts; shift from ambivalence to active inquiry; acknowledge and bridge personality differences; leverage shared values and desired outcomes; and, if needed, address your conflicts directly.

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From Payroll Pains to Growth Gains: Streamlining Payroll & HR for Success

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

In the world of small business management, the challenge of managing payroll & HR efficiently while scaling operations can be overwhelming. Yet, with the right strategies in place, these challenges can become opportunities for growth and innovation. In this session, Joe Sharpe, Senior Director of Managed Payroll Services at IRIS, will reveal practical methods and expert insights for outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes, resulting in substantial time and resource savings.

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Meet The AI Teaching Assistants that are Transforming Learning at Morehouse College

IdeaScale

This fall semester, Morehouse College, a prestigious historically Black college, is breaking new ground by introducing AI-driven teaching assistants in its classrooms.

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Three Reasons Nobody Cares About Your Ideas

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell “Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door,” Ralph Waldo Emerson is said to have written (he didn’t) and since that time thousands of mousetraps have been patented.

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Rewarding a Transformational Innovation Mindset to Drive Change From Within

Daniel Burrus

Employees are your biggest asset when it comes to business innovation and driving transformational change. Now, when I say “innovation,” many business leaders think of those large-scale, revolutionary advancements that propel organizations to the forefront of their industry. These big ideas are what I call “transformational innovation,” and they are what business leaders dream of.

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Can AI Assistants Add Value to Your Sales Team?

Harvard Business Review

AI assistants are transforming sales by acting as digital coaches, analysts, and advisors to salespeople. They analyze sales pitches and provide personalized feedback, helping salespeople refine their communication and engagement strategies. By leveraging AI’s analytical and verbal-visual capabilities, companies can drive customer engagement, increase conversion rates, and enhance overall sales performance.

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How To Drive Retail Results With Integrated Tech And UX Design

Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

Navigating the complexities of e-commerce requires more than just the right technology - It demands a holistic strategy that aligns platform capabilities with customer- centric design and marketing. This webinar will provide a roadmap for building a robust e-commerce strategy, guiding you through key decisions from platform selection to creating user experiences that convert, and leverage digital marketing to reach and retail customers.

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Adapting to Change: Using IdeaScale to Navigate Industry Disruptions

IdeaScale

The business environment is always changing. New technologies emerge, customer expectations shift, and unforeseen events like market crashes or global pandemics can reshape entire industries overnight. In this environment, the ability to adapt and innovate is no longer a luxury, it's a necessity for survival.

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Six Key Habits of Great Leaders

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from David Burkus In a world of growing complexity and seemingly constant crisis, we need great leaders more than ever. But when you look at the stories in the press or check the staggering numbers of burnout and disengagement in surveys, it seems like fewer and fewer leaders are rising to the challenge.

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Why Business Ecosystems are highly valuable to think through.

Ecosystems4Innovating

Thinking through Business Ecosystems Business ecosystems have grown in real importance for me to focus upon. Alone on this site I have written around 200 plus posts that relate to ecosystems and platforms since 2016 when I started separating my innovation thinking with this business ecosystem one. Today, I have turned full circle, there is a need for merging these back but into innovation ecosystems for one and business ecosystems for the other, to explain different essential value parts.

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How to Explain Job Hopping in an Interview

Harvard Business Review

As job hopping becomes more common and less stigmatized, why do some hiring managers (and media outlets) still perpetuate the stereotype that millennial and Gen Z workers are disloyal to their organizations? When we look closely at the motivators behind job hopping, there are several factors to consider — beyond disloyalty. Since the pandemic, work-life balance, mental health, flexibility, and competitive salaries are top-of mind for young workers.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Orchestrating Product Success: Composing Efficient Workflows with Agile Work Management Solutions

Planview

Product teams face the intricate challenge of aligning with organizational strategic goals while delivering high-quality products within tight deadlines. Successfully navigating this landscape requires a precise balance between maintaining a clear focus on overarching visions and executing meticulously throughout the product development lifecycle. Leveraging the right tools and frameworks becomes a paramount necessity to bridge this critical gap between vision and execution.

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What is Your Mindset? Fixed, Growth or Hybrid?

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Stefan Lindegaard What does it mean to have a mindset? How does it shape your actions, and those of the people you interact with? Is it steadfast, or does it evolve? Could it perhaps be a fusion of elements?

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Leading Under Pressure

Rmukesh Gupta

Premise: I read an article with the same title, written by Theodore Kinni for strategy+business (a pwc publication) and it reminded me of an blog post I had written almost a decade back about the role of leaders in absorbing pressure, to allow their teams to perform at their best. (the original post here). In the post, he shares the components of the Pressure Equation, originally attributed to Dane Jensen, CEO of performance consulting firm Third Factor and author of the new book The Power of Pr

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When Weighing Job Offers, Consider More Than Just Salary

Harvard Business Review

Pay is a top factor employees consider when deciding between job offers. But, aside from the base salary (which of course is really important), how do you determine if the comprehensive job offer — including perks and benefits — will work for? It’s easy to focus only on your base salary when deciding on a job offer, but remember your base salary isn’t the only thing that matters.

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Data Modeling for Direct Mail: Boosting Multi-Channel Reach and Response

Speaker: Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners

This new, thought-provoking webinar will explore how even incremental efforts and investments in your data can have a tremendous impact on your direct mail and multi-channel marketing campaign results! Industry expert Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners, will share real-life case studies and best practices from client direct mail and digital campaigns where data modeling strategies pinpointed audience members, increasing their propensity to respond – and buy.

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Building Community and Connection in Business with Christopher Fox, Ph.D.

The Bliss Business Podcast

We're excited to have Christopher Fox , Founder of Ideas-Led Growth , join us on The Bliss Business Podcast for an insightful discussion on the power of communication and connection in the business world. Christopher is the mastermind behind the GRACE method—a groundbreaking approach designed to infuse business strategies with empathy, ethical leadership, and purposeful growth.

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Top 10 Human-Centered Change & Innovation Articles of August 2024

Innovation Excellence

Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?

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Universal Truths

Mike Shipulski

When things don’t go as planned, recognize the Universe doesn’t care about your plan. When the going gets tough, the Universe is telling you something. You just don’t know what it’s telling you. When in doubt, do the next right thing. That’s how the Universe rolls. If you don’t like how it’s going, change your situation or change your expectations.

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To Incentivize Companies to Address Climate Change, Measure Their Broader Impact

Harvard Business Review

Current climate reporting focuses primarily on reducing carbon emissions within companies’ direct operations and value chains, often overlooking the broader impact businesses can have on society. This narrow approach fails to recognize or reward companies for their innovative contributions to climate solutions beyond their immediate emissions, such as developing green products, influencing policy, or investing in sustainable initiatives.

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How To Speak The Language Of Financial Success In Product Management

Speaker: Jamie Bernard

Success in product management goes beyond delivering great features - it’s about achieving measurable financial outcomes that resonate across the organization. By connecting your product’s journey with the company’s financial success, you’ll ensure that every feature, release, and innovation contributes to the bottom line, driving both customer satisfaction and business growth.