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The 5 Keys to Corporate Longevity

IdeaScale

The quest for immortality is as old as humankind. From King Gilgamesh in 2100 BCE to Jeff Bezos and Larry Page, the only thing that stops our pursuit of longevity is death. So why don’t we apply this same verve and vigor to building things that last forever? Why don’t we invest in corporate longevity?

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Rise of the Atomic Consultant

Innovation Excellence

Or the Making of a Superhero by Braden Kelley In today’s rapidly evolving world, the consulting landscape is undergoing a profound transformation.

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Research: How Passion Can Backfire at Work

Harvard Business Review

Passion has long been championed as a key to workplace success. However, scientific studies have found mixed results: On the one hand, some studies find evidence that passionate employees tend to perform better, while other research has documented null or even negative effects on performance. What’s the root of these inconsistent findings surrounding passion?

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Why You Often Need To Start Slow In Order To Go Fast

Digital Tonto

When I first moved overseas in 1997, email was still relatively new. There was no social media. Mostly, we communicated by landline and that was expensive. You couldn’t always reach who you wanted to, so things necessarily moved slower. We had to be more thoughtful because we didn’t really have any other choice. Today we live in a much more technological age, where many things move faster and we’ve come to expect nearly instant gratification.

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

Speaker: Jay Allardyce

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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Don’t Set Your Goals in Stone — Mold Them Like Clay

Harvard Business Review

A popular analogy compares our goals to rocks in a jar: put the big rocks (your most valued goals) in the jar first, or else the smaller (less important) rocks will take up all the space. But goals aren’t rocks; in fact, they’re more like balls of soft clay that require molding as much as prioritizing. To better mold your goals to your stage in life and what’s important to you, work through a four-step process that breaks your goals into values and definitions of success.

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Creating Value from Nothing

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Doing nothing fuels creativity and innovation, but that fuel is wasted if you don’t put it to use. Idleness clears the mind, allowing fresh ideas to emerge, but those ideas must be acted upon to create value. Why is doing something with that fuel so difficult?

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Read More Books

Destination Innovation

Here is a quick tip from the online course, How to be a Brillaint Thinker on Udemy. Check it out here: How to be a Brilliant Thinker Read More Books The post Read More Books appeared first on Destination Innovation.

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How to Improve Women’s Advancement Programs

Harvard Business Review

Most corporate women’s advancement programs center on teaching women a predefined slate of skills purported to give them more control over their careers. But by taking this approach, companies may be unintentionally communicating a culture of conformity by asking women to change who they are to succeed. This leaves many women, especially senior women, feeling stuck, because strong leaders need to have the ability to set expectations, not just fulfill them.

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Organizational Debt Syndrome Poses a Threat

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Stefan Lindegaard Organizations face numerous challenges as they grow and evolve. One of the most significant challenges is the Organizational Debt Syndrome, a phenomenon that results from accumulated compromises and shortcuts taken in people, culture, and leadership practices over time.

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Engaging Your Workforce: The Key to a Thriving Innovation Culture

IdeaScale

Building a thriving innovation culture is every organization's dream. Yet, many companies struggle to unlock the creative potential of their workforce. When employees feel like cogs in a machine, their innovative spirit gets stifled. They become passive observers, watching ideas fizzle out due to a lack of support and recognition.

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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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Continuous Improvement in Numbers: Key Findings from the Latest Idea Management Benchmark Report

Qmarkets

If you’re running an enterprise idea management or continuous improvement program, you’re probably obsessed with KPIs and metrics. You’ll be eagerly tracking the number of ideas generated and implemented, engagement rates, ROI, and various other aspects of your program. But how do you what numbers are ‘good’ and which are ‘bad’? Without context, any KPI can feel largely arbitrary.

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To Make Your Pitches More Engaging, Appeal to Multiple Learning Styles

Harvard Business Review

When idea pitches fail to resonate, it doesn’t always have to do with the merit of the idea, your presentation style, or charisma; the problem could stem from a deeper disengagement in your organization. To make pitches more appealing and increase the chances of ideas resonating, the author recommends engaging three main learning styles that may be in your audience: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic.

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Harnessing the Secrets of Successful Customer Engagement

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Shep Hyken What is customer engagement? A Google search will provide plenty of definitions to consider. Here are a few to give you a clear understanding: Qualtrics defines it as “the emotional connection between a customer and a brand.

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What is Radical Innovation? – Best Benefits, Top Examples with Real-Life Case Studies

innosabi Innovation Insights

As any forward-thinking entrepreneur knows, innovation is the path towards growth and survival. That’s a given in any industry, right? But not all innovation is created equal. Radical innovation, in its essence, is a groundbreaking leap that disrupts existing markets, redefines industries, and reshapes the way we live and work. It’s the […] Der Beitrag What is Radical Innovation?

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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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Top 5 Employee Engagement Ideas for Your Company

Qmarkets

Employee engagement is a critical factor in achieving business success. Engaged employees are more productive , motivated, and committed to their work, leading to better overall performance for the company. When employees feel valued and involved, they are more likely to contribute innovative ideas, support company initiatives, and stay with the organization longer.

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Using Persuasion to Spur Lasting Organizational Change

Harvard Business Review

There are well-known tactics for persuading others, coauthor Robert Cialdini’s prominent among them. But when leaders need to prompt long-term behavioral change, these tactics need to be applied differently. Cialdini and his coauthor, a researcher of influence tactics, suggest three methods for delivering long-haul persuasion in a complex system that build on Cialdini’s earlier work: Offer compromises proactively, promote unity, and appoint a system steward.

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How to Pursue a Grand Innovation Challenge

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell All too often, innovation is confused with agility. We’re told to “adapt or die” and encouraged to “move fast and break things.” But the most important innovations take time. Einstein spent ten years on special relativity and then another ten on general relativity.

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Lessons in Leadership from the movie Indian 2

Rmukesh Gupta

Recently, I got to watch the Tamil movie Indian 2, which stars one of my favourite actors ever – Kamal Hassan. The movie is supposed to be a sequel to a hit Tamil movie released in 1996 with the same name. While the premise of the movie remains the same (it’s the story of an anti corruption crusade of one man by becoming a vigilante), the treatment in the sequel is, let’s just say different.

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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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A Comprehensive Guide to Building a Strategic Innovation Program

Qmarkets

All companies are innovating in one way or another, but not all companies innovate strategically. Strategic innovation is all about proactively developing and delivering innovations that will have the biggest impact with the lowest investment. To do this, you need to take a holistic approach, harnessing the full power of your ecosystem and the tools that are available.

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Gen AI is Coming for Remote Workers First

Harvard Business Review

Automation has historically impacted blue-collar jobs first, whereas white-collar jobs benefited. The wave of remote work brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic further empowered white-collar workers with more autonomy through remote work. However, generative AI is changing this narrative. Remote workers are now more susceptible to automation due to their tasks being digital and thus more easily automated, but also indicates large potential productivity benefits.

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Your Ability to Innovate Determined By Your Ability to Pause

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Janet Sernack Many of my coaching clients have recently shared their struggles with feeling tired, emotionally overwhelmed, and cognitively overloaded and are close to burnout.

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How Tech Leaders Can Harness AI to Accelerate Software Delivery and Unlock Competitive Advantage

Planview

AI has transformed the landscape of software and revolutionized how organizations deliver software, drive business transformation, and stay ahead of competitors. By adopting these cutting-edge technologies, organizations can not only improve productivity and decision-making but also foster a culture of innovation and efficiency. Phil Clark, Vice President at Parchment , has been instrumental in overseeing the company’s AI strategy and implementation.

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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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Trend Forecasting: A Key Driver for Effective Innovation Management

Qmarkets

Staying ahead of market trends can be the difference between success and obsolescence. Trend forecasting, a powerful tool for anticipating market shifts and consumer behaviors, has become a critical component of successful innovation management. But what exactly is trend forecasting, and how does it differ from trend management? This article explores these concepts, delving into what trend forecasting is and its critical role in driving innovation.

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When Asking Too Many Questions Undermines Your Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Although it’s widely accepted that good leaders are good learners, a learning mentality can also have a darker side. If not carefully managed, it might lead to a perception of decreased effectiveness, less expertise, and lower efficiency. Your learning mentality should be the catalyst for your personal growth and development — not a reason for others to question your leadership.

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Unlocking Innovation Through Prototyping

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski A prototype moves us from “That’s not possible.” to “Hey, watch this!” A prototype moves us from “We don’t do it that way.” to “Well, we do now.” A prototype moves us from “That’s impossible.” to “As it turns out, it was only almost impossible.

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Strategic Direction - The Crucial Foundation for Strategic Thinking

Focused Momentum

In today's fast-paced business environment, strategic thinking is often touted as a critical skill for leaders and managers. However, many organizations overlook a fundamental prerequisite for effective strategic thinking: a well-defined strategic direction. This oversight can lead to misaligned efforts, wasted resources, and, ultimately, organizational failure.

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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.

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Enhancing Revenues and Margins with PVM Analysis

Innovators Alliance

For manufacturing CEOs and business owners, optimizing both revenues and margins is critical for sustaining profitability and growth. Price-Volume-Mix (PVM) analysis is a powerful tool that breaks down financial performance into price, volume, and mix variances, offering insights into the factors driving financial results. Understanding PVM Analysis Price Variance : This examines the impact of changes in selling prices.

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U.S. Commercial Real Estate Is Headed Toward a Crisis

Harvard Business Review

The risks of U.S. commercial banks being overexposed to commercial real estate (CRE) have intensified as the global pandemic upended long-held economic assumptions of perpetually subdued inflation, low interest rates, and in-office work. An analysis from The Conference Board suggests that in the next two years, more than $1 trillion in CRE loans will come due, and an increasing number of banks, mostly regional and community banks, risk having insufficient capital cushions.

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Bill Guinn, CTO Serviceaide at Serviceaide

BPI Game Changer Interviews

Everyone is talking about AI. The difference for Serviceaide is that we& introduced AI into production& all the way back in 2017.& Our approach is also different in that we are focused on an AI-First approach.

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When Team Members Flatter the Leader, Problems May Ensue

Michael Roberto

Source: [link] People tend to flatter their leaders at times. We've all done it on occasion. At times, we have rolled our eyes when a peer begins to flatter the boss in a less-than-subtle manner. The flattery might seem harmless, but it risks a problem for both leader and follower. The leader may become overconfident if he or she lets the flattery go to their head.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.