Digital Tonto
JUNE 20, 2021
It’s become fashionable to bemoan the influence of investors and blame them for short-term and “quarterly capitalism,” but that’s just an excuse for failed leadership. If you look at the world’s most. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Idea to Value
JUNE 21, 2021
People often think that science and creativity are not related. In fact, over the past few decades , a huge amount of research has begun showing us exactly what causes our creativity, what reduces it, and even what enhances it. In this article, I want to highlight some of my favourite examples of scientific research which can help you enhance your creativity.
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Leapfrogging
JUNE 21, 2021
Brainstorming is an art and science. Here’s how to help your virtual team generate and prioritize the best ideas. Over the past 25 years, I have run hundreds of brainstorming workshops for high-performing teams. My sessions are often part of larger strategy and innovation initiatives. But all sessions are focused on the same thing: generate, prioritize, and develop great ideas to create a big impact.
IdeaScale
JUNE 23, 2021
Creating a sustainable workplace is a concern across all industries. Preserving the environment and decreasing the carbon footprint is at the forefront of innovation efforts for many companies. Idea sharing is where innovation begins. It is how businesses learn ways to make the workplace more sustainable. Brainstorming is the first step to idea-sharing.
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Paul Hobcraft
JUNE 22, 2021
visual from [link] collaboration-the-missing-standard/. We clearly need to find ways to navigate ourselves back into some (new) order, to stabilize the chaos we are in, or beginning to feel we are finally moving out of the crisis and chaos of the last 18 months. What we first need to do is make sense of what is going on around us. Then, we need to determine what actions to take and the level of action, resource and support each part needs.
Idea to Value
JUNE 22, 2021
The boxer Mike Tyson once famously said: Everybody has a plan before they get punched in the mouth! While the original quote from 1987 was actually “Everybody has plans until they get hit for the first time.”, the sentiment also applies to innovation projects. Companies often create elaborate plans for what their projects are supposed to achieve once they are released.
Business Innovation Brief brings together the best content for business innovation and strategy professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Board of Innovation
JUNE 23, 2021
Get to know GaiaGo: the cross-industry, disruptive business model advancing sustainable mobility, sustainable consumption and inclusive urban planning. The post Business model innovation and positive social impact appeared first on Board of Innovation.
IdeaScale
JUNE 22, 2021
Overview: Learn more about what an innovation management platform like IdeasScale can do for your organization. Why Use IdeaScale? We’ve found as we talk to our clients that one of their main concerns is communication and tapping into their community in a world that’ll be defined by hybrid working arrangements or even working from home. The COVID-19 pandemic threw many businesses into a stress test for their innovation committee and employee culture.
Idea to Value
JUNE 23, 2021
We know that our surroundings can impact our creative performance and ability to innovate. So how can we adjust our surroundings to help us to achieve our best work possible? Well, several pieces of research have looked at how colour around you affects your creative performance. And it turns out that different colours can help you focus (to be productive in your creative challenges), while other colours help improve your divergent thinking (so you can come up with lots of ideas).
Paul Hobcraft
JUNE 22, 2021
visual from www.amle.org collaboration-the-missing-standard/. We clearly need to find ways to navigate ourselves back into some (new) order, to stabilize the chaos we are in, or beginning to feel we are finally moving out of the crisis and chaos of the last 18 months. What we first need to do is make sense of what is going on around us. Then, we need to determine what actions to take and the level of action, resource and support each part needs.
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Innovation is key to overcoming crises. This guide outlines how businesses can navigate uncertainty by adapting strategies, embracing open innovation, and strengthening resilience. Learn how to reassess business models, engage external expertise, and build a robust innovation ecosystem. Explore the three phases of crisis response—from immediate adaptation to long-term transformation—and discover how collaboration accelerates progress while reducing costs.
Leapfrogging
JUNE 21, 2021
How does your team allocate time to driving innovation within your business? . The 70-20-10 Rule is a strategy for determining how to allocate time and resources in order to make a successful innovation. Generally, the rule helps organizational stakeholders determine if they should make high risk/high reward innovations or improve upon existing products or services. . .
IdeaScale
JUNE 22, 2021
Overview: Curious as to how IdeaScale works? Join us for a live demo July 14th at 10 am Pacific Time for a half-hour of product demonstration with a question and answer session to show why IdeaScale is right for your company. Why Use IdeaScale? We’ve found as we talk to our clients that one of their main concerns is communication and tapping into their community in a world that’ll be defined by hybrid working arrangements or even working from home.
Idea to Value
JUNE 24, 2021
In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with bestselling author, serial entrepreneur and innovation keynote speaker Diana Kander. We discuss what keeps companies and leaders from reaching their full potential around delivering innovation, and the importance of curiosity to find the truth. Topics covered in this episode: 00:02:00 – Diana’s diverse background starting successful (and failed) companies, and how this was distilled into her bestselling book “ All In S
Paul Hobcraft
JUNE 22, 2021
visual from [link] collaboration-the-missing-standard/. We clearly need to find ways to navigate ourselves back into some (new) order, to stabilize the chaos we are in, or beginning to feel we are finally moving out of the crisis and chaos of the last 18 months. What we first need to do is make sense of what is going on around us. Then, we need to determine what actions to take and the level of action, resource and support each part needs.
Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage
When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m
Leapfrogging
JUNE 21, 2021
Creating a solid business case is integral to the success of any new opportunity. The right business case can mean the difference between funding your idea and floundering to make it a reality. Many people fail to gain support for their ideas because they fail to create a compelling business case. . . For over 25 years, I’ve worked with innovation teams within big companies to help them craft business cases for their ideas, and with founders to gain funding for their startups.
Jeffrey Phillips
JUNE 21, 2021
I am a huge fan of trend spotting and scenario planning. Most companies simply do not understand the insight and the power that developing and interpreting trends and scenarios can provide. Instead of being caught off-guard or surprised by emerging markets or emerging segments or new technologies, wouldn't it be much better to be aware of, or even prepared for, what is going to happen?
Idea to Value
JUNE 25, 2021
Why is it that it sometimes feels so hard to be creative? Well, it is because your brain is actually incredibly lazy ! But don’t blame yourself. Blame evolution. You see, the brain is one of the most energy-hungry organs in your body, regularly demanding around 20% of the calories your body uses. And in the distant past, fulfilling our basic needs of feeding ourselves was one of the core behavioural drivers.
Entrepreneur - Innovation
JUNE 23, 2021
Use the increasing fusion of AI and robotics to your business's advantage.
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The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.
Leapfrogging
JUNE 21, 2021
Concept screening is one of the best ways to quickly filter through information and ideas to pick the best one for a particular situation . . Concept Screening is a process that an organization can use to narrow down the number of ideas that are generated as options for new products or services – or just about anything else. In order to ensure that the strongest ideas are selected for further development, they need to be screened against certain criteria.
Tullio Siragusa
JUNE 21, 2021
The Importance of Downtime on Health and Productivity. The evidence that emptying your mind is a vital part of being creative and successful is proliferating. However, many people do not take advantage of their paid vacation time, even if they have access to a week or several weeks off. Most people cancel or postpone vacation time due to actual or perceived job obligations.
CMOE
JUNE 21, 2021
Supervising can be extremely rewarding but also challenging—there are varying personalities, communication styles, skill sets, and roadblocks to manage, all while trying to maintain high-quality output. The good news is, there are development opportunities for supervisors that can help you succeed in your role. With the right tools and resources by your side, you will feel more confident in driving your team forward.
Entrepreneur - Innovation
JUNE 22, 2021
Nicole Walters, CEO and founder of Inherit Learning Company, chats with Andres Wydler, executive director of StartOut, about how technology unlocks new opportunities.
Speaker: Jennifer Hodroge, Omni-Channel Strategic Leader, Forrester CX Certified
Marketers know that personalization is the key to engagement—but with limited budgets and time, how do you prioritize what, where, and how to personalize? Aligning your content, campaigns, and buyer experiences requires a deep understanding of customer needs. In this new webinar with expert Jennifer Hodroge, we’ll explore how to leverage insights and customer journey mapping to build personalization strategies that deliver real impact.
Leapfrogging
JUNE 21, 2021
What is a Customer Empathy Map, and what are best practices, tools and online templates for teams and organizations? . It always surprises me that business leaders think they know what’s best for their customers without asking them. Unless you’re Steve Jobs, chances are you won’t know exactly what customers want without doing your due diligence and developing a deep understanding for what makes your customers tick.
Cascade Strategy
JUNE 24, 2021
Business strategy is a multifaceted discipline that relies on getting a wide number of things right. What makes the field so interesting is that it is a complex, infinitely variable puzzle that you have to solve and you don’t have all the information at your fingertips. You have to make calculated assumptions, and projections based on what you think might happen – all within an uncertain problem space.
Strategyzer Innovation
JUNE 23, 2021
You’ve just had an incredibly productive brainstorming session with your team where you collectively came up with dozens of ideas for new business models. While you would usually find yourself stuck in analysis paralysis and unable to choose which idea to go ahead with, you’ve decided to take a new approach.
Entrepreneur - Innovation
JUNE 21, 2021
Meet the company fighting food related allergies to help millions live without fear.
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Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.
InnovationManagement
JUNE 24, 2021
As the director of the IdeaScale Crowd community, I recently had the opportunity to share some insights and best practices for innovators who are new to crowdsourcing, and may not have conducted their first campaign yet. We discussed five questions to ask as you prepare for your first campaign, why those questions are important, and some examples of good and bad answers to those questions.
Cascade Strategy
JUNE 20, 2021
Emerging from the Cascade 2021 Strategy Fest, one of the most interesting discussions that still rings true is a fundamental one. What is ‘strategy’ really ? You can read all the various textbook definitions about traditional business tropes, but when it comes down to it – strategy means something different to everyone that you ask.
InnovationTraining.org
JUNE 23, 2021
Learn about TRIZ in this training guide and apply the principles to your technical challenge. TRIZ is the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving. It was created by Genrich Altshuller after analyzing thousands of patents and inventions and noticing themes and patterns that could be applied to solving other technical problems. He turned the patterns he saw into an algorithmic technical systematic approach that others could use when faced with a tricky problem in need of a solution.
Entrepreneur - Innovation
JUNE 21, 2021
Three key design practices for embracing person-centricity and creating the conditions for continuous innovation.
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