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What Is an Innovation Manager?

InnovationManagement

Innovation is a sector in which companies are putting an increasing amount of effort into optimizing, and with this growth comes new opportunities. Some of the roles that have sprung out of an increased focus on innovation are Chief Innovation Officer, Innovation Consultant, and, notably, Innovation Manager. Without context, it might be challenging to [.].

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3 Strategies To Overcome Resistance To Change

Digital Tonto

One of the biggest misconceptions about change is that it is an exercise in persuasion. Yet anyone who has ever been married or had kids knows how hard it can be to convince even a single person of something they don’t want to be convinced about. Seeking to persuade hundreds or thousands to change what they think or how they act is a tall order indeed.

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7 Traits of High-Performing and Innovative Teams

IdeaScale

While being able to do it all is often touted as a badge of honor, high-performing teams are the “secret sauce” behind brands including Apple, Disney, Amazon, and Google. When you build a team with specialized but complementary skill sets and create an environment that fosters innovation—the sky’s the limit. But what sets high-performing and [.].

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Barriers to innovation, the cause and effect.

Paul Hobcraft

Seeing the barriers, the causes and effects. I am on a personal mission to convince innovation software providers, corporations and innovators to change how they undertake innovation. In some recent posts, I argued that we need to adopt a broader innovation ecosystem thinking and design. I stated in one recent post , “ We must promote more dynamic environments and the constant desire that organizations and their people have to be fit for innovating purposes, adaptive and fluid in such high

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Reality

Innovation Excellence

Recently I had the opportunity to interview Whynde Kuehn, author of the new book Strategy to Reality. Whynde Kuehn is the Founder and Managing Director of S2E Transformation. Whynde is a recognized global thought leader and a long-time pioneer, practitioner and educator in digital transformation, strategy execution and business architecture, a foundational discipline for enabling […].

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The Triple Bottom Line Framework

Viima

Money, money, money. It wasn’t so long ago that it was always sunny in the rich man’s world. But today, things just aren’t that easy, and talking about money isn’t enough. Businesses cannot thrive and survive in a competitive environment with only one bottom line – profit. United Nations Global Compact report points out that such issues as poverty, an uneducated workforce, and resource scarcity will, and already is, causing issues for business growth.

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Overcoming the most common open innovation challenges

HYPE Innovation

Implementing open innovation in your business is not an easy task. It might be straightforward, but it is not easy.

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How to Succeed at Opportunity Discovery

Moves the Needle

Opportunity discovery is the practice of figuring out where a business can find new growth. It’s the phase that comes before customer discovery and before product idea. (You can actually start with either of those, but one should take a big step backward to learn more about the actual opportunity.). There are 4 parts to opportunity discovery: 1) Build the “Sandbox” ; 2) Observe the Environment ; 3) Find the Personas ; and 4) Define the Jobs.

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Scientific Management, Taylorism and how employees are prevented from innovating

Idea to Value

The Harvard Business Review’s Podcast “ HBR Ideacast ” has recently started a series on four business ideas which changed the world. I already told you about their excellent episode on Disruptive Innovation. Today I want to highlight another great episode on a topic I learned a lot more about: Taylorism. What is Taylorism? In 1878, a machinist at a Pennsylvania steelworks noticed that his crew was producing much less steel than he thought they could.

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The USAID’s Africa Localization Initiative may have unintended consequences

Christensen Institute

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) recently announced the Africa Localization Initiative, designed “to direct more funding to local organizations based in sub-Saharan Africa.” The first goal of the initiative is to direct up to 25% of the agency’s funding to local organizations. The second is that local communities will be responsible for designing, implementing, and evaluating programs.

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

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

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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Tech Companies Innovate at the Edge. Legacy Companies Can Too.

Harvard Business Review

New tools make it easier to empower small-scale innovation among the employees who work most closely with suppliers, customers, and other stakeholders.

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Why Innovation Doesn't Always Guarantee Success (and How to Implement Your Innovative Ideas Effectively)

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Many professionals are excited about making a revolutionary change in their industries with innovative ideas. However, most don't understand that business success depends on other factors.

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HBR Podcast on Disruptive Innovation

Idea to Value

Do you know what disruptive innovation is? No, I am not talking about every start-up trying to disrupt their industry. I am talking about the original theory of disruptive innovation, as outlined by Professor Clayton Christensen in his groundbreaking Harvard Business Review article in 1995. This was the theory which described how small upstart companies can take market share away from the large incumbent companies in a market, by delivering a new offering which may be inferior to that of the inc

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What schools miss when they’re missing relationship data

Christensen Institute

A few months ago, a new study in Nature revealed a key predictor of economic mobility: connectedness. Specifically, researchers at Opportunity Insights found that relationships with higher-income students dramatically improved low-income students’ chances of upward mobility in adulthood, even more than traditional success metrics like school quality.

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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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Is Your Company Seizing Its Digital Value?

Harvard Business Review

The ways in which companies can create and capture value have changed profoundly. Most aren’t keeping up.

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How to Use The Hoshin Kanri X-Matrix to Deploy Your Strategic Plan

Kainexus

Now is the time of year when many leaders turn their thoughts to crafting the strategic plan for next year. In most cases, this involves financial forecasting, resource planning, and a review of this year’s performance to date. All of that is important, but according to the book, The Balanced Scorecard by David Norton and Robert Kaplan, 90 percent of organizations fail to execute their strategies.

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Did You Make a Difference Today?

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski Did you engage today with someone that needed your time and attention, though they didn’t ask? You had a choice to float above it all or recognize that your time and attention were needed. And then you had a follow-on choice: to keep on truckin’ or engage. If you recognized […].

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Are Bots Overtaking Your B2B LinkedIn Campaign?

Brunner

When running a social media campaign for a B2B client, the first platform you probably think of is LinkedIn. LinkedIn provides the most premium audience in B2B. No other social media platform allows you to target decision makers by job title, company, and industry. Your second thought may be Facebook (and Instagram). These channels, on the other hand, are less tightly targeted for B2B but still hit the right people if the strategy behind the targeting is tactical.

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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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Startups, Don’t Pin Your Hopes on VC Dry Powder

Harvard Business Review

Even with $290 billion in committed capital, venture capitalists may slow their pace of investing — and focus on the companies they’ve already backed.

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Gamification and Innovation: Nudging Mechanisms in Idea Management Software

ITONICS

Innovation requires engagement, collaboration and diverse thinking. However, organizations can face many challenges in creating an open space for employees to contribute ideas. Some of the issues companies encounter during the innovation process include the lack of a platform that acts as a single point of truth to connect information. In addition, limited capabilities to foster innovation and low interest among teams to participate in the process can also be hurdles to successful ideation.

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Should a Bad Grade in Organic Chemistry be a Doctor Killer?

Innovation Excellence

NYU Professor Fired for Giving Students Bad Grades GUEST POST from Arlen Meyers, M.D. A recent article described the termination of an NYU organic chemistry professor in response to a student petition. When the professor pushed students’ grades down, noting the egregious misconduct, he said they protested that “they were not given grades that would allow […].

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The Journey Beyond Fear

Innov8rs

Innov8rs |. Fear is becoming the dominant emotion for people around the world. While understandable, fear is also very limiting. If we see the future as a threat instead of an opportunity, we tend to shrink our time horizons, focus on today, and adopt a win-lose view of the world. In other words, we don't pursue innovation. John Hagel III has spent over 40 years in Silicon Valley as a management consultant, entrepreneur, speaker and author, helping people (and organizations) anticipate how the w

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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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How to Gain a Competitive Advantage on Customer Insights

Harvard Business Review

The most valuable data is the data your competitors don’t have.

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Global Race for Innovation

eZassi

In the global race for innovation, industry leaders are speeding ahead in the engineering fields of satellites, rockets, robotics, drones, and the future of mobility. It’s no longer enough to just keep the pace of your competitors. The objective is to outperform and outmaneuver, blazing the trail to new frontiers with faster, more cost-effective innovation solutions.

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Five Lessons from a Harvard Professor on Selling with Service

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Shep Hyken Most people think that customer service is a department that handles complaints and problems. There may be a department or contact center that does, but customer service is more than that. It’s a philosophy that must be embraced by everyone in an organization, and that includes sales. I had a […].

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Oh No! We Have A Rebel In Our Team

Innov8rs

Innov8rs |. Rebels are the misfits, the crazy ones, the troublemakers. But are they really? What if rebels are actually your agents of change, the ones who see things differently, bring creative solutions to long-lasting problems, and are brave enough to commit themselves and get things done? It's about time we acknowledge the power of rebels, and create a supportive environment for them to unleash their talent, suggested Simone van Neerven, now Founder at reBella and Innovation Catalyst, and fo

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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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How to Recover from a Toxic Job

Harvard Business Review

Traumatic work experiences can stick with you. Here’s how to find closure and move forward with confidence.

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Some AI Fun

Stephen Shapiro

I’m playing around with various AI softwares. Just for fun. One is DreamStudio. Just give a brief description of what you want it to create, and it does it. Not always well. But it tries. To be clear, the system does not copy and paste of stock photos. These are generated from scratch. Therefore each picture is unique – and sometimes a little weird.

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Don’t Blame Quiet Quitting for a Broken Business Strategy

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Soren Kaplan When it comes to “quiet quitting,” the bigger issue may be a lack of purpose and meaning in your company and culture. The term “quiet quitting” recently exploded on social media and in business circles. It describes an approach to work that has you doing the very barest minimum to meet your […].

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The Evolving Role of The Chief Innovation Officer

Innov8rs

Innov8rs |. Innovation is evolving, and so is the role of the Chief Innovation Officer. A few decades ago, innovation was just a matter of inventing new products. That is no longer the case in the 21st century. As sustainability and other trends are pushing companies to reshape their core, innovation today is a matter of reinventing what you do, how you operate, and how you run the business.

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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.