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Four Keys to Decision Making Every Leader Should Know

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell A leader’s primary responsibility is to make tough decisions. If the issues are unimportant and the choices are clear, someone lower down in the organization usually deals with it. The stuff that comes to you is mostly what others are unable, or unwilling, to decide themselves. That leaves you with […].

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Crunch Time for Sustainability Innovation

100%Open

Organisational leaders are in an increasingly untenable position as net zero targets loom closer, and legislation tightens the net. For example, in the UK, more than 100 local authorities have pledged to run on 100% clean energy by 2050. Of these, 58 have committed explicitly to neutralising council emissions by 2030 as well as those of their residents and businesses by 2045 – five years ahead of the government’s 2050 target.

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Increasing Safety Through Energy Resilience

Business and Tech

A popular term today, electrification is the process of powering homes and businesses with electricity rather than fossil fuels. Energy resilience, or the ability to provide reliable energy and ensure recovery from disruptions, is essential to the safe adoption of ever-changing technological needs and electrification. Emerging technologies — including energy storage systems, electric vehicles, and solar panels — can assist with these needs.

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Working "in" versus Working "on"

Jeffrey Phillips

In entrepreneurial circles, there's a lot of talk about the concepts of working "in" your business versus working "on" your business. The distinction is that working in the business defines the work that drives the business day to day - going to meetings, answering email, providing products and services for customers. Working on the business is the time you spend thinking about why the business exists, how it should operate and what it should become.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

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.

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Innovation requires a more dynamic systematic approach

Paul Hobcraft

Innovation requires a more dynamic, systematic approach. All companies talk about innovation and its growing importance, but why is it that still so few succeed in actually doing it on a repeatable scale? What inhibits innovation? What would drive innovation success? What aspects of innovation are critical to achieving such innovative growth? Where should a company place its emphasis to gain both an improving impact on its performance and strengthen its innovation capabilities?

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How Well Does Your Company Use Analytics?

Harvard Business Review

A framework to identify your strengths and weaknesses.

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Unlocking Innovation with Data, Creativity, and Automation

Tullio Siragusa

Unlocking Innovation with Data, Creativity, and Automation. There are many different paths to achieving success. For some, it may be through hard work and determination, while others may find success through innovation with creativity, data, and automation. No matter what your path is, it’s important to stay up to date on the latest trends and technologies to stay ahead of the competition.

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How To Use Entrepreneurial Creativity For Innovation

Entrepreneur - Innovation

An innovative entrepreneur identifies opportunities and creates value for their customers or clients. But innovation requires creativity; learn how these two traits go hand in hand.

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Don’t Let Mentoring Burn You Out

Harvard Business Review

Here’s how to spot the signs before you become exhausted.

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What is roadmapping and what you need to know about it

Sopheon

At the heart of any successful product portfolio is a roadmapping strategy that clearly outlines timelines, risk potential, progress, and many more product development data points. The post What is roadmapping and what you need to know about it appeared first on Sopheon.

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Revolutionize QA: GAPs AI-Driven Accelerators for Smarter, Faster Testing

GAP's AI-Driven QA Accelerators revolutionize software testing by automating repetitive tasks and enhancing test coverage. From generating test cases and Cypress code to AI-powered code reviews and detailed defect reports, our platform streamlines QA processes, saving time and resources. Accelerate API testing with Pytest-based cases and boost accuracy while reducing human error.

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16 Best Free Online Brainstorming Tools in 2022

IdeaScale

What are the best tools for brainstorming in 2022? Remote and hybrid work are becoming the new norms. Coordinating brainstorming sessions and innovation work can require a substantial amount of creativity. These web-focused brainstorming innovation tools will allow you and your team to put together more ideas and collaborate smoothly regardless of distance.

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Is Digital Different?

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from John Bessant ‘Now the chips are down…’ ‘The robots are coming…’ ‘Digitalize or die!’ There’s no shortage of scary headlines reminding us of the looming challenge of digital transformation. The message is clear. On the one hand if we don’t climb aboard the digital bandwagon we’ll be left behind in a kind […].

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We Can’t Fight Climate Change Without Fighting for Gender Equity

Harvard Business Review

Gender equity and environmental sustainability may seem like unrelated issues, but research shows that they are in fact closely intertwined.

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Don't Let Inflation Fears Slow You Down, Now is the Time to Think Big

Entrepreneur - Innovation

As an entrepreneur, you're tasked with looking beyond anxiety and fear. Follow these guidelines to see the situation for what it is - a massive opportunity for growth.

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The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever

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Dynamic Planning in the Face of Uncertainty

Planview

We thought we knew about uncertainty. Market disruptions by startups; sure. Shifting consumer behaviors? Part of the job. But then the pandemic happened, creating a domino effect of disruptions that we are learning to accept as part of daily life. The only thing certain about our futures, it seems, is that we have an extremely limited ability to predict what they will hold.

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Empathy: The Currency of Human Connection and Innovation

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Soren Kaplan Having worked with innovation teams from global companies like Visa, Colgate-Palmolive, Kimberly-Clark, Disney, Medtronic and many others, there’s one consistent success factor when it comes to innovation, no matter what you’re doing: it all starts with the customer. Companies spend oodles of time and money trying to understand customers.

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Closing the Gap Between Digital Marketing Spending and Performance

Harvard Business Review

How marketers can maximize returns.

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Kale Was a Garnish Before This Creative Genius Made It Famous. Here's How She Did It — and What She's Planning Next.

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Oberon Sinclair, "Queen of Kale" and founder of creative agency My Young Auntie, can teach anyone a thing or two about turning passion into success.

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4 HR Priorities for 2025 to Supercharge Your Employee Experience

Speaker: Carolyn Clark and Miriam Connaughton

Forget predictions, let’s focus on priorities for the year and explore how to supercharge your employee experience. Join Miriam Connaughton and Carolyn Clark as they discuss key HR trends for 2025—and how to turn them into actionable strategies for your organization. In this dynamic webinar, our esteemed speakers will share expert insights and practical tips to help your employee experience adapt and thrive.

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Schools can do more than “return to normal.” Here’s how.

Christensen Institute

As COVID-19 began wreaking havoc on schools and sowing devastation for students, educators, and their communities, one of the common early rally cries from educators was “we must not return to normal.”. Educators expressing this sentiment wanted to create a better teaching and learning experience that allowed every single student to build their passions and fulfill their potential.

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Reversible versus Irreversible Decisions

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Farnham Street We often think that collecting as much information as possible will help us make the best decisions. Sometimes that’s true, but sometimes it hamstrings our progress. Other times it can be flat out dangerous. Many of the most successful people adopt simple, versatile decision-making heuristics to remove the need […].

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3 Ways to Innovate in a Downturn

Harvard Business Review

Recessions present different kinds of opportunities.

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Future Faking Innovation

Phil McKinney

Future faking is a term that has crept into the lexicon that originated from a harmful dating practice. What is it? As all couples experience, once a relationship is established, the conversation turns to talk of the future — about where they will live, vacations they will go on, and children they will have. However, […].

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4 AI Hacks to Make Sales Teams More Efficient

Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.

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What Industry Leaders Are Doing to Show Support for Diversity

Entrepreneur - Innovation

If your organization has yet to send a message or make a statement about human issues affecting diversity, it's not too late.

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Challenges of Artificial Intelligence Adoption, Dissemination and Implementation

Innovation Excellence

Dissemination and Implementation Science (DIS) is a growing research field that seeks to inform how evidence-based interventions can be successfully adopted, implemented, and maintained in health care delivery and community settings. Here is what you should know about dissemination and implementation. Sickcare artificial intelligence products and services have a unique set of barriers to dissemination […].

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The Upside of Playing Favorites

Harvard Business Review

It doesn’t have to be toxic.

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3 models for making sure minority preferences don’t get marginalized

Christensen Institute

In all the buzz about education in times of COVID, here’s some news you might not have seen: According to our recent survey conducted in partnership with Bay View Analytics, 97% of teachers reported in April 2022 that they were teaching in-person. Yet only 85% said they preferred in-person instruction—a 12% difference. Similarly, a recent Pew Research survey conducted in April and May of this year found that 80% of teens were attending school completely in-person, yet only 65% of them said they

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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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Using Transparent Customer Feedback to Support Innovation

Viima

The ever-changing dynamic of customer relationships with brands has transformed the way organizations plan their growth. With the rise of numerous communication platforms and social media channels it seems easy to get feedback and understand customers’ needs and pain points. But the easy access to information is deceiving. Gathering and reading feedback doesn’t make it easy to filter the most important and valuable feedback that leads to improved and more innovative products and services.

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To reach young adults, companies like The Home Depot Rental are finding success on TikTok

Brunner

TikTok campaigns are effectively reaching Millennials and Gen Z. Learn how you can, too. . When it comes to home improvement projects, do-it-yourselfers span all age ranges, from young adults to seniors. . The Home Depot aims to serve them all by offering everything they need to get projects done, including materials, supplies — and a wide range of rental tools, equipment and trucks through the company’s rental operation, The Home Depot Rental. .

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Coding Isn’t a Necessary Leadership Skill — But Digital Literacy Is

Harvard Business Review

How non-technical leaders can become great collaborators.

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Beyond the profit formula: The business model to drive health

Christensen Institute

Health care executives know that how they get paid is evolving. And as part of the pressure to move towards value, they are seeking to address drivers of health (DOH) – also known as social determinants of health – as part of their care models. But what leaders may not know is that trying to address DOH from within their existing business models will be a harsh lesson in failure.

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

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

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.