IdeaScale
OCTOBER 6, 2022
The 2018 Benchmarking Innovation Impact report gathered powerful perspectives regarding why new projects fail. The report surveyed 270 innovation, strategy, and R&D executives with the objective of identifying the top barriers to organizational innovation. The top 5 of these barriers are below. By understanding what they are you can take measures to safeguard against [.].
Planview
OCTOBER 6, 2022
PI Planning in Agile is often held quarterly, bringing together multidisciplinary teams to lay out the product delivery cadence. When scaling agility to your whole organization, it’s important to have an overarching cadence to keep teams in sync. In the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®), time is divided into Program Increments (PIs) to provide structure while maintaining agility.
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InnovationManagement
OCTOBER 1, 2022
Innovating doesn’t just happen when inspiration strikes. In order to ensure forward progress, a business has to create a structure that stimulates innovation regularly. This structure will determine the rate and efficacy of overall innovation and is commonly known as an innovation strategy. This article will define innovation strategy, discuss how to create one, [.].
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 4, 2022
GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton “We need to be more innovative.” How many times have you said or heard that? It’s how most innovation efforts start. It’s a statement that reflects leaders’ genuine desire to return to the “good ol’ days” when the company routinely created and launched new products and enjoyed the publicity and […].
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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?
Michael Roberto
OCTOBER 1, 2022
Source: CNBC Phil Wahba has written a detailed and highly informative account of the collapse of Bed Bath and Beyond for Fortune. He points out that the retailer will generate about half as much revenue this year as they did just four years ago. Tragically, CFO Gustavo Arnal took his own life earlier this month, in part due to the stress of the situation at the retailer.
Cascade Strategy
OCTOBER 4, 2022
During the growth stage or during significant organizational changes, an effective internal communication strategy can make or break a business transformation.
Business Innovation Brief brings together the best content for business innovation and strategy professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 5, 2022
GUEST POST from Teresa Spangler “I just love it when people say I can’t do it, there’s nothing that makes me feel better, because all my life, people have said that I wasn’t going to make it.” -Ted Turner Resilience is what allows us to scale new heights. It is the strength that comes from […].
Wellspring
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Every so often we ask our community to sound off on popular topics in innovation and share their best tips, tricks, and advice in hopes that their answers may inspire others in the field. We’ve gathered these insights by email, over phone calls, at events and roundtables, and catching up with clients and colleagues.
Idea to Value
OCTOBER 4, 2022
How would you feel if someone told you that you needed to sit silently in a chair and not use your phone for 30 minutes? To just sit there and “ think “? I expect that like many people, you would probably think that you would be bored out of your mind. Being bored has numerous benefits. It can give you time to allow your mind to wander, and make you more creative.
HYPE Innovation
OCTOBER 5, 2022
I’ve caught up on some essential reading this weekend to be able to offer you a selection of the most inspiring thought pieces and research by world-renowned scholar and management thinker, Professor Henry Chesbrough.
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.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Data shows that having a best friend at work is strongly linked to business outcomes, profitability, safety, inventory control, and employee retention.
Qmarkets
OCTOBER 5, 2022
A new partnership between Amsterdam-based growth specialists RevelX and Qmarkets will drive strategic innovation and growth for their joint clients. This partnership will combine the extensive functionality of the Qmarkets platform with the expertise and services of RevelX’s team of growth entrepreneurs, to power the innovation efforts and strategies of companies around the world.
Idea to Value
OCTOBER 6, 2022
If you want something done, give it to a busy person. I remember this quote from my childhood, and it is meant to show that people who work the hardest are likely to be the ones who are best able to complete additional hard tasks. Since then, there has been an explosion of the productivity culture , where people often work incredibly long hours to show how busy they are and to achieve as much as possible.
HYPE Innovation
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Before assessing the three key models of open innovation, let’s take a step back and look at what open innovation means.
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Christensen Institute
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Key points. Disruptive innovations need three enablers: a technology, an organizational model, and a value network. In K–12 education, it’s hard to find value networks that can support new organizational models. When Disrupting Class was published in 2008, it predicted that by the fall of 2019, 50% of all high school courses would be delivered online in some form or fashion.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 7, 2022
A survey of workers at Fortune 500 companies reveals that men and women have different perceptions of how men are — and aren’t — showing up.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 1, 2022
GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski Praise happens when you tell someone they did something wonderful. Praise is virtually free and almost the most powerful force in the universe. When you tell someone what they did was amazing, they stand three inches taller. Right in front of you, they get taller. They grow. They expand. Don’t […].
Entrepreneur - Innovation
OCTOBER 4, 2022
As well as providing customers with an immersive experience, businesses can use the metaverse to take them on a truly personal journey.
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
Christensen Institute
OCTOBER 6, 2022
When was the last time you were satisfied with your health care? For the majority of Americans, it seems to have been a while. A recent Associated Press survey found that most Americans think that health care in this country is handled poorly. Only 12% of respondents are extremely happy with the state of US health care. This is relatively unsurprising; between rising health care costs and comparatively poor health outcomes , it’s easy to understand people’s dissatisfaction. .
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 5, 2022
When it’s actually beneficial to meet face to face — and when it’s not.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 3, 2022
GUEST POST from Greg Satell Humans tend to think in a linear fashion. If something is growing, we expect it to keep growing. If it is decreasing, we expect it to continue to decrease. We are natural trend watchers and instinctively look for patterns. Yet it is often the discontinuities, rather than the continuities, that […].
Cascade Strategy
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Smartsheet is a reliable tool for project management and task tracking. But some teams outgrow it. They need a tool that goes beyond spreadsheets and traditional project & task management.
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.
Christensen Institute
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Summer internships are a proven gateway to jobs. But that gateway is not equally open to students from different backgrounds. Low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students’ internship participation rates lag behind those of their wealthier, white peers. Moreover, access to paid internships, which are associated with long-term wage premiums, remains uneven along lines of race and class.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 3, 2022
How do you bring about positive change — or just keep a workplace functional — when the person in charge won’t listen?
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 6, 2022
GUEST POST from Shep Hyken NICE isn’t just the right way to treat people. It’s the name of a software company that specializes in helping businesses improve their customer and agent experience. NICE has analyzed billions of customer interactions to better understand customer behavior. They know what customers like and dislike. They know what frustrates […].
Planview
OCTOBER 4, 2022
For more than a decade now, The Planview Vision Awards strives to recognize a handful of forward-looking organizations that have excelled at achieving their strategic goals by leveraging Planview solutions. This year, we were thrilled to honor a few select customers during the 26 th Annual Planview Accelerate Customer Conference on September 13 th – 14 th.
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.
Acuvate
OCTOBER 3, 2022
The world is facing a pressing crisis in terms of a rapidly expanding population, depleting resources, growing carbon emissions, and rising temperatures. With our planet on a path to a 2.7 degree-celsius temperature rise by the end of this century, there is an immediate need to tackle the climate crisis, reduce global warming, and progress toward achieving zero-waste sustainability goals.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Focus on providing learning experiences for the next generation — and room for them to make mistakes.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 1, 2022
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. We also publish a weekly Top 5 as part of our FREE email newsletter. Did your favorite make the cut? But enough delay, here are September’s […].
Innov8rs
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Innov8rs |. If you don't know where you're going, how will you know when you get there? You won't get results from your innovation programs, processes and projects if the fundamentals are lacking. It may sound obvious, but in most if not all organizations there's still quite big gap between aspirations and actuals. From setting a proper strategy and structuring and organization the function, to having clarity about who makes what type of decisions when, to understanding how to align with and inv
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