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What Are Some of the Benefits of Open Innovation?

IdeaScale

The span of human knowledge has grown vastly in the last century, to the point where many feel a traditional “closed” model of independent, internal research and development teams is no longer effective. This has led to the theory of “open innovation,” and it’s one worth considering as you develop an innovation strategy. What Is … Continued.

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Building the Innovation Business Case

Paul Hobcraft

The building always the Innovation Business Case offers a unique approach to tackle one of the real problem areas within innovation- making the case compelling. One of the toughest aspects within Innovation is making the Business Case. Much of the information is imperfect, the returns are often fuzzy and the doubters ready to block and deter new ideas from entering the commercialization process.

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Cui bono?

Idea to Value

It is a Latin phrase which means “to whom is there a benefit?” Always ask this question honestly and without bias when you are listening to advice about a new idea, innovation proposal or service offering. Because in most cases, people proposing something to you will almost always suggest something which would benefit them. Did your advertising agency suggest it is time for a brand refresh after your new product didn’t fly off the shelves?

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Why You Need To Build Change On Common Ground

Digital Tonto

The truth is that while people like the idea of being different, change is always built on common ground. Differentiation builds devotion among adherents, but to bring new people in, you need to make. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production

Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, CTO of Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI prototypes into

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16 Best Free Online Brainstorming Tools in 2021

IdeaScale

What are the best tools for brainstorming in 2021? COVID-19 has driven organizations to adopt digital tools that can improve their processes and deliver more effective results. Whether you’re brainstorming virtually or in-person, coordinating it can require a substantial amount of creativity on your part. These web-focused brainstorming tools will allow you and your team … Continued.

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Innovating in the midst of chaos and disruption

Jeffrey Phillips

There's a great poem by Kipling that I'm sure is now out of favor, but it has a central message that we all need to hear. The poem is "If" - and if you are interested in reading the poem you can find the link here. Go ahead and read it now. After the Biden inaugural, poetry is on the upswing in popularity and Kipling is a good poet. Plus, the poem has a message that we need to hear now.

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How Taco Bell Is Becoming the World's Most Innovative Franchise

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Let's take a glimpse at how the fast-food giant has maintained its globally iconic position.

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How Can Your Organization Crowdsource Ideas?

IdeaScale

The creativity of the world has never been more accessible, thanks to crowdsourcing. Yet incorporating crowdsourcing into your innovation strategy can feel like a challenge in need of that same creativity. How can you tap into the wisdom of large groups? Here’s what you need to know. Find Your Scale The first question is what … Continued.

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What Local Government Can Do with Crowdsourced Innovation

InnovationManagement

If you look up Westminster, Colorado, you’ll find a university that looks like a castle, a bell tower intentionally made to look like Big Ben, and pictures of smart and cozy suburban homes sitting at the feet of the Rocky Mountains. The post What Local Government Can Do with Crowdsourced Innovation appeared first on InnovationManagement.

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Podcast S5E101: Eric Quint – Scaling creativity and design in large businesses

Idea to Value

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Design expert Eric Quint. As a former Chief Brand and Design Officer at 3M and Head of Design Management and Consulting at Royal Philips, Eric has extensive experience in understanding what it takes to get design embedded within large businesses. We speak about the way innovation is approached at 3M and Philips, how this has changed over time, and what it takes to scale creativity and design.

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How To Get Promoted In Product Management

Speaker: John Mansour

If you're looking to advance your career in product management, there are more options than just climbing the management ladder. Join our upcoming webinar to learn about highly rewarding career paths that don't involve management responsibilities. We'll cover both career tracks and provide tips on how to position yourself for success in the one that's right for you.

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The Top 4 Innovation Culture Best Practices from the World’s Most Successful Companies

Qmarkets

Today the world’s most innovative companies are also some of the most successful. This doesn’t come as much of a surprise, especially in the continuous waves of disruption we’re seeing. Innovation lends itself to success by provoking organizations to continuously push for improvement and always be on the lookout for new opportunities. Amazon , SpaceX , Apple , and Salesforce are far better placed to innovate than others, but this is not by chance.

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What Are Some of the Benefits of Open Innovation?

IdeaScale

The span of human knowledge has grown vastly in the last century, to the point where many feel a traditional “closed” model of independent, internal research and development teams is no longer effective. This has led to the theory of “open innovation,” and it’s one worth considering as you develop an innovation strategy. What Is … Continued.

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Junior Sales Manager/ Praktikum Sales (m/w/d)

whataventure

Werde Teil des Teams! Junior Sales Manager/Praktikum Sales (m/w/d). JETZT BEWERBEN. Wo. Bozen. Start. Ab März 2021. Dauer. 3 Monate (Möglichkeit der Übernahme). Sprachniveau. C1 Deutschniveau. Über uns. WhatAVenture hat es sich zum Ziel gemacht, Unternehmen dabei zu unterstützen, ihre Geschäftsideen iterativ und nahe am Kunden zu entwickeln. Wir begleiten, unterstützen und helfen etablierten Unternehmen als Facilitatoren, Sparringspartner oder auch als Teammitglieder bei der Umsetzung von Innova

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Nick Skillicorn awarded as Creativity & Innovation Development Coach of the Year (Europe)

Idea to Value

I’m proud to find out that I have recently been honoured as the Creativity & Innovation Development Coach of the Year (Europe) 2020 by Corporate Vision in their Corporate Coaching and Recruitment awards. This was a very pleasant and unexpected surprise. Thank you to everyone at Corporate Vision. I will strive to continue delivering the best Creativity and Innovation development insights for the coming years.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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Should you Choose Tech Scouting or Crowdsourcing for your Open Innovation Project?

Yet2

How should you choose the best approach for your open innovation project? Should you opt for tech scouting or crowdsourcing? Tim Bernstein , CEO of yet2 and Christian Cotichini , CEO of HeroX tackle this topic in HeroX’s recent webinar, Crowdsourcing vs TechScouting: Which One is Better? Watch the video and you’ll hear Tim and Christian explain how NASA’s Technology Readiness Levels can be a good tool to use to determine if your open innovation project should use tech scoutin

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The Best 2020 IdeaScale Features

IdeaScale

It’s amazing how rapidly things change: ten years ago we didn’t have Uber, meal delivery kits, or Stranger Things. Now it’s hard to imagine life without them. It’s tough to keep up – especially when big things appear over the course of days, weeks, and years. A lot happened in 2020 and we’re on pace … Continued. The post The Best 2020 IdeaScale Features appeared first on IdeaScale.

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Apply Incremental Innovation to Cope With the Crisis

Entrepreneur - Innovation

Large corporations partner with innovative startups that help them in the process of adapting to changes more efficiently and quickly.

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Survivorship bias

Idea to Value

Survivorship bias is one of the most common selection biases, and can be extremely detrimental when assessing whether a new idea or innovation will work. Survivorship bias is the tendency for humans to be aware of an focus on thins (be it people or products) which made it past some selection process, and not pay attention to the other examples which did not make it through.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Innovative Businesses Prioritize Creativity

Daniel Burrus

Human beings are meant to be creative. Year after year, entrepreneurs and employees alike are constantly driven to transform the world around them into something new, useful, and impactful in both their careers and personal lives. One problem we witness too often in society is the treatment of creativity and business innovation as mutually exclusive occurrences.

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The Rise of Second-hand: Exploring the Opportunities of Re-commerce

The BMI Lab Blog

The fashion resale market is booming. By 2029, it is forecasted to reach a value of $80 billion , doubling the size of fast fashion. As used clothing is taking over our wardrobes, we have decided to explore the phenomenon of resale from a business model perspective – and investigate how it can be applied to other industries. Definition – What is a re-commerce business model?

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The Source of Grit and Resilience

Rmukesh Gupta

In a recent post on HBR ([link] authors Rob Cross , Karen Dillon and Danna Greenberg talk about building resilience based on their yet unpublished research. They argue and I quote, A well-developed network of relationships can help us rebound from setbacks by: – Helping us shift work or manage surges – Helping us to make sense of people or politics in a given situation – Helping us find the confidence to push back and self advocate – Helping us see a path forward &#

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#2,096 – DALL-E

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

OpenAI is at it again. Last year it was the development of GPT-3 , a text generating AI that could democratize the process of literary creation, that took the world by storm. Now it’s DALL-E, an image generator that could democratize the process of artistic creation. Or at least create some interesting weirdness. NBC News sums it up best: “OpenAI, one of the industry leaders in artificial intelligence development, released evidence in early January of a leap forward of its capabiliti

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: The Competitive Edge

CMOE

The Importance of Diversity in the Workplace. In today’s marketplace, one of the most relevant factors in gaining a competitive advantage is probably not listed among the business-success factors you learned years ago. That key factor is diversity, and it’s too-often overlooked. Leaders in the most competitive organizations today know that having a diverse workforce is critical to long-term success and profitability.

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How savvy retailers are attracting customers

IdeaSpies

Shoppers may be shifting away from cities, shopping centres and high streets, but here’s how big retailers are creatively coming.

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Brunner Wins Best in Show at PRSA Pittsburgh 2021 Renaissance Awards

Brunner

Brunner Wins Best in Show at PRSA Pittsburgh 2021 Renaissance Awards. Agency receives highest score of all award submissions as well as four additional accolades. During a year in which employees worked from home and were challenged to push creativity and strategic thinking to new heights amid insurmountable uncertainty, Brunner rose to the occasion.

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#2,100 – Spinach Communication

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

If you thought you had trouble getting to inbox zero as it is just imagine how much harder it’ll be when you start getting emails from your plants as well. Futurism explains: “MIT scientists are showing off engineered cyborg spinach plants that they say are capable of sending emails to their creators. The spinach doesn’t have much on its mind, so it’s thankfully not filling inboxes with idle chit-chat.

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Understanding User Needs and Satisfying Them

Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst

We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.

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5 Lessons From Running 200 Remote Hackathons

hackerearth

Hackathons > Lessons from running 200 remote hackathons. Scene from the movie ‘The Social Network.’. A room full of boisterous Harvard undergrads. In the center: a small group of coders hunched over their laptops, typing away at warp speed. Jesse Heisenberg’s character, Mark, explaining to a perplexed Eduardo (Andrew Garfield) that he had walked right into Facebook’s first-ever hackathon.

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Where does innovation start – with an idea or a need?

Inspiring Next

Ripi Singh The answer to this question is – you will never know. Innovation is an idea-need match making that happens at the subconscious level. At the conscious level, the innovator believes idea came first, while the entrepreneur goes after the need first. While both may have been in the subconscious for a while waiting… Read More » Where does innovation start – with an idea or a need?

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11 Beloved Inventions That Were Almost Canceled

Entrepreneur - Innovation

People tried to stop coffee, bicycles, comic books, and even birthday parties.

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#2,097 – Emojicode

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

Human language has come a long way from petroglyphs and hieroglyphics just to devolve back into emojis replacing full coherent sentences. Emojis have become so prevalent now that an entire computer programming language known as emojicode that has even been created in their honor. At first glance this may seem like a weird thing to do. After all, why further complicate something that is already complicated to begin with?

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How to Leverage AI for Actionable Insights in BI, Data, and Analytics

In the rapidly-evolving world of embedded analytics and business intelligence, one important question has emerged at the forefront: How can you leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance your application’s analytics capabilities? Imagine having an AI tool that answers your user’s questions with a deep understanding of the context in their business and applications, nuances of their industry, and unique challenges they face.