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6 Innovation Exercises to Try With Your Team

InnovationManagement

Creative thinking and innovation don’t come naturally to everyone, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t good at them. Sometimes, teams need practice and routine to improve their creativity skills. This article will highlight some popular innovation exercises you can conduct with your team to get your creative juices flowing. These will be a combination of workplace exercises and ice-breakers.

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Don’t Hate Your Haters, Leverage Them To Your Advantage

Digital Tonto

When we feel passionately about change, we want to take action. We want to take to the streets, argue against injustice. We want to make decisions, launch a business, get things done. Activity gives. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Find a New Way to Show the Facts

Destination Innovation

Joseph Priestley (1733 – 1804) was an English polymath, philosopher, educator and scientist who is most famous for his discovery of Oxygen. In 1765 he published a “Chart of Biography” to accompany a series of history lectures. It showed the lives of famous people as lines on a chart. He said it would allow students to “trace out distinctly the dependence of events to distribute them into such periods and divisions as shall lay the whole claim of past transactions in a just and orderly mann

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Podcast S7E162: Angus Fletcher – Improving creativity through narrative and movement

Idea to Value

In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast , we speak with Prof Angus Fletcher from Ohio State University. He describes himself as a “Story Scientist, and his team have been doing some interesting research into new ways of improving creativity and problem solving through narrative and storytelling. We speak about the unique link between motor neurons and creativity, how to use movement to spark creativity , and how artificial intelligence may never be truly creative.

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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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You need a red team, not a red pill

Jeffrey Phillips

In the Matrix, Morpheus offers Neo the choice of a blue pill or a red pill. Take one, and you remain as you are. Take the other, and the scales fall from your eyes. Those of us who watched the movie or have seen it on ubiquitous reruns, know what happens next. As an innovator, it would be awesome to pop into a completely different meta-world to understand the hidden workings of the metaverse I just left.

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Knowing Your Innovation Pathway Curve – A methodology

Paul Hobcraft

The Pathway Curve Methodology. The approach we take to embedding innovation in all its forms is a unique one that we call the Pathway Curve Methodology. Innovation needs to be worked at, to grow into a deeper understanding, over time. It needs to be understood in all its different forms and often many can become confused and disappointed by their initiatives by not taking a more measured approach to them.

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Artists create art

Idea to Value

So you want to be an artist. Why? It might seem like a simple question, yet can uncover a surprising truth if you dig deep enough. Because for many people, actually creating art is not as important as being seen as being an artist. In many art schools, the idea of being an artist is just as important as making art – Creativity Researcher Prof Keith Sawyer.

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Improve Customer Success with Design Thinking

Tullio Siragusa

Improve Customer Success with Design Thinking. Modern customer success efforts rely on providing unique and positive experiences to customers. As a result, businesses are getting competitive at an ever-increasing rate, trying to offer real value to customers to convince them to stay and plant seeds to come back in the future when they leave. . Because customers have a sea of choices in the market, convincing them to stay requires well thought out strategies to keep winning their hearts.

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Why ‘offline’ digital learning is critical to impact children worldwide

Christensen Institute

As thousands of educators, entrepreneurs, and investors gathered at the recent ASU+GSV Summit, a growing number recognized both the need and opportunity for educational innovation in developing countries, particularly for the over 250 million children who lack access to schools. But many of the solutions proffered still focus on internet-based solutions.

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WE DO NOT SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE, WE SEE THEM AS WE ARE

Michael Michalko

It might be hard to believe, but the two tables have the exact same dimensions! Measure both table surfaces with a ruler and prove it to yourself. Why, then, does the table on the left look elongated, while the table on the right appears to have a wider width? The illusion of two tables was first discovered by Roger Shepard at Stanford University. It comes down to how we perceive the scene.

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Leading the Development of Profitable and Sustainable Products

Speaker: Jason Tanner

While growth of software-enabled solutions generates momentum, growth alone is not enough to ensure sustainability. The probability of success dramatically improves with early planning for profitability. A sustainable business model contains a system of interrelated choices made not once but over time. Join this webinar for an iterative approach to ensuring solution, economic and relationship sustainability.

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Are you born creative? Is creativity genetic? The nature vs nurture debate

Idea to Value

Are some people born creative? Or to say it another way, are some people born not creative? I hear this myth all the time. That someone thinks that they are not creative because they see other people who have more talent or skill than they do, and by comparing themselves to these “geniuses” , they believe they do not have the ability to do great creative things.

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Building Support for Radical Innovation

Sopheon

Best practices for winning executive support and sources of funding for innovation projects. The post Building Support for Radical Innovation appeared first on Sopheon.

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Building and refining the interfaces in learning ecosystems (Part 4)

Christensen Institute

Key Points. For learning ecosystems to become viable alternatives to schooling for more families, they need “orchestrator” organizations to knit together learning experiences from diverse providers. Organizations such as VLACS, My Tech High, and Compass offer early examples of how orchestrators might work. The pandemic sparked unprecedented interest in new models of learner-centered education, such as learning pods and microschools.

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The Need for a Dignity Economy

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell Every era has its own ideology that creates assumptions and drives actions. At the turn of the century, titans like J.P. Morgan believed that monopolized industries provided stability against the disruptive influence of competition.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Why is Lean Important? 6 Ways Lean Leads to Success

Kainexus

In every industry, continuous improvements in efficiency, production, and innovation pave the path to profitability. In the modern competitive business landscape, leaders must look for an edge in every element of their business, be it through higher quality products, lower costs, or shorter supply chain lead times. Lean management is a business model that can help organizations achieve these goals and more.

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Five Digital Innovations To Help Elevate Your Retail In-Store and Online Experiences

Daniel Burrus

Consumer behavior has been dramatically altered since the global pandemic of 2020 first started, and we are not going back! Because we are armed with greater comfort in using digital tools to shop and buy, physical stores need to embrace a digital-first strategy to elevate their in-store retail experiences. What people want and need changes almost daily, and companies are always introducing new, innovative solutions to the average person’s everyday problems, but more importantly, are trying to s

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The Climate Crisis: What You Really Need to Know

Faisal Hoque

Climate change threatened to cut the global economy by $23 trillion.

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Creating Innovation with Hardcore Soft Skills

Innovation Excellence

Recently I had the opportunity to speak with Yadira Caro on the Hardcore Soft Skills Podcast. In the episode I define what innovation really is, how people, process and technology come together to create innovation and where people go wrong.

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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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Open Innovation: Strategies and Best Practice to Manage Partnerships

ITONICS

Traditionally, organizations have kept their idea generation within the company, but with the ever-changing landscape of technology and globalization, open innovation has become essential for companies that want to stay ahead of the curve. Bosch, for example, has recognized this need and established a best practice to foster centralized partnership management.

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Of Clouds and Clocks

Rmukesh Gupta

Sir. Karl Popper, in one of his lectures, elaborates about the presence of two types of systems – the clocks and the clouds. Clocks: At one end of the spectrum are Clocks. Clocks are those systems that can be taken apart to understand how they function and assembled back together and when done right, will continue to function the way they were designed.

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CPG Industry Innovation

eZassi

The CPG Industry aims to continuously reinvent itself as the online shopper experience and the in-person retail customer both demand personalized, convenient, in stock, economical, and exciting products. CPG embraces constant change and ceaseless innovation to keep up with consumer demands while building brands customers rely on in their daily lives.

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What Makes Digital Health Clinical Trials Different?

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Arlen Meyers, M.D. For digital health entrepreneurs, unless your intended use puts you in the FDA category of a medical device, you don’t need to show that your product is safe and effective, let alone cost-effective.

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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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How IoT Opens Up Opportunities for Limitless Growth in Manufacturing

Acuvate

IoT is changing the world as we know it. Industries are adopting this state-of-the-art technology to understand and make use of the available data sets. Retail, logistics, hospitality, you name it, everyone is vying to provide the best customer experience, become more productive and efficient and stay ahead of the competition. The manufacturing sector is no exception.

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The Importance of Evidence Based Storytelling in Innovation

IM Insights

About the Episode. Elijah Eilert is talking to Tendayi Viki about the power and pitfalls of storytelling in the context of innovation management. . A well told story has the power to move us, we are biologically programmed to buy into storytelling. The problem is that often in an innovation context a well told story bypasses logic and reason, selling a tall story devoid of facts.

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3 Common Team Challenges in the Workplace [& Solutions]

CMOE

There’s the saying, “Teamwork makes the dream work.” But what happens when challenges arise? How can you continue to make that “dream work”? Since collaboration can make up nearly 80 percent of a person’s role in an organization, it’s crucial to focus both on team interaction and the possible conflicts that can occur. The key is to anticipate potential sources of conflict in a team setting and address those challenges in a way that stimulates productivity, innovation, and improves morale.

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Taking Personal Responsibility – Back to Leadership Basics

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Janet Sernack I was first introduced to the principle of Taking Personal Responsibility when I attended a number of experiential workshops facilitated by Robert Kiyosaki who is now well known globally as the successful entrepreneurial author of the “Rich … Continue reading →

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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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First Principles Problem Solving

InnovationTraining.org

Find training resources related to this problem solving technique. Popularized by the likes of Elon Musk and Steve Jobs, the First Principles way of thinking was first developed and utilized by the philosopher Aristotle. This way of thinking can be used for understanding complicated problems and developing innovative solutions to challenges in organizations and in life.

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Changing customer needs call for new business models in urban mobility

The BMI Lab Blog

Why is there a need for innovation in urban mobility? Urban Mobility is an industry with a long history, but it is also one of the most dynamic industries in recent years. Many new businesses have emerged, some with rather innovative business concepts and others without. The market is changing and has to evolve since the bulk of mobility occurs in cities and most towns are growing in population, which necessitates mobility, particularly flexible mobility.

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Water4’s NUMA–An innovative system that increases access to safe water where it is needed most.

Christensen Institute

This is the second of a two-part blog series on Water4 and how it addresses a market need to provide clean and safe water in Sierra Leone. In the first blog , I explained that Water4’s business model is a market-creating innovation (MCI) because it transforms a complicated and expensive product (safe water) into a simple and affordable product, thereby making it accessible to a whole new segment of people. .

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Surfacing Your Hidden Assumptions

Innovation Excellence

Successful strategy and innovation are about how fast you can become aware of your assumptions.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.