Destination Innovation

MARCH 2, 2018

Spigit is a leading innovation management software company. They recently published a research paper entitled ‘Quantifying a Culture of Innovation.’ Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management carried out a study of data from 154 corporate customers of Spigit over a five year period. The findings are instructive. They report a significant correlation between ideation rates (generating good ideas) and profit growth.

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Imaginatik

MARCH 1, 2018

Recent conversations with a new Imaginatik client, from late 2017, have stuck with me these past few months. It highlights the importance of a new concept that every corporate innovation leader needs to internalize: the Path-to-Value for each innovation. If this notion is not already in your vernacular, it needs to be. To understand why, we’ll dig into the story from this client.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Every lightbulb needs changing. Refreshing your innovation strategy is likely on your to-do list for 2018. But you may also be stuck on how to get started. Maybe you’re happy with your strategy, or just not sure how to improve. Try these tactics for a more innovative year. Look At 2017. How was your 2017, innovation-wise? Honest self-assessment is always important in any industry and any endeavor, but particularly so with innovation.

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Jeffrey Phillips

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

I've been watching the recent gun debate in the US with a lot of interest. Clearly we have a safety and security issue, with far too many people losing their lives to gun violence, in "unsafe' neighborhoods but also in places that should be safe, like schools. One of the side effects that is going to be very interesting to watch, and I'm not the first to comment on it, will be the new energy and passion young people who experienced the violence first hand in places like Stoneman Douglas will bri

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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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Digital Tonto

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Innovation, necessarily, is about the future, but all we can really know is about the past and some of the present Related posts: Crappy Innovation. Apple’s Innovation Problem. The 30 Years Rule. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Imaginatik

MARCH 1, 2018

New dashboard empowers enterprises to maximize their innovation outcomes and deliver business value. BOSTON – March 1, 2018 – Today Imaginatik, the #1 ranked leader in corporate innovation management according to Forrester Research, announced a major update to its industry-leading Innovation Central software aimed at enabling enterprises to maximize their ROI from breakthrough and continuous innovation programs.

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Exoplatform

MARCH 1, 2018

Digitization of Human Resources is a hot topic these days. What do companies expect out of it? The post Digitization of Human Resources: Challenges and Opportunities appeared first on eXo Platform Blog.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The 2018 Fast Company Most Innovative Companies issue arrived Saturday. It’s always a wonderful inspiration for strategic and creative thinking questions (plus it’s exciting that we have a current client among the companies recognized). In the spirit of the first Agility question below, rather than trying to imagine questions from across all the companies listed, we limited the focus to creative thinking questions inspired by the top ten most innovative companies’ innovation journeys

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Moves the Needle

MARCH 2, 2018

Social impact professionals have a lot on their plate: writing appeal letters, planning golf tournaments or galas, running and building new programs, preparing for board meetings, writing grants for more support, and more. With long to-do lists it can be easy to lose sight of the customer. Yes, I said it: customer. Often, social impact professionals hear the word “customer” and shut down.

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Mills-Scofield

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Had such a blast doing my 2nd DisrupTV * episode with my wonderful friend, Vala Afshar , and Alan Lepofsky (sitting in for Ray Wang ). Talked about mentoring, innovation, thinking & doing! See the full episode with Jim Cathcart & Bruce Kasanoff here. Please follow DisrupTV - it's the best grad school for all things relevant to our world today!!!

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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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InnovationManagement

MARCH 1, 2018

The most successful businesses and corporations in the world place employee satisfaction on the same pedestal as customer satisfaction. These corporations understand that without a loyal, creative, and cohesive team of satisfied employees, success cannot be attained.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

People still ask if I miss working for a Fortune 500 company. I tell them the only times I do are on the 15th and 31st of the month. That line always gets a laugh. When you are in an entrepreneurial venture , the paydays aren’t on a predictable schedule. Yet, since The Brainzooming Group works with many major corporations, it’s not like I don’t retain a sense of the upsides and challenges of working in the corporate world.

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Collectivecamp

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

There is a cultural shift in which innovation is no longer a linear process but part of an interconnected ecosystem where people, organizations, and sectors can foster inspiration, idea-generation, co-creation, and validation of ongoing iterations.

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Board of Innovation

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Read More. The post 3 effective ways to attract innovators to your company appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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Michael Michalko

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Only 1% of people can spot the second tiger. These people have acute perceptive abilities. If you can’t find it, go to the end of this article for the answer. Cognitive scientists understand the importance of perception and pattern recognition as a major component of creative thinking. When you are committed and start to actively work on a problem that you are passionate about, you will start to notice more and more things that relate to what you are working on.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 1, 2018

Sometimes, we get to design a creative thinking exercise that seems like so much fun during its development that it causes me to continually smile and giggle. We have a new one of those that we debuted yesterday. In its new form, it’s called Surf-to-Turf. It combines the Shrimp creative thinking exercise , the ultra-popular-at-Brainzooming mad face emoji, the extreme creativity and celebratory slogan (“Winner, winner chicken dinner”) of Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives , and one of

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Strategos

MARCH 1, 2018

When times are good, people underinvest in innovation because there is no sense of urgency. When times are bad, they underinvest because of a lack of resources and more pressing priorities. What is the CEO’s role in all of this and how can he/she break the impasse? download. The post Message for the CEO: When is a good time to invest in innovation?

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Rmukesh Gupta

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Opening music credits goes to Riju Mukhopadhyay & Pavan Cherukumilli. Who is on the show: In this episode, we host Harold Jarche. He is focused on providing actionable insights for workplace transformation. He works with individuals, organizations, and public policy influencers to develop practical ways to adapt to the technological, demographic, and societal changes facing us today.

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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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Norbert Bol

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

The blog “ the sustainability innovation paradox ” triggered quite some discussions the last few weeks on the role of governments in innovations. On the one side governments stimulate innovation but also hinder innovation due to regulatory policies. During the discussions it became clear that there are differing views about government(s) and innovation.

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Faisal Hoque

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Losing your patience and beginning to tune out (or line up a snide rebuttal)? Try this instead. The post Ask These 4 Empathetic Questions When You’re Struggling To Listen appeared first on Faisal Hoque :: Entrepreneur | Author.

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Innovation 360 Group

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Even if you know what your customers want now, how do you know what they will want tomorrow? How can business leaders plan for business continuity in the face of a volatile, unpredictable global climate frequently rocked by disruptive tech and the sudden appearance of competitors from unexpected quarters? Innovation360 has identified are three levels of change management essential for creating a culture of innovation.

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InnovationManagement

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

As part of today’s changing technological landscape, it is vital to create a workplace culture that adapts to those changes. Doing so starts with having a comfortable workplace culture to begin with. Making your employees feel at ease in their current working conditions is the basis of creating a workplace that can adapt to changes.

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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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Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Creative and collaborative teamwork will only take place if there is a high level of trust among team members. Trust allows members of the team to do three things that produce true collaboration. The first is to be vulnerable with each other, ask stupid questions, and propose stupid ideas. Without this vulnerability, team members are reserved and will keep.

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Mike Shipulski

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

If you don’t have a problem, you’ve got a big problem. It’s important to know where a problem happens, but also when it happens. Solutions are 90% defining and the other half is solving. To solve a problem, you’ve got to understand things as they are. Before you start solving a new problem, solve the one you have now. It’s good to solve your problems, but it’s better to solve you customers’ problems.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

As an enterprise scales and its culture solidifies, it becomes increasingly challenging for innovation and creativity to flourish. That’s why we see a growing number of coworking spaces and accelerator programs, as part of a collective effort to figure out what we’ve all been wondering when it comes to 21 st century business: Can companies be both large-scale and agile?

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Phil McKinney

MARCH 1, 2018

Need is the best driver of amazing innovations. The planet’s environment struggles with its resource limits. The need to be sustainable grows. Cities grow in size building the need for smart transportation. At the intersection of sustainable and urban growth, amazing innovations reshape the way we get around and how we care for our planet. […].

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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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Innocentive

MARCH 1, 2018

Innovation comes in multiple forms. For pursuing each form, there are certain tools that work better than others. What these different forms and associated tools are, depends on the model you follow. Here I look at three: one from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), one from Doblin Innovation, and one from Greg Satell.

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Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

A few years back I published an article on LinkedIn on the The 7 Magic Roles for Creating Sustainable Innovation Culture based on my experiences in working for, building and putting to work effective innovation teams. What dawned on me recently is that what made those teams effective (or not) was not so much the.

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Beyond the Obvious

MARCH 2, 2018

What do you think your core value or skill is? If you are resting on an assumption that a deep-rooted and highly specialized knowledge or skill is enough to get you by, you are mistaken. Back in 1995 or so, I noticed a sliver of an ad, one column wide and two lines deep, on […].

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Strategos

MARCH 1, 2018

Getting started with Innovation Metrics. It seems an oxymoron to some that, a process as spontaneous and creative as innovation can and should be measured. Here at Strategos, we firmly believe that innovation can be taught, learned and systematically implemented by establishing the right processes, systems, structures, skills and metrics. Metrics are essential to track and guide the development of your innovation system.

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