The document discusses sources of new business ideas such as trends, consumers, existing products and services, distribution channels, government, and research and development. It also outlines methods for generating new ideas like focus groups, brainstorming, brainwriting, and problem inventory analysis. Finally, it covers evaluating and developing new product and service ideas through the product planning and development process and how entrepreneurs can utilize e-commerce creatively.
How Your Corporation Can Organize for InnovationDavid Bland
Innovation, innovation, innovation.
It is all you hear in meetings and all you read in business books and magazines. The confusing aspect behind all of this hype is that we rarely put thought into how we design environments so that innovation can emerge.
In this free 45 minute webinar, David J Bland a Principal Advisor at Neo San Francisco, will guide you through how corporations are funding, measuring and organizing for disruptive innovation.
How should I fund innovation? The pros and cons of horizon planning and incremental funding.
How do I measure innovation? Hint, it is not ROI. We'll cover the ins and outs of innovation accounting.
How will the teams organize for innovation? What are the working agreements between the team and leadership? What ceremonies should we have?
You'll leave this session with actionable advice on how you, as a leader, can effectively organize so that innovation will emerge within your corporation.
Startups are human institutions that are designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty.
This report - part of the "Inspiring Route" project - analyses and understands the main themes related to Startup and The New Entrepreneurs through stories, examples, numbers, case studies
Attached is a slideshow that outlines the innovation and marketing strategy consulting services offered by Braden Kelley of Business Strategy Innovation.
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Icimt 2006 Managing And Organizing Innovation In Emerging New Knowledge Econo...Prof Parameshwar P Iyer
This study focused on 32 top managers in leading hi-tech, knowledge-based organizations in Bangalore, drawn both from corporate as well as academic world. The purpose of this study was to investigate how the CEO’s and Directors of these “knowledge citadels” look at productivity and innovation, in the years and decades to follow. The study was conducted by personally interviewing these corporate heads, seeking their expert opinions and solutions for coping with turbulences and complexities in the knowledge economy.
This paper presents the major findings of this survey study, concentrating on managerial implications at both the management level, as well as the organizing level. For instance, we have argued that creating the innovation-led organization may represent a viable solution for coping with the turbulence and complexity of the knowledge economy
Innovation, innovation, innovation. It's all you hear in meetings and all you read about in business books and magazines. The confusing aspect behind all of the innovation hype is that we rarely put thought behind how we design environments for which innovation can emerge. I've found that rarely does meaningful innovation occur when people are directly incentivized or tasked with doing so.
The best you can do as a leader, is empower your people and design an environment where innovation can emerge. In this talk, David J Bland will present real world examples of how corporations are organizing, measuring and leading through disruptive innovations to create their next generation of passionate customers. You'll leave this session with actionable advice on how you, as a leader, can effectively design for innovation to emerge within your company.
Learning Outcomes:
Actionable tools for designing an innovation strategy (4 actions framework)
A model for incremental funding (internal vc + horizon planning)
Working agreements and measures for progress (lean startup + innovation accounting)
Innovation Management in an Organisational SettingMohit Yadav
1. Innovation Management in Organisational Setting HS-401: Management of Organisational Behaviour
2. What is Innovation?
3. Everyday we some millions of dots that shape our notions and thinking
4. These notions help us in taking our decision and making future plans
5. Most of the traditional business is based on these dots and whole businesses are built on them
6. But some people see new dots that were either forgotten, misplaced or misinterpreted
7. These dots shape our notion and strike an out of the blue idea
8. Innovation
9. Business Survival As Alan M. Kantrow, editor of Harvard Business Review, once put it, "For companies to survive a discontinuity they must face the rather unpalatable reality that there may have to be fundamental changes in who they are, what they do, and how they do it, as wrenching and dislocating as it may be."
10. For Better Returns One American study found that the overall rate of return for some 17 successful innovations made in the 1970s averaged 56%! Compare that with the 16% average return on investment for all American business over the past 30 years.
11. Competitive Advantage Companies that use and act on their insights get a jump on the competition. They are the competition. They leave behind those that are lulled by the security of strong, enduring economic performance and the conventional corporate wisdom that stays the course. Often, the leader loses. The battle is swift; it's too late to respond. This is not a theory. It is fact.
12. Use of Technology • Utilization of technology • Technical skills and education • Technology strategy Innovation Process • Idea generation • Selection and evaluation Techniques • Implementation mechanism Corporate Strategy • Organizational strategy • Innovation strategy • Vision and goals of the organization • Strategic decision making
13. Management and Leadership • Management personalities • Management style • Motivation of employees • Role of leadership Organizational Structure • Organizational differentiation • Centralization • Formality
14. • Motivation to innovate • Employee skills and education • Employee personalities • Training Employees Resources • Utilization of slack resources • Planning and management of resources • Knowledge resources • Technology resources • Financial resources
15. Knowledge Management • Organizational learning • Knowledge of external environment • Utilization of knowledge repositories Organizational Culture • Communication • Collaboration • Attitude to risk • Attitude to innovation
16. Thank You
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Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
2. 4-2
Trends
The start of a trend that lasts for a
considerable period of time provides one of
the greatest opportunities for starting a
new venture.
Trends that will provide opportunities
include: green trend, clean-energy trend,
organic-orientation trend, economic trend,
social trend, health trend, and Web trend.
3. 4-3
Sources of New Ideas
Consumers
Informally monitor potential ideas and needs.
Formally arrange for consumers to express their
opinions.
Existing Products and Services
Analysis uncovers ways to improve offerings
that may result in a new product or service.
Distribution Channels
Channel members can help suggest and market
new products.
4. 4-4
Federal Government
Files of the Patent Office can suggest new
product possibilities.
New product ideas can come in response to
government regulations.
Research and Development
A formal endeavor connected with one’s current
employment.
An informal lab in a basement or garage.
Sources of New Ideas (cont.)
5. 4-5
Methods of Generating New Ideas
Focus Groups
A moderator leads a group of 8 to 14
participants through an open, in-depth
discussion in a directive or nondirective manner.
An excellent method for generating and
screening ideas and concepts.
6. 4-6
Brainstorming
Allows people to be stimulated to greater
creativity.
Good ideas emerge when the brainstorming
effort focuses on a specific product or market
area.
Rules of brainstorming:
No criticism.
Freewheeling is encouraged.
Quantity of ideas is desired.
Combinations and improvements of ideas are
encouraged.
Methods of Generating New Ideas
(cont.)
7. 4-7
Brainwriting
A form of written brainstorming.
Participants write their ideas on special forms or
cards that circulate within the group.
Problem Inventory Analysis
Consumers are provided with a list of problems
and are asked to identify products that have
those problems.
Results must be carefully evaluated as they may
not actually reflect a new business opportunity.
Methods of Generating New Ideas
(cont.)
8. 4-8
Creative Problem Solving
Creativity tends to decline with age,
education, lack of use, and bureaucracy.
Latent creative potential can be stifled by
perceptual, cultural, emotional, and
organizational factors.
Creativity can be unlocked by using any of
the creative problem-solving techniques.
9. 4-9
Brainstorming
Session starts with a problem statement.
No group member should be an expert in the
field of the problem.
All ideas must be recorded.
Reverse Brainstorming
A group method that focuses on the negative
aspects of a product, service, or idea as well as
ways to overcome these problems.
Care must be taken to maintain group morale.
Creative Problem Solving (cont.)
10. 4-10
Gordon Method
Method for developing new ideas when the
individuals are unaware of the problem.
Solutions are not clouded by preconceived ideas
and behavioral patterns.
Checklist Method
Developing a new idea through a list of related
issues.
Free Association
Developing a new idea through a chain of word
associations.
Creative Problem Solving (cont.)
11. 4-11
Forced Relationships
Developing a new idea by looking at product
combinations.
A five step process which focuses on generating
ideas from relationship patterns between
elements of a problem.
Collective Notebook Method
Developing a new idea by group members
regularly recording ideas.
Creative Problem Solving (cont.)
12. 4-12
Attribute Listing
Developing a new idea by looking at the
positives and negatives.
Big-Dream Approach
Developing a new idea by thinking without
constraints.
Parameter Analysis
Developing a new idea by focusing on parameter
identification and creative synthesis.
Creative Problem Solving (cont.)
14. 4-14
Innovation
Types of Innovation
Breakthrough
Fewest number of innovations.
Establishes the platform on which future innovations in
an area are developed.
Should be protected by patents, trademarks, and
copyrights.
Technological
Occurs more frequently; not at the same level of
breakthrough inventions.
Offers advancements in the product/market area.
Needs to be protected.
15. 4-15
Ordinary
Occurs most frequently.
Extends a technological innovation into a better
product or service or one that has a different market
appeal.
Usually come from market analysis and pull, not
technology push.
Innovation (cont.)
16. 4-16
Defining a New Innovation (Product or
Service)
Newness can be:
In the consumer concept.
A change in the package or container.
Slight changes or modifications in the appearance of
the product. (Industrial market)
Companies also add products to their product
line that are already marketed by other
companies; products are new to the
manufacturer but not the consumer.
Innovation (cont.)
17. 4-17
Classification of New Products
Consumer’s Viewpoint
The continuum proposed by Thomas Robertson is
based on the disrupting influence that use of the
product has on established consumption patterns.
Continuous innovations.
Dynamically continuous.
Discontinuous innovations.
This approach is consistent with the marketing
philosophy that “satisfaction of consumer needs” is
fundamental to a venture’s existence.
Innovation (cont.)
19. 4-19
Firm’s Viewpoint
Distinction can be made between new products and
new markets.
Situations with a new technology and a new market
are the most complicated and pose the highest degree
of risk.
Innovation (cont.)
22. 4-22
Product Planning and Development
Process
Establishing Evaluation Criteria
Criteria should be established at each stage of
the product planning and development process.
It should be all-inclusive and quantitative in
nature.
Criteria should evaluate the idea in terms of:
Market opportunity.
Competition.
Marketing system.
Financial factors.
Production factors.
24. 4-24
Idea Stage
Promising ideas should be identified and
impractical ones eliminated.
Evaluation method – Systematic market
evaluation checklist.
Determine the need for the new idea as well as
its value to the company.
Concept Stage
Refined idea is tested to determine consumer
acceptance which can be measured through the
conversational interview method.
Product Planning and Development
Process (cont.)
25. 4-25
Product Development Stage
Consumer reaction to the product/service is
determined.
A consumer panel is given a product sample and
preference is determined through methods such
as multiple brand comparisons, risk analysis,
etc.
Test Marketing Stage
Increases certainty of successful
commercialization.
Actual sales reflect consumer acceptance.
Product Planning and Development
Process (cont.)
26. 4-26
E-commerce and Business Start-up
E-commerce offers entrepreneurs an
opportunity to be creative and innovative.
Factors that facilitate high-growth in
electronic commerce:
Widespread use of personal computers.
Adoption of intranets in companies.
Acceptance of the Internet as a business
communications platform.
Faster and more secure systems.
27. 4-27
Using E-Commerce Creatively
Entrepreneurs have to decide whether to:
Run Internet operations within the company.
Outsource these operations to Internet specialists.
Use e-commerce packages provided by software
companies.
The integration of front-end and back-end
operations represents the greatest challenge for
doing Internet business.
E-commerce and Business Start-up
(cont.)
28. 4-28
Web Sites
Ease of use.
Structure and organization of information.
Search capability.
E-mail response system.
Speed.
Compatibility with different browsers and
platforms.
E-commerce and Business Start-up
(cont.)
29. 4-29
Tracking Customer Information
Electronic databases track the activity of the
industry, segment, and company.
It supports personal marketing targeted at
individual clients.
Care must be taken to follow the laws protecting
the privacy of individuals.
E-commerce and Business Start-up
(cont.)
30. 4-30
Doing E-Commerce as an Entrepreneurial
Company
Products should be delivered economically and
conveniently.
Products need to interest a wide market;
company must be ready to ship the product
outside its own geographical location.
Online operations should bring significant cost
reductions.
Company must be able to economically draw
customers to its Web site.
E-commerce and Business Start-up
(cont.)