Thanks to our ongoing relationship with Santa Global, we're thrilled to have been involved in their recent Innovation Showcase.
Santa himself talked through many of the new technologies the organisation is both exploring and using on a day-to-day basis to help them keep Christmas on track.
With special permission, we've been allowed to share this presentation with you here. We hope you enjoy this small insight into the workings of such an innovative firm.
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Komplexität und Widersprüche in der Führung - Leadership - Heinz Peter WallnerHeinz Peter Wallner
Führungsarbeit findet in einem komplexen Raum voller Widersprüche statt. Mit dieser Präsentation biete ich eine inhaltliche Grundlage für Führungskräftetrainings, Leadershiptrainings, Entwicklungsprogramme für Führungskräfte aller Ebenen.
Ideenskizze:
Unternehmen leisten sich Führung, um ihren Erfolg zu erhöhen.
Führung schafft sich Hierarchie, um einen einfachen und logischen Umgang mit Widersprüchen und Konflikten zu finden.
Die steigende Komplexität der Umwelt spielt aber immer mehr nicht lösbare Widersprüche ein und führt zu belastenden Problemen in der Führung.
Hinter den meisten großen Problemen verbirgt sich eine Aporie – ein nicht lösbarer Widerspruch.
Hierarchie bietet dann keine Lösung mehr an.
Eine Aporie ist ein nicht entscheidbarer Widerspruch, der für die Führungskräfte Chancen und Risiken bringt.
Aus dem Inhalt:
Die Aporie - Komplexe Widerspruchs- und Konfliktsituationen verstehen, in denen es keine Lösung gibt.
Hierarchie vs. Aporie - Die Aporie und die Hierarchie sind unvereinbar und dennoch auf ewig miteinander verbunden.
Widerspruchskompetenzen in der Führungsarbeit - Widersprüche (Aporien) sind der Treibstoff der Organisationsentwicklung. Diese gilt es zu erkunden und zu nutzen.
Veränderung und Entscheidung in komplexen Situationen - Veränderung und Entscheidung ganzheitlich verstehen Führungskompetenzen für komplexe Umfelder entwickeln.
Entscheidungen: Als Führungskraft gute Entscheidungen treffen. Brennpunkt: Konflikte entscheiden und Widersprüche auf eine „höhere Ebene“ bringen.
Conferencia Inaugural del D. José Carlos Bermejo Higuera, en las XXI Jornadas de Humanización de la Salud y II Jornadas de la Asociación de Counselling Humanista Española
Discovery Driven Planning for new ventures, products and servicesStocker Partnership
New ventures are inherently uncertain—whether you're starting a new business, creating a new product or launching a new service. Reducing risk and trying to predict what is going to happen can be tricky. What if there was a different way?
Discovery Driven Planning allows you to explore the viability of a new venture by beginning with the end in mind—what will it really take for your venture to be a success? Originally developed by Rita Gunther McGrath and Ian MacMillan, the framework guides you through a process of identifying and discovering the information you need to make informed decisions. Without investing big, you will be able to quickly establish whether your idea is capable of delivering the return you desire and whether it is competitive.
With step-by-step examples, we present an easy to understand guide to Discovery Driven Planning; one of our go-to tools for anybody considering a new venture, whether you are a startup, corporate or somewhere in-between.
Businesses of all sizes struggle to balance innovation with business as usual. Although both activities are vitally important, it can sometimes feel as though the two are at odds with one another as they compete for attention, resource and time.
We ran an interactive event for CIPD Coventry & Warwickshire Branch that highlighted the tools you need to create a culture that embraces innovation. We also explained how to harness high performance leadership techniques that use different management approaches for innovation and the day-to-day.
Together we explored:
- The key differences between innovation and business as usual.
- Organisational Ambidexterity — what is it, why does it matter, and how does your firm stack up?
- The different types of innovation (from incremental, ‘small i’ innovation to radical, ‘Big I’ innovation) and the different management approaches that are needed even for these.
- The role of leadership, management and strategy in creating ambidexterity.
- Insights from other organisations that have got the balancing act right.
From The Guardian to Cisco, big business to small, it seems that everybody is talking about the Internet of Things — but what exactly is IoT and why does it matter?
Taking a deep dive, we explore the many faces of IoT in Healthcare. Technology research and advisory company, Gartner, currently place the Internet of Things at the peak of inflated expectations and there are certainly challenges. But IoT also holds real promise for healthcare and it is already making an impact today.
We demonstrate why the Internet of Things has a far reaching impact across all determinants of health and how it could lead to a broader model of healthcare. We look at some of the technologies that are available to buy or that are already in development today, whilst also exploring some of the very real challenges that integrating such technologies into healthcare presents. Finally, we offer some ideas about how you can get involved, whether you are a healthcare professional or not.
The Agile Strategy Planner is a brand new tool that enables you to create a dynamic strategy.
It acts as a bridge between strategic intent—that is, your vision, strategic priorities and core objectives—and detailed implementation. It allows you to take your intentions and to rapidly prototype what these might look like in reality. As you visualise how one objective impacts another, you'll quickly be able to see whether your strategy is realistic and if you need to scale back your plans or can in fact afford to be even more ambitious.
The Agile Strategy Planner works for all kinds of organisations—from software to services, corporates to charities, and everything in-between.
As a tool, it is agile, flexible, collaborative, transparent, easy to use and visual. Using it creates focus, clarifies direction, aids leadership, improves communication, increases engagement and ensures action.
Free downloads for both the 3-year and 5-year planner are included in the presentation, so why not get started today?
Have you ever wondered exactly what corporate values and purpose are or how to go about defining them for your organisation? Based on our own experience and drawing on research from Jim Collins, Jerry Porras and Nikos Mourkogiannis, amongst others, our short guide gives you the low down on exactly what values and purpose are, why they matter to an organisation, and how to work with your people to create them. Real world examples from a wide range of organisations, businesses and charities (such as Google, Help for Heroes, Volvo, P&G, the RNLI, and more) are included, along with practical exercises for you to work through.
If you need help understanding and communicating your own corporate values and purpose, just get in touch at www.stockerpartnership.com/contact.
A qualitative research method, photo diaries are a fantastic way to gain rich insights into people’s environment, behaviour, opinions, routines, likes and dislikes. The tool is not bound by language—instructions can be translated or even given in symbols—meaning that this form of research is accessible to almost everyone, whether they are old, young or speak the same language, and no matter what level of reading ability. Similarly, the method can either be low tech (cheap disposable cameras) or high tech (with loaned digital technology or via digital platforms). An easy, fun, engaging activity for participants that can be used over hours, weeks or months, photo diaries drive innovation by giving you direct access to someone else’s world.
Did you know that 75% of new leads never hear back from the business they contacted and office workers are interrupted roughly every 3 minutes? We look at 10 ways that businesses are pouring money down the drain. Find out how your business scores and start plugging the leaks.
Organisational ambidexterity is key to driving long-term growth and success within any business. We explore what organisational ambidexterity is, what it means for you, and how you can achieve it.
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
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Komplexität und Widersprüche in der Führung - Leadership - Heinz Peter WallnerHeinz Peter Wallner
Führungsarbeit findet in einem komplexen Raum voller Widersprüche statt. Mit dieser Präsentation biete ich eine inhaltliche Grundlage für Führungskräftetrainings, Leadershiptrainings, Entwicklungsprogramme für Führungskräfte aller Ebenen.
Ideenskizze:
Unternehmen leisten sich Führung, um ihren Erfolg zu erhöhen.
Führung schafft sich Hierarchie, um einen einfachen und logischen Umgang mit Widersprüchen und Konflikten zu finden.
Die steigende Komplexität der Umwelt spielt aber immer mehr nicht lösbare Widersprüche ein und führt zu belastenden Problemen in der Führung.
Hinter den meisten großen Problemen verbirgt sich eine Aporie – ein nicht lösbarer Widerspruch.
Hierarchie bietet dann keine Lösung mehr an.
Eine Aporie ist ein nicht entscheidbarer Widerspruch, der für die Führungskräfte Chancen und Risiken bringt.
Aus dem Inhalt:
Die Aporie - Komplexe Widerspruchs- und Konfliktsituationen verstehen, in denen es keine Lösung gibt.
Hierarchie vs. Aporie - Die Aporie und die Hierarchie sind unvereinbar und dennoch auf ewig miteinander verbunden.
Widerspruchskompetenzen in der Führungsarbeit - Widersprüche (Aporien) sind der Treibstoff der Organisationsentwicklung. Diese gilt es zu erkunden und zu nutzen.
Veränderung und Entscheidung in komplexen Situationen - Veränderung und Entscheidung ganzheitlich verstehen Führungskompetenzen für komplexe Umfelder entwickeln.
Entscheidungen: Als Führungskraft gute Entscheidungen treffen. Brennpunkt: Konflikte entscheiden und Widersprüche auf eine „höhere Ebene“ bringen.
Conferencia Inaugural del D. José Carlos Bermejo Higuera, en las XXI Jornadas de Humanización de la Salud y II Jornadas de la Asociación de Counselling Humanista Española
Discovery Driven Planning for new ventures, products and servicesStocker Partnership
New ventures are inherently uncertain—whether you're starting a new business, creating a new product or launching a new service. Reducing risk and trying to predict what is going to happen can be tricky. What if there was a different way?
Discovery Driven Planning allows you to explore the viability of a new venture by beginning with the end in mind—what will it really take for your venture to be a success? Originally developed by Rita Gunther McGrath and Ian MacMillan, the framework guides you through a process of identifying and discovering the information you need to make informed decisions. Without investing big, you will be able to quickly establish whether your idea is capable of delivering the return you desire and whether it is competitive.
With step-by-step examples, we present an easy to understand guide to Discovery Driven Planning; one of our go-to tools for anybody considering a new venture, whether you are a startup, corporate or somewhere in-between.
Businesses of all sizes struggle to balance innovation with business as usual. Although both activities are vitally important, it can sometimes feel as though the two are at odds with one another as they compete for attention, resource and time.
We ran an interactive event for CIPD Coventry & Warwickshire Branch that highlighted the tools you need to create a culture that embraces innovation. We also explained how to harness high performance leadership techniques that use different management approaches for innovation and the day-to-day.
Together we explored:
- The key differences between innovation and business as usual.
- Organisational Ambidexterity — what is it, why does it matter, and how does your firm stack up?
- The different types of innovation (from incremental, ‘small i’ innovation to radical, ‘Big I’ innovation) and the different management approaches that are needed even for these.
- The role of leadership, management and strategy in creating ambidexterity.
- Insights from other organisations that have got the balancing act right.
From The Guardian to Cisco, big business to small, it seems that everybody is talking about the Internet of Things — but what exactly is IoT and why does it matter?
Taking a deep dive, we explore the many faces of IoT in Healthcare. Technology research and advisory company, Gartner, currently place the Internet of Things at the peak of inflated expectations and there are certainly challenges. But IoT also holds real promise for healthcare and it is already making an impact today.
We demonstrate why the Internet of Things has a far reaching impact across all determinants of health and how it could lead to a broader model of healthcare. We look at some of the technologies that are available to buy or that are already in development today, whilst also exploring some of the very real challenges that integrating such technologies into healthcare presents. Finally, we offer some ideas about how you can get involved, whether you are a healthcare professional or not.
The Agile Strategy Planner is a brand new tool that enables you to create a dynamic strategy.
It acts as a bridge between strategic intent—that is, your vision, strategic priorities and core objectives—and detailed implementation. It allows you to take your intentions and to rapidly prototype what these might look like in reality. As you visualise how one objective impacts another, you'll quickly be able to see whether your strategy is realistic and if you need to scale back your plans or can in fact afford to be even more ambitious.
The Agile Strategy Planner works for all kinds of organisations—from software to services, corporates to charities, and everything in-between.
As a tool, it is agile, flexible, collaborative, transparent, easy to use and visual. Using it creates focus, clarifies direction, aids leadership, improves communication, increases engagement and ensures action.
Free downloads for both the 3-year and 5-year planner are included in the presentation, so why not get started today?
Have you ever wondered exactly what corporate values and purpose are or how to go about defining them for your organisation? Based on our own experience and drawing on research from Jim Collins, Jerry Porras and Nikos Mourkogiannis, amongst others, our short guide gives you the low down on exactly what values and purpose are, why they matter to an organisation, and how to work with your people to create them. Real world examples from a wide range of organisations, businesses and charities (such as Google, Help for Heroes, Volvo, P&G, the RNLI, and more) are included, along with practical exercises for you to work through.
If you need help understanding and communicating your own corporate values and purpose, just get in touch at www.stockerpartnership.com/contact.
A qualitative research method, photo diaries are a fantastic way to gain rich insights into people’s environment, behaviour, opinions, routines, likes and dislikes. The tool is not bound by language—instructions can be translated or even given in symbols—meaning that this form of research is accessible to almost everyone, whether they are old, young or speak the same language, and no matter what level of reading ability. Similarly, the method can either be low tech (cheap disposable cameras) or high tech (with loaned digital technology or via digital platforms). An easy, fun, engaging activity for participants that can be used over hours, weeks or months, photo diaries drive innovation by giving you direct access to someone else’s world.
Did you know that 75% of new leads never hear back from the business they contacted and office workers are interrupted roughly every 3 minutes? We look at 10 ways that businesses are pouring money down the drain. Find out how your business scores and start plugging the leaks.
Organisational ambidexterity is key to driving long-term growth and success within any business. We explore what organisational ambidexterity is, what it means for you, and how you can achieve it.
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
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
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.
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.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
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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.
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91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
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. Santa Global reveals all
★
In an unprecedented move, we’re lifting the
curtain on how we use the latest innovations to
enhance our Christmas service delivery.
★
Having been in business for over 1,700 years, what
our inventioneers don’t know about Christmas,
simply isn’t worth knowing!
3. Santa gets new glasses
★
Our elves have been
trialling Glass in the
warehouse to improve
efficiency.
★
Santa will also be using it
this year for voiceactivated navigation and
delivery data.
★
Special lenses protect his
eyes from solar glare.
Google Glass
Image by glassguy12345 on Flickr http://flic.kr/p/eLPdph
4. There’s no hiding in the stables
★
Mrs Claus is using Jawbone UP
to keep track of Santa’s exercise
regimen and health.
★
No sitting in front of the fire for
hours anymore.
★
Although, our little helpers have
been known to wear Santa’s UP
for the day. Mrs Claus gets very
cross when this happens!
Jawbone UP
Only 100 steps today,
Nicholas! How will you
fit down the chimney?
5. ★
Santa even managed to
get his hands on an early
iWatch prototype.
★
Features? We couldn’t
possibly say—watertight
non-disclosure agreement
—but it’s looking good.
SE
Jonny Ive recently came
to visit us in Lapland. Our
elves were very excited!
TO
P
★
CR
ET
It’s all about who you know
iWatch
6. Real-time track and trace
★
Thanks to a long standing
relationship with NORAD,
we’ve been offering real-time
track and trace since 1955!
★
From 3.00am MST on 24th
December you can phone
1-877 446-6723 and
someone will be able to tell
you Santa’s exact location.
★
Real-time tracking is also live
on NORAD’s website.
Centre
of ope
rations
7. Connected eReindeer
★
eReindeer for the first time
this year—one of our clever
elves hacked their antlers.
★
Santa and his support team
can now monitor vital
reindeer statistics, such as
heart rate, body temp and
in-flight performance.
★
Means we can plan logistics,
organise rest stops and
prevent injury.
eDasher
eBlit
zen
Images by Robin McConnell on Flickr http://flic.kr/p/ay4aey and RukaKuusamo.com on Flickr http://flic.kr/p/9HUgtn
8. Rapid repairs to the sleigh
★
3D printing not yet ready for
present production due to
difficulty in achieving
volume and quality required.
★
But we are using it to rapid
prototype new and unusual
Could t
presents before they’re
his be y
our pre
sent?
manufactured.
★
We’re also trialling 3D printing for creation of
spares for sleigh, as they’re difficult to get hold of.
Image by dvanzuijlekom on Flickr http://flic.kr/p/bTm9Fn
9. Little data, big data
★
We know big data: last year,
more than 783,200,000,000
entries were made into our
‘Good Deeds/Bad Deeds’
database (GBD).
★
Mining our data is
transforming Santa Global.
The Data Elves are in their
element.
★
Oodle
s of da
ta
Little data is also providing key insights to all,
improving individual performance.
Image by speedoflife on Flickr http://flic.kr/p/dBev8j
10. Santa goes social
★
Twitter
★
★
Santa’s taken to
Twitter, Facebook and
Google+ like a penguin
to ice.
You can also email:
santa@santaclaus.com
Santa does get help from our
friendliest elves during the run up to
Christmas though or he’d never
sleep (it gets that busy!).
Facebo
ok
Google+
11. Global Postal Partnerships (GPP)
★
We still love snail mail and
continue to accept traditional
‘Chimney to Santa’ delivery.
★
Our GPPs remain the biggest
delivery operation ever known.
★
Partners include Royal Mail,
the RNIB, the US Postal
Service, the Finnish Post
Office, Canada Post, and the
St.Helena Post Office.
Images by lovstromp on Flickr http://flic.kr/p/66ARjZ, didbygraham on Flickr http://flic.kr/p/svEHj and timlewisnm on Flickr http://flic.kr/p/7jSzSe
World’s larges
t postbox
Dear
Santa
12. The coast is clear
★
★
Image by tawalker on Flickr http://flic.kr/p/t1yKm
It allows us to avoid excited
children who are still wide
awake when we arrive to fill
their stockings.
★
woul
007
We’re excited about the new
WiTrack technology that
allows 3D motion to be
tracked, even through walls.
Don’t worry, we come back
later when they’re asleep!
proud
d be
13. Bringing the cloud closer
★
In a wholesale move to the cloud,
Santa Global is also looking into the
latest fog computing technologies.
★
Large numbers of IT Elves have
been reassigned to present
wrapping due to efficiency
savings.
★
Special agreements are in place
over Christmas to ensure 100%
uptime.
Fog (b
ut
with t
ech)
Image by Hamedog on Flickr http://flic.kr/p/uX6eY
14. LED embedded workwear
★
We have long, dark nights at the
north pole, even with the northern
lights.
★
Combining this with the fact that
our elves are so small, we needed to
find a way to ensure they were
highly visible.
★
We’ve even created an ‘Elf
Landing Lights’ team for
the secret sleigh runway.
50% fe
wer ac
c
idents
visible
more
%
400
Images by internets_dairy on Flickr http://flic.kr/p/67pLki
and orijinal on Flickr: http://flic.kr/p/5VSrbi
15. Home and dry
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We’ve gone a little NeverWet
mad here at Santa Global.
★
So far, we’ve treated:
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The sleigh to eliminate ice issues
—no water, no ice!
★
Santa’s coat and trousers so he
doesn’t get covered in soot going
down the chimney.
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Some of the elves in a ‘never
wash’ experiment. Now they just
don’t get dirty—ever!
Sooty
r
Neve
16. Rudolph’s warm and happy
★
★
Biomim
icry
In collaboration with Rudolph,
our elves are developing
smart textile reindeer rugs.
★
ight temp
Just the r
Around the world flights = vast
temperature fluctuations.
Phase change materials and
bionic membranes hold
promise. Penguins have even
let us into the secret of their
own adaptive insulation.
!
Images by Loren Javier on Flickr http://flic.kr/p/96Qeq9 and Antarctica Bound on Flickr http://flic.kr/p/8XjAUe
17. Before we go...
★
Special thanks to our
strategic innovation partner,
Stocker Partnership, without
whom this showcase would
not have been possible.
★
Throughout the year, they’ve
worked with us to rediscover
the magic of Christmas,
consistently envisioning and
inspiring our inventioneers.
18. Wishing you a very merry Christmas
Ho! Ho! Ho!
www.santaglobal.com