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Guest Post from Art Inteligencia |
I have always maintained that innovation is a byproduct of human curiosity meeting competitive necessity. It is a biological process of sorts; a marketplace needs diversity, mutation, and the survival of the fittest ideas to stay healthy. However, we are currently witnessing a systemic threat to this ecology: the massive ...
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Guest Post from Geoffrey Moore |
Personalization was one of the leading rationales for companies investing in digitalization. The idea was that you were going to delight your customers by proactively offering them goods and services they were predisposed to want. This would create customer loyalty, increase their lifetime value, spur word-of-mouth endorsement, drive up Net Promoter Scores (NPS), and ...
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Guest Post from Art Inteligencia |
An exploration of how rising costs of living reduce cognitive surplus, suppress innovation, and limit organizational and societal progress. I am frequently asked about the ingredients of a successful innovation ecosystem. We talk about venture capital, high-speed internet, patent laws, and university partnerships. But we rarely talk about the most fundamental requirement of all: human physiological and psychological security.
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Exclusive Interview with Oscar Amundsen |
Leaders aspire to create a “dream organization” not merely for the sake of prestige or profit, but because they recognize that a deeply aligned, human-centered culture is the ultimate multiplier of potential. In a dream organization, the traditional friction between individual aspiration and corporate objective vanishes, replaced by a shared sense of purpose and ...
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Guest Post from Art Inteligencia |
As we navigate the complexities of 2026, the global innovation community is increasingly focused on sustainable competitive advantage. But sustainability is no longer just a buzzword for the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report; it is a fundamental engineering and human-centered challenge. We are currently witnessing a paradigm shift in how ...
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Guest Post from Oscar Amundsen |
Do you trust your colleagues? And does your leader trust you? This article is about how the ‘trust mechanism’ affects the ability to change and innovate in any organization. Many experts think that trust mainly relates to expectations, or more precisely, having positive expectations of others. Still, there is no escaping ...
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Guest Post from Mike Shipulski
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There are four ways to run projects. --- One – 80% Right, 100% Done, 100% On Time, 100% On Budget --- (1) Fix time, (2) Fix resources, (3) Flex scope and certainty. Set a tight timeline and use the people and budget you have. You’ll be done on time, but you must accept a reduced scope (fewer bells and whistles) and less certainty of how the product/service will perform and ...
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Guest Post from Shep Hyken |
When you have your customer’s confidence, the opportunity to create an excellent customer experience dramatically improves. That confidence comes from consistency. The customer knows what to expect, even if any problems or issues arise. They know you’ll take care of them.
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Guest Post from Greg Satell |
About ten years ago, IBM invited me to talk with some key members on the Watson team, when the triumph of creating a machine that could beat the best human players at the game show Jeopardy! was still fresh. I wrote in Forbes at the time that we were entering a new era of cognitive collaboration between humans, computers and other humans.
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