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The myth of the first mover advantage for market leadership is pervasive. For more details, check out the book “Will and Vision, by Gerard Tellis #innovation

Through the survey of over 1,000 senior executives, our annual innovation report highlights that nearly all innovators are exploring GenAI. However, there is a gap for organizations between the priority of innovation and the readiness to deliver on their innovation goals. Strategic misalignment is the root cause of this disconnect, as our experts have determined through the findings in this report. If you’re looking to speed up, streamline, and bring a fresh perspective to your organization’s innovation system, explore BCG’s ‘Deploy-Reshape-Invent’ framework that will help you to do just that: https://lnkd.in/gn2qYEw3

I recently had the privilege of sitting down with Boris Scharinger, the Senior Innovation Manager and Technology Strategist in the CTO Office at Siemens. In our conversation, Boris discussed his ideas, profile and how Siemens’ 175 years history that has turned great inventions into innovative technologies and the impressive scale of employees and its unwavering focus on #trends and continuous #innovation. We delved into #Industry4.0, #digitaltwins, the concept and practicalities of #metaverseenterprise, and #industrialAI. Boris highlighted the powerful impact of industrial AI Grade and its transformation in business and society: “The digital transformation of industry and AI is a strong tool. When I look into AI today, then AI is actually designed and shaped a lot from the consumer space, from the search engines, and from the social media platforms of this word. And in these environments, you can allow for a certain level rate. Yeah, in many cases 90% is good enough. However, in an industrial production process, I cannot have a robot that works in 90% of the cases. I need to have a robotic solution gripping something, for example, and putting it somewhere on a conveyor belt that really must work for me, 24 by seven must work 99.9%, and for example, it must be able to process a thousand picks per hour. Now these industrial tasks require robust reliability. This is what’s essential for industrial AI. Industrial AI, in a sense, is the application field. It’s the application of AI in industrial use cases, our quality ambition. So, AI meets the tough requirements that you have in industrial processes.“ My Questions: 00:00 - 04:00 Introduction 04:01 - 07:20 Background and career journey of Boris 07:21 - 09:25 Bridging technology and academia 09:26 - 12:09 Innovation in technologies like AI 12:10 - 14:58 Technology as a layer between corporate, government, and academic 14:59 - 21:28 How is Siemens innovating in the field of Industrial AI? 21:29 - 26:42 Digital twin and metaverse enterprise 26:43 - 33:52 Innovating towards a sustainable Generative AI 33:53 - 39:48 Mitigating the threats posed by Generative AI 39:49 - 46:10 How do we address the ethical and compliance concerns that arise from AI? 46:11 - 48:16 Technology for a sustainable future of humanity 48:17 - 49:59 How can we know about Siemens work and innovation? more on my youtube podcast show https://lnkd.in/eDsBT7Pu CC Antonio Vieira Santos Antonio Grasso João António Vaz Luis Almeida Sally Eaves Thomas Power Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP Dr. Annette Doms Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld Dr Ritesh Jain Prof. Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes Helene Li Dilip Pungliya Sonesh Sira Peyman Khosravani Xiaochen Z. Xavier Gomez Kevin O'Donovan Dr. Ralph-Christian Ohr Pallavi Singal Tony Moroney Efi Pylarinou Jasmeen Dugal Elise Quevedo Eveline Ruehlin Dr. Khulood Almani🇸🇦 د.خلود المانع 🚀 Ellen Schramke Huyen Ngo Khanh An Le Ha N. Gonçalo Pratas Pereira Ricardo Tomaz Manan Kothari

First talk at the Economist Impact Business Innovation Summit.. How is GenAi transforming business beyond chat. Solange Sobral of CI&T 3 key areas of focus: Hyper productivity Hyper personalisation New business models Mark Sandys of Diageo Utilizing tools for flavour predictions. However, GenAi is not the panacea for distinctive brands - if everyone is using the same tools, it’s far harder to stand out and differentiate. While Ai is an investment into faster outcomes, don’t forget long term, slow-burn, brand building horizons. Pure gold ✨

Two days ago, it was an absolute honor and joy to be a speaker at the 2024 Fast Company Innovation Festival, convening thousands of makers and innovators from across the globe—exceptional leaders and doers shaping the future. The feature session I was part of was called: “Appreciative Inquiry (“the other AI”)”—and two other execs were part of it. Bob Stiller, the Founder and former CEO of Keurig Green Mountain, and Julie Reiter, the senior VP of OD and Sustainability of the Clarke Group. They both showed how Appreciative Inquiry propelled extraordinary levels of flourishing inside and outside the enterprise, providing living proof that this is the era when the business of building a better world is good busi­ness. Moreover, they showed that there is no reversing the fun­damental finding that providing mar­ket-driven solutions to the world’s most significant social, ecological, and hu­man challenges is a winning strategy but especially under one specific condition: that the whole system—from the shop floor to the C-suite, and from every business function to the inclusions of external stakeholders such as community leaders, supply chain partners, and customers—were all invited into the company’s so-called “inner circle of strategy” that is, into an ever-widening web of AI’s co-creation (moving beyond dialogue to bold design) in an AI Summit format with 100s of co-creators as an activation collaboratory and design studio for innovation initiatives. Bob Stiller—just releasing his new book called “Better & Better: Creating a Culture of Purpose, Excellence, and Transformative Human Engagement” shared the human magic of it all and the meteoric growth of the company, whereupon between 1999 and 2009, Green Mountain shares rose 7,895 percent and was the top-performing Nasdaq stock for the decade. Bob shares how AI—Appreciative Inquiry—became a cornerstone for “unleashing the creative energy and enthusiasm” of Green Mountain’s people and helped them lead their industry in “sustainability and positive social betterment” Then Julie Reiter shared something similar as she traced Clarke’s multi-decade-long use of AI, starting with the CEO Lyell Clarke's “Project Greater Purpose” and how doing good “out there” brings the "in here" of the company to a state of "mirror flourishing"-- now as one of “the best places to work in America.” Thank you, Rachana Bhide, for being our Fast Company moderator!!! And Dr. Lindsey Godwin & Judy Rodgers as the session visionaries. Bob Stiller Julie Reiter Stephanie Mehta, Alex Hernandez Champlain College Organization Development Network Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University #appreciativeinquiry #organizationdevelopment #leadingchange #businessforgood. David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry https://lnkd.in/eTRniU7z

Do you believe we’re now halfway through 2024? And, while AI may have dominated the headlines, exciting new innovations have been bubbling underneath the surface. Government investments, supply chain worries, and increasing pressure to meet 2025 sustainability targets are all driving organizations to deploy new technologies. Join our upcoming complimentary webinar to hear what we think are the five technologies corporate innovation leaders can move forward with confidence in the back half of 2024. https://lnkd.in/gzMzJAky

The Challenge of Industry Support: Insights from 30 Years in Packaging Innovation. With 30 years of deep domain experience in packaging and packaging innovation, I have witnessed firsthand the industry's resistance to change. Despite the urgent need for sustainable solutions and the advancements in AI technology, gaining support from established players remains a significant challenge. Despite these innovations, breaking through the industry's entrenched practices is tough. Established companies often hesitate to adopt new technologies, preferring traditional methods that no longer suffice in meeting modern sustainability goals. This resistance stifles progress and hampers the industry's ability to evolve. The support from the Australian Government and industry leaders is crucial to overcoming these barriers. Investing in Atomiq Technologies' provisional patents can drive the #PackagingRevolution, create jobs, and foster a greener, more efficient packaging industry.

How can technology progress corporate strategy? Mike Drew and our Technology Practice kicked off #LondonTechWeek with a panel discussion co-hosted with Digital Catapult. The discussion ranged from the strategic approach to AI to the role that technology is playing in companies' net zero sustainability priorities. #Technology #Sustainability #AI #Leadership

The latest thinking on the future of work doesn't really seem to have evolved much over the last three years. Same with people analytics, organization design, etc. I'm beginning to think we have a serious innovation problem. We as a field need to be more critical of ourselves and start ideating on new and better ideas. Also we need to start caring more about humans and less about work. Less science of work more science of humans.

As a Project Manager and daily Asana user, this is not only funny, it’s also soooo relevant. Even though we have a standardized Asana system in place, I still have to consider how each employee I PM for uses the software. Some people like every detail tasked and others only need big picture reminders. Some get overwhelmed with too many tasks and others get stressed if they can’t see every step broken out, it’s my job to make sure everyone gets what they need from Asana and every other project management tool we utilize 😎