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Innovation Insight: How to harness intuition as part of your knowledge

At September’s Innovation Day, we welcomed Dr. Viktor Dörfler from University of Strathclyde to share how intuition is just as important a tool as data analysis in successful decision making.

Katherine Raleigh
Katherine Raleigh

Wed 20 Sep

Think like a predator: unlock hidden value and manage emergent risk
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Think like a predator: unlock hidden value and manage emergent risk

Welcome to the latest in a series of brief interviews with guest experts from KnowledgeBrief’s Innovation Programme, providing a window into the experts’ latest ideas and new advice for executives.

Katherine Raleigh
Katherine Raleigh

Wed 23 Aug

Today’s Innovation Priorities
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Today’s Innovation Priorities

At our monthly Innovation Days, KnowledgeBrief clients scan the latest ideas in the world of management innovation and identify their top priorities for action right now. Here’s a summary of the viewpoints discussed at the recent Innovation Days.

Katherine Raleigh
Katherine Raleigh

Tue 22 Aug

Innovation Insight: How to Become a Smarter Organisation
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Innovation Insight: How to Become a Smarter Organisation

At this month’s Innovation Day, we welcomed back Prof Victor Newman, University of Greenwich, to introduce a new way of thinking about the future of your organisation, through an accelerated out-of-the-box thinking tool: the Predator strategy technique.

Katherine Raleigh
Katherine Raleigh

Mon 21 Aug

Knowledge is not power, it’s value
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Knowledge is not power, it’s value

Welcome to the latest in a series of brief interviews with guest experts from KnowledgeBrief’s Innovation Programme, providing a window into the experts’ latest ideas and new advice for executives. This month, we spoke to Dawn Holmes from Manchester Business School about Big Data.

Katherine Raleigh
Katherine Raleigh

Fri 21 Jul

Innovation Insight: How to Turn Big Data into True Business Benefit
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Innovation Insight: How to Turn Big Data into True Business Benefit

At the latest Innovation Day, KnowledgeBrief clients explored the need for all organisations to take Big Data and its potential to create value seriously if they want to stay ahead.

Katherine Raleigh
Katherine Raleigh

Tue 18 Jul

Alternative reality is the new reality
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Alternative reality is the new reality

Welcome to the latest in a series of brief interviews with guest experts from KnowledgeBrief’s Innovation Programmes, providing a window into the experts’ latest ideas and new advice for executives.

Katherine Raleigh
Katherine Raleigh

Thu 29 Jun

Innovation Insight: Transform Your Customer Experience with Augmented Reality
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Innovation Insight: Transform Your Customer Experience with Augmented Reality

At this month’s Innovation Day, we welcomed Prof Mark Anderson, Edge Hill University, to share his expertise on the opportunities augmented reality can bring across all industries.

Katherine Raleigh
Katherine Raleigh

Thu 22 Jun

Blend the physical and digital to meet your creative needs
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Blend the physical and digital to meet your creative needs

Welcome to the latest in a series of brief interviews with guest experts from KnowledgeBrief’s Innovation Programmes, providing a window into the experts’ latest ideas and new advice for executives.

Katherine Raleigh
Katherine Raleigh

Thu 01 Jun

Innovation Insight: How to Balance the Human-Computer Partnership to Enhance Creativity
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Innovation Insight: How to Balance the Human-Computer Partnership to Enhance Creativity

At this month’s Innovation Day, we welcomed Dr Sara Jones, Cass Business School, to share her research and insights on the tools – digital and physical – you can apply to generate and enhance creativity, and how to get the balance right for your organisation in the partnership between human and computer.

Katherine Raleigh
Katherine Raleigh

Tue 23 May

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