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Low-code app development is an emerging technology that will change the way we develop software. This revolutionary process allows any team or business user to build more complex applications in less time than traditional coding, with little training necessary for those who aren't programmers themselves

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An improved user experience will immediately lead to better relationships and long-lasting loyalty from your customers. It will subconsciously portray an eye for detail and make your customers feel valued and empowered.

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The benefits of IT automation are abundant. It can be used to improve your efficiency, streamline work processes and reduce costs by eliminating the need for human intervention in certain tasks that would have previously been done manually.

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Why Your Pega Transformation Projects Keep Failing… And What to Do About It

Digital transformation is a continuously unfolding journey, and it’s critical to set out on this journey with a clear purpose. By avoiding the trap of digital replication and focusing on real transformation throughout your journey, you can ensure that your business arrives at the desired destination. Why settle for "digital replication" when you can deliver real impact through "digital transformation"?
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High Performance x Innovation = Consistent Results

Through our Performance Innovation Accelerator Coaching Program, our team has defined and cataloged the conditions that need to be in place to drive consistent innovation results and outcomes. Learn how this translates into better and more consistent innovation results.
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3 Innovation Leadership Lessons From My Father

I had a chance over the summer to spend a lot of time with my dad. I learned that he wasn't doing well, we found out that he had cancer. Knowing that he was sick really prompted me to start spending much more time with him and just asking him a lot of questions. My conversations with my dad led me to learn three big innovation leadership lessons. I want to share these lessons with you as the foundation of how to continue leveling up as an innovation leader.
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Develop Your Visualization Skills To Conquer Uncertain Times

With persisting talk of inflation and recession, many of our colleagues and clients are anticipating a slowdown period in which innovation takes a back seat to cost-cutting and downsizing. These pullbacks may test the nerve of many innovation leaders, but I’m here to tell you: there has never been a better time to lean into the challenges ahead.
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Learn These Mental Toughness Routines to Avoid Innovation Fatigue

As innovation leaders, we live in a space of “comfortable discomfort.” It is routine for us to be in a constant state of failure, which is how we refine and move forward through the innovation process. It is part of the job, but let's not discount the toll this can take on our minds. One of the most important skills we can acquire to avoid this innovation fatigue and personal burnout is mental toughness. In the context of creativity and innovation leadership, mental toughness is the habit of following through on ideas even when it's hard.
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Design Thinking
Innovation

Use Them Or Lose Them: Putting the employee experience at the center of your innovation program

Employees are seeking more meaning and purpose in their work. This is an opportunity for us as innovators to embed employee experience in our innovation initiatives, connecting meaning and purpose to the day-to-day work employees do. And not just because doing so is likely to help engage and retain valuable team members. Putting employee experience at the center of innovation initiatives can produce better design ideas, improve the outcome of your projects, and increase efficiencies in your development.
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Low-Code Is Low Risk. Especially At Moments Like This.

Evaluate low-code as a strategic priority and not just a trend that sits at the edge of your organization. Continue to press forward with your low-code roadmaps because the demand for digital apps is growing and the number of developers needed is not keeping pace.
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Unlock these high performance habits to level up as an innovation leader

The habits of clarity, courage, and influence are essential for your success as an innovation leader. You can master facilitating design sprints and leading digital transformations without these habits, but you’ll see inconsistent results. These three habits are the bedrock you need to deliver high performance innovation.
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Boost Your Energy with the right innovation playlist

Over the years I’ve experimented with different ways to manage and shift my own energy when I need to get my mind into a creative state. My favorite is to listen to a specially curated playlist designed to get me loose and into the right mindset for thinking creatively. Today I'm sharing some of the songs from my playlist FastForward Life with you.
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Don’t Let Collaboration Tools Derail Your Design Sprints

Collaboration tools are essential for remote design thinking sessions. But they can be just as much of an obstacle as they can help. The most important tool in your design thinking toolbox is you! Here are some tips for how to upgrade your facilitator operating system.
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Build your game plan for what’s next in tech

This week I'm talking about my top three tech trends and predictions for 2022 and how you can quickly translate them into real business impact for your team. Topics discussed include Shift From Digital Transformation To Human Transformation, Adoption Of Low-Code As A Management Discipline, and Automating Intelligent Processes In The Metaverse
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Together we develop and execute a strategy that has been tried and tested by some of the world’s most innovative thought leaders.

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The latest digital technology is bringing creative ways for you and your company to innovate, so that together, we can grow at an accelerated pace.

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The potential for scalability lies at the root of everything we do. It's this foundation that allows our work to grow into long-term digital transformations across all industries.

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