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🎉 Exciting news! Slalom LA's Director of Public & Social Impact, Joseph Cevetello, has been honored with a Constellation SuperNova Award for his work with the City of Santa Monica on the Connect AI App. This innovative solution is a groundbreaking AI-driven tool that has significantly reduced homelessness-related arrests and service calls, highlighting the power of public-private partnerships in transforming government services. This accolade celebrates those who excel in digital transformation amidst a rapidly changing landscape. Learn more about the Connect AI App’s launch here: https://slalom.ws/4inOieX

What an exciting week it's been at inFeedo as we wrapped up our inaugural Org-wide Gen AI Hackathon! 🚀 We had an incredible time unleashing our creativity and pushing boundaries! 🌟 Teams came together to brainstorm ingenious ideas for enhancing Gen AI across our product lineup, and the energy was electric during our All Hands presentation. 💡 Here's what teams were judged on: 🤖 AI Innovation - Teams earned points for innovative thinking and crafting unique AI solutions that seamlessly integrate with our products. 💥 Business Impact - We evaluated ideas based on their potential to drive significant change and deliver exceptional results. 🌱 Scalability - Teams showcased how their ideas could scale and adapt over time. 🎤 Presentation Skills - The quality of presentations and communication prowess during pitches was a crucial aspect of evaluation. Participants experienced: 🧠 Boosted Innovation Mindset - Everyone left with a renewed sense of innovation. 🎨 Unleashed Creativity - The hackathon fueled creative thinking like never before. 🤝 Strengthened Teamwork - Collaboration was key, and teams emerged even more united. It was a thrilling race against time, as teams had just 3 days to prepare, adding an extra element of urgency and excitement to the hackathon. This hackathon rekindled our passion for innovation and the love for our product! Kudos to all participants for their enthusiasm and brilliance! 🎉 Shalini M. Aniket Shrivastava 👨🏼💻 Anuja Keshava Swati Sharma Srishti Saxena Ramya Kumar Srikanth Hemmige Jai Kalia Ishita Sinha Shikhar Kesarwani ✨ Richard Pariath Kshitij Tripathi Gayathri S. Saranya Ramamurthy

Are you curious about ways to effectively use feedback for decision making? Join us virtually at #CuriosityCon on June 12th to learn from experts. At #SurveyMonkey, we #PowerTheCurious.

🎉 Exciting news! Slalom LA's Director of Public & Social Impact, Joseph Cevetello, has been honored with a Constellation SuperNova Award for his work with the City of Santa Monica on the Connect AI App. This innovative solution is a groundbreaking AI-driven tool that has significantly reduced homelessness-related arrests and service calls, highlighting the power of public-private partnerships in transforming government services. This accolade celebrates those who excel in digital transformation amidst a rapidly changing landscape. Learn more about the Connect AI App’s launch here: https://slalom.ws/3CLzXZl

Finding success in an early-stage industry cluster comes down to having the right place and the right people around you. Just like Silicon Valley, being in a location with the right mix of resources, talent, and support can make all the difference. When you’re surrounded by industry leaders and cutting-edge technology, it creates a dynamic environment where innovation can really take off. Access to top talent and a network of passionate peers creates a powerful feedback loop of creativity and progress. Plus, tailored incentives and a market-driven approach make it easier to scale your business.

We just hosted another Club Dinner — this time in Berlin with CIC Connect! 🌆 Super nice to enjoy some schnitzels with new faces, current customers and old friends! Here are five key takeaways I left the dinner with: 1. The AI revolution does not discriminate. From consultants working on the niche individual needs of customers to big corporates cutting out noise and fully mapping out players in a space 🎯 2. Humans still close deals. While automation and AI can streamline processes, building trusted relationships needs to be top of mind. People buy from people they know, like and trust 🤝 3. The market is going faster than the autobahn. AI platforms like FounderNest help you keep up and make sure you stay ahead—especially when you're trying to find a needle in a haystack 🏎️ 4. Think global, act local. Don't underestimate the power of fostering relationships within local innovation communities to unlock hidden opportunities, partnerships and valuable insights 📍 5. Innovation isn't just about ideas, it's about execution. It's essential to foster a culture that encourages experimentation and learning from risks 💡 Great conversations with old friends and new, and cheer to our first event with CIC (Cambridge Innovation Center)! Keep your eyes peeled for the next one!

My main takeaways from Ebi Atawodi's talk at Mind the Product roadshow in Amsterdam. This is based on what I want to apply in my work and it’s not the best summary of the talk :) She covers 6 tenets that work for her. Thank you Ebi very much. 1. Builder's playbook shared across the teams. This is open living document to share - how to communicate, how to launch, why to change the GTM, when to launch in single market vs. multiple markets., what are the top metrics, etc. 2. Become a "We are product" or "we are X team". This is so powerful as identity and building trust with the core team (and not I am engineering, I am Product and I am Designer or I am data science). This is so powerful for people to do the work persistently, be accountable as a team and be proud of the progress they are making as life goes by. Get to know people in the X team I am in. About 60-70% of what we do is overlapped. 3. Operating Cadence. This is tactical and often ignored. This is helpful for building trust but teams don't necessarily follow through on these. It is about trying to capture rhythm and flow of the organisation. Weekly cadence - push converge pull push. Mon / Tue - 1 on 1s. Wed - meet our teams and top 3 things we are going to work on together and top 3 things others are working on (over time 2/3 are aligned). Thurs - leads meeting to cover 1) spicy topics / escalations and then 2) whats launching and what launched last week and 3) open discussion. Monthly rhythm - newsletter, all-hands, etc. Quarterly rhythm - Retro on whats working and not working. What do want to put our energy behind as a team. Annual rhythm - annual discussion to converge on problems and solutions as part of Double diamond (https://lnkd.in/eWYr5bmY) Traffic lights to show every week what individually are we feeling? This rhythm is key to understanding context 4. Zoom out and zoom in. Zoom out to focus on context building - conversations with stakeholders, comprehension to share this understanding and conviction to take the action that addresses biggest and urgent problems. Accepting I don't have the answers in a new context / new project. Another Zoom out - Insights (top 5 problems we should know, each team presents); then Zoom in - Vision Narrative (Once upon a time....every day.....and then one day.....something happened....because of that....something happened.....); then Zoom out - Strategy (Next steps we can do to focus on to get things done); then share with people the narrative on Big Rocks 5. When problems arise in the environment, understand how they impact the P&L motion in the organisation, and how the problems impact OKRs. We follow basic hygiene - comms, templates for notes, PRDs, etc. It reduces the cognitive load in the team. Own what happens when the launch is live. Continued in the comments due to the character limit...

https://lnkd.in/eBSaVtFN 🚀 The countdown is on! Get ready to elevate your strategy and ignite your insights at Sago Vision ‘25. 📅 On October 1, join us for candid discussions, impactful presentations, and actionable takeaways from the brightest minds in market research. 🎯 Spots are limited—register now! https://lnkd.in/eBSaVtFN #MarketResearch #MRX #InsightsIndustry #DataDriven

🎉 Exciting news! Slalom LA's Director of Public & Social Impact, Joseph Cevetello, has been honored with a Constellation SuperNova Award for his work with the City of Santa Monica on the Connect AI App. This innovative solution is a groundbreaking AI-driven tool that has significantly reduced homelessness-related arrests and service calls, highlighting the power of public-private partnerships in transforming government services. This accolade celebrates those who excel in digital transformation amidst a rapidly changing landscape. Learn more about the Connect AI App’s launch here: https://slalom.ws/4iRaAWS

🎉 Happy International "Brilliant Ideas" Day! (Okay, we may have made that up 😜) But really, who needs a special day to celebrate your next big move? 📈✈️ At ENS and SFA every day is about unlocking the genius within your team. Got a wild idea? Let's turn it into a wild success! 🚀🎯 #InnovateWithUs #ConsultingLife #BusinessGrowth #BrilliantIdeasDay