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Deloitte's Insights on Corporate Innovation Strategy
Business
Deloitte's Insights on Corporate Innovation Strategy

Innovation is a buzzword that fills corporate meeting rooms and headlines alike. It has become so widely used that it often loses its distinct meaning. Deloitte's "Innovation Study 2021: Beyond the Buzzword" dives deep into the heart of corporate innovation, unveiling the specific innovation strategies that drive success.

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Writing Resilient API Integrations
Development
Writing Resilient API Integrations

APIs are the lifeblood of modern software systems, offering a gateway to a world of functionality and data. However, not all APIs are created equal, and integrating them into your applications can be a challenge fraught with potential pitfalls.‍ In this post, we'll explore the nuances of resilient API integrations, covering everything from API types and potential issues to best practices for handling responses and optimizing your integration process.

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How to Use Notion AI to Work Faster, Write Better, Think Bigger
Business
How to Use Notion AI to Work Faster, Write Better, Think Bigger

Notion AI gives you quick answers to questions, auto-generated content, concise summaries, and more all in the app where you're already working. Whether it's automating tedious tasks, fixing grammar, editing voice and tone, finding synonyms, or using it as your brainstorming partner, Notion AI is your go-to AI tool.

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7 Reasons Why We Begin Projects with a Design Sprint
Design
7 Reasons Why We Begin Projects with a Design Sprint

New ideas — especially innovative ones — have a lot of unknowns and uncertainties at the start. Investing time, money, and resources on a new project can come with the pressure and anxiety of creating something incredible. Through the design sprint process, teams address the biggest and scariest uncertainties first, so you can achieve the business value with the least amount of investment.

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Try This Sailboat Exercise to Run Your Next Retrospective
Product
Try This Sailboat Exercise to Run Your Next Retrospective

Notable companies like Google, Microsoft, IBM, Spotify, and Netflix use retrospectives as a valuable practice for continuous improvement and team collaboration. Retros provide significant opportunities to learn, adjust, and improve. So often, learning opportunities go unnoticed.

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Creating “Ah-ha” Moments with Design Sprints
Business
Creating “Ah-ha” Moments with Design Sprints

While the Design Sprint concept originates from within Google, Differential has developed a unique approach to sprint methodology over years of testing. Our approach accommodates both in-person and remote teams and has helped surface those “a-ha!” moments for teams and products of varying size and complexity. Through many trials (and...

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Unleashing the Full Potential of ChatGPT: Five Game-Changing Applications
Business
Unleashing the Full Potential of ChatGPT: Five Game-Changing Applications

As you may know by now, ChatGPT is a powerful tool to revolutionize the way you work. But with so much potential, it can be hard to figure out where, when, and how to use it effectively. ChatGPT is best used when it can save you time and reduce your...

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Top 9 AI Conferences to Attend in 2023
Differential
Top 9 AI Conferences to Attend in 2023

The field of artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly expanding, and attending conferences is a great way to stay updated on the latest advancements, gain valuable insights, and connect with industry experts. In this blog post, we rounded up nine top AI conferences and events scheduled for the latter half of...

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The Law of Diffusion of Innovation
Business
The Law of Diffusion of Innovation

Innovation is an exciting concept that captivates our imagination, sparking thoughts of endless possibilities and the ability to bring those possibilities to life. However, amidst this excitement, we often overlook the process by which innovations spread throughout society. Recently, I stumbled upon an intriguing idea called the Law of Diffusion...

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The Future of AI and Digital Product Innovation at Differential
Product
The Future of AI and Digital Product Innovation at Differential

Since the beginning of Differential, we’ve constantly challenged ourselves to use the latest and greatest technology to rapidly unlock value for good people with meaningful ideas. We were early adopters of the JavaScript-everywhere movement and took early bets on Meteor.js, which propelled us into cross-platform mobile development. We adopted GraphQL...

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