IdeaScale

APRIL 27, 2022

Highlights: The General Services Administration (GSA) founded the 10X program in 2017 to internally crowdsource ideas and new approaches. The GSA’s 10X program has been successful due to transparency, accepting failure as part of the process, and a willingness to discuss why ideas didn’t work.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 12, 2017

This is the whole idea of crowdsourcing: to gather and synthesize the input of many minds! These people will certainly post ideas and comment on ideas, but you might even invite them in early decision making by allowing them to help you screen ideas. The post Who Makes the Decisions in Crowdsourcing?

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 1, 2017

Here’s why: your incentive strategy should be driven by your crowdsourcing objectives. In other words, if your goal is to source high-caliber, implementation-ready ideas then participation volume is simply one of several things you might want to optimize. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Too many ideas reach decision, only to lay fallow without action. Implementing ideas is the key to delivering significant and measurable value to your organization and stakeholders, and setting yourself up for robust crowd engagement in the next round of crowdsourcing. A common pitfall at this point is inaction.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Some presenters demonstrated how to first determine what their citizen priorities might be and then lead the way in defining their local agendas — similar to how the NYPD increased citizen engagement through a crowdsourced idea campaign. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 20, 2017

One of the most effective ways to engage your crowd is to demonstrate commitment to turning their ideas into real value and impact. Some concerns we have heard from innovation managers: “I do not want to overpromise what we’re going to do with people’s ideas.”. What if the ideas are in a focus area we’re not even working in?”.

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IdeaScale

JULY 24, 2018

Although there are lots of benefits that we’ve discussed in our blog before (transparent processes, lower program costs, etc), this comic highlighted two of my favorite benefits that results from online brainstorming: avoiding groupthink and empowering introverts. Ideas come first, consensus can come later. Empowering Introverts.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 8, 2021

What does it entail, how expensive is it, and how is it any different from simply collecting ideas from employees and customers? In this, the first entry in our innovation management FAQ blog series, we provide answers to these burning questions – and much more! What is idea management and how is it different to innovation management?

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 9, 2016

The use of crowdsourcing : the goal for me, is to engage and move the crowd towards a new direction, by encouraging out individual thinking and discovery, searching for combining these contributions; ones that lead to novel, new answers that move a challenge forward into a solution, one that has improved value over the existing.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 6, 2018

A lot of innovators wonder where to get new ideas, but a whole new body of research is emerging about how organizations with higher levels of diversity report higher returns, new revenue growth, and more. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees. Feel free to ask questions or make comments.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 27, 2017

One of the most effective ways to engage the crowd is to demonstrate commitment to turning their ideas into real value and impact. Some concerns we have heard from innovation managers: “I do not want to overpromise what we’re going to do with people’s ideas.”. What if the ideas are in a focus area we’re not even working in?”.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Creativity cannot be forced, however when the organization and the people get themselves in the right mindset; the frame is set for a truly innovative experience where there is a real exchange of ideas to find imaginative solutions. Innovation in nonprofits is hard, but the very nature of the problems faced demand it.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 9, 2018

You just collect ideas. The executive authority selects ideas and selected ideas get implemented. . You might even invite the crowd to assess ideas in a specific stage. And selected ideas get implemented. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees. It’s simple.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 1, 2016

When I joined IdeaScale in late spring of this year, I set out to discover how I could help our customers create and maintain an innovative culture at their company through our crowdsourcing tools. For instance, most of our customers believe they are purchasing a crowdsourcing platform — and they are.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 19, 2017

These were for HYPE and posted on their blogs, mostly under their “Methods & Frameworks ” tag. “To achieve alignment, a cascade of better choices is needed that keeps mapping back to innovation activities and strategic need” Get Out of the Building and Go Cross-Industry to Seek Radical Ideas.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2016

Crowdsourcing has been growing in interest for some time to change our thinking in innovation discovery. Crowdsourcing does have both the potential to point towards disrupting possibilities, extends the concept of open innovation into a wider source of participation from a diverse community not possible to reach by other means as effectively.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 31, 2017

I f you have had trouble implementing ideas, please know that you are not alone. But with a clearly defined process, you will be well on your way to making ideas a reality. In order to convert ideas into action and action into results, we need two things: A decision to take action. Feel free to ask questions or make comments.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 1, 2016

Crowdsourcing has been growing in interest for some time to change our thinking in innovation discovery. Crowdsourcing does have both the potential to point towards disrupting possibilities, extends the concept of open innovation into a wider source of participation from a diverse community not possible to reach by other means as effectively.

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hackerearth

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

[This paradigm] assumes that firms can and should use external ideas as well as internal ideas, and internal and external paths to market, as they look to advance their technology.” ( Henry Chesbrough, 2006 ). The free flow, in and out, of ideas and IP promotes innovative ecosystems. General Electric.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 9, 2016

The use of crowdsourcing : the goal for me, is to engage and move the crowd towards a new direction, by encouraging out individual thinking and discovery, searching for combining these contributions; ones that lead to novel, new answers that move a challenge forward into a solution, one that has improved value over the existing.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Want some new ideas? Get Advice and Give Advice – Talk about pressing issues, discuss your plans, wish lists, and ideas with your account manager. – This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees. It showcases how they’re thinking about crowdsourcing and innovation as part of their daily routine.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 7, 2020

FFE is the starting point of NPD and is where new product ideas are generated before entering the formal development process. Developing a strategy here is key in creating an efficient and cost-effective idea generation process, but how should you approach this? 3 Successful Approaches to Innovation in New Product Development 1.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 3, 2019

This model can be challenging if there is no effective communication or system for ideas to be evaluated and implemented across the organization. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees. It showcases how they’re thinking about crowdsourcing and innovation as part of their daily routine.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 11, 2019

I'm going to start a series of blog posts about what 15 years of innovation consulting has taught me. Over the next few blogs posts I'll focus on one aspect of innovation that I believe is overlooked, ignored or simply given short shrift.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 29, 2017

And our talented group of Innovation Advisors are always ready to respond to questions about crowdsourcing and innovation management. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees. It showcases how they’re thinking about crowdsourcing and innovation as part of their daily routine. Maya Angelou.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 1, 2017

Here’s why: your incentive strategy should be driven by your crowdsourcing objectives. In other words, if your goal is to source high-caliber, implementation-ready ideas then participation volume is simply one of several things you might want to optimize. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 19, 2017

For some technical questions, it may be more important to gather ideas from people in different disciplines rather than ideas from people with different nationalities. Channels : Use diverse communication channels (social media, blogs, emails, events, posters) to reach different kinds of people.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 2, 2017

It included crowdsourcing , SaaS , cloud-based , B2B , ideate and the big one: INNOVATION. I got to talk about city governments looking to save money found success by inviting all employees to share ideas like the City of Atlanta or space nerds and NASA working and wondering together about Mars. Crowdsourcing isn’t just a fad.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 27, 2017

You might do this by letting the crowd comment, vote, and assess ideas before sending ideas to authorities for a final decision. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees. It showcases how they’re thinking about crowdsourcing and innovation as part of their daily routine. Vote or Pledge.

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Planview

OCTOBER 5, 2023

According to a Boston Consulting Group report, companies prioritizing innovation—arriving first to market with new and relevant ideas—outperform the MSCI World Index on shareholder return by 3.3 Where do ideas come from? Speed in delivering high-value innovations is a critical differentiator that can make or break companies.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

With every enterprise innovation initiative, the most obvious and commonly prioritized assets are ideas. In this blog, we will share the additional ‘innovation assets’ that many companies are yet to include in their business innovation strategy. This is especially useful when inviting employees to share ideas.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Since the 2004 publication of James Surowiecki’s highly influential book, The Wisdom of Crowds , the idea that large groups of people can be smarter than a few individuals, no matter how brilliant, has been gradually gaining prominence in academic circles, business communities, and public opinion.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 27, 2021

i.e. Preparing for a Post-COVID World: Please submit ideas addressing how we can minimize gas emissions in returning to the office as it relates to other modes of transportation, flex-time, carpools, etc. i.e. Collect ideas on how the company can set the right example for using renewable energy. Optimizing Processes.

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IdeaScale

JULY 6, 2021

It is very easy to get lost and overwhelmed with decisions and nuances when you’re molding an idea into a functioning offering. A good product roadmap needs to have certain components in order to communicate what value a product or an idea has. In that case, the product is your idea and you’re its manager.

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hackerearth

JULY 19, 2017

As an innovation technique, crowdsourcing or soliciting ideas from people to work collaboratively or individually toward a common goal has been around for a while. What can crowdsourcing be used for? Apart from funding, crowdsourcing can help you garner support from all quarters to build a successful campaign.

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IdeaScale

JULY 28, 2022

These web-focused brainstorming innovation tools will allow you and your team to put together more ideas and collaborate smoothly regardless of distance. It discusses how to leverage innovation tools and create the right environment, encouraging employees to speak up and share ideas. Ready to start putting your ideas into action?

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

With every enterprise innovation initiative, the most obvious and commonly prioritized assets are ideas. In this blog, we will share the additional ‘innovation assets’ that many companies are yet to include in their business innovation strategy. This is especially useful when inviting employees to share ideas.

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