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Tournaments: Collaboration for a Rapid Outcome

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Tournaments are an engagement tool aimed at achieving maximum performance in: Collecting ideas. It is a well-defined program and yet, for those involved in the innovation ecosystem, assimilating them with other engagement programs is a common mistake. Tournaments are community driven. What are the differences?

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Imaginatik CEO publishes groundbreaking business book

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BOSTON – May 29, 2018 – Imaginatik today announced the publication of a groundbreaking new business book, Topple – The End of the Firm-Based Strategy and Rise of New Models for Explosive Growth. A changed competitive environment creates new rules and steps to take — as useful for start-ups as for mid-market firms and global brands. “The

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The Innovation 'Function'

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At Imaginatik, we call this the “fluff and magic” vision of innovation where value can only be created by anointed innovation/design Shamans toiling in exposed brick and beam lab/temples. At Imaginatik, we refer to these different values as “currencies” when we are modeling the “value” of a project or a portfolio of innovation projects.

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Hackathons – 3 tips for getting started quickly

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Now, corporations are lining up to use them as a means of developing ideas and driving engagement around innovation programs. In fact, several audience members from our recent 8 programs of engagement webinar expressed hesitation about hackathons. At Imaginatik, we’ve been helping clients with hackathons for more than five years.

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Open Innovation: 2 approaches towards value creation

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It is a concept (powered by underlying technology and methods) with a pragmatic objective: engage different types of stakeholders beyond one’s organizational walls in ways that provides mutual value to all involved. Open Innovation is designed to engage folks “out in the world” in a way that adds value to everyone involved.

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Beneath the Jargon: where "transformation" meets innovation

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Changes in these logics mean that the ‘same old, same old’ ways of doing business no longer works with the blunt reality that lots of businesses are optimized for a competitive world that no longer exists. How you engage your markets and customers (re-imagine ‘em). Transformation: 1. Otherwise, why bother?

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Leveraging Innovation Methods to Drive Strategic Initiatives

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For example: Engage employees using on-line platforms and methods. We believe that's where the next competitive advantages lie & those who are willing to explore those new spaces will be the rising business leaders. To achieve that outcome, sustainability leaders can leverage innovation tools and techniques.