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Planbox Acquires Imaginatik Creating an Agile Innovation Powerhouse

Imaginatik

Planbox, the pioneering provider of AI-Powered Agile Innovation Management software, and Imaginatik, the #1 ranked leader in Corporate Innovation Management according to Forrester Research, will join forces to seize on the innovation boom. This transaction is pending the final approval of Imaginatik shareholders by January 31, 2019.

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The Innovation 'Function'

Imaginatik

Attempts to harness or direct that creative energy are not only futile, but actually impede the process. 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. Any organization can be innovative.

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Open innovation & crowdsourcing resources

Board of Innovation

com – IP market place PRESANS (beta) – connect and solve R&D problems Hypios – online problem solving Innoget – research intermediary platform One Billion Minds – online (social) challenges NineSigma – technology problem solving Ideaken – collaborative crowdsourcing Innovation-community.de – Community of innovators & creators.

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My innovation journey (so far)

Jeffrey Phillips

Market evidence will tell you that most of new product innovations fail in the first year. But, we got started, getting some initial training from Tim Hurson , who wrote Think Better, a great book on innovation thinking, creativity and facilitation. I have to admit, I was skeptical at first. Most managers will ask: why take the risk?

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Learning to be Innovative – Future Building’s Crucial Role in Driving Innovation Impact

Imaginatik

Nearly all of their brands were struggling with stagnant or declining market share. Yet the methods they employ subconsciously derive from talents wired into human nature, accessible to us all – creativity, imagination, the ability to dream. Both are integral components of the visionary innovator’s creative process.

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5 Ways to Fail at Innovation

Imaginatik

Empower the people with passion, energy, and incentive to carry the torch – rather than perfunctory involvement of the regular folks in Marketing or Engineering. Having “the usual people” working on an innovation project is a surefire way for it to fall into committee and go nowhere. Fail to account for scale-up.

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Slaying the Two-Track Innovation Agenda

Imaginatik

Two real-world cases are instructive: An international food-service company created a VP Global Innovation position to refresh their food products, packaging, and market approach. Yet nearly two years later, there was still nothing launched in market. The market timing was off. They couldn't identify the right test locations.