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Idea challenges: Giving a Voice to New Business Opportunities

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Engagement programs are a valuable path to change that dynamic. At Imaginatik, we have developed eight sustainable strategic processes to achieve engaging in ideas and taking them beyond idea to action. Still, is this the most suitable engagement program for your innovation outcomes?

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On the Path to Innovation Maturity

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Ask yourself these questions: Why are we engaging in innovation? Are we engaging external thought leaders, partners, academics, etc. What we’ve found is a lot of companies begin with crowdsourcing and ideation, and quickly find that is not enough to fill significant growth gaps. in pursuit of our strategic growth outcomes?

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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. Crowdsourcing ideas from people who haven’t been told, “you can’t do that!” The HR Head values retention and employee satisfaction.

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Beyond Flavor of the Month: Managing Idea Challenges as a Repeatable Program

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But there are other powerful benefits, such as: increased staff buy-in for new initiatives, and higher productivity and morale of a more engaged workforce. As a result, participants don’t stay engaged, momentum is lost, virtual ideation often fizzles out, and innovation ultimately dies on the vine. Engagement – Years 1-3.

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The Four Types of Innovation Metrics

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Engagement levels. Many programs begin simply, by crowdsourcing ideas and executing on projects. In the early days, it’s also important to gain a handle on innovation’s productivity levels – primarily as an internal barometer for the health of the program’s balance of activities. Projects launched. HR-oriented measures.

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Driving Innovation through Employee Engagement - Shift your Focus

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We want to engage employees in innovation. Because people readily understand suggestions, incremental ideas and crowdsourcing, this tends to be the main focus when starting up innovation. We believe there’s another way – a better way – and it starts by ensuring your focus is on Driving Innovation through employee engagement.