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CTO James Gardner: “Innovation is an Optional Activity”

Planview

Spigit’s Chief Technology Officer, James Gardner, is no stranger to innovation. ” Innovation is Everyone’s Job. He also notes that “people don’t innovate to order,” despite warnings that it’s both necessary and unavoidable. ” Access the full article here.

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Hackathons – 3 tips for getting started quickly

Imaginatik

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. Here’s an example from this month – just one of many.

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JAMES GARDNER: How to Succeed at Crowdsourcing Innovation

Planview

Spigit CTO James Gardner, who this week is presenting at the Chief Innovation Officer Summit in NYC , knows a thing or two about how to be successful at crowdsourcing innovation. “We must learn how to encourage our employees to want to engage in innovation.

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How the Kindling Team Uses Idea Management

KindlingApp

Recently, we used Evaluations to engage customers in our decision making process around a series of releases last quarter. In this category, we regularly pose questions surrounding ways to better engage our prospects or how to best demonstrate the value of the platform.

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Innovation Leadership

eZassi

The C-Suite holds the key to successful innovation, which can be realized through proper vision and alignment at the top, and then rolled out to the rest of the organization through a coordinated effort. Proactive IS integration with innovation teams can lead to more creative and expansive products and service capabilities.