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The Innovation 'Function'

Imaginatik

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. Creatives and designers are part of that ecosystem, as are engineers and marketing execs… but innovation is not the exclusive domain of anyone.

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Open innovation & crowdsourcing resources

Board of Innovation

Open innovation software Imaginatik – collective intelligence software Venture Spirit – gamification platform Wellspring Worldwide – open innovation software 06. Research & development platforms Innocentive – open innovation problem solving IdeaConnection – idea marketplace and problem-solving Yet2.com

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Why Innovation Maturity Matters

Imaginatik

A culture of innovation may exist in certain pockets (such as within the engineering culture of many tech firms), or a declared group may already be doing great work on specific innovation projects. But this is very different from being an organization that understands, across the board, how to innovate together.

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Innovating Through Vertical Expert Networks

Imaginatik

Over the past couple of years, Imaginatik has both seen and fostered something we call Vertical Expert Networks. The food industry has a vast array of highly specialized areas such as dairy/creamer/stabilizers or meat/beef/coloration and even areas for odour design.

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Practical Sustainability – making it, well, practical

Imaginatik

First, it requires the design and use of a new social scorecard, or in the parlance of some, a shared value framework. both greater societal benefit… and… economic value – hence the importance of designing, and deploying, a new social scorecard. Its focus: analyze the social and economic impact of clean vs dirty energy.

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Part 1: Accelerating the impact of Innovation Campaigns

Values Centered Innovation

Revitalizing the organization design in terms of networked teams, not silos. These innovation management platforms are either developed in-house or provided by vendors such as Spigit, BrightIdea, Qmarket, Imaginatik, and Hype Innovation. Develop stronger marketing and branding. Creating and managing new knowledge.

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The Future of Corporate-Startup Collaboration

The Inovo Group

In 2017, the corporate innovation group of a large, multi-national, materials company was evaluating over twenty opportunities that had been submitted as the result of an internal challenge to get people to identify transformational ideas. Identifying and verifying the degree of fit between demands and designs.