Fri.Oct 28, 2016

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Microsoft retakes the innovation crown with its new focus on creativity

Idea to Value

Up until a few years ago, experts in the innovation space were using Microsoft as a case study for failing to innovate. They showed how Microsoft had “missed the boat” on several important technological trends, including losing search to Google, smartphones to Apple, operating systems and Office to Web 2.0 applications and apps to both […].

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Want To Hire Innovators? Here’s How You’re Dismissing Them

Innovation Excellence

Most organizations are not set up to hire innovators, rather they filter them out. Why? Because they follow the tried and true solid advice for making good hiring decisions: hire for culture-fit. To hire for culture-fit is to hire for comfort, the short-term, sameness; to keep optimizing what is rather than creating what’s next. The.

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Winners of Nokia’s 2016 Open Innovation Challenge Announced

IdeaConnection

A big round of applause is due to the winners of Nokia’s 2016 Open Innovation Challenge, a global search for the next big ideas in the Internet of Things (IoT). Among the winning concepts was a firewall for the connected home and a home medical innovation that can help with the early detection of breast cancer. Stephen Litjens, Vice President of Nokia Innovation Steering, said: “The Nokia Open Innovation Challenge is all about meeting innovators and thinking about how we can develop future

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How to Use Crowdsourcing and Open Innovation to Reach Your Goals

eZassi

When looking to complete a project, design a website or enhance productivity, many businesses decide to recruit and hire a new team member. But it’s vital you take a close look at your choice and any plausible alternatives when your goal is to enjoy the best possible results. To find the right people for the job, many business leaders are turning to crowdsourcing.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Microsoft retakes the innovation crown with its new focus on creativity

Improvides

Up until a few years ago, experts in the innovation space were using Microsoft as a case study for failing to innovate. They showed how Microsoft had “missed the boat” on several important technological trends, including losing search to Google, smartphones to Apple, operating systems and Office to Web 2.0 applications and apps to both […].

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How to Sell Without Selling

Idea Champions

A few years ago, my wife and I bought a Turkish rug from Mehmet, Istanbul's Steve Jobs of rug merchants. If I could run my company as well he could sell, I'd be a very wealthy man. Technically, speaking, Mehmet didn't really sell us anything. He simply created the conditions that allowed us to buy (which some people, I know, will think is really just a clever form of selling, but it wasn't.).

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Idea Hunt is Attending and Presenting at Web Summit 2016

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Idea Hunt is Proud to Announce.

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Reverse Network Effects

Michael Roberto

Network effects exist when the value per user rises as the number of users for a particular product or service increase. Classic examples of firms with network effects include eBay, Uber, Google, and Netflix. Sangeet Paul Choudary has written extensively about network effects in the past few years. His recent post examines the concept of reverse network effects.

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Overcoming the Fuzzy Front-End With Idea Management Software

eZassi

As a front-end innovator, you need far more than great new ideas. You also need a discerning eye that lets you determine which concepts are worth investing your valuable time and money in and which are better left for another time. eZassi is designed to help you innovate in an optimally productive fashion. What Defines a Good Idea? Many ideas have potential, but including all of them in your planning can make your front ends chaotic, fuzzy and directionless.