Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Proper management of the separation vs. integration tension has proven to be a vital, while underestimated ingredient to effective scaling of internal ventures and external startups in corporate settings.

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Innovation Management Radical Innovation Engagement 81

IdeaConnection

DECEMBER 9, 2016

According to research by the Gartner Group, there will be more than 20 billion connected devices in use by the year 2020. That is a massive multi-billion euro opportunity that could result in breakthrough innovations in all sorts of areas, and it hasn’t gone unnoticed in Europe. There, bIoTope (Building an IoT OPen innovation Ecosystem for connected smart objects) is paving the way for new open innovation ecosystems, where companies can innovate (with minimal financial outlay) Systems-of-S

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Open Innovation Big Data Innovation Video 61

Gregg Fraley

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Invest in Your Innovation Capacity. In my various consulting engagements I have learned not to take much for granted. I thought by this year in history (2016) everyone in the business world would have a clue as to how to do ideation (aka brainstorming) properly. Wow, not even close. It’s a glaring missing ingredient in staying competitive. It’s a key to growth and it’s routinely done poorly.

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Underperforming Technical Team Training Ideation Brainstorming 57

Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 9, 2016

A roadmap is a valuable collaboration and planning tool for product teams and organizations. But, not all products stand alone. Many are part of a product line. This begs the question of how roadmaps should be created for product lines.

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Roadmap Collaboration Tools Innovation Management 56

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Innocentive

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Following our articles on how the packaging and manufacturing sectors are embracing crowdsourced innovation , we now turn to the energy sector.

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Crowdsourcing Industry Innovation 45

Michael Roberto

DECEMBER 9, 2016

In last week’s New York Times Corner Office column , Adam Bryant interviewed Abe Ankumah, CEO and founder of the software company Nyansa. Ankumah discussed the importance of cultivating “first principle” thinkers in your organization. He wants people who don’t just to creating a solution without first understanding and defining the problem in a crystal-clear fashion.

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