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The Innovation 'Function'

Imaginatik

There is a perception of serendipitous, Zen enlightenment related to ideation that is often accompanied by a thorough dismissal of “process,” as if they are mutually exclusive. In that vision of the “innovation funnel” the idea is at the end… the goal. The HR Head values retention and employee satisfaction.

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Three Flavours of Open Innovation: breaking down institutional boundaries through the X-Factor, Speed Dating, and iOT

Imaginatik

The open innovation process here self-organizes the proper fit for start-up-to-problem-solution pairing. The term ‘broker’ is apt in that an ideation platform used as this medium is really the exchange between talent liquidity and problem liquidity. Instead of chipped toasters, the remote sensor is the human.