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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

Innovators are forced to give up on initiatives, projects, and resources. In this context, innovators wonder how to get ideas across, how to continue projects, what back-up solutions to find and how to keep innovation afloat. The long-horizon projects are the first to go and this leads to an unbalanced innovation portfolio.

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COVID-19: Business R&D Spending Will Fall by at Least 5-6%

Commodore Innovation

As individuals we are grappling with the fear, disruption and uncertainty brought about by COVID-19. Innovation teams are not, of course, immune to this disruption. That might be in relatively small ways like sharing and disseminating knowledge about tools and behaviors that enhance virtual / remote collaboration.

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Qmarkets & Amer Sports – An Innovative Partnership that Created Unprecedented Employee Engagement

Qmarkets

Amer’s R&D team grew from 487 people at the close of 2009 to 802 people at the close of 2016 – amounting to 9% of all employees and 9.5% An incredible 50% of all Amer employees and 30% of factory workers have already collaborated to take the company further. What were the Innovation Challenges Facing Amer Sports?

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The fascinating story of Giffgaff: A co-creation case study

hackerearth

Unlike crowdsourcing, co-creation uses a small group of known partners and involves deeper collaboration. 58% of the businesses have piloted co-creation projects to help them innovate. Founded in 2009, the Uxbridge-based company is popular for its pay-as-you-go plan. It’s a much smarter way to do business. s favorite brands?

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Innovation Networks – Needed Now More Than Ever

The Inovo Group

Today’s VUCA world (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) requires that companies form robust knowledge networks to have any real hope of delivering the innovations, especially transformational innovations, that are needed for the growth which they aspire to or to prevent disruption from new entrants. Networks, Communities, and Groups.

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IA Summit 09 - Day 1

Boxes and Arrows

IA Summit 2009 Podcasts The IA Summit was held in Memphis, TN from March 20-22. She also discusses how themes can be used in the design process and demonstrates her approach with a project she has recently completed. Design Games for IA – Donna Spencer Would you like your design team to collaborate better?

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Innovate, Adapt, Overcome: How to Beat a Recession with Idea Management & Continuous Improvement

Qmarkets

It’s estimated that a loss of more than $2 trillion in world-wide economic growth occurred between the second quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009. As we saw in 2019 , the business landscape is sufficiently volatile and disruptive even when the market is relatively stable. portfolio scouting campaigns , etc. –