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Origin Story: How IdeaScale Grew from a Simple Idea to a Leading Idea Management Company

IdeaScale

IdeaScale provides this space with a cloud idea management platform that has helped businesses and customers connect in a way that is truly engaging. IdeaScale was launched in 2009 by founders Vivek Bhaskaran, Jessica Day, Josh Folk and Rob Hoehn. Idea Management can lead to a stronger online reputation. Where It All Began.

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InnovationOps: the Next Evolution of Innovation Management

Innov8rs

Paul navigates the technology landscape for both Sopheon and its customers and identifies the business values linked to investments in innovation management systems and processes. He advises executives on how to be more successful in innovation and execution of strategies such as sustainability.

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Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books

Destination Innovation

This is the list of sections and book summaries: Alltime Classics How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie – 1936 Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill – 1937 The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale – 1952 The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson – 1981 In Search of Excellence (..)

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The Next Supply-Chain Challenge Isn’t a Shortage — It’s Inventory Glut

Harvard Business Review

In 2009, the financial crash left manufacturers with excess inventory when consumer buying power suddenly dropped. Inventory challenges aren’t new. Electronics littered shelves in 2001 after the dot-com bubble burst. And now, the high-tech industry is feeling the weight of a volatile market that has led to excess component inventory.

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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

This dichotomy delivered by the financial pressure is unfortunately pushing many leaders and top managers towards suboptimal decisions that tend to focus more on survival and not enough on investing in the future. For example, Delta Air Lines, one of the leading airlines, managed to get back to their leading position even after bankruptcy.

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Why World Water Day should focus on more than just water

Christensen Institute

Understanding how push and pull strategies differ provides a clue as to why this happens and how to solve the water problem once and for all. So, until a different strategy is employed, water stakeholders will continue to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on water projects that don’t solve the water problem.

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

Qmarkets

However, by developing an innovation strategy that anticipates a downturn, you can help your enterprise weather the storm and even uncover lucrative ways to gain a competitive edge. 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.