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Ideating at Enexis – Driving Operational Innovation in Dutch Energy Sector

Qmarkets

Yet the company has managed to generate hundreds of new ideas each year since 2014, resulting in millions in cost-saving and improved employee safety. 1,200 ideas have been submitted since September 2014, and we’ve received 7,300 comments and 9,400 total votes. Michiel: So just to share some numbers with you.

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Ideating at Enexis – Driving Operational Innovation in Dutch Energy Sector

Qmarkets

Yet the company have managed to implement up to 300 new ideas a year resulting in millions in cost-saving since 2014. A Qmarkets’ customer since 2014, we sat down with Enexis to discuss more about their innovation initiatives, overcoming resistance to change, and what the future of innovation looks like for them.

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Building Capacity for Breakthrough Innovation

Innov8rs

The Lufthansa Innovation Hub, established in 2014 and based in Berlin, was initially conceived to tap into the burgeoning tech and startup ecosystem in the city. This involves not just the creation of new products and services but a fundamental rethinking of how the organization operates, collaborates, and grows.

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THE QUESTION: Who Created "The Year of Living Creatively?"

Idea Champions

HIGH VELOCITY BRAINSTORMING : Customized ideation sessions for forward thinking organizations. TEAMWORK CARDS : A deck of 64 cards to spark collaboration, communication, and high performing teamwork. CONDUCTING GENIUS WORKBOOKS : A 140-page guidebook for anyone committed to learning how to facilitate productive ideation sessions.

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Crowdsourcing at Work: Open Innovation with Unilever’s Foundry IDEAS™

Planview

Crowdsourcing solutions gives us the best chance of driving real, lasting change — in fact, 85% of the 2014 Best Global Brands have used crowdsourcing in the last ten years. The initiative is already making headlines — not to mention driving monumental change across the globe. Ideas From the World, For the World.

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Titans of Transformation: 5 Outstanding Examples of Innovation in Business

Qmarkets

How are they implementing strategies to foster a spirit of ideation to generate new ideas, while also spearheading initiatives to overcome target challenges? Nestle: Powering Agile Ideation With Startups. The HENRi@Nestlé project is one of the most notable examples of innovation in business geared towards startup collaboration.

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Overcome resistance and capture growth in the Financial Services Industry

Innovation 360 Group

Those that follow this model often collaborate with FinTechs and start-ups through various means: innovation fairs, competitions, and small seed investments, to identify prospects. 48% of employees surveyed by Booz&Co in 2014 believed that critical capabilities are lacking to execute and sustain change. Why doesn’t change last?