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Companies betting big on open innovation

hackerearth

In 2014, Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence , a startup innovation program, was launched to embrace “openness” and transform the IoT/IoE and Big Data spaces. GE's FirstBuild (a maker community) is an online and physical community which brings together designers, engineers, builders, and selling the next generation of major home appliances.”

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Can’t We All Just Get Along? Innovation and Bridging the Generational Divide

Idea to Value

Innovation requires more than just idea generation. After all, innovation cannot exist in a vacuum; but rather, an organization must build a culture of innovation to catalyze and sustain the creation of new ideas and then ultimately actually implement the ideas that make it out of the initial starting gate.

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Enexis Interview: Navigating Operational Innovation in an Environment Ripe for Innovation Stagnation

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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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. Michiel: Well since then the project has changed hands several times, I can’t say for sure, although I know we originally looked at a lot of vendors.

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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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Six Internal Innovation Sources You should know

ITONICS

According to the 2014 ‘’Proven Paths to Innovation Success’’ study conducted by PwC’s strategy team, companies are intended to raise the portion of their R&D budget for innovation from around 40 percent up to 60 percent for the outlook of the next 10 years. A central R&D body is an effective source for transformational innovation.

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Fostering Innovation with Technological Solutions – Part 2

Wazoku

According to G2 Crowd innovation management technology supports early-stage activities, such as idea generation, evaluation and selection, as well as later-stage activities like innovation portfolio management, project management and resource planning.