eZassi

APRIL 3, 2017

Ezassi, a leader in open innovation and idea management software, is excited to announce that Denise Fletcher will be joining the company in the newly created role of Chief Innovation Officer. In addition, she will oversee the inception of the Ezassi Innovation Advisory Board. “We

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KindlingApp

JANUARY 6, 2016

Because a new year is a time for reflection as well as planning, we’re introducing a new blog series “Sincerely Sima” which takes a look back at the most frequently asked innovation management questions our customer success team encountered in 2015. As an innovation program leader, how do I keep executives engaged?

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CREATORS

JUNE 19, 2017

a strategy known as “spray and pray” in the venture capital world, which has been adopted by a myriad of companies. Most corporations using the “spray and pray” method have disorganized innovation strategies. In most cases, such tactics prove unsuccessful, yet few companies seem to have learned any lesson.

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Planview

DECEMBER 4, 2015

The skinny: Here are 10 questions to ask your CEO to find out how they really feel about innovation — and if your company is ready to take it on. The Role of the B2B CMO in Innovation. The skinny: Bob Domenz looks at how Marketers have the opportunity to make a significant impact on business-to-business innovation.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

He radically transformed the company from a classic conglomerate that did everything to one that focused on its core industrial businesses. Innovation at GE was on a roll. Instead of lean innovation programs, there is a mandate to cut $2 billion in expenses by the end of next year, lift profits and raise the dividend.

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Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 19, 2018

It’s that time of year again: the temperature is dropping, leaves are changing colors, and after a sleepy summer, companies are ready to reflect on how they are going to improve their operation for the new year. Mon, Nov 5, 2018 11:00 AM EDT The first event we have is featuring our Co-Founder and CEO, Brant Cooper.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Many folks don’t believe in structured innovation arguing that any “structure” kills creativity and stifles innovation. Even some innovation experts claim that “ innovation is everyone’s job.” Actually this notion that “innovation is everyone’s job” is quite popular in many companies.

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Planview

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Are you an idea champion, ready to inspire innovation in your company? Then you’re also going to love Spigit’s 2015 Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide, with a handpicked selection of gifts to help you inspire innovation in your organization. Are you feeling that holiday spirit?

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KindlingApp

JUNE 1, 2015

The book does an excellent job of both underscoring the importance of empowering employees and demonstrating the competitive advantage companies can gain through their number one resource: their people. Desire–Without a desire to change or improve, innovation falls on deaf ears. Schroeder on the flight to my new home in Kansas City.

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Imaginatik

AUGUST 10, 2016

Mark, CEO of a Fortune 50 company, was fielding questions from Wall Street regarding the amount of investment he was putting into different types of innovation, particularly what his company calls “WoW-based Innovation” – e.g., breakthrough innovation designed to create net new lines of business greater than $500 million / year.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Many folks don’t believe in structured innovation arguing that any “structure” kills creativity and stifles innovation. Even some innovation experts claim that “ innovation is everyone’s job.” Actually this notion that “innovation is everyone’s job” is quite popular in many companies.

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Qmarkets

JULY 21, 2017

Devised as centers for accelerating the digital innovation process, innovation centers are now used by 38% of the world’s largest 200 companies, including household names such as BMW, McDonalds, and Ford. Innovation programs are typically designed to improve established methods of business or operational procedures.

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KindlingApp

JANUARY 24, 2016

This is the second entry in the “Sincerely Sima” blog series which takes a look back at the most frequently asked innovation management questions our customer success team encountered in 2015. In our last post we discussed how to keep executives involved in your innovation program. In other words, nos are inevitable.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Budapest, Hungary - September 7, 2015: Children's shoes from war refugees at the Keleti Railway Station. Eugene Ivanov - the author is an innovation management consultant who helps organizations design and then implement internal & external innovation programs.

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KindlingApp

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Etsy’s November 3rd Third Quarter 2015 Financial Results show that the company continues to grow, generating over $1.6 continuing to innovate [.]. Amazon’s, and many other companies’, understanding of collaboration is a caricature that depicts collaborative efforts as hand-holdingly, ego-preservingly ineffective.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In 2015, an overcrowded boat carrying a group of Syrian refugees capsized and sank off an island in Greece. Eugene Ivanov - the author is an innovation management consultant who helps organizations design and then implement internal & external innovation programs.

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hackerearth

JUNE 22, 2018

Many governments across the world — such as Mexico, Uganda, India, Thailand, and Brazil — have ongoing inclusive innovation programs. Quite obviously, the government can create a broad environment to enable such innovation (e.g.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Budapest, Hungary - September 7, 2015: Children's shoes from war refugees at the Keleti Railway Station. Eugene Ivanov - the author is an innovation management consultant who helps organizations design and then implement internal & external innovation programs.

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KindlingApp

OCTOBER 14, 2015

There’s a lot of emphasis in the idea management world on being creative—see Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business 2015 , for example—but it’s not always obvious that being creative is only step one. Innovation requires creativity, but creativity on its own isn’t enough to move a company forward.

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Planview

APRIL 11, 2019

Through their Ideate Innovation program, which the team uses to surface and develop ideas and turn them into award-winning products. It was always obvious to leaders at Polaris that there were untapped opportunities to crowdsource groundbreaking ideas from employees across the company. The Ideate Innovation Program.

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Planview

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Last year, over 140 leaders from globally recognized companies like IBM, AT&T, MetLife, Cigna, PwC, Unitedhealth Group, Siemens, Estee Lauder and more gathered at our Boston Summit to share new ideas, challenges, and findings resulting from their own innovation programs. Wendy Mayer, VP of Innovation at Pfizer, Inc.

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Planview

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Business innovation is a major focus for all companies. According to this 2015 report by Edelman , the answer is age-old: build trust. Edelman examined how companies can build trust with consumers and prospects, and the specific attributes that boost trustworthiness in products, services, and organizations overall.

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