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How police forces can benefit from an idea management platform

Idea Drop

Overall police budgets, excluding counter-terrorism grants, fell by 20% between 2010 and 2015. Put simply, there needs to be a way of capturing the input and ideas from all staff across the policing industry. This is where an idea management platform, such as Idea Drop, can help.

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Innovation 2015 or Five Lame Excuses?

Gregg Fraley

Here’s the thing, like the inept and psychologically damaged journalist Jimmy Olsen, even a dysfunctional company that heretofore hasn’t managed to get innovation going can start now. Now is the time to impact 2015. I don’t know how to do innovation — start a project and learn as you go!

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The “Joy” of Innovation: What We Can Learn from the Story of Serial Innovator and Entrepreneur Joy Mangano

Idea to Value

While teenage Mangano did not have the knowledge or the financial wherewithal to get legal protection for her idea, this example still serves as a lesson for today’s innovators. As discussed in the business growth book Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival , a key innovation imperative is Idea Management.

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Ideate or Deteriorate – Why Companies Must Learn How To Be Innovative to Achieve Major Growth

Qmarkets

Is innovation a superfluous fad that just won’t go away, or is learning how to be innovative crucial for futureproofing an enterprise? In 2014 Facebook purchased WhatsApp for $19 billion, and it is now on target to hit one billion active users by the end of 2015. So which one is it? Conclusion. The Most Valuable Resource.

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Planbox Acquires Imaginatik Creating an Agile Innovation Powerhouse

Imaginatik

Since the acquisition and merger of BrainBank Software and Planbox in November 2015, Planbox has transformed the innovation management landscape. Planbox was quickly recognized as a Leader by Forrester in the Innovation Management Wave Report in 2016. To learn more, visit: www.planbox.com and unleash your innovation potential.

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Wazoku raises £2.5M to expand global reach for idea management platform

Wazoku

London-based SaaS eyes global expansion and product enhancement, as demand for idea management set to reach £1.17bn by 2022. This latest investment, which brings the total amount raised by Wazoku to £6.1M, is both a recognition of that growth, and also the increasing size and potential of the global idea management market.

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And the Oscar goes to…Prediction Markets – Harnessing Collective Intelligence to Anticipate Success

Qmarkets

Once again the power of Prediction Markets was displayed last week, as it correctly predicted 19 out of the 24 winners at the 2015 Oscar awards; an accuracy level of 79%. Prediction Markets can be used to pre-emptively ascertain the value of any idea, strategy, policy or action, which makes it an invaluable tool to many of our customers.