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Grow Like Flo in 2016: Taking the Lead from Progressive’s Crowdsourced Innovation Program

Planview

Here are a few things the team at Progressive is really, really good at: (1) creating one of the most iconic brand mascots to ever hit the insurance scene; (2) leading the charge in industry breakthroughs, like data-driven driving services; (3) developing awesome new products, services, and processes with crowdsourced innovation.

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Winners announced for the Civic Engagement Innovation Competition

Betterific

Our “ Hacking Civic Engagement ” Challenge was a first for us in many respects. And perhaps most importantly, it was the first time we crowdsourced a concept from beginning to end. And perhaps most importantly, it was the first time we crowdsourced a concept from beginning to end.

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Crowdsourcing Your Innovation

Daniel Burrus

The open invitation to join a collaborative innovation program that involves training the image recognition of the robotic astronaut by generating 3D models of objects that it would interact with on the EVA spacewalk, including , and of the International Space Station has captured everyone’s imagination.

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Qmarkets & Amer Sports – An Innovative Partnership that Created Unprecedented Employee Engagement

Qmarkets

Amer’s R&D team grew from 487 people at the close of 2009 to 802 people at the close of 2016 – amounting to 9% of all employees and 9.5% In 2015, Amer implemented Qmarkets’ Q-max platform for crowdsourcing, sharing information, idea development and evaluation, with tools that drove both white and blue-collar participation.

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On the Path to Innovation Maturity

Imaginatik

Ask yourself these questions: Why are we engaging in innovation? Are we engaging external thought leaders, partners, academics, etc. What we’ve found is a lot of companies begin with crowdsourcing and ideation, and quickly find that is not enough to fill significant growth gaps. in pursuit of our strategic growth outcomes?

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Lessons Learned About Innovation Communications from the City of Calgary

IdeaScale

In this case, the City of Calgary was a leader in generating engagement with their innovation program. myCityInnovation initially invited the City’s 12,000 “wired” employees to share, collaborate, and test new ideas for improving City services. This is perhaps the most important engagement tactic you can use: responsiveness.

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The Impact of Stress on Innovation

IdeaScale

million working days were lost due to work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2016/2017. Providing your employees with easy access to helpful resources which improve their work experiences will help them to remain engaged with their company and create innovative ideas. Solutions for reducing stress within your business.