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Environmental, Social, and Governance Strategy in the Workplace

IdeaScale

Environmental, social and governance strategy (ESG) refers to the three central factors in measuring the sustainability and ethical impact of an investment in a company or business. The post Environmental, Social, and Governance Strategy in the Workplace appeared first on IdeaScale. trillion in U.S.

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Announcing the 2016 Innovation Management Award Winners

IdeaScale

Having received some fantastic entries, we have officially chosen and are extremely pleased to share our winners for the 2016 Innovation Management Awards. City of Calgary—Best Engagement Strategy. Oak Ridge National Laboratory—Best Moderation Strategy. Congratulations to our winners! What We Learned.

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Origin Story: How IdeaScale Grew from a Simple Idea to a Leading Idea Management Company

IdeaScale

This occurred in tandem with President Barack Obama’s Open Government Initiative. Hoehn wanted companies and government organizations to be able to gather, transform, and prioritize ideas through crowdsourcing. Dedication to continuous improvement through the right business strategies spurs the use of IdeaScale’s software platform.

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Make America Innovate Again – Digital Transformation, Citizen Participation, and Government Efficiency

Qmarkets

As a general rule, we hold our governments to a higher standard than that which we hold private businesses and corporations to. Private sector businesses are expected to only look out for themselves, but the government is meant to look out for us. Or, for that matter, any government body at the local, state or national level.

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The urgent need for a new global development model 

Christensen Institute

Successful market-creating innovations typically employ pull strategies because these innovations respond to the struggles of everyday consumers. One is working with their governments, and the other is getting funded. If this doesn’t sound familiar, it should. Market-creating innovations have similar characteristics.

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Lessons Learned About Innovation Communications from the City of Calgary

IdeaScale

In fact, government is sometimes seen as one of the least innovative industries , but some of our best stories this year came from the government. Well, when myCityInnovation launched in May of 2016, Calgary didn’t just send out an email blast and call it good. But how did they do it?

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Citizen Science and the Future of Cancer Research

IdeaScale

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the federal government’s principal agency for cancer research and training. In 2016, The National Cancer Institute launched the Cancer Research Ideas crowdsourcing website to enable the research community and the public to submit ideas on how best to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.