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Effective communication is the essence of open innovation

Wellspring

We've practiced agriculture for some 12,000 years, and in that time have continued finding innovative ways to feed a growing population. Dow AgroSciences is very open about the complexity of their R&D pipeline. They told Grainews in 2016 that, on average, 10 years elapse between idea generation and market launch.

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Gartner Research Insights: 5 Innovation Hacks to Boost your Digital Return

Qmarkets

Hackathons, internal innovation programs, open innovation, technology acquisitions…these days it seems like everyone is jumping onto the innovation bandwagon. How is innovation best performed? Can guidelines for innovation be created? Gartner Research, 2016. 06 July 2016.

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Gartner Research Insights: 5 Innovation Hacks to Boost your Digital Return

Qmarkets

Hackathons, internal innovation programs, open innovation, technology acquisitions…these days it seems like everyone is jumping onto the innovation bandwagon. How is innovation best performed? Can guidelines for innovation be created? Gartner Research, 2016. 06 July 2016.

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The Innovation Hotline: How Colruyt Group is Championing Intrapraneurship with Collaborative Idea Generation

Qmarkets

Eef: Well, first of all I’m happy to share that in 2018 alone, the forecasted value of implemented ideas was in the region of 800,000 euros! In total we’ve generated over 3000 ideas inside the system, over 12,000 comments, and over 28,000 votes. Qmarkets: What are your plans for your innovation initiative moving forward?

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Putting Brainstorming in its place

Jeffrey Phillips

The Purpose of Brainstorming Brainstorming is a technique that allows individuals or small groups to generate ideas. Brainstorming resides in an activity or phase that we call Idea Generation, which in turn sits in the larger context of innovation. It is not the only idea generation technique.

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Disaster: CEO’s Ignoring Digital Innovation

Gregg Fraley

Does Any CEO Have the Luxury to Ignore Digital Transformation and Innovation? Innovation + Business + Technology = Digital Leadership. Turnover of CEOs is already high, about 14.9 % a year as of 2016*. PwC 2016 CEO Success Study. Gregg Fraley and Karen Kirby, copyright 2017. For some, it may appear daunting. Game on. *