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Crowdsourcing During a Pandemic and Different Innovation Roles

IdeaScale

Overview: In 2017, Davidson College redesigned its innovation program for more transparency, engagement, and democracy. The process was designed to bring in and launch as many ideas as possible, built on the IdeaScale platform. Building An Inclusive Innovation Practice. Building An Inclusive Innovation Practice.

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Rating Your Innovation Program: Vanity Metrics vs. True Impact

Moves the Needle

How do you measure the success of your innovation program? You are measuring website traffic, video views, innovation team sign-ups, etc. When it comes to measuring the success of your innovation program, engagement in the real world and observed behavior change are primary. Getting the numbers right is crucial.

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Webinar: How The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Recognizes Emerging Innovators

IdeaScale

The NRC’s innovation program started with a voluntary program created by staff called the Idea Greenhouse. As the initiative expanded, it became so popular that in 2017 it was formalized as an organization-wide initiative, InnovateNRC. And the agency’s staff took to the challenge. The Greenhouse.

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Zebras - Not Unicorns - for Profitable and Scalable Corporate Innovation

Innov8rs

Beyond internal innovation, Zurich is also continuously looking for solutions externally. These responses are then broken down into themes, which provide the submission categories for the Innovation program. Popularized in a 2017 Medium article, zebra startups balance profitability with sustainability. This is the zebra.

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Bridging the Gap between Large Innovation Centers and Small Design Teams

Qmarkets

Innovation centers have captured significant attention in recent years for their role as formalized institutions for driving innovation within large businesses. Digital design teams are their natural counterpart, driving innovation on a more personal level. Innovation centers and digital design teams: quick definitions.

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How the GSAs 10X Program Advances Government Innovation

IdeaScale

Overview : Founded in 2017 off of a popular crowdsourcing initiative, the Government Services Administration (GSA)’s 10X program internally crowdsources ideas to design new approaches and launch new programs. The event was so popular it quickly became an ongoing program. To learn more, request a demo.

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Companies betting big on open innovation

hackerearth

Also, Deloitte announced a partnership with McLaren Applied Technologies in mid-2017. Deloitte uses its expertise in various industries to connect the dots between innovative technologies or approaches and companies. This co-creation platform has met with much success with 15 products on the shelf and nearly 500 prototypes.