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The 2017 Innovation Management Awards Are Open

IdeaScale

For the fifth year in a row, IdeaScale is hosting the Innovation Management Awards. Particularly if that story demonstrates innovation thought leadership when it comes to engagement strategies, innovation processes, or idea implementation. And those winners have demonstrated innovation sophistication in everything from energy & sustainability to financial technology and government services.

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3 Tactics that Make Innovation Management Easier

IdeaScale

IdeaScale learns from all its best customers, but in our latest interview with Redwood Credit Union we learned three things that make innovation management easier: Pre-Populate Your Campaign. To learn more about Redwood Credit Union’s idea management initiative, download the case study here. The post 3 Tactics that Make Innovation Management Easier appeared first on IdeaScale.

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Last Chance to Submit to the 2017 Innovation Management Awards

IdeaScale

The deadline of the annual Innovation Management Awards is now upon us and we are still accepting submissions. Every year, we ask our customers what topics they would most like to see discussed at IdeaScale’s Open Nation and almost every year, our customers ask to hear about new and creative strategies to engage the crowd in the ideation and innovation process. Best Innovation Process. This can include moderation best practices, funnel management, and more.

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Managing Expectations in Innovation Management

IdeaScale

However, this can present some challenges for innovation managers. Some concerns we have heard from innovation managers: “I do not want to overpromise what we’re going to do with people’s ideas.”. We can address these concerns head-on by setting and managing expectations. The involvement of stakeholders and experts in the open innovation process is central to the success of crowdsourced open innovation.

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Profiling the Open Innovation Manager

HYPE Innovation

We talk a lot about, and also to, innovation managers here on the blog. Mike Hatrick (the event moderator) asked the question: who really is the innovation manager? In his presentation, Mike mentioned the researchers, strategists, evangelists, pioneers that go on to become change agents, leaders, organizational designers, coaches/ trainers, and ultimately fill the seats of process owners, decision-makers and project managers. The Innovation Manager

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An introduction to Design Thinking for Innovation Managers

HYPE Innovation

Design thinking informs human-centered innovation and begins with developing an understanding of customers’ or users’ unmet or unarticulated needs”. “Design thinking draws on logic, imagination, intuition and systemic reasoning to explore the possibilities of what could be, and to create desired outcomes that benefit the end user (the customer). A design mind-set is not problem-focused, it’s solution-focused, and action-oriented. It involves both analysis and imagination.

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Top 5 Advantages of Crowdsourced Innovation Management

IdeaScale

There was little interaction with employees since management expected them to do their job based on practices established by the management themselves. This is what crowdsourced innovation management is about and below are the 5 advantages of crowdsourced innovation management. This is why it is important to not only treat and pay employees well but also make them feel they are valued – and this crowdsourced innovation can offer that.

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Creativity, creative leadership and the value of innovation management

Exago

From janitor to CEO, everyone should be involved in daily in your innovation process. The post Creativity, creative leadership and the value of innovation management appeared first on Exago. Blog Insights creativity innovation managementThe tool to deliver this change is creative thinking, in the hands of a leadership that believes in and embodies its principles.

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Managing Expectations in Innovation Management: Part II

IdeaScale

However, this can present some challenges for innovation managers. Some concerns we have heard from innovation managers: “I do not want to overpromise what we’re going to do with people’s ideas.”. We can address these concerns head-on by setting and managing expectations. In these two blog posts, we will discuss five best practices for setting a course for idea implementation and managing expectations along the way.

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The difference between DMAIC, DMADV, and Innovation Management

HYPE Innovation

Now many of you might not be any the wiser on what DMAIC and DMADV might mean, unless you have had some exposure to Six Sigma. They are two models commonly used by business executives that take you through a logical progression, that is more project specific in focus but with a different objective to follow for a completion of a project. They are applied differently and here I will attempt to make the difference clear. Methods & Frameworks

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An Innovation Management Solution that Meets Your FedRAMP Requirements

IdeaScale

For those in the dark, as I was, FedRAMP is an acronym for the “Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program,”which is “a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services.” (See [link].) As a result of these investments, IdeaScale is ready to provide an innovation management solution to meet the FedRAMP needs of any federal agency.

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Security and Innovation Management

InnovationManagement

Well, there are four key reasons that security matters for innovation management systems in particular: Life Cycle Processes cloud fedramp government innovation management security softwareSystems security is one of the top five concerns for business executives this year. In the past two years, we’ve had some very troubling and very public data breaches of systems that we use every day.

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Secure Innovation Management for US Government-Wide Mandates

IdeaScale

In 2011 the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a government-wide cloud security memo and guidance policy known as the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). Today, as part of a continued effort to innovate and modernize government operations, the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the General Services Administration (GSA), amongst many others, are being directed to migrate their existing systems to the cloud.

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3 Tactics that Make Innovation Management Easier

IdeaScale

IdeaScale learns from all its best customers, but in our latest interview with Redwood Credit Union we learned three things that make innovation management easier: Pre-Populate Your Campaign. To learn more about Redwood Credit Union’s idea management initiative, download the case study here. The post 3 Tactics that Make Innovation Management Easier appeared first on IdeaScale.

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Innovation Management Award Spotlight: City of Calgary

IdeaScale

At IdeaScale, we host the annual innovation management awards in order to honor the accomplishments of some truly groundbreaking organizations, but also so that some of our smartest clients can share their best practices with others. We invited our winners to answer a few interview questions and we’re pleased that the City of Calgary had some great advice and answers to share: IdeaScale: Why is innovation vital to your organization?

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How does innovation management help in digital transformation?

HYPE Innovation

In a new report by HYPE and MWD Advisors, we looked at the role that innovation management programs can play in helping companies to make this transformation. Digital InnovationThe power of digital disruption is so immense that it now sits on the top priority list for almost every executive.

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Recognizing Excellence in Innovation Management: ISPIM Grand Prize 2017

Innovation Excellence

ISPIM, the International Society for Professional Innovation Management, is delighted to announce the launch of the ISPIM Grand Prize 2017, for Excellence in Innovation Management. This will be the third competition, building on the highly successful 2015 and 2016 events, won by the US Department of Energy and Orange respectively.

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Harnessing Good Thoughts: Innovation Management as a Volunteer Opportunity

IdeaScale

There’s just too much to do, too many volunteers to manage…. What if it wasn’t any harder than managing any other volunteer opportunity? This is where managed collaborative innovation comes in. Like any other volunteer opportunity, success is going to depend on how well you set it up, manage it, and engage with your volunteers. The post Harnessing Good Thoughts: Innovation Management as a Volunteer Opportunity appeared first on IdeaScale.

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How to Hire an Innovation Manager

Board of Innovation

Definition & job description First of all, who is an Innovation Manager? By comparing multiple vacancies, job titles, and buzzwords, we’ve come up with the following overall definition: The Innovation Manager is the person that leads the research into strategic future business opportunities for a company. The post How to Hire an Innovation Manager appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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Innovation Management Standards ahead!

Innovation 360 Group

Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, international standards and innovation capabilities has always been strong drivers and catalysts for human and societal development. International standards as well as increased innovation capabilities will continue to play even more important roles in the world of digitalization, globalization, fast change and extreme planetary and human challenges that we face today! The post Innovation Management Standards ahead!

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Innovation Management Day 1: How to Launch Your Program

HYPE Innovation

In the above webinar, HYPE's Colin Nelson looks at how companies launch their innovation programs, and the key considerations to have in mind. Firstly, why do organizations implement innovation programs? The three reasons our clients mention most frequently are: driving more innovation, reducing costs, and increasing employee engagement. An effective innovation program starts with the end goal in mind: what should it set out to achieve?

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3 Character Traits of a Good Innovation Manager

Innovation Excellence

Almost every CEO that I meet wants to find out a way to out-innovate their competition. They want to innovate to improve their profits. They want to innovate so that they can help their customers innovate. And in the same breath, they also say that almost all their innovation projects are either struggling to take off or have not yielded the kind of results that looked possible.

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Innovation management versus change management

100%Open

The only real difference between innovation management and change management, is the intention that lies behind these approaches. Innovation, whilst often highly reliant on luck and randomness, is inherently a proactive and optimistic strategy. Whereas change management, whilst equally subject to chance and circumstances, is inherently a reactive and more negative approach.

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Why is innovation management a powerful tool to engage Generations Y and Z

Exago

Large companies looking for creative and transforming ideas need to leverage innovation management to conquer employees, particularly Gen Zers and Millennials. The post Why is innovation management a powerful tool to engage Generations Y and Z appeared first on Exago. Blog Insights business transformation collective intelligence communication employee engagement engagement incremental-innovation initiative-success

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How to Take Advantage of AI Innovations in 2017

Innovation Excellence

Gabor Veres walks us through the improvements in tech innovation in 2016, how AI will influence work in 2017 and provides strategies for leaders to take advantage of these innovations and advances in technology. Build Capability Disruption Innovation Management Processes & Tools Strategy Technology 2017 ai Artifical Intelligence technology Trends Workflow Efficiency

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Artificial Intelligence & Innovation Management for Business Leaders

Innovation 360 Group

We do not know, but what we do know is that it was cracked by a number of skilled mathematicians, including Alan Turing, and that their breakthrough was reached by, for example, acquiring this stolen Enigma and the use of new technology called the ‘Bombe’ (BBC, 2017). Innovation is about gaining, sustaining, and using advantages for as long as possible while, at the same time, learning for the coming situations without exactly knowing if, when or how it will be used.

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Congratulations to the new Agile Innovation Managers 2017!

ITONICS

Once again, the Innovation Alliance successfully trained employees as Agile Innovation Managers. The participants furthermore learned all about the most recent and effective innovation tools alongside the whole innovation process. The Agile Innovation Manager training targets all beginners and experts working in the field of innovation who wish to learn or improve special skills required to successfully implement innovations.

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ISPIM Grand Prize 2017 – we have a winner!

Innovation Excellence

We are delighted to announce that, by a single vote, the winner of the ISPIM Grand Prize 2017 for Excellence in Innovation Management is Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), with the Fraunhofer Institute a close second. Associations Build Capability Case Study Competitions Feature Of The Week Management Presentations Social Innovation collaboration Crowdsourcing Innovation Innovation Management Strategy successWow, so close!

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How law firms can benefit from innovation management platform

Idea Drop

We are beginning to see more diversity in structure across the industry and this has brought innovation into the spotlight. Recent reports which have been released reveal an awareness of the necessity to embrace innovation but a reluctance to be the first to take the corresponding steps. In this post we discuss the current state of innovation in the legal sector and how law firms can benefit from an innovation strategy supported by idea management software.

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3 Lessons on Innovation from Jeff Bezos

HYPE Innovation

The consistency and breadth of innovation it has produced over the past two decades is awe-inspiring. The Innovation ManagerJeff Bezos just became the world's richest man. His creation, Amazon, is an incredible company. Bezos is undoubtedly the force behind this relentlessness, and I find him fascinating to listen to and study. In the following 38-minute interview , he gives us a compelling glimpse into the mindset he’s created at Amazon that underpins its success.

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Innovation Management meets Crowdsourcing

ITONICS

The overabundant data bear a huge potential, but how do you find exactly that piece of information needed for innovative and target group-oriented action? How do you collect data that demonstrate the market relevance of an innovation? This valuable information and inspiration can be directly used as input for your innovation campaigns. The post Innovation Management meets Crowdsourcing appeared first on.

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Fusion, Flow and Fluidity are needed in our Management Practices

Paul Hobcraft

We need a new management model, one where we are pushing to seek increasing new knowledge. We actually are in urgent need of a new management operating model. There are growing concerns centered around how we need to adapt our management practices to manage in a digital world, we are grappling with the consequences and we need to find new solutions and approaches. We need a new management practice to deal with our digital world.

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ISPIM Grand Prize 2017 – Finalists Announced

Innovation Excellence

Those of us who work in Innovation Management know how hard it can be. Innovating innovation management itself needs to be recognized, which is why ISPIM, the International Society for Professional Innovation Management, launched the Grand Prize in 2015, to recognize excellence in innovation management. Competitions Creativity culture Innovation Leadership Management Open Innovation Strategy Crowdsourcing Innovation Management

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How do You Develop Standards for Innovation Management?

InnovationManagement

Strategies innovation management international standardization iso standardsISO is an independent, non-governmental international organization with members in 163 different countries. Through its members, it brings together experts to share knowledge and develop voluntary, consensus-based, market relevant International Standards that assist particularly in facilitating international trade.

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ISO 56002 - A Global Guide for Innovation Management

ITONICS

The first global standard for innovation management has arrived - ISO 56002, and as early as 2017 we reported in an article on the new ISO standard - formerly known as ISO 50501, a guideline for the promotion of innovation and innovation management systems in companies.

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Innovation Management: Importance, Ideas, and Examples

Acuvate

In less than a decade, innovation management got recognized as one of the most powerful strategies an organization can use to streamline internal processes and boost their business productivity. Forrester also claims that 53% of global services decision-makers are investing in emerging innovation and idea management technologies to drive innovation. What is innovation management? Importance of innovation management. during 2017–2022.

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The top 10 innovations of 2017

hackerearth

Innovation has become democratic—it is no longer confined to R&D labs of large organizations or government institutions. Each industry is witnessing the entry of novel innovation players. Innovation has the potential to sweep us off our feet and transform the world as we know it. Here are the top 10 innovations of 2017, spanning health, entertainment, engineering, recreation, automotive, gadgets, security, aerospace, home, and software: 1.

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Agile Innovation Manager Training

ITONICS

We offer a training to become an Agile Innovation manager in cooperation with our partners from Innovation Alliance. This modular training program ensures that you benefit from the Innovation Alliance’s many different fields of expertise and leads to the title of Agile Innovation Manager. Modul II – From ideas to opportunities / Ideation, concepting, innovation culture. get an insight into how Agile Innovation Management really works.

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Future-proof Your Innovation Management: Dual Innovation

Integrative Innovation

Most advocates of the Three Horizons model see it from a time (-to-impact) perspective or use it to classify different innovation types. We propose that in each of the three areas there is a different logic / operating model for managing innovation to be applied to generate business impact from innovation initiatives. Figure 1: Three Playing Fields of Innovation. . Three Playing Fields : The basis for modern innovation management.

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In defense of industry-agnostic innovation management

David Marks

He is in charge of the innovation and development in his company. I was telling him about the innovation assessments I conduct. “ The innovations required by a fashion retailer are not equivalent to those of a pharmaceutical or a telecom company. There is clearly a need for industry specific innovation services. Clearly, technology is a key ingredient in innovation. Were Nokia and Blackberry lax with their innovation and technology development?

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Idea Drop listed in Gartner Innovation Management Tools Market Guide

Idea Drop

According to Gartner, “The major benefits associated with innovation management tools are stimulating engagement and participation in user-friendly, social and mobile environments (such as through gamification techniques), and directing creativity toward business needs. They also help in structuring and managing each stage of the ideation process with clear objectives, metrics and decision-making tools. Idea Drop makes the innovation process effortless.

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15 most important Innovation Theories your company should be using

Idea to Value

Every company says that innovation is important, and that they value the ideas of their people. Yet the problem lies in the fact that so few established companies actually know how to go about getting value out of their innovation ambitions, let alone turning it into profit. In fact, according to some estimates by Doblin , 96% of all new innovations which established companies attempt fail to make a return on investment. Suggested viewing: 12 – Disruptive Innovation.

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Agile Innovation Manager Training

ITONICS

We offer a training to become an Agile Innovation manager in cooperation with our partners from Innovation Alliance. This modular training program ensures that you benefit from the Innovation Alliance’s many different fields of expertise and leads to the title of Agile Innovation Manager. Modul II – From ideas to opportunities / Ideation, concepting, innovation culture. get an insight into how Agile Innovation Management really works.