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Deadline for the 2018 Innovation Management Awards Extended

IdeaScale

IdeaScale offers crowdsourcing software, because the higher quantity and the greater diversity between linked ideas and concepts, the better an innovation program performs. The new deadline for submission is November 30 th , 2018. So these are the categories that we learn from and try to celebrate. Engagement.

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Assess Your Innovation Program

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Either your organization is innovating or it’s getting swallowed up by the competition. That’s why having an effective innovation program is so important to stay afloat. The challenge for many program leaders and their innovation programs comes down to their level of involvement in the idea implementation process.

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Chain of Command vs. Flattened Organizational Structure

IdeaScale

One of the reasons that people love a crowdsourced innovation program is that it levels the playing field for ideas. Crowdsourced innovation allows you to transparently prove and communicate the value of an idea no matter where it comes from.

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Align Innovation Incentives to Goals

IdeaScale

A lot of crowdsourced innovation programs will tell you to offer incentives to your community of participants in order to drive engagement – but sometimes that’s a challenge for organization either because of budget restrictions or company regulations. The post Align Innovation Incentives to Goals appeared first on IdeaScale.

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Spigit's 2018 State of Crowdsourced Innovation Report

A rigorous analysis of how the world’s largest brands – representing 21 different industry verticals – leverage their innovation programs to solve problems and surface opportunities, and the key role crowdsourcing plays in their success.

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Top 10 Takeaways from Spigit’s Ignite 2018 Conference

Planview

Ignite 2018 is now in the rearview mirror, there only one thing to say: what an incredible two-day experience! With so many innovation leaders from some of the largest companies in the world in attendance, there was no shortage of opportunities to learn. Crowdsourced innovation programs are maturing.

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Top Themes from Open Nation DC

IdeaScale

Contreras dived into the importance of goal-setting and quantifiable metrics to any innovation program. Instead, focus on “actionable metrics,” which are “leading indicators of achieving the aligned objectives of your innovation program.”. Together, they encompass the ePolicyWorks crowdsourcing team. Coast Guard.

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