Qmarkets

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Powered by Qmarkets’ idea management solution Q-ideate , BIG gathers and implements ideas sourced by over 13,000 ICL employees around the world. What can ICL’s approach to crowdsourcing tell us about how to launch a successful idea management program? To find out, let’s dive into the world of BIG.

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InnovationManagement

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Often I read articles or books about top-down vs. bottom-up innovation and why one approach would be better than the other. After spending more than five years in the collaborative innovation space, I would advise going hamburger style!

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IdeaScale

JULY 10, 2018

In fact, one Natural Green Secrets article revealed that 75-90% of all doctor’s visits are related to conditions caused by stress. Moreover, a separate Health and Safety Executive article highlighted how 12.5 For instance, at IdeaScale we have created a unique idea management platform that utilises crowdsourcing.

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Viima

JUNE 13, 2023

In this article, we explore supply chain innovation and explain how you can create resilient and efficient supply chains by leveraging technology, collaboration, and process improvement. Every organization must find the optimal balance between resiliency and efficiency for their specific situation.

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Viima

APRIL 17, 2023

There is a lot of buzz around open collaboration as a driver for innovation. Studies, academia, research, and the myriad of examples from companies are boasting about the amazing results brought by ideas from external parties. A study shows that 85% of the top global brands have used crowdsourcing during the last decade.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The days of boardrooms and R&D departments keeping innovation under lock and key are waning, as companies are increasingly preferring a more collaborative approach with startups and other external parties. These collaborative partnerships allow us to facilitate deploying solutions to accelerate digital transformation in agile ways.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 28, 2023

In this article, I’ll go through the key points to consider to help you develop the most effective innovation process for your organization. In a nutshell, an innovation process covers every step that an organization takes in order to transform ideas or insight into innovations, whether in the form of new products, services, or processes.

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eZassi

JANUARY 24, 2023

Electric Vehicle Supply & Equipment Technologies Require Innovative Ideas and Complex Collaborations Across Industries As the world continues to move toward renewable sources of energy, vehicle manufacturers must also keep the pace with their technologies and corporate sustainability goals.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In the last piece we shared 7 critical success factors for a three-horizons approach to innovation management. In this article we will now explain on a high level how these factors are being applied live in the Qmarkets tool for the benefit of Barenbrug. But of course, coaching and additional training are still required.

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Qmarkets

MAY 18, 2021

Therefore, in this article, we will explore three of the most important frameworks that you need to consider in order for idea management to become an effective and valuable resource for your company. However, this is not to say that senior management and the C-suite aren’t vital to the innovation process.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This can be achieved by implementing an idea management program that gathers your employees’ ideas, encourages them to participate, and helps your business to identify and implement the best ideas. Idea management programs run using dedicated software also serve as a great facilitator of peer-to-peer recognition.

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Acuvate

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Prefer a culture of open collaboration. In addition, according to a recent article in Forbes , creating an employee recognition culture can increase employee retention by up to 31%. Learn More: What is an idea management software & why your business needs one. Implement ongoing collaborative training.

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IdeaScale

MAY 23, 2018

This article is part 6 of a 5 part series, originally started on the Ever Evolving website , where we are taking a deep dive into the 5 common challenges to innovation that an organization faces. AND, they compliment the value that we provide our partner clients, meaning, we have an opportunity to work collaboratively with them often.

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IdeaScale

JULY 24, 2018

When brainstorming and collaborative ideation happens in a physical location, it trends towards polite agreement or staying with the ideas that occur in that small frame of time and receive the most group consensus. Ideas come first, consensus can come later. Let’s dig into why each of these is possible. Avoiding Groupthink.

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The BMI Lab Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Following our recent article about the most common challenges faced by companies when testing innovative business models , we decided to highlight 4 inspiring initiatives that seem to be effective practices to overcome these challenges. Idea managers have been recruited internally to drive each project within a given time frame and budget.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 6, 2023

In this context, innovators wonder how to get ideas across, how to continue projects, what back-up solutions to find and how to keep innovation afloat. Maybe now it’s the time to discover collaboration opportunities that were not possible before. Here’s where an idea management software can again help you.

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Qmarkets

MAY 2, 2024

Collaboration. Just over a year ago, Capricorn launched its first ever idea management platform, with Qmarkets software as the engine. The new program fuels innovation at Capricorn in a way that perfectly aligns with its cooperative principles – by asking its people to share their ideas and work together to bring them to life.

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

” Well, you bother because you need ideas. There have been many studies of brainstorming and articles written. Collaboration to solve problems is all about culture, incentives, team building, leadership, and more. Perhaps the most damning comment is simply “why did we bother?” I can get you there, see below. .

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Innovation 360 Group

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Innovation360’s Sten Jacobson split his time at the summit between finalizing documents on innovation management assessments and developing guidelines for idea management. Essential Components in Innovation Management Systems. Scalable Procedures for Innovation Management Assessment.

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Planview

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

This article argues that, to stay alive, black cabs need to innovate, not fight against Uber. As Kevin McFarthing mentions in his article examining experience’s affect on innovation, “A lot of people succeed at innovation because they didn’t have enough experience to realize that they should have failed.” Read more →.

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Planview

JANUARY 25, 2016

Why Out of the Box Business Collaboration is the Next Big Thing in Innovation. The skinny: Through unexpected collaborations, companies can use each other’s strengths to bring new innovative ideas to life. The skinny: What is idea management (IM) software? Read more →. Who it’s from: Inc. Read more →.

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Qmarkets

MAY 18, 2021

Therefore, in this article, we will explore three of the most important frameworks that you need to consider in order for idea management to become an effective and valuable resource for your company. However, this is not to say that senior management and the C-suite aren’t vital to the innovation process.

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Wazoku

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Coming backdown to earth this thought piece builds on Fostering Innovation with technological solutions – Part 1 and takes a much more tactical drill down into the growing market of innovation management solutions and who to watch out for, as well as the wider innovation ecosystem and harnessing the crowd to best effect.

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InnovationManagement

MAY 12, 2020

Knowledge management improves organizational processes through a variety of different practices, and enhances learning, which can increase both follower engagement and personal development. This article presents the two key steps of successful knowledge management that can be implemented by company executives.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The change has also been manifested in business, where many companies are now using innovation software to collaborate, innovate, and improve processes. In this article, we'll take a closer look at why it's critical for institutes of higher learning to recognise how innovation and education work closely together to open up new paradigms.

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Idea Drop

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Is there a relevant blog article you can link to that will push people in the right direction? Attach media files and seamlessly integrate links, @mentions and #hashtags using Idea Drop to further refine challenges. Internally, this will involve collaboration between colleagues and interaction with ideas.

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Innovation 360

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Innovation360’s Sten Jacobson split his time at the summit between finalizing documents on innovation management assessments and developing guidelines for idea management. Essential Components in Innovation Management Systems. Scalable Procedures for Innovation Management Assessment.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

In this article, we highlight five key takeaways. This is one reason why many companies turn to Spigit’s idea management software. They need an easy way to brainstorm and collaborate with thousands of employees who are distributed around the world. Key takeaways from Adventist Health’s Jill Waters. Final thoughts.

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Planview

OCTOBER 4, 2017

CSAA has proven that an established company can in fact transform its culture and turn it into a competitive advantage, which Harvard Business Review highlights in this article. As the Harvard business Review article points out, CSAA felt the term “innovation” was vague based on what they wanted employees to take part in.

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Qmarkets

MAY 2, 2024

These initiatives weren’t just successful because they encouraged participation—they thrived because they were built on the backbone of an idea portal. In this article, we’ll explore what an idea portal is and highlight seven key benefits it can bring to enterprises. What is an Idea Portal?

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 30, 2018

For managers, the idea of giving employees carte blanche to contribute suggestions and share feedback is enough to cause serious reservations about launching an innovation campaign. CEOs talk about the fact that great ideas can come from anywhere, but in real life departments are protective of their turf.”.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

94% of managers are unsatisfied with their companies innovation performance. That’s what McKinsey says in this article. When I step into a room to facilitate a strategy, innovation, or idea generation session I usually find a great deal of energy. Teams and work groups don’t know how to be collaborative.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 8, 2019

How are they implementing strategies to foster a spirit of ideation to generate new ideas, while also spearheading initiatives to overcome target challenges? Also powered by Qmarkets software, this collaborative project incentivises agile and creative start-up companies to pitch idea proposals to Nestlé.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 26, 2024

These initiatives weren’t just successful because they encouraged participation—they thrived because they were built on the backbone of an idea portal. In this article, we’ll explore what an idea portal is and highlight seven key benefits it can bring to enterprises. What is an Idea Portal?

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Qmarkets

APRIL 26, 2024

These initiatives weren’t just successful because they encouraged participation—they thrived because they were built on the backbone of an ideas portal. In this article, we’ll explore what an ideas portal is and highlight seven key benefits it can bring to enterprises. What is an Ideas Portal?

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Qmarkets

JUNE 26, 2019

Exploring new territory can be both daunting and exhilarating – whether it’s oceanography or innovation management! As a leading supplier of idea management software, Qmarkets allows large organizations to gather, develop, evaluate, select, and implement ideas which can deliver bottom line value across the company.

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Wazoku

OCTOBER 7, 2016

You can read the full article on their site here. Did you know they implement 1 million employee generated innovation ideas a year? JG: Is it possible for the large incumbents to compete with nimble FinTech businesses or is it all about collaboration? SH: It has to be a collaborative effort. JG: First things first….and

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