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New Year’s Resolution: Catch Up on These Must-Read Innovation Blogs from 2019

IdeaScale

Check out our top innovation blogs from 2019 for tips on transforming your product, process, market, and more. Seven Free Brainstorming Tools for 2019. Brainstorming is where innovation and product development strategy begin, but sometimes you need a little push to get started. The right tools will net you with better ideas.

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11. To Compete or Not To Compete (part 2)

Stephen Shapiro

Here is the continuation of Tip 11 from Best Practices are Stupid. Now we go to three downsides of traditional brainstorming (there are actually MANY more). There are several reasons traditional brainstorming sessions don’t work: 1. Please read yesterday’s post before reading this.

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Innovating During and Post-Crisis: How to Keep the Momentum

IdeaScale

You can also encourage active innovation by bringing employees together for group meetings to brainstorm solutions to problems. Crowdsourcing ideas from a diverse group of experts can significantly contribute to your business innovation success. Many companies are struggling to simply survive the changes happening in their industry.

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How to Run a Hackathon that Spurs Real Innovation

IdeaScale

Tips for Ensuring a Successful Hackathon. The following tips should be part of your hackathon innovation strategy: Get executive buy-in because, without the active support of organizational leadership, even great ideas have little chance of being pursued. Running a hackathon that prompts genuine innovation requires careful planning.

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Interview with an Innovator: Kathleen Russell

Betterific

” She’s participated in numerous crowdsourcing innovation competitions , so it’s not surprising that her suggestion for Betterific is for the platform to host weekly “lightning” challenges. Read on for Kathy’s brainstorming tips and where she goes for inspiration. Great idea.

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6 Secrets to Creating a Flourishing Culture of Innovation in Your Organization

Qmarkets

Open up lines of communication between employees and top management by optimizing corporate communication channels, holding company wide events/brainstorming sessions, or by allowing employees to submit ideas digitally through an employee submission box. Make it ok to brainstorm, to offer a germ of an idea and to make mistakes.

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6 Secrets to Creating a Flourishing Culture of Innovation in Your Organization

Qmarkets

Open up lines of communication between employees and top management by optimizing corporate communication channels, holding company wide events/brainstorming sessions, or by allowing employees to submit ideas digitally through an employee submission box. Make it ok to brainstorm, to offer a germ of an idea and to make mistakes.