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Taking Final Ideas to Market is the Hardest Part

Paul Hobcraft

Putting more resources behind the likely winners, rather than on projects that simply stay ‘blue sky’ or conceptual, then get picked up by others to commercialize. The back-end of innovation, executing, is the rugged part. Effective execution gets very complicated and the skill of the project coordinator comes really to the fore.

Marketing 235
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Transform Your Organization with Process Innovation

IdeaScale

An example of a process innovation that can save significant money would be implementation of video conferencing to cut down on travel costs, allow easier collaboration and sharing, and help projects move faster. A Step-by-Step Plan to Process Innovation.

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15 most important Innovation Theories your company should be using

Idea to Value

Companies which want a structured system to manage a funnel of ideas and projects (e.g. Additionally, software systems like this do not replace people in the innovation process and cannot automate its management. But I would also recommend the following books: 8 – Effective Brainstorming.

Company 250
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How to Boost Innovation by Recycling Existing Ideas

IdeaScale

As Bill Fischer highlights in his ‘Innovating The iPod’ article; “The goals articulated by the leadership were surprisingly simple, broad yet precise. For the hardware: A thousand songs in your pocket ; for the software: so easy that your Mother could do it ; and for the project: and on the shelves in eight months !

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An Interview with esolva: How Small Scale Innovation Can Generate Large Scale Impact

Qmarkets

Idea and innovation management is sometimes seen as the domain of large organizations with dedicated innovation departments and tens of thousands of employees…However what people don’t realize is that these company-wide projects will often start off as a small-scale innovation initiative involving just a single department.

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10 things to keep in mind while conducting a hackathon

hackerearth

These hackathons can be around new challenges, letting employees collaboratively brainstorm and develop ideas in a wide range of niche verticals. These ideas could range from developing new products and services to projects on workplace design or improvement of staff relations. and “If there are any travel reimbursements?”,

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10 things to keep in mind while conducting a hackathon

hackerearth

These hackathons can be around new challenges, letting employees collaboratively brainstorm and develop ideas in a wide range of niche verticals. These ideas could range from developing new products and services to projects on workplace design or improvement of staff relations. and “If there are any travel reimbursements?”,