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Measuring Silos Across the Organization – the Silo Index (Si) – breaking down silos to boost innovation

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To address this issue, Imaginatik has developed a measurement for siloed behavior: the Silo Index, or Si. We can also measure Si as it changes over time. Therefore, if you are looking to strengthen your innovation initiatives, one of the earliest opportunities to do so is by identifying silos in your company during ideation.

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The Innovation 'Function'

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There is a perception of serendipitous, Zen enlightenment related to ideation that is often accompanied by a thorough dismissal of “process,” as if they are mutually exclusive. An innovation culture matures when all stakeholders take an active and ongoing role in developing positive change. Any organization can be innovative.

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Cosmetic vs. Strategic Innovation

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Buying ideation software without dedicating the resources necessary to ensure its successful launch, adoption, and repeatability. At Imaginatik we are fortunate to work with a number of clients that have world-class innovation programs. So, how do you make innovation a strategic pillar?

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Fresh Air From Students' Open Eyes at ExxonMobil

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I had the pleasure of organizing a special future oriented ideation session for ExxonMobil with students of the Foresight program of the University of Houston College of Technology. Floating Cities…(on water as a response to climate change/flooding). Major Changes in World Economic System Challenges Political Order.

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Why Risk Innovation?

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Blockbuster lost out to DVR, On-Demand, streaming services amongst other new technologies that changed the way we consume movies and television. Innovation takes a deep commitment of time, people, money, and perhaps most importantly patience to ask the right questions, ideate, build, and scale.

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The Four Types of Innovation Metrics

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For example, innovation is also leveraged to drive culture change – but how is that really being measured and monitored? These measures look at overall volume of the pipeline: Ideation volume. Demonstrating the effects of a strong innovation program typically depend on active involvement from other units and functions in the company.

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Three Flavours of Open Innovation: breaking down institutional boundaries through the X-Factor, Speed Dating, and iOT

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On the other hand, if these functions were to focus on curating business problems and issues rather than passively gathering internally focused requirements, the prospects may change. The term ‘broker’ is apt in that an ideation platform used as this medium is really the exchange between talent liquidity and problem liquidity.