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What Is Idea Management?

InnovationManagement

Traditional innovation can only take your business so far, and without an evolution of processes, you might find it harder than ever to move new ideas forward. This practice is better known as idea management, and in this article we will define and discuss idea management in full.

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Collaborative intelligence and idea management in unusual times

Exago

In fact, this period of remote working is perfect for leveraging the rich collective intelligence of your employees, using an idea management software. The post Collaborative intelligence and idea management in unusual times appeared first on Exago.

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Top Four Benefits of Effective Idea Management Software

IdeaScale

A team works best when it collaborates. Ever since the first suggestion box was put out in a break room, idea management has been part of any well-run organization. Idea management software is a platform that captures the flow of ideas from your employees and helps you and your team distill them into actionable concepts. Transparency And Collaboration. Idea management software gives innovation more momentum.

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Gamification and Innovation: Nudging Mechanisms in Idea Management Software

ITONICS

Innovation requires engagement, collaboration and diverse thinking. However, organizations can face many challenges in creating an open space for employees to contribute ideas. Idea Management $Innovation Culture $Innovation OS

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Driving COVID-19 employee engagement with idea management

Wazoku

There is much more focus now on collaboration, structures are flatter and businesses are looking to be innovative, agile and dynamic as they find their place in the modern world. Collaboration throughout the crisis. But idea management might.

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The Five Building Blocks of Collaborative Innovation

IdeaScale

Are you looking for ways to inspire collaborative innovation in your organization? Collaborative innovation involves bringing together ideas that can result in something groundbreaking. All you need are the people and ideas to make it happen.

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The 7 Seeds of Idea Management Platform Success at Barenbrug Group

Qmarkets

In the last piece, we shared 7 critical success factors for a three-horizon approach to innovation management. Defining a Clear Innovation Strategy The Barenbrug management team already had a clear strategy for the future.

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In Search of the Perfect Brainstorm: An Update of Collaborative Ideation

InnovationManagement

The post In Search of the Perfect Brainstorm: An Update of Collaborative Ideation appeared first on InnovationManagement. Imaginary scenario: you have been invited to a meeting to explore new approaches to a wicked problem. Loudmouth Number 1 describes his solution.

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Idea management – driving workforce empowerment and bottom-up innovation

Wazoku

Idea management cultivates engagement and innovation, a process that drives bottom-up innovation by empowering employees. The ideas are generated by employees, who are supported by entrepreneurial leadership and a culture that fosters and encourages such creativity. They introduced Idea Spotlight across all 350 Waitrose stores. 60,000 employees were engaged, resulting in ideas (approximately 100 were submitted every month) that realised total savings of £3.5M

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Innovation in Media – Renowned Swiss Publishing House Launches Qmarkets’ Idea Management Platform After Successful Pilot

Qmarkets

Somedia – one of the largest media companies in Switzerland – have selected Qmarkets’ idea management platform to crowdsource ideas from their employees. This would lead to employees becoming frustrated and less likely to share ideas in the future.

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Siemens 3i - Next Generation Cost Saving and Idea Management

HYPE Innovation

Wegmann, our sincere congratulations on the "Best Idea Management 2018" prize, which was awarded to you only recently in the presence of many fellow campaigners at the conference of Zentrum Ideenmanagement (Center for Idea Management) in Fulda.

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How to Break the 5 Habits That Hurt Ideation

InnovationManagement

Here are five ways to break the pattern and gather a wealth of ideas for your organization. Many companies find it hard to prioritize ideation. The post How to Break the 5 Habits That Hurt Ideation appeared first on InnovationManagement.

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The 8 Top Collaboration Tools for Your Workplace

IdeaScale

Social collaboration tools can help you meet this goal. Social collaboration tools will make your players feel more valued and connected to the people around them and get your team to your goal faster. We listed the top collaboration tools so you can find which one is best for your team. Your ideas and progress will move faster than ever when you give your employees access to easy communication. it’s easy to share ideas , files, photos, videos and more.

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The 7 Worst – And Most Common – Mistakes in Idea Management

Wazoku

We’ve helped companies completely transform themselves through idea management, but for many businesses it’s still a new concept, and a hard thing to get right. Idea management is the process of generating, collating, analysing and implementing ideas that solve real business problems, as part of a wider innovation strategy. Effective development and implementation of meaningful ideas will empower businesses to improve quality, while reducing costs.

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How to create a culture of collaborative innovation in younger generations

Exago

The post How to create a culture of collaborative innovation in younger generations appeared first on Exago. Blog Insights engagement idea management software initiative-success innovation management purposeMillennials and Generation Z are often disconnected from the strategic vision of a big organisation because they cannot see any links between their everyday work and the company's business objectives.

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Collaborative Innovation – Hamburger Style

InnovationManagement

After spending more than five years in the collaborative innovation space, I would advise going hamburger style! Collaborative Innovation bottom-up campaign team collaborative innovation communication crowdvoting executive sponsor idea management ideation ideation contests innovation champions open innovation question suggestion box synergy top-down workshop

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Top 10 Features To Look in Any Idea Management Software

Acuvate

Innovative Ideas are universal. Too often, great ideas are left unsaid or not recognized. So, there arises a question – how to manage the influx of best innovative ideas that are unfolding inside your organization. Using an idea management software to capture the idea pool emerging out of your organization is a key solution to ensure all your ideas are captured, identified, collaborated and evaluated. Gamified Collaboration.

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A Guide to Effective Brainstorming

Innovation Excellence

Or is there an efficient way to go about it without wasting time? […] collaboration Innovation brainstorming idea generation Idea Management ideation

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Innovate, Adapt, Overcome: How to Beat a Recession with Idea Management & Continuous Improvement

Qmarkets

Businesses looking to discover how to beat a recession with idea management and continuous improvement would also do well to adopt it. During the 2008 financial meltdown, the coffee shop giant launched its “My Starbucks Idea” platform.

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Idea Management Software Streamlines Open Innovation

eZassi

Idea Management Software Streamlines Open Innovation. “Open innovation is a paradigm that assumes that firms can and should use external ideas as well as internal ideas, and internal and external paths to market, as the firms look to advance their technology.” Harvesting, managing and sorting through 1,000s of ideas to find the diamonds in the rough is a daunting process. Idea Management Software Streamlines Open Innovation.

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The Exago Smart Blue Jay is here. A new experience for all innovators

Exago

Our leading, brand-new-look idea management platform makes it simpler and more appealing to participate in the innovation challenge. Blog Software blue jay collaborative innovation idea management idea management software innovation software releaseFollowing the launch of the Exago Smart app, 2020 now brings the Blue Jay Desktop Release – smart and captivating, offering more engagement and keener decisions.

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Innovation in Media – Renowned Swiss Publishing House Launches Qmarkets’ Idea Management Platform After Successful Pilot

Qmarkets

The first idea challenge in this project seeks to collect suggestions from both employees and citizens to ‘co-produce’ safer communities. The Charleston Police Department is inviting everyone to take a look at the site and contribute by submitting ideas, comments, and votes.

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How police forces can benefit from an idea management platform

Idea Drop

Since 2015, the overall policing budget has been protected in real terms, but not every force will benefit.” – BBC News (May 2017) Addressing performance management A key finding of the State of Policing 2017 report was that police leaders must improve on performance management, with the aim of empowering individuals in the workforce. Forces need to do much more to manage the performance of individuals. Business Leadership Innovation Management Innovation Strategy

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What is full lifecycle idea management?

Planview

Bill Gates once said: “Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people.”. At Spigit, we’re fortunate to help some of the most innovative companies on the planet drive their innovation efforts and solve business challenges by enabling collaboration and ideation at scale. Ideation has become the de facto way of collaborating internally, externally, and across geographical locations.

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How Online Whiteboards Create Actionable Results for Businesses

InnovationManagement

Collaborative Innovation Idea Management Strategies Collaboration data integration digital permanence Ideation online whiteboards project management project planning task management whiteboard

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Schindler Announces Successful Nationwide Deployment of Qmarkets Idea Management Platform

Qmarkets

Schindler has partnered with idea and innovation management software company Qmarkets to leverage the collective intelligence of their German workforce. BERLIN, June 7th, 2018 – Schindler, a leading global manufacturer of escalators, elevators, and moving walkways, has invited 4,000 employees from across Germany to participate in a collaborative idea and innovation management process using Qmarkets’ award winning collective intelligence software.

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Aiming High: Qmarkets’ Innovation in R&D Journey Towards Improved Idea Management Solutions

Qmarkets

Albert Einstein once said “Why is it I always get my best ideas while shaving?” As we sometimes tell our clients at Qmarkets, the key to overcoming a challenge or formulating a new idea, is often simply finding a new way to look at the problem.

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Overcoming the Fuzzy Front-End With Idea Management Software

eZassi

As a front-end innovator, you need far more than great new ideas. What Defines a Good Idea? Many ideas have potential, but including all of them in your planning can make your front ends chaotic, fuzzy and directionless. Comprehensive Tools for Evaluating Ideas. Our idea management ecosystem empowers you to innovate and derive insight from a single, protected entry point.

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Five Perspectives of Innovation Management Maturity

InnovationManagement

The success of innovation management is never an accident; it’s a holistic management process with an iterative thought-out planning and execution continuum. The post Five Perspectives of Innovation Management Maturity appeared first on Innovation Management.

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How to Improve Return on Investment With a New Project Management Approach

InnovationManagement

The post How to Improve Return on Investment With a New Project Management Approach appeared first on InnovationManagement. Collaborative Innovation Idea Management Life Cycle Processes Uncategorized cost savings efficiency project management ROI scope creep

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What is the Process for an Employee Innovation Challenge?

InnovationManagement

A growing trend over the past several years has been to host internal innovation challenges.

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Qmarkets’ Winter Product Release – Prime Your Idea Management System for Success

Qmarkets

There’s plenty for the end user in this latest release also, including a sleek array of UI upgrades and new options for easier project collaboration. Let’s take a closer look at the ways Qmarkets’ latest product release will help you gain more control over your innovation management system. You can’t manage what you can’t measure’ is an aphorism that rings true regardless of your industry or company size. Automated Idea & State Progression Features.

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Keeping Score: What’s the Right Scorecard for Your Idea Management Campaign?

Qmarkets

When running an idea management campaign, one of the most crucial steps is the expert evaluation stage. Without properly scoring the relevant ideas, focus may be put on ideas which are either impractical or which require too many resources to develop, instead of on ideas which can provide a positive ROI. The specification process of an innovation management system includes making numerous decisions, both large and small.

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5 Things You Need to Know About Collaborative Innovation Software

PlanBox Innovation

Collaborative innovation software brings purpose, focus, and structure to collaboration to help you turn ideas into commercial value. Understanding the importance of collaboration really is a no-brainer: people and business units alike need to share information and work together.

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How Can You Use Gamification to Boost Innovation?

InnovationManagement

appeared first on Innovation Management. Collaborative Innovation Enabling Factors Idea Management Strategies binnakle innovation games co-creation Creativity hackathon idea management Ideation innovation projects trainingA serious game based on innovation methodologies can be an extremely useful tool at different phrases of implementing innovation in a company. Let's take a look at how to implement gamification into your innovation strategy.

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ITFC looking for innovative ways to help member countries fight COVID-19 crisis

Exago

Blog Clients' success stories challenges collaborative innovation idea management software innovation management purpose solidarity

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What’s the Best Idea Criteria for Innovation Programs?

InnovationManagement

One of the most popular webinars that IdeaScale has ever hosted is our webinar on how to select the best ideas. We are constantly being asked by our customers and prospects, “how do I know a good idea when I see one?” The post What’s the Best Idea Criteria for Innovation Programs?

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Five Questions to Answer Before Crowdsourcing

InnovationManagement

Collaborative Innovation Front End of Innovation Idea Management In-Depth Article Life Cycle Processes Open Innovation Strategies Support for SMEs Training & Education collaborative innovation crowd Crowdsourcing

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The US Coast Guard and Rapid Adaptation: “There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Textbook Hurricane’ or a ‘Standard Oil Spill'”

InnovationManagement

From recognizing innovators, to empowering your team at every level, to developing innovation outposts, the US Coast Guard are experts in innovation and idea management.

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What Can We Learn About Crowdsourcing in a Pandemic from NASA?

InnovationManagement

Collaborative Innovation Idea Management case study communication strategy Crowdsourcing NASAWhen COVID-19 shut down the United States in 2020, everyone wanted to be a part of the solution.

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How to Increase Employee Engagement and Productivity at Your Business

Qmarkets

Management could help to drive participation in these programs by rewarding employees who are frequently recognized. Alternatively, a dedicated platform could make contributions easier to manage. So be ready to act upon their ideas!

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Cognitive Diversity is the DNA of Innovation

Innovation Excellence

Human nature inclines us toward people and ideas that confirm and reflect our views. Cognition collaboration culture Psychology cognitive diversity idea managementKatrina Sherrerd, CEO of Research Affiliates, poses an interesting challenge, “Achieving cognitive diversity is easier said than done. We all have a neurobiological preference for comfort and familiarity over discomfort and the unknown.

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Innovations in Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage Materials

eZassi

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.