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Innovating successfully: the importance of a strong ideation factory

Exago

A strong ideation factory, based on a culture of innovation, is the fourth element of successful innovation in 2020. The post Innovating successfully: the importance of a strong ideation factory appeared first on Exago.

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The History of the Whiteboard and Ideation

IdeaScale

In this article, we will explore the long history of the whiteboard, demonstrate how it’s evolved in the last decade, and highlight why it’s so important for ideation. Innovators want to ideate fast and this is exactly what online whiteboards provide.

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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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How to Break the 5 Habits That Hurt Ideation

InnovationManagement

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

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Driving Collaboration to Sustainable Innovation

Speaker: Wayne Kurtzman, Research Director, Social and Collaboration, IDC

Join Wayne Kurtzman, Research Director from IDC, as he reveals key insights from his recent research on the importance of collaboration, and discover how you can drive sustainable results through teamwork within your organization.

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Executing Collaborative Innovation - The Hamburger Style

HYPE Innovation

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

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Ideation in Times of Crisis

InnovationManagement

The post Ideation in Times of Crisis appeared first on InnovationManagement. Collaborative Innovation Open Innovation coast guard continuous improvement coronavirus covid-19 Creativity crisis crisis response Crowdsourcing disaster preparedness disaster response Ideation social distancing

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Unleashing Virtual Creative Collaboration at The Sonophilia Foundation: What Can a Nonprofit Teach Us About Virtual Creative Collaboration

InnovationManagement

Does creativity suffer in our virtual world, or could working virtually actually lead to more collaborative environments, better ideation and heightened interaction? .

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Jessica Day on Intrapreneurs, Ideation, and Innovation

IdeaScale

A combination of transparency, collaboration, and humanity in the workplace creates an environment where employees feel valued, Day says. The post Jessica Day on Intrapreneurs, Ideation, and Innovation appeared first on IdeaScale.

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Creativity, Compassion & Collaboration Leading a risk-averse culture that promotes ideation and leaves ego at the door

Innovation Excellence

Compassion and creativity go hand in hand, and what better way to maximize both than by collaborating with as many contributors as possible, like employees, customers, partners and expert solvers.

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29 Innovation Activities for Your Next Ideation

Innovation Excellence

I often get asked what activities a team should do in ideation to get better results and keep it fun. Consumer Innovation Creativity Feature Of The Week Innovation Processes & Tools Product Innovation Brainstorm collaboration competitive claims Corporate innovation empathy ice breakers ideation activities immersion Innovation Platforms Insights Team building

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Measuring Innovation Performance

Better employee engagement and cross-functional collaboration spawn better ideas. collaboration has contributed to innovation. Measuring engagement, collaboration, and diversity This stage covers the events from idea submission to evaluation to idea launch. better ideation.

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Ideation Collaboration Software – Did you know your innovation software is an amazing collaboration system?

eZassi

Ideation Collaboration Software: Killing three or more birds with one software. We often find that our prospects and clients are amazed that our innovation software platform replaces or can replace what they need in an ideation collaboration software, killing three or more birds with one software. Here’s how… Ideation Collaboration Software: Unlimited collaboration projects. You can gamify your collaboration projects.

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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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Ideating at Enexis – Driving Operational Innovation in Dutch Energy Sector

Qmarkets

But we saw that people tend to get very protective over their ideas and kept their ideas to themselves, which also resulted in less collaboration. The post Ideating at Enexis – Driving Operational Innovation in Dutch Energy Sector appeared first on Qmarkets.

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10 Clever Ways to Stop Ideation Bullies from Hogging Your Brainstorming Sessions

Innovation Excellence

And one way you can create … Continue reading → collaboration Creativity Innovation brainstorming

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Innovation in the Legal Services Sector

HYPE Innovation

In the second article of our three-part series, we dive into the “how” by exploring how to create a structure within your legal practice that supports collaborative innovation at scale. Ideation & Collaboration Legal Services

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A Collaborative Product Development Stage Gate

IdeaScale

In order to manage a 500% increase in the volume of ideas, the Sustainable Development Business Innovation (SDBI) group instituted a unique workflow for each campaign (there are four major campaigns in the ideation community) and each workflow included several levels of review. The post A Collaborative Product Development Stage Gate appeared first on IdeaScale.

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Law Firm places Innovation at the Core of its Purpose and Strategy

HYPE Innovation

In this final blog of our three-part series on innovation in the legal sector, learn how Linklaters is transforming legal services throughout the organization by applying collaborative innovation as a utility. Ideation & Collaboration Legal Services

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Innovation in the Legal Services Sector

HYPE Innovation

The first of this blog series focusing on innovation in the legal services sector explores what collaborative innovation looks like for legal practices, explain why establishing an innovation practice is a game-changer for law firms, and share how to kick start innovation with 4 idea campaigns.

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Hackathons: What Are They and How to Run Them

HYPE Innovation

Ideation & CollaborationTake two seemingly unrelated words, "hack" and "marathon," and put them together to describe one of the most popular and powerful problem-solving techniques in the past decade.

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6 Innovation Exercises to Try With Your Team

InnovationManagement

Collaborative Innovation brainwriting collaborative ideation creative thinking market adjacencies mind mapping online whiteboards solution laddering structured collaboration

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Innovation in the Legal Services Sector

HYPE Innovation

In the second article of our three-part series, we dive into the “how” by exploring how to create a structure within your legal practice that supports collaborative innovation at scale. Ideation & Collaboration Legal Services

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Top Remote Working Software Tools to Innovate & Collaborate

InnovationTraining.org

Online collaboration tools for innovative work remotely. If you and your teams have found yourselves working more remotely, you may be interested in this collection of top remote working, meeting, communication and facilitation tools that can increase your collaboration, impact, productivity, and ease while working virtually or from home. They have great collaboration tools like breakout rooms and whiteboarding that can make your meetings more engaging and interactive.

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How to Engage People with Ideation and Challenge-based Learning

Be-novative

We went through a challenge including ideation, evaluation, adding suggestions, and reviewing results on a collaborative action planning topic on the Be-novative platform : “What would make you feel content and proud to learn or achieve by the end of 2021 as part of the Be-novative Partner Hub?”

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How to Engage People with Ideation and Challenge-based Learning

Be-novative

We went through a challenge including ideation, evaluation, adding suggestions, and reviewing results on a collaborative action planning topic on the Be-novative platform : “What would make you feel content and proud to learn or achieve by the end of 2021 as part of the Be-novative Partner Hub?”

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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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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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16 metrics for tracking Collaborative Innovation performance

Hutch Carpenter

In this post, I want to focus on another type of innovation initiative: Collaborative Innovation. A good way to think about Collaborative Innovation is that it integrates social and crowdsourcing principles: A definition I use for this approach: Collaborative Innovation is defined as activities organizations use to improve their rates of innovation and problem solving by more effectively leveraging the diverse ideas and insights of employees, customers and partners.

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#6: How to Implement Ideas from an Ideation Workshop: Involve the Powers

Flying Fish Lab

This way, you’ll know how to implement ideas from an ideation workshop, turn them into great proposals, and end up with a viable concept for a successful product. Ideation is an exciting process. So, how to implement ideas from an ideation workshop?

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#6: How to Implement Ideas from an Ideation Workshop: Involve the Powers

Flying Fish Lab

This way, you’ll know how to implement ideas from an ideation workshop, turn them into great proposals, and end up with a viable concept for a successful product. Ideation is an exciting process. So, how to implement ideas from an ideation workshop?

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The 4 Golden Rules of Brainstorming

InnovationManagement

When innovating with your team, there are a few rules that are important regardless of the ideation session you’re conducting. Collaborative Innovation brainstorming Collaboration Ideation note taking

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Living Labs and Open Innovation

HYPE Innovation

Ideation & Collaboration"Living labs" is a label applied to an array of very different innovation infrastructures that did not make it in the Jargon Madness finals of Forbes but is nonetheless “trendy, but confusing.”

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An Introduction to Customer Journey Mapping

HYPE Innovation

Ideation & CollaborationWe are moving from value-in-exchange to value-in-use. You don’t want to buy a car, you want to buy mobility. Instead of selling products and services, organizations must develop ecosystems where customers can co-create value with them. This requires a holistic view of the ecosystem and can be obtained with Customer Journey Mapping. First, what is Customer Journey Mapping?

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Ideation Drives Discovery in Customer Experience

Innovation Architecture

The Link between Customer Experience and Collaborative Innovation. People familiar with the practice of collaborative innovation will recognize the nature of the inquiry and resolution roles, along with the convening role. The essential practices look remarkably similar, however, and ideation plays a critical role. The practices tied to customer experience, collaborative innovation, and continuous improvement are intrinsically linked (figure 1).

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Ideating at Enexis – Driving Operational Innovation in Dutch Energy Sector

Qmarkets

But we saw that people tend to get very protective over their ideas and kept their ideas to themselves, which also resulted in less collaboration. The post Ideating at Enexis – Driving Operational Innovation in Dutch Energy Sector appeared first on Qmarkets

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Zen vs. Zoom: Is Person-to-Person Interaction Better for Innovation?

InnovationManagement

Collaborative Innovation Innovation Psychology brainstorming Collaboration idea development Ideation intensity interdependence intuition remote work Teamwork Zen Zen philosophy

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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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Solution Focused Reflective Practice in Collaborative Learning

Be-novative

Collaborative learning - the Core of the Hub We are excited to turn the wheel to interactive use-case driven ‘Spark Creativity’ sessions and dive deep into identifying success factors of remote facilitation techniques with our Partner Hub Members based on their projects, methods and use cases?—?this

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Solution Focused Reflective Practice in Collaborative Learning

Be-novative

Collaborative learning - the Core of the Hub We are excited to turn the wheel to interactive use-case driven ‘Spark Creativity’ sessions and dive deep into identifying success factors of remote facilitation techniques with our Partner Hub Members based on their projects, methods and use cases?—?this

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How to Run Ideation Campaigns that Generate Real Value

Innovation 360 Group

It is sometimes also referred to as the democratization of ideation, or crowd-sourcing ideas. But just believing in the benefits of democratizing ideation is not sufficient for running an effective and successful ideation campaign in your organization. The best ideation campaigns all manage to balance the free ow of ideas with just the right amount of process and structure. The idea box lacks transparency and offers no collaboration opportunity.

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How Value Co-Creation can Boost Your Innovation Process Significantly

HYPE Innovation

Value co-creation happens within networks and enable individuals, groups and organisations to connect, collaborate, solve problems and satisfy heterogeneous needs and expectations together. In practice, value co-creation involves a variety of collaborative activities during which diverse stakeholders contribute to an organisation’s innovation process. Ideation & CollaborationNo matter the industry, co-creation of value is a hot topic.

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Collaboration in the Time of the Coronavirus: How to Innovate Effectively During a Crisis

Qmarkets

By having a repeatable method in place to collaborate around ideas and refine solutions for challenges as and when they arise, you can help safeguard your enterprise. However, you may not know that your system can provide an alternative to smaller collaboration sessions.