IdeaScale

MAY 19, 2015

The Partnership for Public Service, Deloitte, and Hay Group recently released their 2014 report on the Best Places to Work in the Federal Government. These agencies have also consistently ranked higher than their other government counterparts for innovation. Why are government agencies focused so heavily on innovation lately?

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Ecosystems4Innovating

APRIL 14, 2023

It is primarily dealing with the benefits of collaboration and bringing up to a ‘given point’ a compelling value proposition for potential collaborators in understanding the basic building blocks to consider, for achieving the engagement outcomes required.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 24, 2023

To get to a consistent performance of innovation and creativity within organizations you do need to rely on a process, structure and the consistent ability to foster a culture of innovation. The innovation mandate is often overlooked or undervalued. It becomes the licence to operate and encourage valuable contributions to any innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 24, 2020

Often innovation succeeds or fails by the personal involvement and engagement of a ‘selected’ few. I recall enjoying a book published a few years back, “ Innovation Governance- how top management organizes and mobilizes for innovation ”, written by Jean-Philippe Deschamps and Beebe Nelson. So can you recognize your innovation leader?

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

As a general rule, we hold our governments to a higher standard than that which we hold private businesses and corporations to. Private sector businesses are expected to only look out for themselves, but the government is meant to look out for us. Or, for that matter, any government body at the local, state or national level.

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Idea to Value

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Especially when it comes to what you want the creativity of your people to achieve. It is one thing to say that innovation and creativity are important to your success. Companies like BP, Sanofi, Barclays, Deloitte, Havas, Zeppelin, the NHS, the New South Wales Government and many more. Every company does this now.

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Michael Michalko

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Creativity special: Ten top tips Tom Ward senior research fellow in the Center for Creative Media at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and editor of the Journal of Creative Behavior “Merge two previously separate concepts that are in conflict with one another. Especially, engage in that for which you have not been schooled.”

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction to Design Thinking Design thinking is a problem-solving approach that combines empathy, creativity, and rationality to meet user needs and drive successful business outcomes. AI complements human creativity, enabling teams to translate complex data into meaningful insights and innovative solutions.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Today most organizations have barriers towards creativity, ideas and innovation. The overriding tendency is to reduce risk and stifle the creativity that challenges the status quo or current design. Throwing in that amplified scrutiny required in good, robust business governance makes it even harder.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This ecosystem encompasses a wide array of participants including entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, educational institutions, research organizations, and government entities. The ecosystem offers corporate entities various avenues for engagement, such as startup investment , partnerships, and acquisitions.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Humans bring their creativity, critical thinking, and domain expertise to the table, while technology/AI systems contribute computational power, data processing capabilities, and pattern recognition. This continuous interaction allows for iterative refinement and improvement.

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Technology Generative AI Guidelines Collaboration 173

Innovating4Energy

MARCH 17, 2024

What I mean by the front end is that link where innovation, ingenuity and creativity get created. Integrating the front end of energy change with a focus on innovation, ingenuity, and creativity is a powerful approach. Innovating4Energy.com advocates for a systematic, innovative, and flexible approach to transforming the energy system.

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Paul Hobcraft

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Through the government’s encouragement (possibly lesser today, think Alibaba), the on-demand economy has thrived through the sheer force of technological enablers, e-commerce and the nature of the distribution culture of the Chinese in a country of such geographical size.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

The Evolution of Design Thinking in Business Design thinking has evolved from being a creative process into a robust strategic tool. The Role of AI in Design Thinking Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing various facets of business operations, including the creative and iterative processes within design thinking.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

By engaging in CVC, corporations can also contribute to the development of startup accelerator programs , which are designed to support early-stage companies as they grow. Business Model Innovation Adopting novel approaches to business operations and customer engagement.

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Innov8rs

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The goal of the Alliance is to engage and unify SoCal’s compelling diversity of talent, ideas, and perspectives to optimize the conditions for the region’s innovators to bring more breakthroughs to the world. Since 2011 Innov8rs has hosted 30+ conferences in cities anywhere from San Francisco to Shanghai and Sydney to Stockholm. “At

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 15, 2020

“Slow constrains quick, slow controls quick” The only way to ensure speeding up is to be more coherent on the purpose, clarify the bounds and governing principles that need to be enacted and expect delivery on a clear, set timing. It goes into a perpetual loop. Some organizations do a reasonable job of this but many simply don’t.

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Innovating4Energy

DECEMBER 26, 2023

We need to engage more broadly in community approaches related to energy. The goal is to create a more dynamic, interconnected, and adaptable strategy that builds on having a more collaborative mindset on how we approach the transition to shifting energy sources and finding more creative solutions.

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Planview

MARCH 8, 2024

The lady had held a very high position in the largest government bank in India. These programs have allowed me to appreciate the rich experiences that women from diverse backgrounds bring to the table, sparking creativity and innovation in our team. A few months back, I met a feisty lady in her early sixties. Ridhima Rajpurohit Sr.

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Christensen Institute

MAY 5, 2022

Our teachers were excited to share their creativity in how they were using Beable and our “ World of Work” curriculum to increase student literacy and advance career development simultaneously. These statements directly reflect our district vision: “Happy Kids, Engaged in Healthy Relationships, on a Path to Gainful Employment”.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This hierarchy reflects a journey from establishing a collaborative foundation of innovation and creativity to reaching a state of dynamic collaboration, unlocking collective prosperity in a changing environment. Collaborative innovation sparks creativity and sets the stage for providing dynamism for the upper layers.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 11, 2023

In the public sector , collaboration may involve government agencies, non-profit organizations, and community groups. Collaboration in the public sector may require greater transparency and accountability, as well as public participation and engagement.

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Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Over the last year I've been conducting a one person listening tour, talking to a lot of my peers in consulting, as well as prospects, customers and friends who work in government and industry. People are deeply engaged and get great enjoyment from their work. Time passes without notice. Too much experience with too little challenge?

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

For this ability to tap into the “dynamics of innovation,” most of any future success in the modern world demands a proactive approach through constant skill development and creative thinking. Providing a Range of Insights : Objectives : Foster a diverse and creative mindset to generate a variety of perspectives.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 3, 2018

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) was established by the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States through the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation, the environmental side agreement to NAFTA. We’re excited to see the bold new ideas that come in this year. An Express Kitchen Composter.

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Innovation Excellence

JULY 12, 2020

2) You’ve initiated some remarkable initiatives related to salary transparency, flat organization, liberating governance, mixed project teams, employee empowerment… Could you describe the more meaningful ones and the lessons learned? Our ambition is to turn the brands we support into change-makers and drive them to action!

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ImagineNation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

At ImagineNation we know that this can be done by transforming people’s cognitive dissonance into the vibrant & creative energy that makes innovation happen. Making their ability to engage, enrol & implement the change processes involved in collaborating in executing the innovation strategy will be severely limited.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 26, 2021

This is because there is little management engagement or support, a lack of preparation and skills, and a narrow definition of discovery and risk. Without an existing innovation capability or competency, all innovation will struggle as a one off activity or project without the proper tools, language, structure and governance.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 11, 2022

We are at the cusp or already into significant changes to how the world, society and we as individuals will manage or engage going into the future. ” and need to encourage activism to “collide and build”, to “network and engage”, and “relationship builds” around a common purpose and desire.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 4, 2023

However, they may lack training in innovative thinking, creativity, and design thinking. A famous study says children are very creative. Yet by the time they leave elementary school, they've lost all their creativity because the school system teaches them to look for the right answer.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 11, 2023

We need imagination and creative and innovative solutions. The debt burdens of those operating today of (government-owned) utilities, the chronic under-investment in network infrastructures and sheer difficult economic and resource conditions of limited fiscal and mobilizing space.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

A positive organizational culture can lead to improved employee engagement, higher levels of innovation, increased agility, and better adaptability to change. Understanding how organizational culture intersects with employee engagement, innovation, and agility can equip you to foster an environment ripe for success.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

We have to recognize the building blocks of any innovative design, and we tend to look at the more traditional ones of having a strategy for innovation, building a culture and environment, establishing a process and governance etc., McKinsey, see the breakdown emphasis as 16% on physical, Knowledge Capital at 60%, and Human Capital at 24%.

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Wazoku

JULY 19, 2017

London, July 19, 2017- The Wazoku ideas platform, installed last year at Shared Services Connected Limited (SSCL), has already engaged 67% of the company’s workforce. It has also led to a new employee engagement programme for all employees, due to roll out in the autumn. About SSCL. Wazoku calls this EveryDay innovation.

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PlanBox Innovation

AUGUST 3, 2021

This lifecycle is what Forrester describes as the 5 key activities of innovation management , a process through which creative ideas are given life via targeting, ideation, incubation, business planning, and commercialization (more on this in point 1 below). Speaking of engagement, let’s talk about gamification. And the benefits?

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ImagineNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Executing them typically requires big changes in processes, product offerings, governance, structure, the operating model itself, and human behaviour. Being empathic, compassionate, and appreciative, and engaging in self-care activities and well-being practices.

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eZassi

OCTOBER 17, 2023

When internal team members are given the freedom to think like entrepreneurs, they become more motivated, creative, and engaged. Here are some steps to nurture an intrapreneur: Encourage creativity and autonomy: Give your intrapreneur the freedom to explore new ideas and think outside the box.

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