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Five Crowdsourced Ideas that Came From Unlikely Places

IdeaScale

Overview: The value of crowdsourcing is that you can find ideas in the most unusual of places. These five, in particular, might surprise you and offer guidance for your crowdsourcing strategy. The team won $20,000 to refine the design and ship it to an overjoyed Sirvan, with the rest going to cerebral palsy research.

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Designing at an Innovation Management Company

IdeaScale

When I joined IdeaScale in late spring of this year, I set out to discover how I could help our customers create and maintain an innovative culture at their company through our crowdsourcing tools. Here’s what I’ve learned about designing at an innovation management company so far.

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What Are Some Examples of Crowdsourcing Innovation?

IdeaScale

There’s no better demonstration of the power of crowdsourcing than proof of it in action. Here are four examples of crowdsourcing in action improving everything from financial services to government communications. So the bank turned to its internal crowdsourcing group , UpSquad, for ideas. Who do we work with?

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Are You Working on the Right Things? The Power of Collaborative Channels

Planview

We’d recommend creating channels for collaboration – crowdsourcing via the web – at all junctures in the work management lifecycle. Hmmm, crowdsourcing. “Oh, Let’s break down the innovation lifecycle and consider the options for establishing managed internal and external collaboration channels.

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OUTSIDE-IN [CASE STUDY]

Flying Fish Lab

We spoke to manufacturers of branded frozen meals, but also to retailers who managed their own in-house brand of frozen meals – but all from outside our client’s base geography.

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How to Improve Your Next Brainstorming Session

IdeaScale

When that happens, people go into brainstorming sessions feeling they’re about to engage in a time-wasting exercise. Have a Designated Note-Taker. Brainstorming is about gaining new perspectives, and it’s hard to do that with a room full of same-level managers who all have similar responsibilities. Warm the Group Up.

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Transforming workplace culture with your innovation management program

IdeaScale

Those in charge of managing this change are often pushed to justify their efforts and expenditures in a fashion that doesn’t align with the type of gains that are being sought. Achieving Workplace Well-being with Innovation Management. Workplace Well-being – what we’re striving for.