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How Open Source Can Help Drive Government Innovation

IdeaScale

Overview: Open source software, patents, and research provide the codebase, data, and information to anyone who wants to explore it. First coined as a term in 1998, open source has its origins in the computer science sector and refers to software where the source code of the project is freely available and can be modified by anyone.

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The Total Economic Impact of Spigit’s Ideation Management Software

Planview

To address this, Spigit commissioned Forrester Research to conduct an independent study examining the value customers receive from implementing Spigit’s ideation management software. Based on Forrester’s financial model, due diligence, and customer interviews they found the following: $105 million in incremental revenue from new products.

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16 Best Free Online Brainstorming Tools in 2022

IdeaScale

For example, a brainstorming tool that allows employees to share ideas and vote anonymously on those ideas is one way of helping employees who may not be comfortable with public discussions. Robust third-party support makes it useful brainstorming software for groups that have downtime at the airport or working on their phones or tablets.

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The Wisdom of Crowds

IdeaScale

It only took me six years as a crowdsourcing practitioner, but I finally got around to reading “The Wisdom of Crowds,” one of the flagship books in our industry. He opens the book with an example most of us know: the crowd that guessed the weight of an ox at a country fair within a pound. Everyone has some wisdom to offer.

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From Consumer to Collaborator: A Look at Open Innovation

IdeaScale

Social media and online connectivity let consumers offer organizations instant feedback, both positive and negative, from detailed reviews to passionate emails to there-and-gone Snapchat snaps. Some industries simply can’t be open, due to contractual or client constraints. How Should I Use Open Innovation?

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Innovation Management: Importance, Ideas, and Examples

Acuvate

However, crowdsourcing innovation from employees can harness your organization’s creative ability besides your business growth. Crowdsourcing innovation is slowly making its debut in the digital workplace and that too with high expectations. Forcing or mandating involvement may lead to frailties in due course of time.

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Recognizing the Building Blocks of Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

So this post reviews many great contributors to advancing innovation over the years. Over the years, so much has improved and understood by the explanations, case examples, suggestions, clarifications and ways they were “built into” the individual innovation processes that each company chose to construct their innovation process.