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Why Aren’t You Crowdsourcing?

IdeaScale

Last year Gartner published an article entitled “ The 5 Most Effective, Least Used Digital Innovation Hacks ” which listed crowdsourcing, differentiated funding, differentiated metrics, startup innovation, and formal innovation management. So why aren’t you crowdsourcing already? Better Ideas. Lower Costs.

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Crowdsourcing Your Innovation

Daniel Burrus

In 2000, I predicted that we would see innovation as a service in the near future. Welcome to the world of crowdsourcing innovation, where even the has asked their electorate for ideas ahead of their 2016 Budget. Use #Crowdsourcing to identify new ideas when you don't have all of the answers.

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Crowdsourcing Innovation: 4 Steps to Success

Planview

Recently, Spigit CTO James Gardner shared some of his expert tips on using crowdsourcing software to build your innovation pipeline. Using a crowdsourcing platform will often remove the majority of the legwork.”. Crowdsourcing Innovation = Diverse Ideas and Predictable Outcomes. Here’s what we learned.

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The Four Types of Innovation Metrics

Imaginatik

Innovations have long time horizons. Measuring transformative innovations is an exercise in patience. Very few innovation programs have the luxury of waiting multiple years before delivering quantifiable results. Measuring innovation requires partners. Measuring innovation requires partners.

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Learning to be Innovative – Future Building’s Crucial Role in Driving Innovation Impact

Imaginatik

An obvious example is a clue from 2011 – the public launch of Uber’s ride-sharing program in San Francisco. Many innovation programs, and some R&D teams, benefit from full-time staff who work as designated innovation scouts. However, you don’t need to have full-time innovation scouts to get going.

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Calculating the ROI of an Idea: Ideas That Saved Time

IdeaScale

Crowdsourcing and open innovation initiatives are vital by bringing vast stakeholders together to share ideas on complex problems and opportunities. One of the top innovation management topics I run into is evaluating the Return on Investment (ROI) for an idea. Introduction to ROI.

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Who’s Afraid of Innovation Management? – How to take a small step towards innovation, and a giant leap for your company

Qmarkets

With crowdsourced innovation now a proven profit maker - many companies are rushing to initiate innovation programs and deploy innovation management platforms. This post will offer a few tips to help you get started with your very first innovation management project. Not necessarily.