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Amazon has recently made headlines for its ultra-competitve culture. Yet, for all the controversy surrounding its workplace culture, Amazon delivers. Amazon employees all share a fundamental drive toward improvement—they’re innovative, and accordingly, they're successful. It is possible to seek innovative success in collaboration rather than competition and from humans rather than data. Etsy’s culture is almost antithetical to Amazon’s, but it works, too. MORE
Numerous organizations run crowdsourced innovation programs, because companies can find better new ideas and take action on those ideas faster. The post What NASA Can Teach Us About the Intrinsic Value of Connecting to Other Innovators appeared first on Innovation Management. This process allows companies to set a challenge and gather ideas from hundreds, thousands, or hundreds of thousands of participants. MORE
Recently I’ve been reading a lot of Brene Brown, psychiatrist and vulnerability specialist, and was struck by a statement in Daring Greatly from renowned business leader Pete Sheahan: “The secret killer of innovation is shame”. Risk aversion kills innovation.“. Putting this structure around innovation lessens the risk of sharing because it provides the opportunity for people to address all of your criteria up front. Culture Innovation Management MORE
What does innovation management mean to you? Does it mean gathering ideas or does it mean building a culture of engagement? You need ideas to be innovative, but you need an innovation culture to continually source the most valuable ideas. The concept of “building an innovation culture” is a topic that’s come up in a variety of conversations with Planview Spigit clients over the last few months. But we are innovative—right? Innovatio MORE
One of the vital contributors to digital transformation, along with a few other factors, is innovation management. “It In all of these applications, innovation is the buzzword. How innovation management enables digital transformation. According to a report by MWD Advisors and HYPE Innovation, innovation management practices and tools enable open, iterative, and collaborative change to support digital transformation. Innovation Management MORE
Communication is essential if an organization wishes to engage its employees in its corporate innovation program, while also aligning participation with the organization’s objectives. Nor will all ideas generated in the program have an impact on the corporate income statement. MORE
When clients decide to hop on the innovation management train, they are often driving towards some pretty broad goals like “creating a culture of innovation,” “identifying a new revenue stream,” or “uncovering process improvement opportunities.” Developing an innovation management program to achieve these goals takes time, so demonstrating incremental results along the way becomes critical, especially in the realm of how employees are receiving an innovation program. MORE
Eric Gabas-Varini is the Partner and Co-Founder of Innovation Framework Technologies, a consulting firm which was founded in Paris, but has since established regional offices in the United States, South Korea & Japan, with a network of associate offices in Latin America and the Middle East. With a strong background in R&D, Eric now uses his expertise to help leading organizations deliver innovations across a range of industries and use cases. MORE
Innovation is one of the areas where people are often looking for senior management involvement, yet, it is here where it tends to be lacking at times. As we discuss the role of senior management and their involvement in innovation management with our customers on a regular basis, we thought we’d share some of our thoughts and experiences on the topic. Should senior management be involved in innovation? Company-wide cultural support for innovation. MORE
Crowdsourced innovation, managed by. innovation management software. Crowdsourced innovation is simply the process of gathering and surfacing ideas and solutions at scale from the people that know your business best – your workforce, customers, and partners. Innovation management software, such as Spigit, enables the automation and acceleration of this process – from generating ideas to bringing them to market, to drive business results. MORE
Eric Gabas-Varini is the Partner and Co-Founder of Innovation Framework Technologies, a consulting firm which was founded in Paris, but has since established regional offices in the United States, South Korea & Japan, with a network of associate offices in Latin America and the Middle East. With a strong background in R&D, Eric now uses his expertise to help leading organizations deliver innovations across a range of industries and use cases. MORE
Innovation management consulting has emerged as a profession as businesses, nonprofits, and other organizations have started prioritizing innovation. Innovation management consultants help organizations establish innovation programs and keep innovation on track. Organizations of all kinds have watched as innovative companies disrupt industries and change the competitive landscape. Trying to innovate everything at once can backfire. MORE
Engaging the “crowd” at scale in your innovation initiative has been proven to fundamentally transform companies. From vehicle manufacturer, Polaris, leveraging its employees’ creativity to out-innovate the likes of Harley Davidson, to the UNHCR changing the lives of millions of refugees through crowdsourcing ideas. The advantages of crowdsourced innovation can’t be ignored. But what’s the secret to creating and sustaining a successful innovation program? MORE
One of the vital contributors to digital transformation, along with a few other factors, is innovation management. “It In all of these applications, innovation is the buzzword. How innovation management enables digital transformation. According to a report by MWD Advisors and HYPE Innovation, innovation management practices and tools enable open, iterative, and collaborative change to support digital transformation. Innovation Management MORE
Intrapreneurship and innovation are intrinsically linked ideas when you’re talking about corporate innovation programs. Whether you’re calling it a corporate accelerator, an organizational incubator, an innovation management program, you’re relying on the thinkers, creators and mobilizers to share their inspiration and find ways to integrate that value into your organization. Creative Leadership Organization & Culture MORE
Innovation is much more than just ideation. To be an innovator, your organization needs to build on the new and novel ideas you generate to realize their expected benefits. Rapid, iterative experimentation and monetization – the often overlooked ‘back-end of innovation’ – can help you convert interesting concepts into useful innovations. Just as a startup goes through different stages of growth, we’ve observed innovation programs do the same. MORE
At Qmarkets we have spent the last 15+ years helping leading organizations to build and implement effective innovation initiatives. The definition of an innovation program can sometimes differ, so before we dive in let’s clarify what we mean when we use this term. MORE
IdeaScale is offering innovators from around the world an extra week to complete their submission for the Innovation Management Awards. This is our fifth annual award series and we honor winners in three categories: best innovation engagement strategy, best innovation process, and best innovation. Well, every year we ask our customers what it is that they would most like to learn about in order to support their programs. MORE
I was introduced to these innovation management resources a few months ago when two clients, both referencing The Idea-Driven Organization , came to Kindling looking for a software solution to evolve their innovation strategy. An eight-step process for developing an innovation management strategy. The book is broken down into eight characteristics that round out a structure for innovation management. Innovation Program Culture MORE
If you are reading this blog, you know that ideation and engaging the power of the crowd is at the heart of any innovation program. Planview Spigit is conducting the fourth annual State of Crowdsourced Innovation Management survey and study. The purpose of the survey is to gather data that highlights industry insights around ideation and crowdsourced innovation programs. The 2018 State of Crowdsourced Innovation Findings. Program Ownership. MORE
Booz Allen Hamilton hosted Innova-Con at their new Innovation Center across from McPherson Square in Washington DC. The International Association of Innovation Professionals (IAOIP) sponsors Innova-Con as the capstone to their annual cycle of events. The IAOIP, a non-profit professional society, seeks to raise the level of knowledge amongst the professionals working in the field of innovation management. MORE
Innovation practice has made some amazing progress over the last few years. Large enterprises are trying various programs to foster new innovations in an attempt to find the best way to change course for their big ships. To resist ever-growing challenges, organisations are increasing their investments in innovation and deploying a variety of strategies. You’ve heard it a thousand times now: organisations need to invariably innovate to sustain. Open Innovation. MORE
The leverage point is to let innovation shine via effective governance discipline, but not adding too much complexity. In this article, we'll look at what innovation governance is, and practices to help you manage a successful innovation program. MORE
It is the failure to innovate that led to its “demise.”. In other words, it is because sometimes innovation strategies fail to produce products/ services that the customers want. Which brings us to the question, “Why do innovation programs fail?”. Below are 6 reasons why innovation programs can fail. Leaving innovation to chance is more often a gamble where odds are not always in your favor. Banking on a single program. Programme manager. MORE
When establishing an innovation program, business leaders often struggle with forecasting the potential economic impact. To address this, Spigit commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct an independent study examining the value customers receive from implementing an innovation program that leverages Spigit’s enterprise innovation management software. To quantify the complete value of innovation program that leverages Spigit’s. MORE
Innovation management is one of the crucial contributors to digital transformation, along with a few other factors. Digital innovation is driving increasing interconnection, giving unprecedented access to capabilities, resources and talent on a global scale. Noticeably, innovation is the buzzword in the success formula of these applications. Understanding innovation management. Read More: An Introduction to the Ultimate Idea Management Solution. MORE
Qmarkets’ Innovation Standard Operating Procedures (SOP): In this series, we will present different guidelines on how to bring innovation theory to practice. Many times, trying to launch an innovation program at your company can encounter endless pitfalls and stumbling blocks, as illustrated in this example from the Harvard Business Review. When senior leadership says they want ‘innovation’ within the company, what does that mean? Investing Wisely in Innovation. MORE
Are you an idea champion, ready to inspire innovation in your company? Then you’re also going to love Spigit’s 2015 Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide, with a handpicked selection of gifts to help you inspire innovation in your organization. Try these stellar innovation books, all under $20. If you know an intrapreneur who’s always on the path to self-improvement and career advancement, hook them up with tickets to 2016’s hottest innovation events. MORE
Crowdsourced innovation, managed by innovation management software. Crowdsourced innovation is simply the process of gathering and surfacing ideas and solutions at scale from the people that know your business best – your workforce, customers, and partners. Innovation management software, such as Spigit, enables the automation and acceleration of this process – from generating ideas to bringing them to market, to drive business results. MORE
One of the main challenges in leading innovation processes in a large corporation is to engage the Business Units’ leaders and the employees of the company and persuade them that although everything works great (for now), doing things differently might be the right thing to do. MORE
Today the world’s most innovative companies are also some of the most successful. Innovation lends itself to success by provoking organizations to continuously push for improvement and always be on the lookout for new opportunities. MORE
Can you think of a single innovation that didn’t change something? Innovation is change, or at least, innovation requires change. In my role as an innovation keynote speaker and workshop facilitator, I recently led a German-based industrial company’s North American IT leadership team through an innovation workshop, during which we spent part of the time working to define their common language of innovation (as described in my book Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire ). MORE
There may have been a time when people with characteristics of intrapreneurs were discouraged or outright forbidden to innovate, even within their areas of responsibility. Not only are businesses embracing innovation more wholeheartedly, but the innovation team is also fast becoming a standard feature of many workplaces. Starting in 2016, the Queensland Police Service (QPS) in Australia built an Innovation Unit, and saying that it has been successful is an understatement. MORE
Let’s not kid ourselves: being the project manager of an idea management process is a tough job and one that requires time, passion, consistency, and dedication. At the same time, for most project managers, idea management is probably not their full time job or primary responsibility. The ROI might not even show an immediate payoff—but when a project manager does a good job, the results are worthwhile for the organization. Innovation Program Engagement MORE
At IdeaScale, we host the annual innovation management awards in order to honor the accomplishments of some truly groundbreaking organizations, but also so that some of our smartest clients can share their best practices with others. We invited our winners to answer a few interview questions and we’re pleased that the City of Calgary had some great advice and answers to share: IdeaScale: Why is innovation vital to your organization? MORE
Innovation Keynote Speakers are often misunderstood, maligned, and underutilized. The … Continue reading → culture education eLearning Innovation Leadership Management Chief Innovation Officer content Employee Engagement employee retention Employees facilitation facilitators Innovation Director Innovation Manager innovation programs innovation speaker Insights keynote speakers public speakers Talent Top 10 training Workshops MORE
New dashboard empowers enterprises to maximize their innovation outcomes and deliver business value. BOSTON – March 1, 2018 – Today Imaginatik, the #1 ranked leader in corporate innovation management according to Forrester Research, announced a major update to its industry-leading Innovation Central software aimed at enabling enterprises to maximize their ROI from breakthrough and continuous innovation programs. MORE
Because a new year is a time for reflection as well as planning, we’re introducing a new blog series “Sincerely Sima” which takes a look back at the most frequently asked innovation management questions our customer success team encountered in 2015. We hope that in bringing these quandaries to light, we can help you create a successful foundation for your innovation efforts this year. As an innovation program leader, how do I keep executives engaged? MORE
Innovation lends itself to success by provoking organizations to continuously push for improvement and always be on the lookout for new opportunities. Amazon , SpaceX , Apple , and Salesforce are far better placed to innovate than others, but this is not by chance. MORE
There have been times I sat down with a client and I told them, “your organization is very innovative”, but they don’t believe me. I tell them, if you don’t perceive yourself as innovative, then you’re not. Here’s what they need to see and believe: An innovative corporate culture is one that supports the creation of new ideas and the implementation of those ideas. Leaders must help employees see innovation in practice as a regular part of how the company does business. MORE
Innovation has never been as misunderstood, challenging, expensive, or transformative as it is today. Many companies are turning to innovation centers — physical hubs where people can gather to design, build, and test products — to complement the crowdsourcing software (like Spigit ) that enables their overall programs. Here are our top 5 takeaways on innovation centers from a recent report released by Capgemini. Innovation Labs Can Inspire New Ideas. MORE
The following business innovation reports cover three core elements that consistently prove important to success: developing a certain kind of company culture; the connection between data, legislature, challenges, and opportunities; and finally, emerging business trends that continuously impact enterprise innovation programs. MORE
In part 1 of this post , Ralph revisited key innovation issues that were already addressed by us three years ago. In addition to these still highly topical issues, we’d like to raise another four points which we personally foresee key for innovation management in the time to come – making no claim to completeness: Organizational Ambidexterity. It doesn’t always translate to managers, however. Co-Innovation and startup engagement. MORE
There’s a lot of emphasis in the idea management world on being creative—see Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business 2015 , for example—but it’s not always obvious that being creative is only step one. Innovation requires creativity, but creativity on its own isn’t enough to move a company forward. To be truly innovative, we need to harness and structure the creativity that we already have. Innovative ideas are ideas that have an impact. Enter idea management. MORE
Qmarkets
MARCH 24, 2021
At Qmarkets we have spent the last 15+ years helping leading organizations to build and implement effective innovation initiatives. The definition of an innovation program can sometimes differ, so before we dive in let’s clarify what we mean when we use this term.
IdeaScale
AUGUST 8, 2019
There may have been a time when people with characteristics of intrapreneurs were discouraged or outright forbidden to innovate, even within their areas of responsibility. Not only are businesses embracing innovation more wholeheartedly, but the innovation team is also fast becoming a standard feature of many workplaces. Starting in 2016, the Queensland Police Service (QPS) in Australia built an Innovation Unit, and saying that it has been successful is an understatement.
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Acuvate
APRIL 16, 2019
Innovation practice has made some amazing progress over the last few years. Large enterprises are trying various programs to foster new innovations in an attempt to find the best way to change course for their big ships. To resist ever-growing challenges, organisations are increasing their investments in innovation and deploying a variety of strategies. You’ve heard it a thousand times now: organisations need to invariably innovate to sustain. Open Innovation.
hackerearth
NOVEMBER 10, 2017
It is the failure to innovate that led to its “demise.”. In other words, it is because sometimes innovation strategies fail to produce products/ services that the customers want. Which brings us to the question, “Why do innovation programs fail?”. Below are 6 reasons why innovation programs can fail. Leaving innovation to chance is more often a gamble where odds are not always in your favor. Banking on a single program. Programme manager.
Braden Kelley
MARCH 27, 2017
Innovation Keynote Speakers are often misunderstood, maligned, and underutilized. The … Continue reading → culture education eLearning Innovation Leadership Management Chief Innovation Officer content Employee Engagement employee retention Employees facilitation facilitators Innovation Director Innovation Manager innovation programs innovation speaker Insights keynote speakers public speakers Talent Top 10 training Workshops
IdeaScale
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
IdeaScale is offering innovators from around the world an extra week to complete their submission for the Innovation Management Awards. This is our fifth annual award series and we honor winners in three categories: best innovation engagement strategy, best innovation process, and best innovation. Well, every year we ask our customers what it is that they would most like to learn about in order to support their programs.
KindlingApp
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
I was introduced to these innovation management resources a few months ago when two clients, both referencing The Idea-Driven Organization , came to Kindling looking for a software solution to evolve their innovation strategy. An eight-step process for developing an innovation management strategy. The book is broken down into eight characteristics that round out a structure for innovation management. Innovation Program Culture
Acuvate
DECEMBER 5, 2018
Innovation management is one of the crucial contributors to digital transformation, along with a few other factors. Digital innovation is driving increasing interconnection, giving unprecedented access to capabilities, resources and talent on a global scale. Noticeably, innovation is the buzzword in the success formula of these applications. Understanding innovation management. Read More: An Introduction to the Ultimate Idea Management Solution.
Planview Spigit
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Engaging the “crowd” at scale in your innovation initiative has been proven to fundamentally transform companies. From vehicle manufacturer, Polaris, leveraging its employees’ creativity to out-innovate the likes of Harley Davidson, to the UNHCR changing the lives of millions of refugees through crowdsourcing ideas. The advantages of crowdsourced innovation can’t be ignored. But what’s the secret to creating and sustaining a successful innovation program?
Innovation in Practice
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
There have been times I sat down with a client and I told them, “your organization is very innovative”, but they don’t believe me. I tell them, if you don’t perceive yourself as innovative, then you’re not. Here’s what they need to see and believe: An innovative corporate culture is one that supports the creation of new ideas and the implementation of those ideas. Leaders must help employees see innovation in practice as a regular part of how the company does business.
Planview Spigit
OCTOBER 17, 2019
What does innovation management mean to you? Does it mean gathering ideas or does it mean building a culture of engagement? You need ideas to be innovative, but you need an innovation culture to continually source the most valuable ideas. The concept of “building an innovation culture” is a topic that’s come up in a variety of conversations with Planview Spigit clients over the last few months. But we are innovative—right? Innovatio
IdeaScale
FEBRUARY 8, 2017
At IdeaScale, we host the annual innovation management awards in order to honor the accomplishments of some truly groundbreaking organizations, but also so that some of our smartest clients can share their best practices with others. We invited our winners to answer a few interview questions and we’re pleased that the City of Calgary had some great advice and answers to share: IdeaScale: Why is innovation vital to your organization?
Tim Kastelle
MARCH 13, 2016
In part 1 of this post , Ralph revisited key innovation issues that were already addressed by us three years ago. In addition to these still highly topical issues, we’d like to raise another four points which we personally foresee key for innovation management in the time to come – making no claim to completeness: Organizational Ambidexterity. It doesn’t always translate to managers, however. Co-Innovation and startup engagement.
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ideas4allinnovation
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Communication is essential if an organization wishes to engage its employees in its corporate innovation program, while also aligning participation with the organization’s objectives. Nor will all ideas generated in the program have an impact on the corporate income statement.
Imaginatik
MARCH 1, 2018
New dashboard empowers enterprises to maximize their innovation outcomes and deliver business value. BOSTON – March 1, 2018 – Today Imaginatik, the #1 ranked leader in corporate innovation management according to Forrester Research, announced a major update to its industry-leading Innovation Central software aimed at enabling enterprises to maximize their ROI from breakthrough and continuous innovation programs.
Planview Spigit
JUNE 8, 2017
When establishing an innovation program, business leaders often struggle with forecasting the potential economic impact. To address this, Spigit commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct an independent study examining the value customers receive from implementing an innovation program that leverages Spigit’s enterprise innovation management software. To quantify the complete value of innovation program that leverages Spigit’s.
hackerearth
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
One of the vital contributors to digital transformation, along with a few other factors, is innovation management. “It In all of these applications, innovation is the buzzword. How innovation management enables digital transformation. According to a report by MWD Advisors and HYPE Innovation, innovation management practices and tools enable open, iterative, and collaborative change to support digital transformation. Innovation Management
Qmarkets
APRIL 24, 2017
Eric Gabas-Varini is the Partner and Co-Founder of Innovation Framework Technologies, a consulting firm which was founded in Paris, but has since established regional offices in the United States, South Korea & Japan, with a network of associate offices in Latin America and the Middle East. With a strong background in R&D, Eric now uses his expertise to help leading organizations deliver innovations across a range of industries and use cases.
InnovationManagement
JUNE 5, 2020
The leverage point is to let innovation shine via effective governance discipline, but not adding too much complexity. In this article, we'll look at what innovation governance is, and practices to help you manage a successful innovation program.
KindlingApp
JANUARY 6, 2016
Because a new year is a time for reflection as well as planning, we’re introducing a new blog series “Sincerely Sima” which takes a look back at the most frequently asked innovation management questions our customer success team encountered in 2015. We hope that in bringing these quandaries to light, we can help you create a successful foundation for your innovation efforts this year. As an innovation program leader, how do I keep executives engaged?
Tata Consultancy
MAY 22, 2016
Innovation is much more than just ideation. To be an innovator, your organization needs to build on the new and novel ideas you generate to realize their expected benefits. Rapid, iterative experimentation and monetization – the often overlooked ‘back-end of innovation’ – can help you convert interesting concepts into useful innovations. Just as a startup goes through different stages of growth, we’ve observed innovation programs do the same.
Planview Spigit
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
Crowdsourced innovation, managed by innovation management software. Crowdsourced innovation is simply the process of gathering and surfacing ideas and solutions at scale from the people that know your business best – your workforce, customers, and partners. Innovation management software, such as Spigit, enables the automation and acceleration of this process – from generating ideas to bringing them to market, to drive business results.
Qmarkets
DECEMBER 9, 2017
Qmarkets’ Innovation Standard Operating Procedures (SOP): In this series, we will present different guidelines on how to bring innovation theory to practice. Many times, trying to launch an innovation program at your company can encounter endless pitfalls and stumbling blocks, as illustrated in this example from the Harvard Business Review. When senior leadership says they want ‘innovation’ within the company, what does that mean? Investing Wisely in Innovation.
Planview Spigit
APRIL 29, 2019
If you are reading this blog, you know that ideation and engaging the power of the crowd is at the heart of any innovation program. Planview Spigit is conducting the fourth annual State of Crowdsourced Innovation Management survey and study. The purpose of the survey is to gather data that highlights industry insights around ideation and crowdsourced innovation programs. The 2018 State of Crowdsourced Innovation Findings. Program Ownership.
Qmarkets
JULY 8, 2017
Eric Gabas-Varini is the Partner and Co-Founder of Innovation Framework Technologies, a consulting firm which was founded in Paris, but has since established regional offices in the United States, South Korea & Japan, with a network of associate offices in Latin America and the Middle East. With a strong background in R&D, Eric now uses his expertise to help leading organizations deliver innovations across a range of industries and use cases.
Planview Spigit
JULY 11, 2017
Crowdsourced innovation, managed by. innovation management software. Crowdsourced innovation is simply the process of gathering and surfacing ideas and solutions at scale from the people that know your business best – your workforce, customers, and partners. Innovation management software, such as Spigit, enables the automation and acceleration of this process – from generating ideas to bringing them to market, to drive business results.
hackerearth
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
One of the vital contributors to digital transformation, along with a few other factors, is innovation management. “It In all of these applications, innovation is the buzzword. How innovation management enables digital transformation. According to a report by MWD Advisors and HYPE Innovation, innovation management practices and tools enable open, iterative, and collaborative change to support digital transformation. Innovation Management
Planview Spigit
AUGUST 4, 2015
Innovation has never been as misunderstood, challenging, expensive, or transformative as it is today. Many companies are turning to innovation centers — physical hubs where people can gather to design, build, and test products — to complement the crowdsourcing software (like Spigit ) that enables their overall programs. Here are our top 5 takeaways on innovation centers from a recent report released by Capgemini. Innovation Labs Can Inspire New Ideas.
Qmarkets
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Today the world’s most innovative companies are also some of the most successful. Innovation lends itself to success by provoking organizations to continuously push for improvement and always be on the lookout for new opportunities.
Planview Spigit
DECEMBER 18, 2015
Are you an idea champion, ready to inspire innovation in your company? Then you’re also going to love Spigit’s 2015 Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide, with a handpicked selection of gifts to help you inspire innovation in your organization. Try these stellar innovation books, all under $20. If you know an intrapreneur who’s always on the path to self-improvement and career advancement, hook them up with tickets to 2016’s hottest innovation events.
Qmarkets
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Innovation lends itself to success by provoking organizations to continuously push for improvement and always be on the lookout for new opportunities. Amazon , SpaceX , Apple , and Salesforce are far better placed to innovate than others, but this is not by chance.
Planview Spigit
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
Can you think of a single innovation that didn’t change something? Innovation is change, or at least, innovation requires change. In my role as an innovation keynote speaker and workshop facilitator, I recently led a German-based industrial company’s North American IT leadership team through an innovation workshop, during which we spent part of the time working to define their common language of innovation (as described in my book Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire ).
KindlingApp
JUNE 12, 2016
Recently I’ve been reading a lot of Brene Brown, psychiatrist and vulnerability specialist, and was struck by a statement in Daring Greatly from renowned business leader Pete Sheahan: “The secret killer of innovation is shame”. Risk aversion kills innovation.“. Putting this structure around innovation lessens the risk of sharing because it provides the opportunity for people to address all of your criteria up front. Culture Innovation Management
KindlingApp
JULY 9, 2015
When clients decide to hop on the innovation management train, they are often driving towards some pretty broad goals like “creating a culture of innovation,” “identifying a new revenue stream,” or “uncovering process improvement opportunities.” Developing an innovation management program to achieve these goals takes time, so demonstrating incremental results along the way becomes critical, especially in the realm of how employees are receiving an innovation program.
InnovationManagement
MARCH 11, 2019
Intrapreneurship and innovation are intrinsically linked ideas when you’re talking about corporate innovation programs. Whether you’re calling it a corporate accelerator, an organizational incubator, an innovation management program, you’re relying on the thinkers, creators and mobilizers to share their inspiration and find ways to integrate that value into your organization. Creative Leadership Organization & Culture
Innovation Archetecture
MARCH 5, 2018
Booz Allen Hamilton hosted Innova-Con at their new Innovation Center across from McPherson Square in Washington DC. The International Association of Innovation Professionals (IAOIP) sponsors Innova-Con as the capstone to their annual cycle of events. The IAOIP, a non-profit professional society, seeks to raise the level of knowledge amongst the professionals working in the field of innovation management.
CREATORS
JANUARY 12, 2020
One of the main challenges in leading innovation processes in a large corporation is to engage the Business Units’ leaders and the employees of the company and persuade them that although everything works great (for now), doing things differently might be the right thing to do.
KindlingApp
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
Amazon has recently made headlines for its ultra-competitve culture. Yet, for all the controversy surrounding its workplace culture, Amazon delivers. Amazon employees all share a fundamental drive toward improvement—they’re innovative, and accordingly, they're successful. It is possible to seek innovative success in collaboration rather than competition and from humans rather than data. Etsy’s culture is almost antithetical to Amazon’s, but it works, too.
KindlingApp
OCTOBER 26, 2015
Let’s not kid ourselves: being the project manager of an idea management process is a tough job and one that requires time, passion, consistency, and dedication. At the same time, for most project managers, idea management is probably not their full time job or primary responsibility. The ROI might not even show an immediate payoff—but when a project manager does a good job, the results are worthwhile for the organization. Innovation Program Engagement
KindlingApp
OCTOBER 14, 2015
There’s a lot of emphasis in the idea management world on being creative—see Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business 2015 , for example—but it’s not always obvious that being creative is only step one. Innovation requires creativity, but creativity on its own isn’t enough to move a company forward. To be truly innovative, we need to harness and structure the creativity that we already have. Innovative ideas are ideas that have an impact. Enter idea management.
InnovationManagement
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
Numerous organizations run crowdsourced innovation programs, because companies can find better new ideas and take action on those ideas faster. The post What NASA Can Teach Us About the Intrinsic Value of Connecting to Other Innovators appeared first on Innovation Management. This process allows companies to set a challenge and gather ideas from hundreds, thousands, or hundreds of thousands of participants.
Innovation Excellence
AUGUST 15, 2016
The following business innovation reports cover three core elements that consistently prove important to success: developing a certain kind of company culture; the connection between data, legislature, challenges, and opportunities; and finally, emerging business trends that continuously impact enterprise innovation programs.
The Future Shapers
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Innovation is one of the areas where people are often looking for senior management involvement, yet, it is here where it tends to be lacking at times. As we discuss the role of senior management and their involvement in innovation management with our customers on a regular basis, we thought we’d share some of our thoughts and experiences on the topic. Should senior management be involved in innovation? Company-wide cultural support for innovation.
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