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Assess Your Innovation Program

Planview

Either your organization is innovating or it’s getting swallowed up by the competition. That’s why having an effective innovation program is so important to stay afloat. The challenge for many program leaders and their innovation programs comes down to their level of involvement in the idea implementation process.

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IdeaScale Podcast – How Global Packaging Corporation Winpak Uses Shark Tank-like Practices and IdeaScale to Innovate

IdeaScale

As a global packaging company constantly in need of ideas, Winpak developed 25hundred Innovators, which reduced the challenges of geography and language. Winpak designs and manufactures packaging materials and machines with a particular emphasis on preserving and protecting perishable items such as food and medicine. The Challenge.

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How Do Your Employees Feel about Your Innovation Strategies?

IdeaScale

Use an idea management platform to run your innovation program more efficiently. Give employees the tools to learn about innovation. A recent survey revealed more than 25 percent of C-level executives have employed a designated innovation leader. Want to know more about our innovation platform?

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Crowdsourcing During a Pandemic and Different Innovation Roles

IdeaScale

Overview: In 2017, Davidson College redesigned its innovation program for more transparency, engagement, and democracy. The process was designed to bring in and launch as many ideas as possible, built on the IdeaScale platform. Building An Inclusive Innovation Practice. To learn more, request a demo.

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Top Challenges for Open Innovation and How to Solve Them

IdeaScale

Open innovation can lead to an enormous number of new ideas from surprising places. Before launching any open innovation program, have an infrastructure in place for who on your team will filter out the ideas suited to your needs. WD-40, for example, was originally designed to protect missile housings from rust.

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How to Evaluate Employee Ideas Using IdeaScale’s Unique Tools

IdeaScale

Overview: In any innovation program, ideas need to be examined through three lenses: How practical they are, the likelihood the idea will succeed, and whether the idea reaches your ultimate goals. Designing An Evaluation Process. Using Design To Develop A Fuller Picture. To see how IdeaScale can help, Request a Demo.

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How the GSAs 10X Program Advances Government Innovation

IdeaScale

Overview : Founded in 2017 off of a popular crowdsourcing initiative, the Government Services Administration (GSA)’s 10X program internally crowdsources ideas to design new approaches and launch new programs. The event was so popular it quickly became an ongoing program. To learn more, request a demo.