IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

So, your company is investing in innovation, but do you lack the confidence to be creative? A 2017 Crowdsourced Innovation Report published by IdeaScale noted that more and more companies are embedding innovation initiatives at their organizations. 53% of the innovation programs are focused on leveraging the collective wisdom of employees. The report list below the six innovation priorities that companies are focusing on in 2017.

Creativity 190

Creativity Innovation Programs Crowdsourcing Report 190

Bill Fischer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

We all live in a continually unpredictable world where personal reinvention is an ever-present possibility (if not necessity). Innovation should be a lifestyle more than a discipline, and innovating the very essence of your persona is the new, next frontier.

Disruption 87

Disruption Innovation 87

IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

So, your company is investing in innovation, but do you lack the confidence to be creative? A 2017 Crowdsourced Innovation Report published by IdeaScale noted that more and more companies are embedding innovation initiatives at their organizations. 53% of the innovation programs are focused on leveraging the collective wisdom of employees. The report list below the six innovation priorities that companies are focusing on in 2017.

Creativity 140

Creativity Innovation Programs Crowdsourcing Report 140

InnovationManagement

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Innovation is an integral part of many organizations today, and for good reason: it helps companies stay agile, relevant, and evolving. However, innovation is often difficult to achieve—or is even met with resistance.

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Agile Innovation Company Culture 64

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Innocentive

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Innovation in the financial sector has arguably lagged. Over time, hierarchical structures, regulatory pressure and “the way we’ve always done things” have propped up archaic practices which overlook customer experience in favour of stability and security.

Examples 48

Examples Crowdsourcing Innovation 48

Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

As Jack Welch so skillfully demonstrated while he led GE, Market Leadership is the one real strategy that has long-term staying power. H mandated that GE would be No. 1 or No. 2 in every market it was in, or it would get out. It was a “Market Leader or nothing” strategy, and it served GE well.

Leadership 43

Leadership Marketing Strategy Strategy 43

Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

As an investor, I often heard entrepreneurs claiming being first to market as an advantage. However, you must remember that Facebook wasn't the first social media platform, Apple didn't produce the first cellphone, and Dell didn't make the first PC. In fact, MySpace, Motorola, and IBM were the first in those fields.

Marketing 42

Marketing Innovation Management Creativity Strategy 42

Innovation 360

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Based in Stockholm, Sweden. Background. Susanne Fuglsang is a Innovation Catalyst and Executive Producer. She has extensive experience in strategy and production of interdisciplinary co-creation processes like Hackathons, Design Sprints and Innovation Events. As a true change maker she is constantly on the move to create and inspire change through open innovation projects by co-creation between tech, science, academia, companies and non-profits.

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Project Industry Open Innovation Creativity 40

Innovation Leader

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Imran Sayeed, Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management, discusses the 3D Model of Innovation that he finds is most effective for innovation programs.

Design 40

Design Culture Innovation Programs Innovation 40

Michael Roberto

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Back on May 11th, NYU Professor Scott Galloway appeared on Kara Swisher's Recode Decode podcast. During that conversation, he predicted that Amazon would acquire Whole Foods. One month later, Jeff Bezos made his move. Amazon purchased the organic supermarket retailer for $14 billion. Yesterday, Professor Galloway appeared on Swisher's podcast again.

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Report Company 20

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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