Mon.Jun 26, 2017

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Idea Drop wins 2017 Rising Star and User Experience Awards

Idea Drop

Idea Drop came out with flying colors – an 8.0 out of 10 score and a user satisfaction rating of 98% following the comprehensive review by FinancesOnline reviewers. They found our software to be a very intuitive idea management platform that easily enables businesses to collect ideas across the whole organisation and select the best ones that can improve products and services, create new offerings, and discover more profitable opportunities.

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What Accelerates Innovation

Innovation Excellence

Universities, businesses and even cities and regions are talking about innovation and the need to create accelerators or innovation enablers. To accelerate innovation, we need to do a couple of important things that are being overlooked or ignored.

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A Revolution, an Ecosystem, an Ocean: 5G is Just the Beginning

InnovationManagement

"5G", the generic term for future communications technologies, offers so much more than just the next level up in speed and data volume. It also presents very real challenges – of politics, regulation, culture and strategy as much as technology.

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Waterloo’s Dynamic Innovation Ecosystem: A model for Syrian Refugees

Innovation Excellence

How can a moment when the global community highlights the plight of tens of millions of refugees put anyone in a celebratory mood? What is innovative about a world that seems to be getting ever more efficient at producing refugees? Let me explain.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

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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Six Types of Innovation Lab: The Pros and Cons

Innovation Leader

We've now written about or visited dozens of labs run by Global 1000 companies. This list lays out the six primary types we've seen, as well as the pros and cons of each.

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When a Best Practice Isn't

Idea Champions

I'm a collector of best practices. I like to find out what forward thinking individuals and organizations have done to accomplish extraordinary results. Sometimes I share these stories in my keynotes or workshops. Invariably, my stock rises when I tell these stories. People think I know stuff. They get giddy. They take notes. They think about how to adapt these best practices to their organization.