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IdeaLab: A New Kind of Open Innovation Platform

Collective Innovation

Open innovation means allowing everyone a voice at the table. Each individual has a unique perspective to add and can identify opportunities and problems that you otherwise may not see with the traditional closed innovation model. At Collective Innovation our focus has always been on increasing engagement, since your personal and organizational success is based on the buy-in and active participation of your community.

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What’s New about the Gig Economy for Professionals?

Innovation Excellence

Elephants, Fleas and Other Animals There is a lot of discussion about the “gig economy” in business circles today, usually focusing on the plight of those at the low end of the pay spectrum: Uber drivers, Deliveroo bikers, Handy cleaners. But the biggest share of the gig economy is actually professional and white-collar workers, who.

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Confessions of a Keynote Speaker

Idea Champions

Recently, I gave a keynote presentation to 150 people in the health care industry. After being introduced, I decided, as I usually do, to leave the safe confines of the podium ("a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it"), dismount the stage, and "walk my talk" -- weaving my way in between the 20 round tables in the room, each with their own pitchers of water, tent cards, and little bowls of red and white mints.

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