IdeaScale

JUNE 20, 2018

Engaging people in innovation is at the heart of what we do at IdeaScale. We asked some of our top crowd innovators for their advice on how to increase engagement in IdeaScale communities and this is what they said: “Keep People at the Center. Remember to optimise other channels to drive further engagement.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Companies that do this contribute to overall innovation program health by ensuring a healthy top of the funnel stocked with ideas and allies. Not every innovation program has developed the communications skill set necessary to engage a global workforce or customer base in sharing ideas, developing ideas, and collaborating.

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Kainexus

JULY 6, 2023

Continuous improvement companies, such as the ones we will highlight, exemplify this philosophy by consistently striving for excellence and innovation. Some continuous improvement examples include employee training, implementing a brainstorming session, and optimizing a process.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 2, 2020

Employee engagement has a major impact on fostering a culture of continuous improvement in your business. Workers who can see how they fit into the bigger picture are able to innovate with company goals in mind, and are more motivated to make improvements to streamline tasks and get better results. Don’t Stifle Your Employees.

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Innovating4Energy

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Engagement in the Energy Transition Movement How do you encourage engagement? This is Siemens Energy’s fourth hub for global collaboration, joining their other Innovation Centers in Berlin, Orlando, and Shenzhen. How do you create the conditions that enable collaboration and cooperation to occur?

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 2, 2020

Drawing together everyone should be the goal of any innovative organization. There’s nothing more important to innovation than an engaged, thoughtful workforce. Yet bringing your team out of their box of day-to-day tasks and larger projects to focus on innovation can feel daunting. Lead by example.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

APRIL 14, 2023

This is the fourth and final post discussing cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations. This final post here is about the appeal, interest and growing engagement and judging outcomes.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Quiet quitters are a classic example of poorly engaged employees. Employee engagement refers to the extent to which a company’s staff are invested in their roles and in the success of the business as a whole. Highly engaged employees, on the other hand, are invested in their work. Are Engaged Employees More Productive?

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Planview

MARCH 20, 2019

Most companies will agree that innovation is critical to sustaining growth and remaining competitive. Creating a culture of innovation is seen by most business leaders as the number one way to drive innovation for the business. However, for this culture to exist, employee engagement is imperative.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Innovation is a concept often tossed around in business strategy as an instrument of change. Adapting to change requires constant innovation across all industry verticals, and there’s no better Petri dish for innovation than the booming technology sector. Simply put, employee engagement matters. Why tech companies?

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 15, 2021

as a conversation between us, where we emphasise the important linkage between innovation and strategy. Our first conversation called the Fundamental building blocks for innovation success (13 minutes), links here , introduces the series and the areas of our focus. Achieving innovation alignment always needs clear framing.

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Jeffrey Phillips

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

I want to talk today about a point I keep seeing get repeated in many of my strategy and innovation customers, a problem that should be easy to solve but it isn't. For example, you could be deciding to implement a new computer system to support machine learning.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 24, 2023

So often innovation struggles to be recognized for what it is. Innovation is a critical source of future competitive advantage. To get to a consistent performance of innovation and creativity within organizations you do need to rely on a process, structure and the consistent ability to foster a culture of innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 19, 2024

In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, the ability to build a strong case, stay informed, and think critically is the key to unlocking success and driving innovation. Here for example I am outlining the five value enablers or outcomes this provides to build out a continuous learning approach towards shaping innovation dynamically.

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Innov8rs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Innov8rs | Engaging with startup communities has become a must for corporations pursuing innovation. And so, how to set up an effective “startup engagement program”? Corporates have three major options when it comes to driving innovation: build, buy, or partner. Buy: here, innovation happens through acquisition.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 19, 2021

“Without a major acceleration in clean energy innovation, reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 will not be possible.” The role of innovation has a crucial one to play. Innovation has a critical role in delivering new solutions to drive this energy transition we are undergoing. What does this all mean for innovation?

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

I finished my last post, “ Are we EVER going to embrace innovation? ” With the argument, we need to change the innovation narrative and significantly update the innovation approach and processes to meet today’s and tomorrow’s business challenges. The need today is not to dispense with this but to link it fully up.

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Board of Innovation

JUNE 5, 2022

Digital transformation examples How do you structure a digital transformation process, who needs to be involved, where to start? Table of contents 9 insights from our corporate innovation journey. Both how to interact and engage with customers as for how to operate and manage your resources. Unplug from the organization.

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Board of Innovation

JUNE 5, 2022

Digital transformation examples How do you structure a digital transformation process, who needs to be involved, where to start? Table of contents 9 insights from our corporate innovation journey. Both how to interact and engage with customers as for how to operate and manage your resources. Unplug from the organization.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 15, 2017

While open innovation and crowdsourcing are incredibly popular in other industries, the financial industry is necessarily more conservative about the technology it uses and the consumers it listens to. Open Innovation As Customer Service. Community Engagement. Crowdsourcing can add up in surprising ways.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Intersection of Corporate Growth and Startup Innovation Defining Corporate Venture Capital Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) is the investment of corporate funds directly in external startup companies. Corporations can leverage this innovation to drive growth, remain competitive, and enter new markets.

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 1, 2024

I've been reading and thinking a lot lately about what is described as a "culture of innovation". I think a culture of innovation is kind of like a unicorn: it would be cool if it existed, and some people claim to have seen one, but when you get up close it's just a normal animal that happens to be missing a horn.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 16, 2020

If there is a silver lining to the COVID-19 crisis, it is that the pandemic is prompting businesses to rethink their innovation strategies. Since that time, businesses have increased innovation management efforts to meet unexpected demands for change in numerous ways. How can organizations respond innovatively to COVID-19?

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 22, 2023

Innovation has the power to unlock the Energy Transition, Innovation thinking and design are needed everywhere within the energy system. Innovation needs to be everywhere in transforming our existing energy systems. Innovation takes a long time to push existing knowledge and find new solutions.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 11, 2023

In a series exploring cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations, this is the third post discussing different aspects and the approach to this that needs to be taken as my suggested starting point. Social, environmental and climate challenges need greater collaborations for example.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 21, 2023

The potential returns, including increased agility, improved innovation outcomes, enhanced collaboration, and long-term competitiveness, make this radical change worthwhile for organizations aspiring to thrive in today’s dynamic business environment. The ability to build the context and show its (ongoing) value makes the difference.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A speaker’s ability to captivate, engage, and inspire the audience sets the tone and leaves a lasting impression. On the other hand, an ill-suited speaker may lead to disinterest, a lack of engagement, and a negative perception of the event’s value.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Building a great platform and designing a positive innovation strategy that reflects both company culture and vision is a good beginning for any organization looking to become or remain a leader in their industry. But there’s a third component to this: Your employees have to be engaged with the idea of innovating.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

Introduction to Innovation Keynote Speakers Importance of Keynote Speakers in Corporate Events Keynote speakers play a pivotal role in the success of corporate events. They are the linchpins that can inspire, motivate, and ignite a passion for innovation within your organization.

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Destination Innovation

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Let’s look at some examples of lateral thinking in business strategy and innovation. Nintendo introduced a major innovation with motion controls in the Wii gaming console, revolutionizing the gaming industry. This innovation made Dyson a leader in the industry.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 19, 2023

Developing the innovation stack takes the view that innovation is a series of building blocks stacked on top of each other with different layers to work through. Combining these “building blocks” modularly in innovation stacks creates a unique design that adapts to your specific needs and goals.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Quiet quitters are a classic example of poorly engaged employees. Employee engagement refers to the extent to which a company’s staff are invested in their roles and in the success of the business as a whole. Highly engaged employees, on the other hand, are invested in their work. Are Engaged Employees More Productive?

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

That is an awful lot of innovation to get us to a clean energy transition from where we are today. As anyone knows the more you explore innovation and what it is trying to resolve, the more complex it becomes. Accelerating Innovation through rapid innovation adoption cycles. Past Examples. Li-ion batteries.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

The Imperative of Culture Change Understanding the Stakes: Innovation and Business Growth Culture change within an organization is not just about altering the workplace environment; it is a strategic imperative. Innovation is not simply about new ideas; it’s about transforming those ideas into value-creating strategies.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Innovation is a process that relies heavily on creativity and individual thinking, and these are things that don’t come easily. In order to get your creative juices flowing it can be important to engage in creative thinking exercises and practice ways you can improve your innovation process. Increased Range of Thought.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

Unleashing Innovation with the Best Keynote Speakers Importance of Keynote Speakers in Corporate Events Keynote speakers play a pivotal role in corporate events, as they have the power to set the tone and energize the audience. They bring stories of success and failure that can humanize the innovation process and make it more relatable.

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 24, 2020

Often innovation succeeds or fails by the personal involvement and engagement of a ‘selected’ few. Recognizing the types of innovation leadership might help you manage the innovation work a little better. So can you recognize the traits of your innovation leader? Are they a front-end or back-end innovation leader?

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