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5 Ideation Objectives

eZassi

Top 5 Ideation Objectives for Innovation [Infographic]. Build your Innovation Portfolio on the best ideas captured through Ideation. To focus on the best and “throw the bad ones away” a strategic, competent company needs an Innovation Resource Management tool.

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Three Flavours of Open Innovation: breaking down institutional boundaries through the X-Factor, Speed Dating, and iOT

Imaginatik

A great deal of activity has been happening under the topic of ‘open innovation’, however we have found very different initiatives launched by our clients that challenge a common definition of the term. From this cross-client perspective we understand a broad set of practices and ambitions for open innovation, which we can begin to place in patterns of approach or flavours. We have just peeked at three different flavours of open innovation.

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DigitalBasel Launches Open Innovation Challenge on Qmarkets Platform

Qmarkets

DigitalBasel and Qmarkets have combined forces to demonstrate the power of crowdsourcing and collaborative innovation. The campaign challenge includes four main stages: ideation, team building, proposals, and pitches.

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Qmarkets Partners with hpo management consulting to Strengthen DACH Enterprise Innovation Management Offering

Qmarkets

Qmarkets has launched a partnership with Swiss-based strategy and innovation consultancy hpo to strengthen strategic innovation activities in medium and large enterprises in the DACH region.

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Qmarkets Partners with hpo management consulting to Strengthen DACH Enterprise Innovation Management Offering

Qmarkets

Qmarkets has launched a partnership with Swiss-based strategy and innovation consultancy hpo to strengthen strategic innovation activities in medium and large enterprises in the DACH region.

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Crowdsourcing at Work: Open Innovation with Unilever’s Foundry IDEAS™

Planview

One of those brands is Unilever , one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products that launched its crowdsourced innovation program , Unilever Foundry, last year, to make sustainable living commonplace by collaborating with innovators. Unilever Foundry is becoming a proven model for generating innovation and harnessing people’s ideas,” says Karen Hamilton, Unilever’s VP of Sustainable Business. The world has a lot of problems.

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Enterprise Innovation Management Research Report

eZassi

CIMdata Publishes Enterprise Innovation Management Solutions Landscape — Connecting the Dots. eZassi Participates in CIMdata’s Enterprise Innovation Management Solutions Landscape Report Findings. CIMdata recently published this report, eZassi participated in the report findings, providing insight, commentary, discovery and suggestions to aide in guiding enterprise organizations with connecting the dots of enterprise innovation management (EIM).

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Open Innovation Challenge for Encapsulation Delivery Technologies

eZassi

Global Ideation Campaign to Identify Advanced Delivery Technologies. Fernandina Beach, Florida: Disruptive and transformational solutions are at the forefront of innovation. eZassi, a leader in open innovation software, crowdsourcing and idea analytics, announces the launch of a new open innovation challenge, “Delivery Technologies.”. Innovators sometimes feel too scared to share and they don’t want to be at risk with their ideas.

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Ideation: Anatomy of a New Product Idea

Taivara

Ideation: Anatomy of a New Product Idea. In the broadest sense, we’re talking about open innovation. It’s a concept outlined in The Innovator’s Method and maps the customer journey/jobs to be done, identifies pain points, performs root cause analysis ( 5 Whys ) and outline assumptions underlying key problems. Often encountered in enterprise sales where the purchaser is different from the user. Taivara Blog Post by Kevin Dwinnell.

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The Goal: Ignite Innovative Culture

eZassi

This year is full of potential for innovative growth in your organization. Ezassi is your partner in measurable and achievable business goals with the help of our innovation software and services. We propose you ask these twelve strategic planning questions and read through the suggested resolutions for energizing your organization’s innovative culture. 12 Resolutions to Ignite a Culture of Innovation. Assess the Innovation Pipeline.

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Medical Innovation through Bioconvergence

eZassi

Bioconvergence is the merging and progress of the collaborative knowledge, research, and innovation in the fields of biology and technology. Managing the workflow and relationships in this network of solvers requires a dynamic Innovation Resource Management platform.

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Rules of enterprise innovation

hackerearth

We know from our history that while promotions may win quarters, innovation wins decades.”. But for an innovation program to be efficient and successful, there are certain guidelines or best practices an organization needs to abide by. Include every employee in the process of innovation. For sustained innovation, all these activities have to run like clockwork. Gives a structure to the discovery, ideation, and the execution process. Embrace Open Innovation.

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Intel & Innovation – IT Industry Giant Launches Qmarkets’ Ideation Platform Across Strategic Business Units

Qmarkets

The Intel Business Innovation Team has launched Qmarkets’ award-winning idea management platform to collect innovative ideas and solutions from employees of specific internal business units.

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Intel & Innovation – IT Industry Giant Launches Qmarkets’ Ideation Platform Across Strategic Business Units

Qmarkets

The Intel Business Innovation Team have launched Qmarkets’ award winning idea management platform to collect innovative ideas and solutions from employees of specific internal business units.

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Accelerate Innovation? Change Your Velocity

eZassi

External innovation groups seldom receive adequate internal resourcing to effectively drive enough innovation initiatives to be sustainable. Honest self-assessment is the required first step in growing a world-class internal innovation organization.

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What You Need to Know About Idea Software

Planview

Some organizations even use idea software to involve the broader public in their ideation or innovation efforts. Idea software is used to address many modern business challenges, for all types of organizations — including B2B and B2C companies, from brand new startups to established enterprises. Ideation software changes all of that by making the process of sharing new ideas — and asking for them — digital, trackable, and repeatable.

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What You Need to Know About Idea Software

Planview

Some organizations even use idea software to involve the broader public in their ideation or innovation efforts. Idea software is used to address many modern business challenges, for all types of organizations — including B2B and B2C companies, from brand new startups to established enterprises. Ideation software changes all of that by making the process of sharing new ideas — and asking for them — digital, trackable, and repeatable.

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Principles of open innovation

hackerearth

There are all examples of open innovation (OI) at its best. Popularized by Henry Chesbrough,“Open Innovation” term refers to the broad concepts of leveraging external sources of technology and innovation to drive internal growth. As opposed to traditional closed models where companies use primarily internal resources to drive innovation, in the newer open models, knowledge crosses an organization’s boundary for commercialization in new or existing markets.

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What You Need to Know About Idea Software

Planview

Some organizations even use idea software to involve the broader public in their ideation or innovation efforts. Idea software is used to address many modern business challenges, for all types of organizations — including B2B and B2C companies, from brand new startups to established enterprises. Ideation software changes all of that by making the process of sharing new ideas — and asking for them — digital, trackable, and repeatable.

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Disaster: CEO’s Ignoring Digital Innovation

Gregg Fraley

Does Any CEO Have the Luxury to Ignore Digital Transformation and Innovation? Innovation + Business + Technology = Digital Leadership. The demands of digital leadership and the enterprises of the future could dramatically accelerate that rate in the next few years. There is amazing opportunity for digital innovation and organizations that adapt have the potential for huge growth and success. The innovation effort alone is complex.

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What is Crowdsourcing for Innovation?

eZassi

What is Crowdsourcing for Innovation? How to channel your internal and external crowd for innovation, ideation and collaboration. What is the Goal of Crowdsourcing Innovation? More ideas mean a better chance of bringing something truly innovative to the surface. Crowdsourcing for innovation also creates a space for unique collaborations and meetings of the mind that might not occur otherwise. What is Crowdsourcing for Innovation?

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Why Your Innovation Funnel Needs an Overhaul: A Step-by-Step Guide

Qmarkets

Traditionally the Innovation funnel is a stage-gate process that organizations use to define their approach to ideation. A Unique Innovation Funnel Qmarkets’ Innovation Ecosystem a unique innovation funnel that includes the full spectrum of innovation activities.

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Why Your Innovation Funnel Needs an Overhaul: A Step-by-Step Guide

Qmarkets

Traditionally the Innovation funnel is a stage-gate process that organizations use to define their approach to ideation. However, here at Qmarkets we believe that this is only one part of a greater innovation funnel.

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Questions & Answers with an Innovation Leader from Intel

Qmarkets

Enterprise businesses are constantly on the lookout for their next ‘eureka’ moment – an innovative solution to a strategic business problem. But what is innovation management , exactly? What is innovation management? Why should my company implement innovation management?

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We Require A Shift of Innovation Management Solution Providers

Paul Hobcraft

There is still a real reluctance that the supplier of innovation software solutions has to change. I think with the recognition that innovation occurs across the whole organization the innovation management (IM) providers have to radically alter their business model or recognize they need to broaden out their target market inside organizations as innovation is occurring in all corners of the organization today.

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Qmarkets Offering Innovation Management Software to Chinese Corporates Through Wise Ocean Partnership

Qmarkets

Wise Ocean specializes in analyzing emerging market and technology trends to identify the latest innovations, with a connectivity network of resources that includes industry experts, corporate partners, and business services.

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Qmarkets Offering Innovation Management Software to Chinese Corporates Through Wise Ocean Partnership

Qmarkets

Wise Ocean specializes in analyzing emerging market and technology trends to identify the latest innovations, with a connectivity network of resources that includes industry experts, corporate partners, and business services.

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Qmarkets Partners with Youtopian to Expand US Innovation Support Offering

Qmarkets

Qmarkets is happy to announce a partnership with Youtopian , a global innovation services provider with proven solutions in remote collaboration, remote schooling, AI engines, and IoT Edge. We have the ability to run innovation tournaments and get every brain in the game.

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Qmarkets Partners with Youtopian to Expand US Innovation Support Offering

Qmarkets

Qmarkets is happy to announce a partnership with Youtopian, a global innovation services provider with proven solutions in remote collaboration, remote schooling, AI engines, and IoT Edge. We have the ability to run innovation tournaments and get every brain in the game.

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IdeaScale CEO Shares Innovation Tips with SuperbCrew

IdeaScale

Rob Hoehn is the co-founder and CEO of IdeaScale, maker of world-class cloud-based innovation software. From his background in crowdsourcing software as part of the open government initiative, Rob and co-founder Vivek Bhaskaran founded IdeaScale, which was promptly adopted by 23 federal agencies. From there, IdeaScale expanded to serve many more government agencies as well as private enterprises, ultimately becoming the world’s largest open innovation software platform.

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Curtiss-Wright Selects Qmarkets Software to Fuel Company-Wide Employee Innovation

Qmarkets

Highly innovative aerospace, defense, and industrial manufacturer Curtiss-Wright has selected Qmarkets to crowdsource the “collective wisdom” of their global workforce. The innovation management solutions offered by Qmarkets are completed by a commitment to customer success.

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Innovation in Media – Renowned Swiss Publishing House Launches Qmarkets’ Idea Management Platform After Successful Pilot

Qmarkets

Franziska Reisser, Head of Innovation at Somedia manages the employee innovation programe “Once we decided on Qmarkets, we went straight into the fast lane” shared Franziska Reisser, Head of Innovation at Somedia.

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Popular Corporate Innovation Tools and Tactics: Which One Is Right for Your Company?

Qmarkets

Fortunately, companies can take control over their evolutionary destiny by harnessing the power of innovation. There’s certainly no shortage of tools and tactics that can be deployed to generate ideas for your enterprise and take it from strength to strength.

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What is Innovation in Business and How Can it Build Business Longevity?

Qmarkets

You’ve probably heard the term ‘business innovation’ being hailed as a practice to drive business success and to sustain growth during turbulent times – but what does it actually mean? We’ll also dive into how innovation helps drive business success and longevity.

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Collaboration in the Time of the Coronavirus: How to Innovate Effectively During a Crisis

Qmarkets

Although we are inevitably seeing the cancellation of business gatherings and events, along with increasingly severe “social distancing” restrictions concerning movement and the sharing of public spaces, this doesn’t mean that innovation at your company needs to be stifled.

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5 Things You Need to Know About Collaborative Innovation Software

PlanBox Innovation

Collaborative innovation software brings purpose, focus, and structure to collaboration to help you turn ideas into commercial value. Believe it or not, some companies out there are making collaboration into a social innovation game! Open innovation !

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5 Corporate Innovation Tools and Tactics: How to Chose the Best Option for Your Company

Qmarkets

Looking to take your company’s innovation endeavors to a whole new level – but are unsure what tools and strategies will get you there? The hard part is deciding what tools and tactics will help you manage innovation in a way that achieves disruptive results. The Innovation.

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Why Innovation Management is Important – 3 Key Reasons

Qmarkets

Innovate or stagnate.” Although many decision makers at large companies recognize the importance of innovation, most fail to implement it in a strategic, consistent, and effective way. Innovation management involves developing these processes in a repeatable, scalable way.

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Curtiss-Wright Selects Qmarkets Software to Fuel Company-Wide Employee Innovation

Qmarkets

Highly innovative aerospace, defense, and industrial manufacturer Curtiss-Wright has selected Qmarkets to crowdsource the “collective wisdom” of their global workforce. The innovation management solutions offered by Qmarkets are completed by a commitment to customer success.

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The Forrester Wave™: Innovation Management Platforms, Q1 2020

Wazoku

Forrester Reveals The 13 Most Significant providers in Innovation Management “Wazoku has a differentiating vision for idea sharing and innovation collaboration.” In February 2020, Forrester published the 2020 Forrest Wave, a review of the global Innovation Management sector.

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Qmarkets Powers Health Innovation Platform for Major Israeli Not-For-Profit Group

Qmarkets

HealthIL – a major digital healthcare community created by the Israel Innovation Institute, as well as Israel’s Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Social Equality – have expanded their operations with a trailblazing Counter-Corona platform – the Marketplace.

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Can Crowdsourcing Help to Break Down the Biggest Obstacle in Market Research?

Qmarkets

While no method is perfect and companies continued to miss key shifts in customer wants and needs, it’s undeniable that well-executed market research has been very effective at letting companies see over the wall that separates them from their customers and develop innovative new products and services. To be sure, there will still be an important role for market research in the coming era of crowdsourced ideation and innovation. The Wall of Separation.

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Qmarkets to Power Industrial Innovation at Leading Machinery and Components Organization

Qmarkets

SCM Group – a major global industrial technology organization – has announced the successful deployment of Qmarkets innovation management software across their workforce. Rimini, Italy, March 6th, 2019 – To amplify industrial innovation on a company-wide basis, SCM Group has implemented the ‘flex’ edition of Qmarkets’ Q-ideate innovation management platform. “Qmarkets offered the best innovation management solution for our requirements.

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