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Enterprise Level Innovation

eZassi

Enterprise level innovation is the practice of looking beyond the organization’s R&D systems and past its discrete departments, to connect with global collaborators and improve business agility. This practice harnesses the benefits of open innovation to achieve specific enterprise-level goals. Why Enterprise Level Innovation (ELI) Matters. ELI and Open Innovation. Integrating ELI and Open Innovation.

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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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Technology Scouting Software for Open Innovation

eZassi

Consumer demands have never been higher, and large organization who don’t innovate will eventually die (think of Blockbuster or Xerox). Large organizations like these can no longer exclusively rely on the internal R&D team or employee base to produce the product innovation and insights that will keep them in the game. Enterprises are increasingly turning to open innovation for their product development strategy. Open Innovation Technology

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3 Open Innovation Reports You Need to Read Right Now

Planview

In the open innovation space, one regularly leads to the other. Read these three in-depth industry reports to find out the new rules of the collaborative economy, why the United States is leading the way in turning customer feedback into innovative products, and what challenges are soon to crop up in crowdsourcing. Companies Leverage Open Innovation Better than China. that are taking innovation initiatives to heart.

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Evaluating Crowdsourcing – offering a bright future?

Paul Hobcraft

Crowdsourcing has been growing in interest for some time to change our thinking in innovation discovery. It can hold a key for us to help solve vexing questions, real challenges, and connect different voices, that builds into a community that can combine and open up the fields of opportunity for new solutions. All in all, if applied carefully it can provide you with a leading edge of innovation knowledge and insight. 6) it can create breakthrough innovation.

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Hunting Innovation: Incorporating Tech Scouting & Corporate Venturing Into Your Internal Innovation Process

Qmarkets

There are many different types of innovation. Some are internal ( involving employees , incremental innovation , etc.), and some are external ( involving customers , open innovation , etc.). Another successful approach to generate and implement innovation is to search for ideas that are at a much later stage in their development – ideas which have evolved into technologies, products, strategies and even companies.

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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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Evaluating Crowdsourcing – offering a bright future?

Paul Hobcraft

Crowdsourcing has been growing in interest for some time to change our thinking in innovation discovery. It can hold a key for us to help solve vexing questions, real challenges, and connect different voices, that builds into a community that can combine and open up the fields of opportunity for new solutions. All in all, if applied carefully it can provide you a leading edge of innovation knowledge and insight. 6) it can create breakthrough innovation.

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“Embrace Open Innovation or be Destroyed by it…” – A Case Study on Lego & Bagels

Qmarkets

. Using the right innovation (tool) for the job. Arguably, the principle of Open Innovation was utilized for the first time by Professor James Murray in 19th Century Oxford, England. In the time that has passed since then, this concept has become infinitely easier to implement thanks to the development of Innovation Management technology, however some companies are yet to wake up to its potential. . A History of Open Innovation. The Innovation Gamble.

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“Embrace Open Innovation or be Destroyed by it…” – A Case Study on Lego & Bagels

Qmarkets

. Using the right innovation (tool) for the job. Arguably, the principle of Open Innovation was utilized for the first time by Professor James Murray in 19th Century Oxford, England. In the time that has passed since then, this concept has become infinitely easier to implement thanks to the development of Innovation Management technology, however some companies are yet to wake up to its potential. . A History of Open Innovation. The Innovation Gamble.

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Wazoku brings innovation services to Latin America via new partnership with Transforme

Wazoku

Wazoku brings innovation services to Latin America via new partnership with Transforme Latest international expansion for idea management firm targets the rapidly growing innovation market in Latin America London, United Kingdom.

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Innovation Leadership

eZassi

The Key to Driving Enterprise Innovation? Strategy and Alignment Starting with Corporate Leadership Most companies today consider innovation one of their top-five strategic objectives. The post Innovation Leadership appeared first on Ezassi.

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The Innovative Mentor

IdeaScale

They take a long-term view of their staff and see innovation projects as an opportunity to stretch their employees’ capabilities and to help them achieve their aspirations. Depending on the scope of their ideas, innovators’ careers can be significantly shaped by this journey. A mentor enables innovators to focus on their project results while also learning about themselves along the way. Coach an innovation champion and team through the entire innovation process.

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71 Innovation Methodologies

Open Innovation EU

A while ago I sat down with Machiel Wetselaar & David van Dinther to create a list of innovation methodologies for a course we’re developing. Up to now we’ve gathered 71 different methodologies for implementing innovation in your organization. Innovation Cycle (Avans). The Lean Enterprise. New Product and Development Service Process (Hauser). Stage-Gates NPD Process (Cooper). Open Innovation (Chesbrough).

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What is Innovation Software?

eZassi

What is Innovation Software? Innovation Software Helps Businesses Cultivate and Implement Innovation — Faster. Innovation software is a fairly recent development that was made possible by the rise in popularity of both cloud computing and social sharing platforms. The main goal of this software is to help enterprise level businesses generate and evaluate ideas so that innovation can be cultivated and implemented. How is Innovation Software Used?

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Disruptive Solutions Mindset 101

eZassi

Please join us as Denise Fletcher , our Chief Innovation Officer, will be a guest speaker on the Coffee Break with Game-Changers radio show, hosted by Bonnie D. Denise will provide insight from her role as Chief Innovation Officer at Xerox and how Ezassi specializes in developing disruptive technology through a unique set of innovation solutions with a disruptive solutions mindset, ever evolving. Advancing Innovation Management. Innovation Thought Leader.

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Be the Architect: Designing an Integrated Innovation System

IdeaScale

In a turbulent marketplace, when complexity can add even more confusion, it is important to have a simple and straightforward innovation system. Shared and easy-to-use innovation practices and tools can enable everyone in a company to work together to develop ideas that deliver compelling customer value. The Value of an Integrated Innovation System . Select and fund the best : To understand the process for competing for approval and funding. Innovation Processes .

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Be the Architect: Designing an Integrated Innovation System

IdeaScale

In a turbulent marketplace, when complexity can add even more confusion, it is important to have a simple and straightforward innovation system. Shared and easy-to-use innovation practices and tools can enable everyone in a company to work together to develop ideas that deliver compelling customer value. The Value of an Integrated Innovation System . Select and fund the best : To understand the process for competing for approval and funding. Innovation Processes .

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11 Paradoxes of Entrepreneurial Thinking: why entrepreneurship can hardly be taught

Open Innovation EU

From that perspective alertness is the discovery of hitherto overlooked current facts and the entrepreneur’s perception of the way in which those discoveries could shape the future market conditions (Kirzner, 1999) and creativity could best be described as the way entrepreneurs deal with radical uncertainty by building upon their qualities of boldness, innovativeness and creativity (Kirzner, 1999). Journal of Product Innovation Management, 31(3), 616–635. Introduction.

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Key Issues in Innovation Management – Revisited – Part 1

Tim Kastelle

At the beginning of 2013, Tim Kastelle and I identified four key issues in innovation management for the time to come. From our point of view, all of the issues pinned down at that time have gained significant importance, are being intensively debated and can still be considered cutting-edge for companies to stay ahead in managing innovation. Let’s have a brief look at each of them: Differentiating and integrative innovation concepts. Open and social co-creation.

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Qmarkets and RevelX Launch Partnership to Offer Combined Innovation Management Software & Consultancy Services

Qmarkets

A new partnership between Amsterdam-based growth specialists RevelX and Qmarkets will drive strategic innovation and growth for their joint clients. Established in 2014, RevelX helps organizations to realize innovative growth.

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Qmarkets and RevelX Launch Partnership to Offer Combined Innovation Management Software & Consultancy Services

Qmarkets

A new partnership between Amsterdam-based growth specialists RevelX and Qmarkets will drive strategic innovation and growth for their joint clients. Established in 2014, RevelX helps organizations to realize innovative growth.

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Qmarkets Expand Benelux Presence Through Partnership with Pimcy Innovation & Portfolio Management

Qmarkets

Qmarkets have partnered with Dutch innovation consultants, Pimcy Innovation & Portfolio Management, to offer a comprehensive enterprise innovation solution to companies in the Benelux region.

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Qmarkets Expand Benelux Presence Through Partnership with Pimcy Innovation & Portfolio Management

Qmarkets

Qmarkets have partnered with Dutch innovation consultants, Pimcy Innovation & Portfolio Management, to offer a comprehensive enterprise innovation solution to companies in the Benelux region.

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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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Key Innovation Issues for 2016 and Beyond

Integrative Innovation

Hence, I gave it some thought, starting by revisting an earlier reflection: Beginning of 2013, Tim Kastelle and I identified four key issues in innovation management for the time to come. From my point of view, all of the issues pinned down at that time have gained significant importance, are being intensively debated and can still be considered cutting-edge for companies to stay ahead in managing innovation. Innovation can’t be tackled through broad-brush recipes or tools.

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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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HealthIL Selects Qmarkets for Counter-Corona Marketplace with Israel’s Ministry of Health

Qmarkets

HealthIL – the digital healthcare community of the Israel Innovation Institute, has joined forces with the Government Companies Authority and Israel’s Ministry of Health – to setup ‘The Marketplace’, using Qmarkets’s innovation management platform.

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Jumping to a fresh cycle of innovation design

Paul Hobcraft

I have argued in the past that innovation management needs to radically adjust and needs to be designed differently, it needs to be highly adaptive. In my opinion, it needs to be based on the thinking around the shift from products to solutions, from transactions to building far more value-adding ongoing relationships, from a supplier of product services into highly valued network partnerships, exploring innovation across all options. Where is innovation within this?

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Iowa Department of Transportation Selects Qmarkets Platform for Cross-Functional Idea Crowdsourcing Initiative

Qmarkets

Iowa DOT has announced the successful deployment of Qmarkets’ innovation management software, with the launch of their Research Ideas Website. Utilizing Qmarkets ’ field-proven best practices, DOT tailored the idea crowdsourcing platform to follow a simple four-step process.

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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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6 Skills of Innovative Leadership [Download Infographic]

Open Innovation EU

As part of my role at the School of Innovation of Avans University of Applied Sciences, I was able to contribute to an infographic about the course program of the School of Innovation. It comprises the 6 skills of innovative leadership. These are the skills that should be in the toolkit of every self-respecting innovation professional. 6 Skills of Innovative Leadership. Entrepreneurship: can create conditions to implement innovative concepts.

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Iowa Department of Transportation Selects Qmarkets Platform for Cross-Functional Idea Crowdsourcing Initiative

Qmarkets

Iowa DOT has announced the successful deployment of Qmarkets’ innovation management software, with the launch of their Research Ideas Website. Utilizing Qmarkets ’ field-proven best practices, DOT tailored the platform to follow a simple four-step process.

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Iowa Department of Transportation Selects Qmarkets Platform for Cross-Functional Idea Crowdsourcing Initiative

Qmarkets

Iowa DOT has announced the successful deployment of Qmarkets’ innovation management software, with the launch of their Research Ideas Website. Utilizing Qmarkets’ field-proven best practices, DOT tailored the platform to follow a simple four-step process.

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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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A Rising Star – Qmarkets Ranks Among Best Crowdsourcing Platforms on CompareCamp.com

Qmarkets

Tel-Aviv, 14 th October, 2019 – Qmarkets’ position amongst the most powerful crowdsourcing platforms on the market is becoming increasingly evident, with high scores and positive reviews across a variety of enterprise software directories, including Capterra , G2 , and most recently CompareCamp. The rising star award is a direct result of Qmarkets’ steadily growing market presence , advanced innovation management features , and renowned customers.

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Applying the Three Horizon Thinking to a Fresh Perspective of Innovation Design

Paul Hobcraft

It is not just for innovation application, that can determine innovation activities. Thinking in different horizons prompts you to go beyond the usual focus of fixing innovation just in the present it provides the connections of the present with the desired future. I recently applied the three horizons thinking to ‘frame’ a new innovation design. In my view, we must go way beyond “open innovation” as we practice it today.

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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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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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Qmarkets Named Idea Management Market Leader in Winter 2020 Customer Success Report

Qmarkets

Offering a detailed analysis of innovation and idea management tool vendors, the report is intended to assist potential B2B buyers make informed purchasing decisions through validated customer success content – such as testimonials, success stories, case studies, and videos.

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Qmarkets Ranks #1 as Idea Management Momentum Leader in G2 Spring 2020 Report

Qmarkets

Utilizing advanced algorithms, the report aggregates data from user reviews, social networks, and other online sources – making it an ideal resource for enterprise customers looking to find the best idea management tool for their unique needs. Qmarkets is an established leader in the field of idea and innovation management, offering solutions to enable enterprises around the world leverage the wisdom of the crowd.

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