IdeaScale

MARCH 22, 2017

In fact, government is sometimes seen as one of the least innovative industries , but some of our best stories this year came from the government. In this case, the City of Calgary was a leader in generating engagement with their innovation program. But how did they do it? But that was just to invite people to participate.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

T o overcome this challenge, and as innovation became a top priority, most companies have created diversified corporate innovation programs to generate new innovation projects. How to Tackle the Problem. Our experience, however, is that without a proper approach in place, the outcome can lead to disappointment.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

A 2017 Crowdsourced Innovation Report published by IdeaScale noted that more and more companies are embedding innovation initiatives at their organizations. 53% of the innovation programs are focused on leveraging the collective wisdom of employees. Improve innovation leadership. Scale innovation programs.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

One of the largest employee-owned companies in North America, Graybar offers wholesale electrical, communication, and data networking products and has always thrived on people-first innovation. To that end, the company launched the NEXT Innovation Program, a name chosen from employee feedback.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 25, 2019

Here is a list of some of the most common: Reverse pitching event. A reverse pitching event requires corporations to pitch the problems they are seeking a solution for in front of startups. Issues affecting a reverse pitch event include a poor problem definition, a limited pool of applicants, and limited diversity of entrant startups.

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Imaginatik

MARCH 1, 2018

BOSTON – March 1, 2018 – Today Imaginatik, the #1 ranked leader in corporate innovation management according to Forrester Research, announced a major update to its industry-leading Innovation Central software aimed at enabling enterprises to maximize their ROI from breakthrough and continuous innovation programs.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 24, 2018

We’ve been hosting a company-wide Open Nation event in Berkeley for three years now. Contreras dived into the importance of goal-setting and quantifiable metrics to any innovation program. Instead, focus on “actionable metrics,” which are “leading indicators of achieving the aligned objectives of your innovation program.”.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

A 2017 Crowdsourced Innovation Report published by IdeaScale noted that more and more companies are embedding innovation initiatives at their organizations. 53% of the innovation programs are focused on leveraging the collective wisdom of employees. Improve innovation leadership. Scale innovation programs.

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Imaginatik

JANUARY 30, 2017

Here’s the problem – idea challenges are traditionally treated as one-time events. Though they often deliver some success, organizations often struggle to take the challenge beyond the initial project, and into a complete innovation program.

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Innov8rs

JANUARY 16, 2023

Ben Yoskowitz (Founding Partner at Highline Beta) and Helene Niklasson (VP Innovation Ecosystems and Partnerships and Head of CampX at Volvo Group) joined us for our recent The Innovator’s Handbook 2023 launch event. Together we discussed what's next for open innovation and partnerships, as summarized below. Or Money.? “An

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

It’s a role in government that demands constant innovation. Launching Innovation With “The Great Pitch”. In 2015, the GSA held what was intended to be a one-off event called “The Great Pitch.” The event was so popular it quickly became an ongoing program. To learn more, request a demo.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A trained innovation coach is recommended to facilitate the session to prompt participants to think outside the box and generate a large quantity of ideas in a relatively short amount of time. Hackathons Hackathons are innovation events where individuals or teams come together to solve a specific problem or develop a new product or service.

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IdeaScale

MAY 22, 2018

Last month, leaders in public sector innovation gathered to discuss ways of crowdsourcing new solutions to longstanding problems at IdeaScale’s Open Nation DC.

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Imaginatik

JUNE 19, 2015

Now, corporations are lining up to use them as a means of developing ideas and driving engagement around innovation programs. NBCUniversal used their hackathon program as a way to connect with technology startups, entrepreneurs, and people who could push their brand in new directions.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 10, 2016

The social events are fun, but a bit… forced. The event is going to be held at the TechNexus accelerator in the River North area. Chicago area innovators and intrapreneurs, take note. Craig Wirkus , Innovation Program Manager, Cisco. Matt Krathwohl, of Notre Dame’s Innovation Program.

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 23, 2020

We've just finished the 11th Annual Innovate Carolina conference, and since this is the year of COVID we held a virtual conference rather than our traditional in person event. I've long believed in the concept of diversity and what a strong and diverse team can bring to an innovation program.

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Hutch Carpenter

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

To that end, I invite to two events happening simultaneously on Thursday 25 September 2014 (12 noon Eastern): LeAnna Carey’s radio show ( link ). What are motivations for employees to contribute to an innovation program? What techniques help drive participation in crowdsourced innovation programs?

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IdeaScale

JULY 11, 2017

I also noted that the main responsibility of the members of these dedicated departments is to attend as many as innovation related workshops, seminars and public events and let the world know that their company was there. Which works as a great PR strategy, but it doesn’t actually help keep ideas percolating to the top.

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PlanBox Innovation

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Ideal for various scenarios, it enhances team competitions, brainstorming sessions, and company-wide events, bridging the gap in remote team interactions and driving peak innovation engagement. I write stuff that inspires front-line innovators on their journey towards an impactful innovation program.

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Planview

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Today we’re thrilled to announce the launch of Spigit’s Fall Innovation Forum series! Following the huge success of Spigit events earlier in the year, this is the next evolution of Innovation Forums, hosted with strategic partner, IBM, and Spigit customers. November 1: Boston, Massachusetts – presented with Pfizer.

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etventure

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The first impressions of the event: Experienced Partner Network & Free Participation. Participation is free thanks to the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program. We introduce 3 reasons why you should participate as a corporate data provider in the European Data Incubator! And guess what?

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Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 6, 2017

Last week I attended an interesting program co-sponsored by the University of North Carolina's health care innovation program and AARP. The program was set up to bring together people who had an interest in solving problems relating to prescription drug use.

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Strategos

APRIL 27, 2017

Schedule “Events” to incorporate the ideas and expertise of a wider group of employees. Events can allow the Core Team to make rapid progress in many of the stages of innovation; especially in the idea generation phase and in elaborating business models.

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Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Despite the “shortened” length of the event itself, this year is no different. We’ve planned out several events to enhance your Lean Startup Conference experience, all around the theme of digging deep to uncover new value for those who your organization aims to serve. Interview with Brant Cooper: Special Guest TBD.

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Imaginatik

JANUARY 13, 2017

Taking a page from Scenario Planning and almost exclusively focusing on the “emblematic events”1 paths, it is a lightweight, yet structured, way for innovation and R&D teams to channel their imagination to productive ends. An obvious example is a clue from 2011 – the public launch of Uber’s ride-sharing program in San Francisco.

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Hutch Carpenter

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

The recording of the show is below: This event had a unique twist. It was run in conjunction with the weekly innovation conversation on Twitter, Innochat. What are motivations for employees to contribute to an innovation program? What techniques help drive participation in crowdsourced innovation programs?

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IdeaConnection

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The huge open innovation event, called Rise Hackathon: Episode II – The Bank Awakens saw 547 teams and 1,045 participants compete over 36 hours in Mumbai, India, and Manchester, UK. Their mission was to explore the best and most innovative emerging ideas and disruptive technologies to help shape the future of banking.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 17, 2017

I've had the good fortune to lead innovation programs and workshops in a wide range of countries and regions, from Western Europe to South Africa to South America and in many locations in Asia. In my three visits to Dubai, spanning only a couple of years, the development and progress has been really quite astonishing.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 28, 2016

The City of Calgary is the winner of the Best Engagement Strategy for their myCityInnovation campaign, an internal program which is part of the broader City innovation program Civic Innovation YYC. This campaign spanned all methods of communication, including social media, newsletters, events, emails and more.

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Imaginatik

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

It’s just one tactic in an organization’s innovation program, but it’s a good one! For the innovation function to be effective, it needs to address the requirements of a broad group of innovation stakeholders whose interests overlap, but also diverge. Things happen.

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Planview

MAY 21, 2019

Although Siemens has an extremely robust R&D department, they needed a platform that various internal business units could use for their individual innovation programs as well as one that could easily engage non-employees in a coherent manner. “We billion, not to mention the environmental concerns.

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Moves the Needle

JUNE 11, 2020

Within these, you want to find your early adopters and start inviting them to events like a Q&A. Recently, I've been talking to companies about how you apply that same framework to the innovation program itself. You can apply that same thinking to the different stakeholders who are involved with your innovation program.

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Planview

JULY 20, 2018

The award for Best Employee Engagement looks at clients who have created a robust reward and recognition program, and have increased employee engagement and participation across their innovation campaigns and challenges. Having that visibility throughout the company has enabled Pfizer’s small innovation team to do more with less.

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Planview

JULY 20, 2018

The award for Best Employee Engagement looks at clients who have created a robust reward and recognition program, and have increased employee engagement and participation across their innovation campaigns and challenges. Having that visibility throughout the company has enabled Pfizer’s small innovation team to do more with less.

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Planview

MARCH 1, 2018

We had the opportunity to chat with Jeff George, VP, Americas R&D at Campbell Soup Company, who leads the company’s innovation program. Spigit: What is the one thing you believe all enterprise innovation leaders need to know/ keep in mind as they build their innovation programs? High risk, high reward.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 13, 2022

In the second part of this article we will share how we helped Barenbrug – a leading agriculture company based in the Netherlands – to implement an innovation program with the Qmarkets tool. Innovation Exploration vs Exploitation. But first, we will explain the difference between exploration and exploitation.

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whataventure

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In general, I focused on scouting startups for corporate innovation programs, coaching startups in their early/growth phases, validating innovation projects for global corporates, and pushing innovation topics further. The team is very diverse skills and cultural-wise, which is a great combination.

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