IdeaScale

OCTOBER 27, 2021

There can be a range of reasons why there’s not already an innovation push in place, from unfocused leadership to other priorities to just simply not having thought about it or believing innovation is for larger or better-funded groups. This can be ideal for engaging outside groups like vendors and clients.

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KindlingApp

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

We generally call that last kind an “innovation program.” Let’s talk about a fourth kind: programmatic innovation on the scale of a small team, such as a startup or a department within a large company. Desiree’s blog post last week about innovation tools throughout the 20th century was interesting in this regard.

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Innov8rs

APRIL 17, 2024

Innov8rs | How Zurich Insurance Group uses its annual Innovation Championship to harness the innovative potential of startups for long term success. Innovation at Zurich Insurance Group is characterized by a mindset that embraces challenge head-on.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 19, 2022

Thus, innovation is often "too big" and too disruptive, because it is seen as a platform change, or is defined too narrowly to create real results. I happen to be a fan of the big, platform basis innovation programs, where an organization sets out to build innovation capacity as a core competency.

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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.

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Imaginatik

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Getting ideas is easy,” their group CIO said to me. The challenge is having rigor into how to assess and prioritize them, aligned with what we want to innovate around. Without that, frankly, what good is a platform, or any innovation program?”. And quite possibly jeopardizing the future of your innovation program.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 21, 2018

Funding Innovation, 3 Delivering Impact and 4 Moving forward. It offers up great suggestions on tactics, relationships and obstacles you can face in any sort of innovation program, be it an early forming one or at a more mature stage. We are dealing with both internal and external groups that are more specialized and focused.

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Innov8rs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Solution: Drive Outcomes With Portfolio Management Discipline Imagine a thriving innovation program. Leaders have established clear goals for all innovation efforts. Thousands of grassroots innovators are continuously developing ideas in line with those goals, confident in their next steps. Here’s how.

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Moves the Needle

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Schibsted Media Group Case Study Founded in 1839, Schibsted Media Group is a Norwegian media group with operations in 29 countries, the most important being Norway and Sweden. Furthermore, innovation catalysts have been identified and received the “ Train the Trainer ” certifications to help scale innovation internally.

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Innovation 360 Group

MARCH 9, 2016

The kick-off took place at Kinnarps Arena, in Jönköping and is a program managed by Jönköping, Vaggeryd and Nässjö Business Regions in cooperation with the Jönköping Business School and the leading consultancy firms Innovation 360 Group and Codeq. GrowKomp is an 8.2

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 27, 2018

A lot of crowdsourced innovation programs will tell you to offer incentives to your community of participants in order to drive engagement – but sometimes that’s a challenge for organization either because of budget restrictions or company regulations.

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Wellspring

MARCH 14, 2022

This article was originally published on Chief Executive , a Chief Executive Group community. If your strategic innovation is failing, you may want to take a closer look. It may not be the kind of innovation you think it is—or what your company really needs.

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Innovation 360

MARCH 10, 2016

The kick-off took place at Kinnarps Arena, in Jönköping and is a program managed by Jönköping, Vaggeryd and Nässjö Business Regions in cooperation with the Jönköping Business School and the leading consultancy firms Innovation 360 Group and Codeq. GrowKomp is an 8.2

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 3, 2023

The most significant activities for investing in innovation management software are presently for events, challenges and campaigns, idea assessments, especially at the early stage, and product development filters. Innovation will be central to this; it will be based more on agility, being highly adaptable, flexible and acting at speed.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 8, 2021

That makes recruiting a diverse group, in every respect, particularly crucial, for three reasons. Improved Decision-Making: When groups are made of diverse people, weaker ideas are more likely to face a challenge, and more facts are included in the decision. Making Innovation Inclusive.

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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

JULY 19, 2017

And then the profile for the embedded innovation group within an organization: A majority of IdeaScale customers have some level of program maturity (between 1-3 years old). Most IdeaScale customers are using their innovation program to collaborate with their employees.

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Innov8rs

OCTOBER 21, 2022

It’s time to overcome innovation theater. Research by the Boston Consulting Group shows that 75% of executives report that innovation is a top-three priority and driver of growth of their companies. Yet results in terms of growth from innovation rarely live up to expectations, despite an abundance of innovation activities.

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Imaginatik

MARCH 1, 2018

Like many companies, Acme Corporation has a new (ish) corporate-level innovation program. Executives are hoping for big things from the innovation group. Despite high hopes and active exec support, the innovation group has struggled to find its footing. Let’s call them Acme Corporation.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

IdeaScale offers crowdsourcing software, because the higher quantity and the greater diversity between linked ideas and concepts, the better an innovation program performs. Without a process, organizations can sometimes be innovative and sometimes be an industry laggard. Engagement. Implementation.

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Imaginatik

MARCH 23, 2017

Very few innovation programs have the luxury of waiting multiple years before delivering quantifiable results. Measuring innovation requires partners. Demonstrating the effects of a strong innovation program typically depend on active involvement from other units and functions in the company. Process efficiencies.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 24, 2018

Much like its inspiration, Open Nation DC brought together an energetic, eclectic group of IdeaScale customers and prospects to knowledge-share, network and collaborate. Contreras dived into the importance of goal-setting and quantifiable metrics to any innovation program. Coast Guard. Coast Guard.

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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

MAY 25, 2017

When someone embeds a dedicated innovation group at their company or organization, there are several different approaches to managing research and idea stewardship and numerous problems to be solved. Crowdsourcing helps scale and prioritize the effort of new ideas.

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IdeaScale

MAY 9, 2018

So a company that provides silica and sand based products actually has a wide range of innovation opportunities as they build out their product portfolio. Here’s an example workflow from the Product Innovation campaign: Team Review: Sub teams comprising cross-functional Subject Matter Experts (SME-T) are established.

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PlanBox Innovation

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As an innovation manager, you’re tasked with the challenging responsibility of leading the development and implementation of new ideas, products, and initiatives that will drive growth and competitiveness for your company.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 2, 2019

Sometimes an innovation finds you. Innovation works best when it incorporates a broad network of perspectives. Open innovation, where a company invites outside groups such as academic organizations and non-profits to offer ideas to address challenges, can be a superb way to get those perspectives.

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InnovationManagement

AUGUST 6, 2018

A lot of innovation programs have naturally grown out of research and development groups, but most true innovation is a departure from what’s come before so what role does the “research” in “research and development” play in innovation?

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IdeaScale

JUNE 20, 2018

Engaging people in innovation is at the heart of what we do at IdeaScale. “Create content and messages that appeal to particular interest groups. We also send out a bi-monthly update to all employees with community stats to generate continued interest.” ” -Sarah Carruthers, Sheetz.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Overview: In any innovation program, ideas need to be examined through three lenses: How practical they are, the likelihood the idea will succeed, and whether the idea reaches your ultimate goals. And remember, there are goals every group of stakeholders has that may be separate from yours.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

When it comes to measuring direct financial value, start by asking yourself: Did the innovation program produce any breakthrough ideas that were brought to market? Did the incremental revenue problem presented to the group result in the creation of new features, functionality, or line extensions that added to the bottom line?

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 16, 2017

Standard Bank was established in 1862 and it is now one of South Africa’s largest financial services groups, operating in 20 countries across Africa and other key markets around the world. This idea was shared in an internal innovation program called Up Squad. downtime) significantly (between 20% – 23%).

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Planview

JULY 25, 2018

several companies came together to share what has and hasn’t worked for their innovation programs, and focus on discussing best practices around idea implementation and measuring value. Going through the exercise of identifying the barriers each innovation program manager faced and solutions that could be implemented was illuminating.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 7, 2017

Creating a repeatable innovation portfolio helps you plan more efficiently, scale resources, and gain insight for the growth of your innovation program. There are five key elements of a repeatable innovation portfolio: Opportunity Identification and Campaign Creation. Idea Collection and Inspiration. Proposal Generation.

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Imaginatik

JANUARY 30, 2017

An Idea Challenge is a structured process to collect new ideas from large groups of people – employees, customers, partners, or other stakeholders. 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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PlanBox Innovation

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Yet, there’s a problem of cosmic proportions in the world of PMO (Project Management Office), as evidenced by the distress signal sent from the CHAOS Report of The Standish Group: Only 29% of projects touch down successfully —on time, within budget, and with satisfying outcomes. Follow me on LinkedIn.

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Planview

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Whether it was at one of our Ignite Innovation Summits or our recent Horizons conference, a common theme connecting many of my conversations was this: While innovation programs built on ideas alone can be successful, they are typically not sustainable. But we are innovative—right? Reframe Innovation as Engagement.

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