Qmarkets

JUNE 12, 2025

Yet, capturing ideas from employees could be the difference between stagnation and success. Despite this, many organizations still operate without a structured employee innovation program. Ideas get shared informally, buried in emails, or worse—never spoken aloud. But without structure, those ideas go unused.

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Qmarkets

JUNE 11, 2025

This article explores why engagement stalls—and how a Microsoft Teams integration can drive more scalable, effective ideation and innovation management. There are plenty of challenges with initiatives as complex as enterprise innovation, but one of the biggest is often engagement.

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Acuvate

APRIL 16, 2019

Organizations are not just practising innovation for incremental product features or enhancements, they are reinventing new business patterns and altering the customer experience beyond the core product. Several organisations are now beginning to focus on implementing various types of organizational innovation programs.

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helloFUTURE

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Like most big companies, you’ve probably run or are currently running, at least one internal innovation program. It might be small workshops, departmental level programs, the rollout of an enterprise idea management tool like Spigit, or something less formal. appeared first on hellofuture.

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eZassi

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The Power of Innovation Management Successful innovation doesn’t stop at ideation—it thrives on meticulous planning, execution, and adaptation. Without a structured approach, even the most brilliant ideas risk stalling. Understanding the Idea-to-Implementation Process 1.

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Planview

APRIL 4, 2018

We recently published an article that introduced the shift from idea management to full lifecycle idea management. The main premise of the article was to shed a light on an important aspect of ideation and innovation programs: impact. Does it help surface new opportunities for growth?

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IdeaScale

MARCH 10, 2020

Embrace co-creation and ditch a hierarchal management approach. Use an idea management platform to run your innovation program more efficiently. Give employees the tools to learn about innovation. Empower employees to tackle department-level challenges with a reasonable degree of autonomy.

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Qmarkets

JULY 10, 2025

Innovation programs in large enterprises are expanding—but so are the challenges of managing them. Global teams, disconnected tools, and inconsistent processes make it difficult to scale ideas or track results. To fix this, more organizations are turning to a digital innovation platform.

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Qmarkets

JULY 26, 2024

In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the essential components of a successful strategic innovation program. By managing innovation strategically, companies can achieve sustained growth and maintain their competitive edge in the market.

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Qmarkets

JUNE 10, 2025

It provides a dedicated space where ideas can be captured, organized, evaluated , and developed. Instead of scattering input across chats, documents, or inboxes, it creates a reliable channel for innovation. This blog explains what idea software is and how it differs from general tools. What Is Idea Software?

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Qmarkets

MARCH 24, 2021

Along the way we have seen a wide variety of approaches and formats, from small-scale hackathons with a few hundred participants, to long term innovation programs involving tens of thousands of users. The definition of an innovation program can sometimes differ, so before we dive in let’s clarify what we mean when we use this term.

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Qmarkets

JULY 29, 2024

In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the essential components of a successful strategic innovation program. By managing innovation strategically, companies can achieve sustained growth and maintain their competitive edge in the market.

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Planview

APRIL 4, 2019

Either your organization is innovating or it’s getting swallowed up by the competition. That’s why having an effective innovation program is so important to stay afloat. The challenge for many program leaders and their innovation programs comes down to their level of involvement in the idea implementation process.

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Qmarkets

MAY 27, 2025

McKinsey & Company highlights this power of innovation, noting that companies investing in innovation during the 2009 financial crisis outperformed the market average by over 30% and continued to see accelerated growth for years afterward (Source: McKinsey & Company ). What is an Innovation Program (and Why Does It Matter?)

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InnovationManagement

DECEMBER 18, 2017

In an Innovation Point article , Founder Soren Kaplan notes that only one third of Fortune 1000 companies have defined innovation metrics. And yet 77% of business leaders see innovation as a priority. How is it possible that something that is so important to business leaders doesn’t have a defined set of KPIs?

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Qmarkets

MARCH 13, 2025

Well also explore the key benefits of crowdsourcing and outline strategies for building a successful crowdsourcing program. Finally, well look at how idea management software helps organizations structure and scale their crowdsourcing initiatives for maximum impact. But first, lets cover the basics. What Is Crowdsourcing?

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Qmarkets

JULY 11, 2025

Idea Management An Innovation OS enables organizations to collect and evaluate ideas from employees, partners , and even customers in a structured way. This idea management process promotes transparency, drives sustained engagement, and ensures good ideas don’t fall through the cracks.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Companies of all sizes are organizing their innovation programs around their crowds these days. The reason for this is because a great deal of research has emerged that proves the power not just of valuable ideas, but connections between valuable ideas. No Fixed KPIs.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 4, 2025

This article explores 12 thought-provoking innovation quotes, each revealing a key lesson in crowdsourcing, collaboration, idea management , or continuous innovation. Paulings quote reinforces the importance of volume in innovation. The right mindset fuels innovation, but the right tools turn ideas into impact.

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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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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Qmarkets’ Innovation Standard Operating Procedures (SOP): In this series, we will present different guidelines on how to bring innovation theory to practice. When senior leadership says they want ‘innovation’ within the company, what does that mean? As the CEO goes, so goes the company.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 18, 2025

How do you build momentum behind an innovation program while navigating the complexities of a merger and integrating new teams? Sometimes, innovation success stories can be a bit myopic, focusing too narrowly on a single shiny campaign or headline-worthy results. Leadership commitment to innovation is unmistakable.

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Imaginatik

JUNE 14, 2018

BOSTON – June 14, 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 , empowering enterprises to maximize their ROI from breakthrough and continuous innovation programs.

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Qmarkets

JULY 1, 2025

When employees see their ideas shaping strategy or influencing outcomes, they’re more likely to stay engaged—and more committed to the company’s success. To scale this type of participation across teams and departments, many companies turn to idea management software.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 27, 2025

This feature allows you to easily integrate any evaluation methodology into your process, enabling data-driven decisions across your entire innovation program. Qmarkets App in Microsoft Teams This integration enables users to access Qmarkets innovation management features directly within Microsoft Teams as an embedded app.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Innovation management consulting has emerged as a profession as businesses, nonprofits, and other organizations have started prioritizing innovation. Innovation management consultants help organizations establish innovation programs and keep innovation on track.

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hackerearth

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

In other words, it is because sometimes innovation strategies fail to produce products/ services that the customers want. Which brings us to the question, “Why do innovation programs fail?”. Below are 6 reasons why innovation programs can fail. Open innovation, internal and external accelerators etc.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 21, 2017

To use open innovation in your organization, you first must shift the mindset of the leadership and stakeholders to understand the crowdsourcing mindset. Once everyone is on board, consider implementing systems that help you prepare for the complexity of idea management. Organize ideas in one location. Develop ideas.

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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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Qmarkets

APRIL 23, 2025

Rather than treating R&D as a closed, siloed process, this approach applies innovation toolssuch as those used for idea management , open collaboration, and iterative testingto improve R&D outcomes. To understand its value, it helps to look at the difference between traditional R&D and modern innovation.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 28, 2023

Establishing the right innovation process to deliver on your enterprise company-wide strategy can be a real challenge, but it is crucial to the success of any innovation program. All of these need to be used at the right time, and in the right way, so that your innovation program delivers maximum value at minimum cost.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 18, 2018

There are a number of ways that participating in or administrating an innovation program can help build your career. If you’re wondering how to build careers with innovation, look to these three IdeaScale examples. Your Great Idea is Recognized !

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Qmarkets

JULY 11, 2024

Innovation is critical for businesses of all shapes and sizes, from launching a first product to making a new global acquisition. However corporate innovation is often the most complex and challenging due to its scale and scope. Success in corporate innovation requires a thoughtful approach to overcoming these obstacles.

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KindlingApp

OCTOBER 19, 2015

A major challenge I regularly face in marketing Kindling is explaining the seemingly simple concept of "ideas" as they feature in idea management. From customer feedback to blog post pitches, here's how we're putting idea management to work through our own Kindling: Product, Quality + Support.

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Innovation in Practice

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

They do this by: Avoiding the temptation to brand the innovation program. Developing an idea management and tracking capability. Linking innovation to all key processes including financial, commercial, and technical. See innovation as both systematic and opportunistic .

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IdeaScale

JULY 11, 2017

When I talk to these top executives in the “Innovation Promotion Department” who are responsible for their corporate innovation program, they loved the idea of having a system to manage their innovation lifecycle, and they acknowledged the importance of innovation portfolio management.

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Imaginatik

JANUARY 10, 2019

To learn more, visit: www.planbox.com and unleash your innovation potential. Imaginatik is the only innovation solution provider which has uniquely combined a proven innovation program with purpose-built idea management software to enable companies to achieve breakthrough and continuous innovation at scale.

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