What is Idea Management? Definition, Process and Best Practices
IdeaScale
JUNE 27, 2023
What is Idea Management? Idea management is defined as the process of capturing, organizing, evaluating, and implementing ideas within an organization.
Calculating the ROI for Your Idea Management System Launch
IdeaScale
MARCH 12, 2019
How is your idea management software performing? This is a particular struggle for innovation departments and committees launching an idea management system, who often need to come up with KPIs and metrics to explain what they’re doing and how it benefits the company. How do you measure the intangible?
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InnovationManagement
JUNE 27, 2022
Traditional innovation can only take your business so far, and without an evolution of processes, you might find it harder than ever to move new ideas forward. Introducing structures and systems to formulate, organize, and act upon new ideas is one of the best ways to optimize internal innovation.
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Elevate the Customer Experience with Idea Management Software
IdeaScale
APRIL 28, 2020
Idea management has become an integral part of customer experience. Now that companies are turning to customers for ideas when creating new products, they’re finding the landscape has changed. The post Elevate the Customer Experience with Idea Management Software appeared first on IdeaScale.
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Top Four Benefits of Effective Idea Management Software
IdeaScale
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Ever since the first suggestion box was put out in a break room, idea management has been part of any well-run organization. Idea management software is a platform that captures the flow of ideas from your employees and helps you and your team distill them into actionable concepts. Request a demo!
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Idea Management Platform to Support ESG Goals
eZassi
APRIL 26, 2023
The Triple Bottom Line Approach in Innovation Strategy People | Planet | Profit – their intersection point is Sustainability, and an Idea Management Platform is the best solution to support this critical innovation strategy and the KPIs impacting the triple bottom line.
3 Reasons Healthcare Needs Idea Management
IdeaScale
JUNE 5, 2018
In fact, an argument could be made that the more radical the change, the greater the potential benefits… However, when it comes to managing change at your healthcare organization, how can we all stay on our toes and make the most of these accelerating changes?
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The 7 Seeds of Idea Management Platform Success at Barenbrug Group
Qmarkets
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
We also touched on why you might need to invest in a system to support your exploration activities, and in this blog we will share a case study that explains why this approach can be so successful. Learn and Adapt Last but not least, if we are flexible in adjusting the process, the system also needs to be flexible.
How Idea Management Software Turns Inspiration into Innovation
Kainexus
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
Businesses are increasingly turning to idea management software to capture, manage, measure, and reward employee recommendations for positive change. The innovation software is being used with business management systems like Six Sigma and Lean or as a stand-alone approach to achieving operational excellence.
Qmarkets’ Winter Product Release – Prime Your Idea Management System for Success
Qmarkets
JANUARY 30, 2019
Let’s take a closer look at the ways Qmarkets’ latest product release will help you gain more control over your innovation management system. You can’t manage what you can’t measure’ is an aphorism that rings true regardless of your industry or company size. New & Improved Reporting Capabilities.
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Getting idea management to work: Interview with Wazoku CEO Simon Hill
Improvides
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
In my latest exclusive interview, I speak to Simon Hill, voted Guardian Small Business Leader of the Year and CEO of Wazoku on what it takes to get idea management systems to actually deliver results. Originally published at Getting idea management to work: Interview with Wazoku CEO Simon Hill.
Top 10 Features To Look in Any Idea Management Software
Acuvate
JANUARY 3, 2019
Using an idea management software to capture the idea pool emerging out of your organization is a key solution to ensure all your ideas are captured, identified, collaborated and evaluated. Learn More: A Buyer’s Guide to Choosing The Best Idea Management Software. Crowdsourcing capabilities.
FeaturedCustomers Report Names IdeaScale a Market Leader
IdeaScale
APRIL 9, 2020
Idea management software is recognized as an innovative tool for helping organizations improve productivity, and when it comes to choosing the right platform, IdeaScale is leading the way. IdeaScale’s innovation platform allows users to collect, assess and deploy the most relevant ideas, then track progress over time.
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What is idea management and why is it important for any business
hackerearth
JUNE 29, 2017
What is idea management? Top management world over is now running helter-skelter demanding innovation. And somehow, it would seem tremendously wrong if the C-Suite don’t turn to their employees, who are in the thick of things, for ideas that improve efficiency and cut costs. What are the phases of idea management?
Schindler Announces Successful Nationwide Deployment of Qmarkets Idea Management Platform
Qmarkets
JUNE 8, 2018
Qmarkets’ product replaced a legacy idea management system which was built internally by Schindler over 15 years ago. However, unlike many other German idea management initiatives, Schindler chose to activate commenting and collaboration features to encourage the development of ideas within the system. “It
Keeping Score: What’s the Right Scorecard for Your Idea Management Campaign?
Qmarkets
DECEMBER 7, 2019
When running an idea management campaign, one of the most crucial steps is the expert evaluation stage. Without properly scoring the relevant ideas, focus may be put on ideas which are either impractical or which require too many resources to develop, instead of on ideas which can provide a positive ROI.
Improve Product Innovation with Internal and External Feedback
IdeaScale
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Be transparent about idea management. When your employees see that you have a system in place to gather, analyze, and potentially act on ideas created, they will likely become more engaged in the process. However, it can also be a challenge, especially if you do not have a system in place to manage ideas.
What’s the ROI of an idea management platform? Can you put a figure on it?
Wazoku
JUNE 1, 2018
Taking this back to idea management, Do you know the business value of implemented ideas? They can be a series of small and incremental ideas, customer-centric ideas designed to improve the customer experience or big and disruptive ideas opening new markets or sectors. How much would your business benefit?
Can We Have One of These? A Product Innovation Platform
Paul Hobcraft
OCTOBER 11, 2018
I am really frustrated by the legacy we have in our processes, systems and the ways we approach innovation, and its development lifecycle. do need to bring innovation management into the 21st century where everything is transformed through a platform that allows total integration. Now think of the whole innovation management need.
Keeping Score: What’s the Right Scorecard for Your Idea Management Campaign?
Qmarkets
AUGUST 25, 2017
When running an idea management campaign, one of the most crucial steps is the expert evaluation stage. Without properly scoring the relevant ideas, focus may be put on ideas which are either impractical or which require too many resources to develop, instead of on ideas which can provide a positive ROI.
BIG Ideas: How ICL Built a Billion Dollar Innovation Accelerator
Qmarkets
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Powered by Qmarkets’ idea management solution Q-ideate , BIG gathers and implements ideas sourced by over 13,000 ICL employees around the world. What can ICL’s approach to crowdsourcing tell us about how to launch a successful idea management program? To find out, let’s dive into the world of BIG.
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There are Knowns and Unknowns in Innovation: Let’s Manage Them Differently
Paul Hobcraft
MARCH 12, 2018
Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute. For me, a good idea management system needs to be set up for all known and unknown possibilities to capture their potential. Some links provided here take you to what one provider of idea management software can provide.
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How police forces can benefit from an idea management platform
Idea Drop
JUNE 8, 2017
That means ensuring that the appropriate systems are in place to consolidate the input from staff and officers. Put simply, there needs to be a way of capturing the input and ideas from all staff across the policing industry. This is where an idea management platform, such as Idea Drop, can help.
Aiming High: Qmarkets’ Innovation in R&D Journey Towards Improved Idea Management Solutions
Qmarkets
DECEMBER 4, 2019
We also utilize the concept of gamification to encourage users to repeat desired actions such as idea submission or evaluation. This is also achieved by improving communication techniques, creating multiple engagement options, and engaging evaluation tools such as our unique idea tournament system.
ISO will celebrate the first baseline of the Innovation Management System Standards in Stockholm, May 2019
Innovation 360 Group
MARCH 21, 2018
ISO/TS 50501 on Innovation Management Systems. ISO/TR 50502 on Innovation Management Assessment. ISO/TS 50504 on Strategic Intelligence Management. ISO/TS 50505 on Intellectual Property Management. . ISO/TS 50505 on Intellectual Property Management. . Last but not least, being a swede!
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How a South African Consulting Firm is Drawing on New and Old Innovation Best Practices
IdeaScale
APRIL 27, 2021
Successful innovation requires strategic planning and idea management. In the latest episode of the Idea Nation podcast, hear how one South African company’s past innovations inform their present and future. Nick Eberl is an innovation associate for Stratnovation and motivates corporate clients on coming up with new ideas.
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The Final Perspective: A Composable Innovation Enterprise Framework
Paul Hobcraft
JUNE 12, 2023
We need an Innovation Mandate calling for a Radical Re-design of how we undertake innovation management, it is needed to bring innovation management into the 21st century in design and approaches. The framework proposed is vertical and horizontal, offering an innovative enterprise system architecture.
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148 Five Things You Should Measure about Your Innovation System
The Inovo Group
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
To address this inherent uncertainty, it is useful to have a framework and model of the innovation system which defines the structural and operational components of the system as well as operational outcomes. This analysis was used to create an innovation system framework and model to help understand and categorize the various metrics.
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ISO will celebrate the first baseline of the Innovation Management System Standards in Stockholm, May 2019
Innovation 360
MARCH 21, 2018
ISO/TS 50501 on Innovation Management Systems. ISO/TR 50502 on Innovation Management Assessment. ISO/TS 50504 on Strategic Intelligence Management. ISO/TS 50505 on Intellectual Property Management. . ISO/TS 50505 on Intellectual Property Management. . Last but not least, being a swede!
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ISO will celebrate the first baseline of the Innovation Management System Standards in Stockholm, May 2019?
Innovation 360
MARCH 22, 2018
ISO/TS 50501 on Innovation Management Systems. ISO/TR 50502 on Innovation Management Assessment. ISO/TS 50504 on Strategic Intelligence Management. ISO/TS 50505 on Intellectual Property Management. ISO/TS 50505 on Intellectual Property Management. ISO/TS 50503 on Partnering and Collaboration for Innovation.
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Where will Innovation Management Software go?
Paul Hobcraft
JANUARY 28, 2023
Integration with other tools: Making the software easily integrate with other tools and systems that companies are already using, such as CRM, ERP, and project management software, could make it more appealing to adopters.
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Idea Software: A Quick Guide to the Power of Idea and Innovation Management
Qmarkets
JUNE 3, 2021
What is Idea Software: The Definition Idea software, otherwise known as Idea/innovation management software, allows companies to systemically collect ideas relating to specific challenges or goals. Here ideas can then be developed for implementation and managed on the platform.
Idea Crowdsourcing at MARTA: Encouraging Innovation in the Public Sector
Qmarkets
DECEMBER 16, 2022
As part of that effort, in 2020 MARTA started to use Qmarkets’ idea management platform to gather ideas from both inside and outside the organization, in order to drive their public sector innovations. Setting Off on an Idea Management Journey Q: Hi Lyle, thanks for joining us.
The Impact of Stress on Innovation
IdeaScale
JULY 10, 2018
Providing your employees with easy access to helpful resources which improve their work experiences will help them to remain engaged with their company and create innovative ideas. For instance, at IdeaScale we have created a unique idea management platform that utilises crowdsourcing.
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Industry 4.0
eZassi
AUGUST 29, 2023
However, new robotics, improved data management systems, and impressive automation in a smart factory does not happen instantly, and substantial change management is required to prepare the workforce. His or her idea must be recorded, reviewed, and promoted in a systemized process of non-siloed corporate ideation.
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Wazoku brings innovation services to Latin America via new partnership with Transforme
Wazoku
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
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.
The Need for Digital Innovation Platforms
Paul Hobcraft
DECEMBER 12, 2018
We do not offer solutions that achieve a complete solution, we still have a broken innovation system where discreet parts fail to talk to other parts. At present, the best solution available to deliver a complete, inter-connected innovation process or system seems to be lying in the hands of the product lifecycle players under PLM.
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Innovation, NASA-Style: 1% Inspiration, 99% Perspiration
IdeaScale
MARCH 26, 2020
Launching Excellence Much of the work at NASA is about tiny, tiny details: how to shave a little weight off a battery, how to eliminate parts in a machine to reduce the risk of failure, or how to make a system more intuitive. To learn more about how idea management platforms drive innovation, join our newsletter today!
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Idea Generation Process: The Various Approaches to Gathering & Implementing Employee Ideas
Qmarkets
JULY 22, 2021
If your idea challenge is very detailed and asks many specific questions, you will get less ideas, but they will be of higher quality. If your idea challenge is vague or lacking in detail, you may receive many ideas but of poorer quality. Expert Review With an idea management tool, you can set up an ‘expert review’.
Questions & Answers with an Innovation Leader from Intel
Qmarkets
DECEMBER 8, 2021
However, innovation management always entails establishing a process by which a company can continuously and effectively promote innovative activity. What is idea management and how is it different to innovation management? How much does innovation/idea software cost and what is the pricing structure?
Innovations in Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage Materials
eZassi
JANUARY 24, 2023
Innovative Energy Storage Systems for a Surging Market The power of open innovation and breakthrough R&D are transforming the electric vehicle and energy storage sectors and can be the keys to a global clean energy movement. Take charge of your innovation portfolio through a strong Innovation Management Software platform.
Qmarkets Expand Benelux Presence Through Partnership with Pimcy Innovation & Portfolio Management
Qmarkets
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Pimcy, who also specialize in improving standing innovation practices to provide a more structured and efficient approach to innovation management, will support clients in the Benelux region with the delivery of Qmarkets’ software. Last but not least, we can make innovation measurable using innovation accounting.
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Qmarkets Expand Benelux Presence Through Partnership with Pimcy Innovation & Portfolio Management
Qmarkets
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Pimcy Innovation will assist organizations in delivering tailored innovation processes and practices using Qmarkets’ innovation management software. The partnership started with Pimcy successfully supporting the implementation and management of the Qmarkets system at Barenburg, a global player in the field of grass and related products.
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How to Leverage Automation to Accelerate Innovation
Viima
DECEMBER 8, 2023
AI is put at the forefront of automation, but even though it plays a crucial role in automated systems, automation includes a broader spectrum of technologies and methodologies that go beyond AI. Clearly, the new era of automation is shaping the future as we speak.
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