Viima
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
In this day and age, when things move so fast and uncertainty and changes are inevitable, organizations of all sizes acknowledge the need to increase their investments in innovation. In fact, an Accenture research reports that investments in innovation are expected to increase 1.8X
Viima
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
Many organizations don’t lack ideas, some big companies can have hundreds of ideas stuck somewhere in between ideators and decision makers. If getting new ideas is not the problem, why should organizations put additional effort into ideation?
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Business Innovation Brief Submitted Articles
JULY 15, 2020
Innovation, for all intents and purposes, plays a similar function in the corporate setting because it engages your workforce in the same way sports do, as employees are brought together to participate in something bigger than themselves. Innovation is not all that different to a team sport.
Qmarkets
MARCH 24, 2021
At Qmarkets we have spent the last 15+ years helping leading organizations to build and implement effective innovation initiatives. 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.
IdeaScale
DECEMBER 25, 2019
CEOs and their innovation teams have such power, but focus and direction are necessary to unleash it.?. Innovate or be left behind — that’s the reality of the business world. We can progress so much faster than we could without these tools of innovation.
Planview
APRIL 4, 2019
Such disruption, impacting companies regardless of industry, is fueling the sense of urgency behind innovation. 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.
Qmarkets
MARCH 24, 2021
The enormous pressure of the pandemic has caused irrevocable change, forcing organizations to adapt and innovate to survive. In times like this innovation can be likened to charcoal – functional and necessary – but when faced with tremendous pressure it can produce unique diamonds.
hackerearth
NOVEMBER 10, 2017
It is the failure to innovate that led to its “demise.”. 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. Leaving innovation to chance is more often a gamble where odds are not always in your favor. Banking on a single program. Innovation advocate.
Planview
APRIL 4, 2018
The main premise of the article was to shed a light on an important aspect of ideation and innovation programs: impact. The challenge I see is the inability to move beyond generating ideas to generating impact — and for innovation departments to be able to track their ideas from incubation to impact.” At the end of the day, innovation leaders are measured on how impactful their innovation programs are on the business.
Planview
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
You’ve done the groundwork for creating a successful innovation program. You’ve learned what mistakes to avoid , and even moved forward with adopting innovation management software like Spigit to enable innovation in a way that’s valuable and repeatable. If you’re still struggling to make the connection between ideas and outcomes, here are 4 things you can do to invigorate your innovation program. Not everyone is a great ideator.
Viima
DECEMBER 21, 2021
From how to collect ideas systematically, to engaging your employees in ideation , these tips can help you spot new opportunities to innovate. Ideation Innovation Programs Innovation Questions
HYPE Innovation
NOVEMBER 25, 2021
For some organizations, an innovation program is a “nice-to-have”, sometimes struggling for time and attention against other corporate initiatives. Our HYPE Innovation team recently caught up with Grant Beecham, Sr. Ideation & Collaboration Legal Services
Planview
JUNE 12, 2018
Measuring the success of an innovation program is a critical step in determining the impact it has on a company’s bottom line. But how do you know if your innovation program is delivering value? It was moderated by Spigit’s VP of Innovation Strategy, Maggie Riad, who spends a lot of her time speaking with clients about measuring the success of their programs. They launch frequent ideation challenges throughout a given year.
Qmarkets
JANUARY 13, 2022
As such, more and more of these companies are thinking about how to better structure their innovation exploration activities. Not only is continuous innovation necessary for survival, but also constant refinement and recalibration of existing business models.
Planview
JUNE 8, 2017
When establishing an innovation program, business leaders often struggle with forecasting the potential economic impact. To address this, Spigit commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct an independent study examining the value customers receive from implementing an innovation program that leverages Spigit’s enterprise innovation management software. To quantify the complete value of innovation program that leverages Spigit’s.
Planview
JUNE 29, 2018
Every year Spigit conducts its “ State of Crowdsourced Innovation ” customer study to better understand how our customers build and manage their innovation programs. One of the key findings from this research is that a significant shift occurs at around the three-year mark of having an innovation program. This shift centers around measurement of program value. What ideas do we have in our innovation pipeline?
whataventure
DECEMBER 15, 2020
Nicola Büsse, Co-Founder of MOBIKO, is one of those intrapreneurs who managed to make the jump with her team from an internal innovation project to a successful spinoff. The story of MOBIKO starts at Audi Business Innovation in 2017. Get innovation tips & tricks in your inbox!
Planview
JANUARY 30, 2018
One popular New Year’s Resolution is getting fit – so here at Spigit, we wanted to share with you a series about how to get “Innovation Fit” in 2018 to ensure your innovation program is set up for success. When we think about ideation as a business discipline , there’s one topic that’s important to talk about when it comes to the value a company derives from an innovation program: scale. All great things to target in your innovation program as well.
Planview
MAY 23, 2017
When establishing an innovation program, business leaders often struggle with forecasting the potential economic impact. To address this, Spigit commissioned Forrester Research to conduct an independent study examining the value customers receive from implementing Spigit’s ideation management software. In their report, dubbed The Total Economic Impact of an Innovation Program Driven By Spigit , Forrester reveals their findings.
Planview
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Engaging the “crowd” at scale in your innovation initiative has been proven to fundamentally transform companies. From vehicle manufacturer, Polaris, leveraging its employees’ creativity to out-innovate the likes of Harley Davidson, to the UNHCR changing the lives of millions of refugees through crowdsourcing ideas. The advantages of crowdsourced innovation can’t be ignored. But what’s the secret to creating and sustaining a successful innovation program?
helloFUTURE
SEPTEMBER 11, 2022
Your innovation laboratories’ existential question: which concept has the potential to be worth a billion dollars? After implementing an innovation program, the most significant challenge that I’ve seen businesses face, in my experience, is not an inadequate supply of new ideas.
InnovationManagement
JUNE 5, 2020
The leverage point is to let innovation shine via effective governance discipline, but not adding too much complexity. In this article, we'll look at what innovation governance is, and practices to help you manage a successful innovation program.
Imaginatik
JUNE 19, 2015
Now, corporations are lining up to use them as a means of developing ideas and driving engagement around innovation programs. And yet…despite the buzz, many corporate leaders instinctively feel that organizing hackathons might not work for them, either because hackthons would be too time-consuming, and/or would create a distraction from other innovation and ideation efforts. engagement Hackathons Innovation Programs
Board of Innovation
OCTOBER 1, 2015
I decided to write a post to give you some insights on how we designed our latest accelerator program and what we learned from it. We recently finished an exciting dragons’ den of an innovation accelerator program for Owens-Illinois (O-I). The post How to design your own innovation accelerator: a checklist appeared first on Board of Innovation.
InnovationManagement
JULY 22, 2019
One of the reasons why so many crowdsourced innovation programs struggle is because it is difficult for innovators to gather, process, select and implement ideas on a continuous basis. The post Use This Template as a Calendar for Innovation appeared first on Innovation Management. Strategies calendar idea management Ideation innovation planning template
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. Because of the idea’s success, Home Depot recognized it as one of the most innovative products of the year and featured it on HGTV and in Popular Mechanics. How else has innovation built the careers of others?
IdeaScale
MARCH 14, 2018
This year, Amway won the Innovation Management award for best innovation engagement strategy. So we asked Amway a few questions about their program and here’s what they had to say: IdeaScale : Why is innovation vital to your organization? Amway : Collaborative Innovation is vital to Amway because it keeps our direct selling opportunity and products competitive and relevant for our Amway business owners.
KindlingApp
JUNE 18, 2015
In a recent Forbes interview, Garry Lyons, CIO of MasterCard, shared his team’s mantra: “ Innovation without execution is only ideation.” This is an apt principle for a CIO’s team because it states the goal of any innovation initiative: to narrow your idea pipeline into a strong core of implementable ideas. Features Innovation Program
KindlingApp
OCTOBER 26, 2015
In the comments on Kindling’s blog post “ When Does Creativity Become Innovation? many members of some of our favorite LinkedIn innovation groups echoed the same sentiment: “Anybody can have ideas, but managing them effectively—that’s where innovation happens.”. Creativity is coming up with multiple ideas to solve an issue, whereas Innovation is the one which becomes a commercially viable [idea] of value”. Innovation is making that idea useful or taking it to market.”.
KindlingApp
MAY 13, 2015
Why is an innovation program better for idea management than a suggestion box or an Excel spreadsheet? Structuring innovation means building the foundation for idea submission. Around which topics will people innovate? Building an innovation program means thinking about each of these elements of structure–who, what, and how–before idea submission even begins. Can’t we just jump into ideation? Innovation Program
KindlingApp
OCTOBER 19, 2015
When we say "ideas," we don't just mean major new product concepts or earth-shaking strategy innovations—Kindling is useful for managing ideas on any scale and from a huge array of sources. Our content team uses a Kindling Category as a means to develop and relate various pitches for blog posts , and if necessary, to move them into Best Practices or Let's Talk Innovation settings. Features Innovation Program
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. What is an Innovation Process? What audience is best-placed to ideate around this topic?
IdeaScale
JANUARY 1, 2020
Each year, IdeaScale meets with innovators from all over the globe who gather to share best practices on the management and delivery of ideas. The topics are diverse and offer valuable insight into what it takes to innovate in the ever-changing technological landscape of today.
Planview
AUGUST 6, 2015
Recently, Spigit CTO James Gardner shared some of his expert tips on using crowdsourcing software to build your innovation pipeline. But according to Gardner, you should be wary of staunching the flow too soon — especially if backing off on ideation is a result of feeling overwhelmed. Innovation is so often tied to never-before-seen ideas and inventions that it can be difficult to pull back from the grand picture and look for ways to innovate on a smaller scale.
Planview
DECEMBER 18, 2015
Are you an idea champion, ready to inspire innovation in your company? Do you love it when the things you care about (like ideation and presents) come together as one? Then you’re also going to love Spigit’s 2015 Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide, with a handpicked selection of gifts to help you inspire innovation in your organization. Try these stellar innovation books, all under $20. The Idea to Innovation Flowchart Poster keeps your motivation in check.
Planview
AUGUST 4, 2015
Innovation has never been as misunderstood, challenging, expensive, or transformative as it is today. Many companies are turning to innovation centers — physical hubs where people can gather to design, build, and test products — to complement the crowdsourcing software (like Spigit ) that enables their overall programs. Here are our top 5 takeaways on innovation centers from a recent report released by Capgemini. Innovation Labs Can Inspire New Ideas.
Imaginatik
JUNE 14, 2018
New mobile experience makes ideation easy for employees across the enterprise. 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. Request a demo of Imaginatik’s Innovation Central today.
Gregg Fraley
MAY 9, 2017
Innovation Programs Based On Best Practices are Doomed to Mediocrity. Things I’ve heard recently from c-suite executives about their own innovation programs: “Floundering and ineffective, if I’m honest.” ” These are the words I’ve heard innovation directors and c-suite executives use to describe their own innovation programs. This post is to make a simple point about innovation.
Gregg Fraley
AUGUST 8, 2017
Do You Wish To Accelerate Innovation? When I step into a room to facilitate an innovation, strategy, or idea generation session I always find a great deal of energy. Inexperience in: the kind of divergent thinking necessary to innovate, in specific meeting behaviors and facilitation skills, and in innovation process, approaches and frameworks. Here are details regarding innovation courses you can attend in the near future, Denver, August 28 – 31.
IdeaScale
MARCH 22, 2017
If you’ve been following IdeaScale’s Innovation Management Awards , you know that this year saw some really thrilling innovation come from some unexpected places. 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.
Gregg Fraley
JANUARY 4, 2017
Get a Grip on Innovation — 10 Questions, 20 Minutes. Ten questions for you to focus on assessing the state of your organization’s innovation program. If you think your current program is working, non-existent, or just a disaster — you will learn something by taking this quick survey. Yes, there are other ways to assess innovation culture that are more thorough (such as Teresa Amabile Ph.D. What did your organization innovate last year?
IdeaScale
JULY 19, 2017
We’ve dedicated lots of time to thinking about innovators. What their skill sets are, what traits they possess , and what the profile of innovators is globally. But we recently took a look at our own data and developed two profiles of our own: The profile for the crowd innovation administrator: Most of IdeaScale’s administrators were in their mid-thirties and at the managerial level. Bain & Company developed a system for assessing an organization’s innovation readiness.
IdeaScale
MAY 21, 2015
More and more these days, great organizations are employing innovation programs. While deciding to incorporate an innovation program may be an easy decision, deciding the structure and strategy surrounding that program can be more difficult. They have found that starting with a great innovation strategy can make all the difference. Don’t miss our webinar with RocketSpace, From Ideation to Incubation, on Wednesday, June 3.
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