Innovation in Practice

AUGUST 29, 2017

As a way to reframe problems, ideate solutions, and iterate toward better answers, design thinking is already well established in the commercial world. His work has been published in over one hundred magazines, journals, and newspapers, from the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times to Mother Jones , Bicycling, and Style.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 24, 2021

At Qmarkets we have spent the last 15+ years helping leading organizations to build and implement effective innovation initiatives. 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.

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Integrative Innovation

JUNE 27, 2020

40% saw no significant impact from digital innovation. One main reason for this lack of impact: Digital Innovation Units (DIUs) that were set up and dedicated by the companies to deliver on Digital Transformation , fall short to pay off. Or to put it briefly: Digital Innovation Theater. 2 innovations to the market annually.

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helloFUTURE

JANUARY 11, 2021

Take podcasting, for example: I first heard of podcasting back in 2005 from Wired magazine (which I used to read religiously). Many people bemoan that we have to keep moving from platform to platform, as they evolve from person-to-person communications tools to megaphones for big media.

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Innovation 360 Group

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Peyton loves the challenges of solving problems and innovating new ideas using design thinking and design sprints methodology with the hope to help build impactful unique solutions. Her past role in a FinTech accelerator involves sourcing for new deep technology innovation and leading the build-up of the FinTech Academy. Background.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Whether you optimize your business, strive to win new customers, invent the latest product, or simply try to innovate – ideas help. However, many companies are slow to recognise just how much of a valuable resource their employees or external stakeholders are when it comes to generating potentially ground-breaking innovative business ideas.

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Betterific

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

She started an innovation conference in the mid 90s, before innovation was a buzzword. At Betterific, we faciliatate both convergent (thru our crowdsourced innovation challenges ) and divergent thinking (thru our concept refinement and crowdselect challenges ). She is a thinker and a doer. It is reposted with her permission.

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Innovation 360 Group

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Using the hackathon format to strengthen your brand and execute on Innovation Strategy. The internal innovation teams wanted input on questions like: How will an emergency call be handled in the future? The hackathon was part of a larger initiative with the goal of establishing innovation as a habit within the SOS Alarm organization.

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BrainZooming

MAY 27, 2016

Looking for a Successful Innovation Strategy to Grow Your Business? Are you prepared to take better advantage of your brand’s customer and market insights to generate innovative product ideas? Download this free, concise eBook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile. Brainzooming Has an Answer!

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Qmarkets

JUNE 8, 2018

Schindler has partnered with idea and innovation management software company Qmarkets to leverage the collective intelligence of their German workforce. It’s a pleasure to see a renowned organization like Schindler utilizing our advanced engagement capabilities to create such a forward-thinking approach to innovation.”. About Qmarkets.

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mjvinnovation

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS. We can define Design Thinking as: “A structured, human-centered approach to innovation which seeks to generate solutions that align user’s desires and needs with business value generation.” Ideation: collaborative brainstorming sessions with the help of tools to create innovative solutions.

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Planview

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Large companies have a harder time creating a culture of innovation than startups – how many times have you heard this? In fact, Spigit customers have been tremendously successful at creating cultures of innovation by focusing on company-wide ideation among employees. They’re now a major innovator in the healthcare industry.

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Innovation 360 Group

MARCH 22, 2018

Using the hackathon format to strengthen your brand and execute on Innovation Strategy. The internal innovation teams wanted input on questions like: How will an emergency call be handled in the future? The hackathon was part of a larger initiative with the goal of establishing innovation as a habit within the SOS Alarm organization.

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InnovationLabs

MARCH 19, 2018

An interesting article in a recent issue of Science Magazine noted that the authors have observed that the current practice of scientific research is marked by a significant movement toward a team-based approach, as distinct from a more individualistic pursuit of knowledge.

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eZassi

JULY 13, 2017

As you start Innovation budget planning, Here are eight things to consider: When it comes to Innovation and R&D fiscal year budget planning, it’s typically a laborious process that spans several months with business model canvases, business cases, proposals and pipeline discussions. A five-year plan may no longer hold true.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Googling “innovation and failure” yielded these top five stories: Creating An Innovation Culture: Accepting Failure is Necessary. Baba Shiv: Why Failure Drives Innovation. Failure is the Mother of Innovation. Why most innovations are great big failures. Why Failure Is the Foundation of Innovation.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

There's no magic bullet when it comes to ensuring all your employees super creative and innovative. However, having a well-run innovation incentive program in place can help make the task of engaging employees much easier – read on to find out how. There are many ways to reward workers and get them excited and involved in innovation.

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Michael Michalko

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Success Magazine awarded Thinkertoys with a Gold Medal for being “one of the best of the best business books.” As I skimmed the amazing ideation techniques, I found myself exclaiming, “Woah!!” Executive Book Summaries praised it by saying, “What we need is a compendium of ways to solve problems. multiple times. I was stunned!

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Planview

JANUARY 18, 2016

Welcome to Spigit’s weekly roundup of innovation links, where we feature a carefully curated selection of our favorite content on innovation, crowdsourcing, and more from around the web. How David Bowie’s Continual Innovation and Rebranding is an Inspiration for the Business World. Ready, Set, Innovate. Read more →.

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Planview

JANUARY 25, 2016

Welcome to Spigit’s weekly roundup of innovation links, where we feature a carefully curated selection of our favorite content on innovation, crowdsourcing, and more from around the web. Who it’s from: Innovation Enterprise. Why Out of the Box Business Collaboration is the Next Big Thing in Innovation. Read more →.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

What if you had a magic button you could press which would make all your employees super creative and innovative. With the growing realization of the impact that innovation is having on business success , companies are scrambling to initiate innovation inducement programs. Some monetary rewards for innovation are huge.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

What if you had a magic button you could press which would make all your employees super creative and innovative. With the growing realization of the impact that innovation is having on business success , companies are scrambling to initiate innovation inducement programs. Some monetary rewards for innovation are huge.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 26, 2016

These engagements wind up in business magazine brand profiles and case studies! Innovation Strategy to Grow Your Business? Are you prepared to take better advantage of your brand’s customer and market insights to generate innovative product ideas? Rapidly deploy effective strategic thinking exercises to spur innovation.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

These sessions allow product designers and senior executives to work together to co-develop ideas which align with larger business strategies and innovation initiatives. One of the best ways to do this is to run an online virtual ideation session using the Saturate and Group Tool. . The Saturate and Group Tool .

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

. Whether you optimize your business, strive to win new customers, invent the latest product or simply try to innovate – ideas help. As long as this number is increasing quickly and the company promises to have innovations more often than once, he will invest. He published the book “Innovation Jam in Germany” in 2015.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

. Whether you optimize your business, strive to win new customers, invent the latest product or simply try to innovate – ideas help. As long as this number is increasing quickly and the company promises to have innovations more often than once, he will invest. He published the book “Innovation Jam in Germany” in 2015.

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Collective Innovation

AUGUST 14, 2017

When used correctly this data can allow companies to reasonably predict the outcome and validate their decisions while still moving quickly and innovating. Product Innovation : Creates a difference with an existing product line and existing market, usually through features. The post What Is Business Intelligence?

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 19, 2015

How to Do Mash-Ups for Innovation. This is an article length, comprehensive post on Mash-Ups for Innovation. To say the least Mash-Ups hold great promise in helping people and organizations find useful and sometimes breakthrough innovations. Background — Mash-Ups in Pop Culture, Invention,, and Innovation.

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etventure

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Five renowned insurers put competition aside to collaborate on innovating in the insurance industry and rethinking insurance. Cooperation is essential to successfully innovate. In order to really innovate we needed a different concept. For example, we’ve also held ideation workshops with Viessmann and other big industry players.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 16, 2016

Professional innovators already use brainwriting — and a vast array of other tools — to brainstorm/generate ideas. Writers as well-intentioned as Annie Sneed (by all accounts a respected science writer) don’t know there is a whole culture related to how organizations come up with ideas and innovate.

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Innovation 360 Group

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

It is sometimes also referred to as the democratization of ideation, or crowd-sourcing ideas. But just believing in the benefits of democratizing ideation is not sufficient for running an effective and successful ideation campaign in your organization. How to Run Ideation Campaigns that Generate Real Value.

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Integrative Innovation

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Infront Consulting and business magazine Capital recently published their second joint annual study (in German) on the Digital Innovation Unit landscape in Germany. teams for repeated identification and prototyping of digital innovations. Two thirds of all DAX companies operate one or several Digital Innovation Units.

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