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How to Run a Hackathon that Spurs Real Innovation

IdeaScale

Hackathons originally emerged as a way to quickly advance software technologies and identify new areas for technology innovation. Though hackathons often make use of software, they’re no longer necessarily about developing software, but about developing innovation. Tips for Ensuring a Successful Hackathon.

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Design Thinking for Collaboration: A COOs’ Guide to Cross-Functional Teams Innovation

Tullio Siragusa

Design Thinking for Collaboration: A COOs’ Guide to Cross-Functional Teams Innovation. As a COO, you can apply this approach to increase collaboration within your company by following these steps: Encourage cross-functional teams: Design Thinking requires collaboration between different teams and departments.

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How to Improve Your Next Brainstorming Session

IdeaScale

Simple team-building games or creativity exercises are great for breaking everyone out of their “business as usual” mindset so the ideas can flow. Having the right brainstorming tools as part of a comprehensive innovation platform can make your brainstorming sessions perform the way you always imagined they could.

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Building the In-house Design Agency

Boxes and Arrows

UX projects can have the reputation of being expensive, due to additional team members, and the additional thought put into them. Offering an “innovation” UX , in contrast to regular projects can be a powerful tool to get UX in at the conception of an idea. Encourage white paper writing and presenting at conferences.

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