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Crowdsourced Innovation: Three Things I Learned

IdeaScale

During my first two weeks as a Marketing Intern for IdeaScale, I learned about how the business world operates, particularly how an organization uses crowdsourced innovation with tools such as IdeaScale. Here are the three things I learned about crowdsourced innovation from my two weeks working alongside everyone at IdeaScale.

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How Unexpected Connections Can Lead To Surprising New Breakthroughs

Digital Tonto

When I arrived in Palo Alto for a publishing course at Stanford in 2006, I'd never heard of Srdja Popovi or Duncan Wattsbut their stories were about to become tangled up with mine. I was running a sizable digital business, and it seemed that networks were something I should learn about. It spreads through networks.

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What I Learned Solving a Business Crisis

Innovation Excellence

GUEST POST from Greg Satell By 2006 we knew we had a serious problem. Our company’s onetime flagship product, called Afisha, was in a steady decline and it was becoming all too clear that something had to be done. What had once been a market leader that generated huge profits, which fueled the growth of […]

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Challenging the Assumption of the Status Quo

Innovation Excellence

(A Lesson Learned from Yogurt) GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton In September 2006, I moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, on a temporary assignment with BCG. As one does when arriving somewhere for an extended period, I went to the grocery store to stock my kitchen. Since the grocery store was on the ground floor of my […]

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What impact does time pressure have on creativity?

Idea to Value

Other research from 2006 has also shown that in teams and environments with a high support for creativity and innovation the relationship between time pressure and creativity is an inverse U-shaped curve. However, above moderate levels of stress, creativity quickly falls.

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How Vanguard, Verizon, and Spotify Apply a Product Operating Model at Scale

Planview

Agile Methodology Reinforcement: Vanguard had used agile since 2006 but lacked proper CI/CD pipelines. Key Takeaway : Youll learn how Vanguards comprehensive approach combined technical improvements with organizational changes to create both speed and stability. Watch Now: How Do We Do Product at Spotify?

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Bad idea of the Week: Kronum – an overly complicated sport nobody wanted

Idea to Value

In “Bad Ideas of the Week”, we highlight the inventions which people tried to get off the ground but which failed and we can learn from. What can we learn from this? This week, I want to bring you the story of a new sport which was doomed from the start as a concept. A kronum field. Easy to understand, right?

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