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Innovate, Adapt, Overcome: How to Beat a Recession with Idea Management & Continuous Improvement

Qmarkets

job losses skyrocketed during the peak recession years 2008-2010 Given the devastating impact of the 2007-08 financial crisis, it’s little wonder that companies worldwide are sensitive to omens of a new “great recession”. During the 2008 financial meltdown, the coffee shop giant launched its “My Starbucks Idea” platform.

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How to Keep Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innov8rs

Even if you might have to kill some of the long-horizon projects due to financial consideration, you can still think of alternatives that will ensure long-term growth. So, you need to review and fine-tune the existing innovation strategy to match the new priorities. Here’s where an idea management software can again help you.

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How to Run the Ultimate Corporate Hackathon

Qmarkets

Programmers and software professionals squeezing time in against packed evenings and weekends to accelerate productivity.” He continues to describe the hackathon format as one of “decentralized, disintermediated, distributed computer programming [that] proves an industry standard for software development.”. Think again. Its origins?

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How to Run the Ultimate Corporate Hackathon

Qmarkets

Programmers and software professionals squeezing time in against packed evenings and weekends to accelerate productivity.” He continues to describe the hackathon format as one of “decentralized, disintermediated, distributed computer programming [that] proves an industry standard for software development.”. Think again. Its origins?

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“Embrace Open Innovation or be Destroyed by it…” – A Case Study on Lego & Bagels

Qmarkets

Mugglestone, 2005) Now if this task were to be attempted using a contemporary Idea Management platform , it could be completed in days rather than decades. In the 1990s the company came close to bankruptcy due to the rise of digital entertainment such as video games; they needed to find new ways of exciting their customers.

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“Embrace Open Innovation or be Destroyed by it…” – A Case Study on Lego & Bagels

Qmarkets

Mugglestone, 2005) Now if this task were to be attempted using a contemporary Idea Management platform , it could be completed in days rather than decades. In the 1990s the company came close to bankruptcy due to the rise of digital entertainment such as video games; they needed to find new ways of exciting their customers.

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Innovation Ecosystem: Bridging the Gap Between Digital and Offline Innovation

Qmarkets

Now, with the advent of innovation software, the process of ideation and collaboration mostly happens online. If the offline experience is an event such as a hackathon or an innovation weekend, all kinds of experts will often be on hand to help the teams make the best out of their ideas. Let’s take a look at both. Hackathons.