Remove 2012 Remove Crowdsourcing Remove Design
article thumbnail

Nine Short Innovation Lessons from Lego

Destination Innovation

They asked customers to help design new products. In 2012 Lego launched ‘Lego Friends’ with a more realistic ‘mini-doll’ Sales to girls tripled. Manufacturing operations were outsourced to Mexico and the Czech Republic and headcount in Denmark was reduced by over 4000. Collaborate to innovate.

article thumbnail

71 Innovation Methodologies

Open Innovation EU

Human-Centered Design (IDEO). Updated Model of Design Thinking. Design Thinking Process (Stanford). Focus stage: Seed Published: 2012 more…. Crowdsourcing (Whitla). Crowdsourcing Process (Geiger). Design Competitions. Focus stage: Early-stage Published: 2012 more…. Design for Six Sigma (Idov).

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Learning to be Innovative – Future Building’s Crucial Role in Driving Innovation Impact

Imaginatik

Many innovation programs, and some R&D teams, benefit from full-time staff who work as designated innovation scouts. For starters, you can crowdsource clues from elsewhere in your own organization. However, you don’t need to have full-time innovation scouts to get going.

Learning 100
article thumbnail

Five Product Innovations that Evolved Over Time

IdeaScale

A 2012 study found that companies that allocated about 70% of their innovation activity to core initiatives, 20% to adjacent ones, and 10% to transformational ones outperformed their peers. Avon responded to the product’s popularity by creating a Skin So Soft Bug Guard, a similar product designed as a bug repellent.

article thumbnail

Qmarkets’ Named as G-Cloud 12 Supplier on UK Government SaaS Marketplace

Qmarkets

The UK Government G-Cloud framework was established in 2012 to encourage the use of, and trust, in Cloud-based suppliers. About Qmarkets Qmarkets has developed a reputation over the last 10 years for delivering one of the most comprehensive crowdsourcing software solutions in the world.

article thumbnail

Qmarkets’ Named as G-Cloud 12 Supplier on UK Government SaaS Marketplace

Qmarkets

The UK Government G-Cloud framework was established in 2012 to encourage the use of, and trust, in Cloud-based suppliers. About Qmarkets Qmarkets has developed a reputation over the last 10 years for delivering one of the most comprehensive crowdsourcing software solutions in the world.

article thumbnail

Transforming Indian Railway Stations via Open Innovation

IdeaConnection

The IRSDC was created in 2012 with the express purpose of transforming the country’s railway stations. The creators of the winning designs will have the opportunity to work with the IRSDC on putting their plans into action. Tagline and Logo Competition.