IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

So, your company is investing in innovation, but do you lack the confidence to be creative? A 2017 Crowdsourced Innovation Report published by IdeaScale noted that more and more companies are embedding innovation initiatives at their organizations. Is your company expecting you to be creative in tackling one of these initiatives?

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

In fact, creativity is becoming a core skill which companies know they need in the future. 10 – Open Innovation, Crowdsourcing and Idea Management. Whether you call it Open Innovation, Idea Management, Innovation Management Systems or Crowdsourcing, the concept is pretty similar.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 27, 2017

If you aspire to be an intrapreneur, (an intrapreneur is an employee of an organization who follows entrepreneurship training to create a new product or service) this framework can help you and your peers not only brainstorm but also prototype and finally implement your idea. Creativity : Applying imagination to solve a problem.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 12, 2024

But generating impactful ideas often requires more than just inspirationit demands the right methods and tools to unlock creative potential. In this guide, well delve into what idea generators are, explore their various types, and examine how they can be applied to fuel creativity and innovation in any context.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

In the next few weeks, we’ll upload the presentation content from the day, which includes some great thoughts from the United States Coast Guard, IKEA, and others, but in the meantime, please enjoy some of these key takeaways that surfaced over the course of two days: Not every problem is a problem to be solved by crowdsourcing.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 3, 2019

So how do you level up the entire brainstorming capacity of your workforce? How do you invest in your employees’ creativity? Regardless of how your organization is structured, you must invest time in teaching your employees how to think creatively and be more innovative. Here are a few suggestions: Host a Speaker Series.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 4, 2025

Their words offer timeless wisdom on creativity, problem-solving, and the strategies behind business success. This article explores 12 thought-provoking innovation quotes, each revealing a key lesson in crowdsourcing, collaboration, idea management , or continuous innovation.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Hackathons have emerged as a key tool for organizations aiming to spark creativity and solve complex problems quickly. At its core, a hackathon is a time-bound event where participants collaborate intensively to tackle challenges, brainstorm innovative solutions, or build functional prototypes. What is a Hackathon?

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Behind every groundbreaking product or service is a well-structured process that transforms creative ideas into actionable solutions. Yet, many leaders struggle to harness the full potential of their teams’ creativity. Without a clear framework, ideas often stagnate or fail to align with business goals.

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Betterific

AUGUST 22, 2016

In this installment of brainstorming with an innovator , we invite Laurie Steiner , who won our wireless innovation competition. I love doing these series, because we get to learn more about our members – what gets them going, why they do what they do, and how they come up with such creative ideas.

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Qmarkets

JULY 13, 2017

The False Promise of Traditional Brainstorming. published a book called "Your Creative Power" in which he shared his secrets. One idea in his book, discussed in Chapter 33 on "How to Organize a Squad to Create Ideas", later became one of the most widely used creativity techniques in the world.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 5, 2021

You can also encourage active innovation by bringing employees together for group meetings to brainstorm solutions to problems. Crowdsourcing ideas from a diverse group of experts can significantly contribute to your business innovation success. Innovating in a post-pandemic world might seem like a daunting prospect.

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Betterific

MAY 31, 2017

Sterilite launches crowdsourced product. Sterilite , the industry leading manufacturer of plastic storage containers, launched their first ever crowdsourced product idea to the marketplace. . For the crowdsourcing community this is a huge breakthrough. Why crowdsource? It’s more of a marketing play. .

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IdeaScale

APRIL 30, 2019

Prepare brainstorming exercises in advance so that your hackathon team can hit the ground running. During the hackathon itself, teams create the magic and innovation, and it is the most exciting and creative phase. Organize your hackathon with both physical and online space.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Crowdsourcing is one of the most popular applications of this idea. Numerous organizations –including corporations, governmental agencies, and nonprofits – have adopted crowdsourcing as an innovation tool to help them address their most pressing business challenges. There is no need to “rethink” crowdsourcing fundamentally.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Overview: A serendipitous meeting between a city official’s hobby and a freelancer’s brainstorm led to the city of Arlington, TX, creating a stop-motion LEGO movie to explain the city’s budget. Don’t assume creativity is expensive. How Can You Start Developing Creativity In Your Organization? The Challenge.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 30, 2017

Adam Grant, in his recent book Originals , points out that procrastination can be a powerful creativity tool to ensure the right problem is addressed. It is important to remember that this framework is a brainstorming activity and all problems, big and small, are worth considering. Employee Satisfaction. Customer Satisfaction.

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Be-novative

AUGUST 16, 2017

GE Healthcare had a recurring practice of involving their staff to brainstorm new product ideas during their annual Innovation Week but was struggling with the quality of their projects.

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Betterific

AUGUST 15, 2016

In today’s installment of “Brainstorming with Innovator” we invite one of our most prolific and active members, Thomas Williams. He has made a name for himself on the platform and is part of a unique and dynamic duo – his wife, Kelly Williams is just as creative and innovative. Well, Tom, you’ve got it.

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Betterific

JULY 25, 2016

We want to make you famous for your creativity. ” This is the first in our “Brainstorming with…” series. Below is an interview we had with Dan, where we ask him about his techniques, some insight into how he brainstorms, and for some suggestions on how to make Betterific even better!

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Stephen Shapiro

JUNE 29, 2022

Now we go to three downsides of traditional brainstorming (there are actually MANY more). There are several reasons traditional brainstorming sessions don’t work: 1. Although this is true for group brainstorming sessions, when using other forms of innovation (such as open innovation), this factor tends to have a reduced impact.

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Open Innovation EU

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Customer activities: Route 22: Crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing is effective in the early stages of an innovation process because of the fact that it per definition a diverging activity and it results in a wide variety of options to choose from. This involves (creative) user research ( Kumar ) and Lead User Involvement ( Bogers ).

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Qmarkets

APRIL 6, 2020

LEAD Innovation Management – an acclaimed Austrian firm specializing in corporate innovation – has transformed their extensive LEAD user network into a digital crowdsourcing platform using Qmarkets’ software. Its exclusive aim is to help companies gain access to the expertise and innovative creativity of the global ecosystem.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Open up lines of communication between employees and top management by optimizing corporate communication channels, holding company wide events/brainstorming sessions, or by allowing employees to submit ideas digitally through an employee submission box. Make it ok to brainstorm, to offer a germ of an idea and to make mistakes.

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IdeaScale

JULY 4, 2018

Employees could brainstorm, spot issues other departments might face and have them filtered out before the idea got too far along in the process. Innovation platforms enable creativity. When it came to the ATM problem, there was an interesting idea. Lesson #3: Always Refine.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

This week, we take a look at Innovation Leadership - how has the role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) evolved into the Chief Innovation Officer (CINO), and how important is leadership in the age of crowdsourcing anyway? Essentially, their innovative creativity is restricted and they cannot collaborate freely and brainstorm fearlessly.

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Betterific

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

We are excited to bring you Joyce Wycoff , an author and expert on gratitude and creativity. The Betterific memberbase is comprised of design thinkers, product developers, and smart creatives. So we like to bring content that helps expand the mind around creativity and brainstorming. She is a thinker and a doer.

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Betterific

APRIL 24, 2017

We just launched a new crowdsourcing innovation challenge with a financial institution to help dream up brilliant new ideas for a credit card company to wow its cardholders. Lots of creativity brewing. Kudos to this brand for going out to the crowd, to our memberbase of design thinkers, idea enthusiasts and brainstormers.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Open up lines of communication between employees and top management by optimizing corporate communication channels, holding company wide events/brainstorming sessions, or by allowing employees to submit ideas digitally through an employee submission box. Make it ok to brainstorm, to offer a germ of an idea and to make mistakes.

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Betterific

JANUARY 15, 2017

She loves the Betterific community, finds tremendous value in the brainstorming and connection with other members and companies. With our crowdsourcing, design-thinking innovation challenges, here is the rewards that winners get: -(1) Grand prize wins between $350-500. (4-5) 4-5) Runners Up win between $25-50. Great idea!

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Betterific

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

” She’s participated in numerous crowdsourcing innovation competitions , so it’s not surprising that her suggestion for Betterific is for the platform to host weekly “lightning” challenges. Read on for Kathy’s brainstorming tips and where she goes for inspiration. Great idea.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 1, 2024

Rather than leaving the creative process to chance, a well-crafted ideation strategy provides a roadmap for systematically generating, evaluating, and implementing new ideas. This approach not only streamlines the innovation process but also helps in harnessing the collective creativity of an organization.

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Stephen Shapiro

JUNE 30, 2022

The first two posts talked about competition vs collaboration, and the three downsides of traditional brainstorming. Several years ago I wanted a new logo for my website and decided to crowdsource a design using 99 Designs. But even with collaborative solutions, there are creative ways of divvying up the winnings.

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Open Innovation EU

APRIL 19, 2017

Over the years, many different works have been published that deal with creative research methods : there are so many great alternatives for finding that real gap in the market and iterating your product to its final stage. Crowdsourcing: using the wisdom of the crowd to gain new insights.

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Betterific

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Which is why crowdsourcing is so critical. MW: What do you do when you’re not brainstorming on Betterific? MW: What books do you recommend on ideation, creativity or innovation? LM: Cracking Creativity: The secrets of creative genius by Michael Michalko. I like being part of a group that values creativity.

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eZassi

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It’s the strategies, idea stage gate and workflows that move creative ideas, novel technologies, or key market insights through an efficient and transparent pipeline of challenge solvers and intrapreneurs to drive sustainable growth and gain a competitive edge. It’s all about embracing creativity and encouraging diverse perspectives.

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Planview

DECEMBER 4, 2018

where he explores how companies can activate employee ideas and leverage their creativity using Spigit’s platform. The ultimate takeaway here is that crowdsourced innovation is an invaluable tool for companies to use to future proof their businesses. Key takeaways. million employees from 154 public companies using Spigit.

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