IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Moderators say it’s a powerful tool for employee engagement and collaboration. He says this product and the company’s innovation program have been key parts of his career. Laszlo Gyorffy is president of EDG, an IdeaScale partner that specializes in innovation strategy. Stearns is now director of digital marketing at TTi.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 4, 2018

This year, QED won the Innovation Management award for best innovation realized. The reason that they won this award is, because they were able to collaborate with other crowdsourcing platform TopCoder to test and prototype promising solutions right away – a great use of crowd resources.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Companies that do this contribute to overall innovation program health by ensuring a healthy top of the funnel stocked with ideas and allies. Not every innovation program has developed the communications skill set necessary to engage a global workforce or customer base in sharing ideas, developing ideas, and collaborating.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 4, 2025

This article explores 12 thought-provoking innovation quotes, each revealing a key lesson in crowdsourcing, collaboration, idea management , or continuous innovation. Crowdsourcing Innovation Quotes The Power of Collective Intelligence Great ideas dont happen in isolation.

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eZassi

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Through our Innovation Strategy Solutions , we help clients build a culture of creativity and align their ideas with corporate objectives. Once identified, teams can collaborate to generate, refine, and prioritize concepts. These services not only foster collaboration but also promote a culture of accountability and adaptability.

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Hutch Carpenter

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Previously, I’ve described Why Crowdsourcing Works. Crowdsourcing is a case where you get many people who don’t one another collaborating toward a defined outcome. To reiterate the principle points about the value of crowdsourcing: Diverse inputs drive superior solutions. How much does “what’s in it for me?”

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IdeaScale

APRIL 24, 2018

Much like its inspiration, Open Nation DC brought together an energetic, eclectic group of IdeaScale customers and prospects to knowledge-share, network and collaborate. Contreras dived into the importance of goal-setting and quantifiable metrics to any innovation program. Coast Guard. Coast Guard.

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IdeaScale

JULY 19, 2017

And then the profile for the embedded innovation group within an organization: A majority of IdeaScale customers have some level of program maturity (between 1-3 years old). Most IdeaScale customers are using their innovation program to collaborate with their employees. The post What Does an Innovator Look Like?

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

IdeaScale offers crowdsourcing software, because the higher quantity and the greater diversity between linked ideas and concepts, the better an innovation program performs. Every year we celebrate entrants who have demonstrated creativity and results in their engagement strategy.

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IdeaScale

MAY 25, 2017

Identifying organizational objectives, marshaling resources, developing repeatable processes for idea development and testing… but there are a few reasons that people turn to innovation management software to scale the success of their organized innovation program. They don’t have enough quality ideas.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 18, 2025

How do you build momentum behind an innovation program while navigating the complexities of a merger and integrating new teams? For Forvis Mazars, the answer lies in empowering their people, embracing collaboration, and staying relentlessly focused on progress. If you missed it, you can read the first part of the story here.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 3, 2021

In that context, the NRC requires powerful innovation to meet its brief. The NRC’s innovation program started with a voluntary program created by staff called the Idea Greenhouse. Ideas can be solicited through crowdsourcing, shared spontaneously, or documented and discussed as they’re applied in the field.

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Hutch Carpenter

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

The area of collaborative innovation is a natural extension of the social business movement. It’s the extension of social into purposeful collaboration , a term Alan Lepofsky uses to describe the evolution of the social business market. It’s a different task than getting small teams to collaborate.

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Planview

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Engaging the “crowd” at scale in your innovation initiative has been proven to fundamentally transform companies. In fact, Gartner recently named crowdsourcing as the most effective independent discipline that CIOs can adopt to drive digital transformation. The advantages of crowdsourced innovation can’t be ignored.

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Planview

APRIL 4, 2019

Either your organization is innovating or it’s getting swallowed up by the competition. That’s why having an effective innovation program is so important to stay afloat. The challenge for many program leaders and their innovation programs comes down to their level of involvement in the idea implementation process.

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Business Innovation Brief Submitted Articles

JULY 15, 2020

However, out of left field came the global health pandemic, and collaboration has since taken a major hit at a time when creative ideas and solutions are needed most. Innovation is not all that different to a team sport. Leadership is critical for innovation to be a home run hit however.

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Planview

JANUARY 6, 2016

Here are a few things the team at Progressive is really, really good at: (1) creating one of the most iconic brand mascots to ever hit the insurance scene; (2) leading the charge in industry breakthroughs, like data-driven driving services; (3) developing awesome new products, services, and processes with crowdsourced innovation.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 22, 2017

In fact, government is sometimes seen as one of the least innovative industries , but some of our best stories this year came from the government. In this case, the City of Calgary was a leader in generating engagement with their innovation program. But how did they do it?

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 31, 2017

For the first item, our goal is to make decisions that are accepted by all the key stakeholders and are consistent with the goals of your crowdsourcing or innovation program or the goals of your organization overall. If people know when to go broad and when to focus, it is easier for them to contribute to the collaboration.

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Planview

JULY 28, 2015

You might have heard that crowdsourcing innovation is really hard to manage. Or that the business value won’t show itself right away, so it’s not worth the time and effort it takes to start a crowd-based innovation program. Crowdsourcing Ideas Leads to Mob Mentality. Crowdsourcing Compromises Value.

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Daniel Burrus

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

In 2000, I predicted that we would see innovation as a service in the near future. Welcome to the world of crowdsourcing innovation, where even the has asked their electorate for ideas ahead of their 2016 Budget. Use #Crowdsourcing to identify new ideas when you don't have all of the answers.

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Planview

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Crowdsourcing solutions gives us the best chance of driving real, lasting change — in fact, 85% of the 2014 Best Global Brands have used crowdsourcing in the last ten years. Be a Part of the Crowdsourcing Solution. The initiative is already making headlines — not to mention driving monumental change across the globe.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 21, 2020

Somedia – one of the largest media companies in Switzerland – have selected Qmarkets’ idea management platform to crowdsource ideas from their employees. 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.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

You’ve done the groundwork for creating a successful innovation program. You’ve learned what mistakes to avoid , and even moved forward with adopting innovation management software like Spigit to enable innovation in a way that’s valuable and repeatable. So why aren’t things taking off how you imagined they would?

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Planview

AUGUST 27, 2018

A company’s very survival relies not on a visionary CEO or group of executives but the collective knowledge of its employees and their ability to collaborate. While acquisitions will always play a role in capturing innovation and staying ahead, it’s not the end all be all. Crowdsourcing. How do you get them involved at scale?

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Firefighting agencies are responding with computer modeling, advanced topographic mapping, new fire management techniques, sensors, mobile monitors, infrastructure upgrades, and new government innovation programs. This is why government innovation is beginning to explore smart grids and other upgrades. The Scale Of The Problem.

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Planview

AUGUST 6, 2015

Recently, Spigit CTO James Gardner shared some of his expert tips on using crowdsourcing software to build your innovation pipeline. Using a crowdsourcing platform will often remove the majority of the legwork.”. Crowdsourcing Innovation = Diverse Ideas and Predictable Outcomes. Here’s what we learned.

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Imaginatik

JANUARY 13, 2017

An obvious example is a clue from 2011 – the public launch of Uber’s ride-sharing program in San Francisco. Many innovation programs, and some R&D teams, benefit from full-time staff who work as designated innovation scouts. However, you don’t need to have full-time innovation scouts to get going.

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Planview

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Spigit CTO James Gardner, who this week is presenting at the Chief Innovation Officer Summit in NYC , knows a thing or two about how to be successful at crowdsourcing innovation. The way to get the best innovation is by crowdsourcing it.” ” 3 Critical Guidelines for Crowdsourcing Innovation Effectively.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The evolving trend of smart city innovation is one that governments should be wholeheartedly embracing, but as with many government initiatives, seems to be having a hard time getting off the ground. Embedding crowdsourcing and innovation management into the smart cities initiative could be what makes the difference.

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Planview

JUNE 12, 2018

Measuring the success of an innovation program is a critical step in determining the impact it has on a company’s bottom line. But how do you know if your innovation program is delivering value? During the webinar, Amin gave listeners an inside look at Bechtel’s innovation program, including how they measure success.

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Hutch Carpenter

AUGUST 5, 2015

Innovation efforts come in a variety of forms: innovation and design labs, jobs-to-be-done analysis, corporate venturing, distributed employee experiments, open innovation, TRIZ, etc. In this post, I want to focus on another type of innovation initiative: Collaborative Innovation. It’s not exhaustive.

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Qmarkets

JULY 19, 2024

The closed innovation model can result in slower innovation cycles, higher costs, and increased risk of obsolescence in a rapidly changing market. But what is open innovation? Open innovation offers a compelling alternative by encouraging collaboration beyond the company’s own boundaries.

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Planview

OCTOBER 15, 2015

But only Spigit customer Polaris has crowdsourcing to thank for the unique design of the Slingshot, their recently-released three-wheel motorcycle that’s been compared to every superhero transport in the books. Crowdsourcing a Best-Seller at Polaris. How Spigit helped them make the process of ideation to execution 80% faster.

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hackerearth

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Among the other game changers in the world of digital transformation that are worth a mention are augmented reality tools for the field service sector, predictive maintenance, and crowdsourcing. In all of these applications, innovation is the buzzword. How innovation management enables digital transformation. Conclusion.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 25, 2024

The change has also been manifested in business, where many companies are now using innovation software to collaborate, innovate, and improve processes. However, innovation in education is yet to benefit from the widespread adoption of dedicated innovation management software.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

On both fronts, crowdsourcing--tapping on the collective wisdom of people in Europe and the rest of the world--can become a valuable source of ideas and solutions. . Two forms of crowdsourcing approaches seem particularly relevant in this context. Can collaboration solve the world’s most pressing problems?

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