IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

I often see first-time innovators bit by the crowdsourcing bug, and they come to us to scratch that itch. “I I heard about this crowdsourcing thing. It’s determining what you’ll do with those ideas and how they’ll change your organization for the better that will help build a truly sustainable innovation program.

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Innovation Crowdsourcing Ideation Innovation Programs 178

IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

People in the company always bring up my story to show that product ideas can come from anyone,” Stearns said. The mister became one of the fastest product launches the company ever had. He leveraged his own expertise to create the company’s first purely social marketing campaign for the mister. It changed his life.

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Crowdsourcing Product Development Innovation Programs Tools 70

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. Improve innovation leadership. Gather more ideas.

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Creativity Innovation Programs Crowdsourcing Ideation 190

IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

More and more companies are inviting their employees to participate in company-wide ideation. Companies that do this contribute to overall innovation program health by ensuring a healthy top of the funnel stocked with ideas and allies. But with this opportunity comes new challenges.

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IdeaScale

JULY 11, 2018

This tenet underpins most of crowdsourcing and all open innovation programs. They had the vision to identify a solution, test it and their companies had the foresight to support and implement it. And if this marketer hadn’t shared their idea in a crowdsourcing community, the product team might never have found it.

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Artificial Inteligence Crowdsourcing Innovation Innovation Programs 150

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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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 27, 2018

A lot of crowdsourced innovation programs will tell you to offer incentives to your community of participants in order to drive engagement – but sometimes that’s a challenge for organization either because of budget restrictions or company regulations.

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Innovation Crowdsourcing Tips Engagement 164

IdeaScale

APRIL 24, 2018

We’ve been hosting a company-wide Open Nation event in Berkeley for three years now. Contreras dived into the importance of goal-setting and quantifiable metrics to any innovation program. Instead, focus on “actionable metrics,” which are “leading indicators of achieving the aligned objectives of your innovation program.”.

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Crowdsourcing Innovation Programs Policies Open Innovation 145

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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Ideation Innovation Innovation Programs Crowdsourcing 140

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. This helps our other customers see how they can deliver on ideas that could generate demonstrable returns for their company, as well. Engagement.

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Innovation Management Management Innovation Crowdsourcing 149

IdeaScale

MARCH 21, 2017

If you’re tired of not being able to compete with bigger companies in your industry due to a lack of research and development (R&D) budget, the good news is that’s no longer a problem. Open innovation allows everyone to compete equally, whether their development budget is large or small. What is Open Innovation.

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Open Innovation Management Software Review Crowdsourcing 145

Planview

APRIL 11, 2019

Polaris Industries’ crowdsourcing case study is inspiring people both internally and externally—and their story is still relevant today. We’re proud to have an innovative culture. .” – Joe Laurin, Visioneering Manager, Polaris Industries . That’s where Spigit’s innovation management software came in. Tapping the Crowd.

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Case Study Crowdsourcing Study Industry 56

IdeaScale

MARCH 7, 2017

Creating a repeatable innovation portfolio helps you plan more efficiently, scale resources, and gain insight for the growth of your innovation program. There are five key elements of a repeatable innovation portfolio: Opportunity Identification and Campaign Creation. Idea Collection and Inspiration. Proposal Generation.

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Crowdsourcing Innovation Project Innovation Processes 215

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. Improve innovation leadership. Gather more ideas.

Creativity 140

Creativity Innovation Programs Crowdsourcing Ideation 140

IdeaScale

MAY 25, 2017

When someone embeds a dedicated innovation group at their company or organization, there are several different approaches to managing research and idea stewardship and numerous problems to be solved. Crowdsourcing helps scale and prioritize the effort of new ideas.

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Ideation Crowdsourcing Innovation Software 133

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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Innovation Programs Crowdsourcing Innovation Tools 40

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

Such disruption, impacting companies regardless of industry, is fueling the sense of urgency behind innovation. 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.

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Innovation Programs Crowdsourcing Innovation Disruption 45

IdeaScale

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Sometimes companies are afraid to launch a crowdsourced innovation program, because they’re afraid that they’ll have to deliver on an avalanche of ideas. The post Expectation Management: Understanding the “No” appeared first on IdeaScale.

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Management Innovation Programs Crowdsourcing Policies 113

IdeaScale

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Innovation management consulting has emerged as a profession as businesses, nonprofits, and other organizations have started prioritizing innovation. Innovation management consultants help organizations establish innovation programs and keep innovation on track. Here are four signs that it might.

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Innovation Management Management Innovation Programs Innovation 113

Business Innovation Brief Submitted Articles

JULY 15, 2020

Innovation is not all that different to a team sport. In the same way that fans support their team by wearing their colors and cheering them on, your employees support your company by continuously voicing their ideas and collaborating to develop the best ones. Knock Your Innovation Program Out of the Park appeared first on Planbox.

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Innovation Programs Innovation Ideation Collaboration 149

Qmarkets

MARCH 18, 2025

How do you build momentum behind an innovation program while navigating the complexities of a merger and integrating new teams? Sometimes, innovation success stories can be a bit myopic, focusing too narrowly on a single shiny campaign or headline-worthy results. If you missed it, you can read the first part of the story here.

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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Innovation Programs Collaboration 52

Planview

APRIL 4, 2018

The main premise of the article was to shed a light on an important aspect of ideation and innovation programs: impact. At the end of the day, innovation leaders are measured on how impactful their innovation programs are on the business. Does it help surface new opportunities for growth?

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Innovation Programs Innovation Ideation Idea Management 56

IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

When participation from your crowd is critical to your innovation program, you’ve got to have a multi-channel engagement strategy that works. Amway’s video clearly demonstrates the value of participating in Amway’s crowdsourced innovation community – not only does it make a company better, it helps employees build their careers.

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Video Engagement Examples Innovation 113

IdeaScale

MARCH 16, 2017

In this respect, they are doing exactly what companies should do: planning for the next big leap while they are still establishing the current one. It’s also what most companies are forgetting to do… The major obstacles for established companies. The innovators dilemma haunts us all! Identify your biggest nightmare!

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Disruption Crowdsourcing Industry Strategy 145

Planview

JUNE 8, 2017

When establishing an innovation program, business leaders often struggle with forecasting the potential economic impact. To quantify the complete value of innovation program that leverages Spigit’s. Monetary benefits of building an innovation program that leverages Spigit. ideation management software.

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Innovation Programs Software Review Ideation Crowdsourcing 45

Imaginatik

JANUARY 30, 2017

Though they often deliver some success, organizations often struggle to take the challenge beyond the initial project, and into a complete innovation program. As a result, participants don’t stay engaged, momentum is lost, virtual ideation often fizzles out, and innovation ultimately dies on the vine.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Culture is the starting point for the success of all innovation programs and it is also a project that is never complete. One of the things about working at startup company like IdeaScale is that it’s almost an entirely different company every year. How will you keep innovation top of mind? Idea Quality.

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Culture Crowdsourcing Innovation Programs Culture of Innovation 100

Planview

APRIL 29, 2019

If you are reading this blog, you know that ideation and engaging the power of the crowd is at the heart of any innovation program. Planview Spigit is conducting the fourth annual State of Crowdsourced Innovation Management survey and study. The 2018 State of Crowdsourced Innovation Findings.

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Crowdsourcing Survey Innovation Management Industry 40

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. Starting with a pilot campaign to tackle challenges relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company has now signed up for a two-year license with over 400 users.

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Idea Management Management Crowdsourcing Innovation 98

Imaginatik

MARCH 23, 2017

Although measuring innovation is possible – and necessary for success – it’s still a touchy subject for most innovation leaders. Innovation is new to the business and ambiguous. For the vast majority of companies, innovation is either an occasional or newfound discipline. Measuring innovation requires partners.

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Innovation Programs Innovation Trends Crowdsourcing 100

IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Overview : Founded in 2017 off of a popular crowdsourcing initiative, the Government Services Administration (GSA)’s 10X program internally crowdsources ideas to design new approaches and launch new programs. It’s a role in government that demands constant innovation. To learn more, request a demo.

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Innovation Crowdsourcing Technical Review Resources 130

Qmarkets

JUNE 20, 2023

This partnership will enable both Qmarkets’ customers to benefit from the vast experience and expertise of Accel IQ and its community, and Accel IQ’s to benefit from Qmarket’s best-in-class software tools to drive their innovation programs forward. About Qmarkets Managing innovation at large company is never easy.

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Open Innovation Technical Review Innovation Management Management 98

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?

Innovation Programs 40

Innovation Programs Crowdsourcing Innovation Ideation 40

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. With an extensive background in building innovation programs from the ground up, Dr. . Speaking from Experience.

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Crowdsourcing How To CTO Innovation 40

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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Crowdsourcing Innovation Collaboration Ideation 40

Qmarkets

JUNE 8, 2023

At the same time, the day-to-day at an enterprise company IT department can feel like an endless game of whack-a-mole, with one problem after another requiring attention. But what is innovation management, and what is innovation management software? It covers the process from end to end.

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Innovation Management Artificial Inteligence Management Crowdsourcing 90