Planview

APRIL 11, 2019

Polaris Industries’ crowdsourcing case study is inspiring people both internally and externally—and their story is still relevant today. Planview Spigit lets us give employees an opportunity to create the next big thing.” – Joe Laurin, Visioneering Manager, Polaris Industries . Transparent crowdsourcing.

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IdeaScale

MARCH 8, 2017

JUMP is an online crowdsourcing community launched in 2015. This community discussion helps DOE, the labs, and industry partners gauge the market’s interest in the topic and potential solutions. To learn more about Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s use of crowdsourcing for innovation, read the full case study here.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Kanban allows you to visualize your entire workflow chain: from seed stage ideation, prototype development and market validation, down to manufacturing, post-production, scalability, and expansion. This system was invented by Sakichi Toyoda, founder of Toyota Industries, and is actually a congregate of several methods.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 10, 2024

Collaborative Ideation Beyond Ecosystem Boundaries: Description: Extend the boundaries of collaborative ideation beyond your existing Ecosystems. Open Innovation Strategies provide a competitive edge by harnessing external intelligence and staying attuned to industry trends.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

What are the building blocks of open innovation strategies building on Business Ecosystem thinking and design: The Building Blocks Through Open Innovation Strategies Collaborative Ideation Beyond Ecosystem Boundaries: Description: Extend the boundaries of collaborative ideation beyond your existing Ecosystems.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 13, 2025

Instead of fighting over market share, companies that embrace value innovation redefine industry norms and unlock new growth opportunities. In most industries, businesses either compete on price, sacrificing uniqueness, or invest heavily in differentiation, driving up costs. What is Value Innovation?

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IdeaScale

MAY 28, 2019

Companies in every industry are accepting that complacency and failure to innovate are tantamount to negligence. They may also advise on innovation culture, ideation processes, and identification of new markets. It requires more than just saying “Innovation is good.” Innovation consultants earn around $97,000 per year.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 21, 2019

From his background in crowdsourcing software as part of the open government initiative, Rob and co-founder Vivek Bhaskaran founded IdeaScale, which was promptly adopted by 23 federal agencies. Rob Hoehn started his crowdsourcing software career as part of the open government initiative in 2009.?.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

While they were initially conceived as events for software developers to “hack” together code, hackathons have since evolved into versatile innovation engines used by businesses across industries. Crowdsources New Perspectives External or combined participant hackathons provide businesses access to diverse ideas and viewpoints.

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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. That’s why we need your input!

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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 way, all ideators knew that their ideas were valued. 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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Qmarkets

AUGUST 10, 2020

The platform will be used on an ongoing continuous basis, but the initiative was kicked off on the 20th of July with a four-week ideation event to encourage adoption and engagement. 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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Qmarkets

AUGUST 10, 2020

Israel – The ongoing initiative kicked off on the 20th of July with a four-week ideation event to encourage adoption and engagement with the platform. 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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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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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Build a diverse advisory group consisting of internal leaders, industry experts, and external partners, such as venture capitalists or technology specialists. This support accelerates the development process and helps teams move quickly from ideation to execution.

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Qmarkets

JULY 11, 2024

The concept of crowdsourcing, coined by Jeff Howe and Mark Robinson in a 2006 Wired article , has revolutionized how businesses and organizations solve problems and innovate. In this article, we’ll explore how businesses are using crowdsourcing to drive innovation. What is Crowdsourcing?

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 1, 2024

A structured ideation strategy can be the driving force behind a company’s ability to innovate and remain competitive. Rather than leaving the creative process to chance, a well-crafted ideation strategy provides a roadmap for systematically generating, evaluating, and implementing new ideas. What is an Ideation Strategy?

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

Innovation software is no different from the tides of change sweeping industries. There is a growing recognition of adapting different types of software that enables the ideation stage and can integrate into all the other parts of the innovation value chain. So often client solutions and their needs have considerable lag.

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eZassi

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Why AI Alone is Insufficient for Technology Discovery Contextual Understanding : AI lacks the nuanced understanding of industry-specific challenges that human analysts possess. Crowdsourcing Ideas from Stakeholders : One of the most effective ways to foster innovation is through employee-driven ideation and innovation challenges.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 28, 2023

Industry specific solutions: Offering solutions that are tailored for specific industries, such as healthcare or manufacturing, could increase adoption. Proof of value: Showcasing the results and benefits that other companies have achieved by using the software could encourage more companies to adopt it.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Why your company needs to think about crowdsourcing with the competition…. The benefits of crowdsourcing are even more clear in the medical and pharmaceutical industry where breakthroughs could save lives. In the tech industry in particular, but in many other fields as well, format wars are constantly raging.

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Planview

MAY 25, 2017

ideation software. Software solutions that power ideation programs around the world are continuing to evolve and expand in capabilities opening the door for other business units beyond the innovation department – from HR to product marketing and for use cases such as improving customer experience and developing new products.

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PlanBox Innovation

AUGUST 17, 2021

Well, you can work with external networks of talent and expertise by extending your crowdsourcing efforts beyond your organization’s walls. This is why it’s important for leadership to recognize the power of crowdsourcing : it’s a sustainable process for repeatedly unlocking business value. And to think that all you have to do… is ask!

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eZassi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

What is Crowdsourcing for Innovation? Crowdsourcing and co-creation is an essential arm of conducting smart business. How to channel your internal and external crowd for innovation, ideation and collaboration. What is the Goal of Crowdsourcing Innovation? What is Crowdsourcing for Innovation? The choice is yours.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The Enexis Group finds itself in an industry prime for innovation stagnation; well-established solutions, a workforce often resistant to change, and heavy regulation on procedures and costs, means that spontaneous innovation is not something that can happen easily.

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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. Somedia used Qmarkets’ best practice Q-ideate configuration in order to maximize results.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 25, 2023

ICL is a global leader in the minerals industry operating across every corner of the globe, and committed to driving sustainability through its activities in food technology, agriculture, and industrial production. What can ICL’s approach to crowdsourcing tell us about how to launch a successful idea management program?

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Since the dawn of the industrial revolution, right through to today, people who sell things plan and organize and execute their business inside closed organizations (they’re called companies) where they spend their days talking almost entirely to each other. So grab a hard hat and sledgehammer, and join us!

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Planview

OCTOBER 15, 2015

What do Bruce Wayne, George Lucas, and the team at Polaris industries have in common? 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. The post It’s a BatMobile!

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

hpo has helped companies such as Allianz, UBS, Stadler Rail, ABB and many other business leaders from various industries to sustainably increase their competitiveness with the involvement of key stakeholder groups. The track record spans several industries as well as company sizes throughout Europe.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 21, 2021

hpo has helped companies such as Allianz, UBS, Stadler Rail, ABB and many other business leaders from various industries to sustainably increase their competitiveness with the involvement of key stakeholder groups. The approach is a perfect fit with the process configuration capabilities of the Qmarkets Ideation Platform.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 21, 2019

SCM Group – a major global industrial technology organization – has announced the successful deployment of Qmarkets innovation management software across their workforce. The flexibility afforded by these tools will allow SCM Group to adapt their platform ad-hoc to the evolving requirements of an industrial innovation company.

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Planview

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Startup collaboration fueled by external ideation. Siemens, the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe and a longstanding Spigit customer, is one company in particular that all enterprises should keep an eye on when it comes to collaborating with startups. But Siemens didn’t stop at the Frontier Program, they doubled down.

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Planview

JANUARY 23, 2018

The MIT Sloan Management Review article highlighted one component of the overall study, which we take a closer look at in this article: ideation rate. What is ideation rate? employees) in a given ideation challenge. Why is ideation rate important? However, ideation rate reveals more. Here’s a quick example.

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Qmarkets

JUNE 8, 2023

Businesses can crowdsource ideas and solutions, evaluate them, then implement the best ones and track their performance. Keeping up-to-date with trends IT is an industry that is constantly changing, so teams need to ensure they don’t fall behind. It covers the process from end to end.

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PlanBox Innovation

AUGUST 3, 2021

This lifecycle is what Forrester describes as the 5 key activities of innovation management , a process through which creative ideas are given life via targeting, ideation, incubation, business planning, and commercialization (more on this in point 1 below). Speaking of bringing people together, let’s talk about crowdsourcing.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 3, 2018

Embedding crowdsourcing and innovation management into the Smart Cities initiative could be what makes the difference. However, on a closer glance, when you read about and think about the deep changes business and industries have gone through, including digital transformation , you look back at the governments and think, “Aren’t they stuck?

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