IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Check out our top innovation blogs from 2019 for tips on transforming your product, process, market, and more. Seven Free Brainstorming Tools for 2019. Brainstorming is where innovation and product development strategy begin, but sometimes you need a little push to get started. Is Your Office Design Stifling Creativity?

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Paul Hobcraft

AUGUST 5, 2016

Crowdsourcing does have a real potential in my mind but does seem to have some formidable issues to work through, to be well understood and managed. Continuing with my exploring crowdsourcing. Let’s start here by raising some of the biggest concerns you might have over crowdsourcing? this source: [link]. Part one is here.

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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

OCTOBER 20, 2021

This process was carefully established within the community and was popular. It turned out that Davidson had put that process in place just in time. When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, Davidson turned towards its innovation process to address the rapid change and safety challenges the pandemic presented. Facing COVID.

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 12, 2018

I want to offer some thoughts that need us all involved in innovation to think about as we finish out 2018. If you are frustrated with your current innovation process then read on. Much of the current innovation process you are currently working with is a Dinosaur, it should have disappeared long ago. I think not.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2023

So this post reviews many great contributors to advancing innovation over the years. Many tools, techniques, frameworks, mechanics, and emerging methodologies have allowed different parts of the innovation process to be explored and exploited. The need today is not to dispense with this but to link it fully up.

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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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IdeaScale

MARCH 7, 2017

There are five key elements of a repeatable innovation portfolio: Opportunity Identification and Campaign Creation. When these components are in place, your innovation process becomes predictable and encourages participation across the spectrum. Once you’ve identified your innovation focus, create a campaign.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Innovation can accomplish great things, even in highly regulated government agencies.?. Five years ago, CDER launched a crowdsourcing program to make better use of its 4,500 employees, and the results have been extremely promising. For their innovation strategy, time-limited challenges work better.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In recent years, more companies have embraced this model as a key approach to scale their innovation efforts and stay ahead of the curve. What Is an Open Innovation Strategy? An open innovation strategy involves actively sourcing ideas, technologies, and knowledge from both internal and external stakeholders to accelerate innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2024

Ideas and feedback are flowing back and forth throughout the innovation process. This iterative approach is driving innovation by ensuring that solutions are aligned with user needs and market realities. Everyone in the innovation process can contribute, regardless of their position or role.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Yet, it’s important to remember that the so-called serendipitous encounters , unplanned interactions between employees working in close proximity to each other, represent one of the driving forces of innovation. crowdsourcing ?as open innovation tool to help them address their most pressing technical and business challenges.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 28, 2023

Innovation management software is expected to continue to evolve and improve in the coming years. Increased integration with other business tools, such as project management and collaboration software. More emphasis on data analytics and reporting to help companies better understand and track their innovation efforts.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

They are believed to play a central role in the development of new collaborative partnerships that are crucial for sustained corporate innovation process. Crowdsourcing to the Rescue? crowdsourcing ?as open innovation tool to help them address their most pressing technical and business challenges.

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eZassi

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Overcoming Challenges No implementation process is without obstacles, and common challenges include resource constraints, resistance to change, and the complexity of managing multiple stakeholders. Elevate Your Innovation Journey In today’s fast-paced market, the ability to turn ideas into reality is a competitive advantage.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Overview : Innovators face a number of challenges, as detailed in our choose-your-own-adventure infographic , including leadership buy-in, resources, and team-building. Yet, these challenges can be overcome with the right tools and approach. Crowdsourcing: When you reach out to everyone for ideas. Leadership.

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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. But the company’s existing “innovation” process was entirely manual, making progress fragmented, expensive, time-consuming, and siloed.

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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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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 5, 2017

I firmly believe we are on the cusp of a new innovation era. When you step back and recognize all the different advancements we have making in designing tools and frameworks, in understanding innovation, it holds promise. Execution and Value Delivery needs to drive the whole innovation process.

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 24, 2017

It takes a cross-sectional skill set to successfully implement good AI, and in order to do so, companies need to both understand their consumers’ motivations and capitalize on them using the right tools.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 23, 2019

There is growing specialization and client need for tracking trends, exploring technology solutions, IP patent searches, road mapping, portfolio management, foresight and scouting, collaborative ideas management, crowdsourcing, simply collecting inspiration or market intelligence, scanning environments to detect opportunity.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 5, 2020

Iowa DOT has announced the successful deployment of Qmarkets’ innovation management software, with the launch of their Research Ideas Website. Their goal is to crowdsource ideas from their stakeholders, both internal and external to DOT, to increase engagement and transparency throughout the agency.

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Flying Fish Lab

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

But that’s not the path the innovation process should take. It makes sense to pilot test your innovations before making that final commitment or laying down that final chapter. In developing or innovating a new product or service, we take inspiration from Marvel Comics , one of the greatest storytellers of all time.

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Flying Fish Lab

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

But that’s not the path the innovation process should take. It makes sense to pilot test your innovations before making that final commitment or laying down that final chapter. In developing or innovating a new product or service, we take inspiration from Marvel Comics , one of the greatest storytellers of all time.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 5, 2020

Iowa DOT has announced the successful deployment of Qmarkets’ innovation management software, with the launch of their Research Ideas Website. Their goal is to crowdsource ideas from their stakeholders, both internal and external to DOT, to increase engagement and transparency throughout the organization.

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Qmarkets

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This partnership will offer access to Qmarkets’ leading innovation management software ecosystem to RevelX’s global customer base, to provide them with best-in-class tools to reach their innovation goals. Many of our customers are ready to enter the next level for their innovation endeavors and underlying processes.

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Idea to Value

JULY 21, 2017

What it is: TRIZ is a problem-solving, analysis and forecasting tool derived from the study of patterns of invention in the global patent literature. At its core, the framework is a collection of strategies and tools for finding inventive solutions to difficult problems. 10 – Open Innovation, Crowdsourcing and Idea Management.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 5, 2020

Iowa DOT has announced the successful deployment of Qmarkets’ innovation management software, with the launch of their Research Ideas Website. Their goal is to crowdsource ideas from their stakeholders, both internal and external to DOT, to increase engagement and transparency throughout the organization.

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IdeaScale

JULY 4, 2017

Think of the improved innovation results they could get if they not only engaged their employees in the innovation process but also helped them to learn about that process and develop their skills in generating, developing, and analyzing ideas.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

While some tools, such as water and firebreaks, are a case of not fixing what already works, firefighters are increasingly deploying new technology to keep fires from running wild. Previous fires are being carefully simulated to improve future predictions, ensuring safety and giving firefighters better tools in the field.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 3, 2018

Embedding crowdsourcing and innovation management into the Smart Cities initiative could be what makes the difference. Cities such as around the world are all adapting technological and digital tools to optimize services and the city infrastructure. At first glance, the term “smart government” appears to be oxymoronic.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Do you have a process in place to do that? Ideation is a necessary step in the innovation process , but it’s only one step. Having the right tools and processes in place as you innovate is essential. Systematizing the Process. Transforming Bright Ideas Into Value. It’s quite the opposite.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Operational excellence is a business principle which is currently supported by a range of process management tools and methodologies, however, these approaches fail to utilize the most valuable resource at the disposal of all large organizations - their employees. How has the landscape of process excellence changed?

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 10, 2017

In a turbulent marketplace, when complexity can add even more confusion, it is important to have a simple and straightforward innovation system. Shared and easy-to-use innovation practices and tools can enable everyone in a company to work together to develop ideas that deliver compelling customer value. Innovation Processes .

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 10, 2017

In a turbulent marketplace, when complexity can add even more confusion, it is important to have a simple and straightforward innovation system. Shared and easy-to-use innovation practices and tools can enable everyone in a company to work together to develop ideas that deliver compelling customer value. Innovation Processes .

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 23, 2019

A good example of this is open betas for software, where the general public can download the latest version of an upcoming operating system or another tool with the understanding that it may not be stable and that they’ll need to disclose any bugs or issues they find. That can drive even closed innovation processes in powerful ways.

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Qmarkets

JULY 12, 2024

This article explores how entrepreneurship and innovation management work together and examines the role of innovation management software in leveraging entrepreneurial talent. These approaches enable organizations to tap into internal and external entrepreneurial talent and integrate it into their innovation management processes.

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