IdeaScale

JUNE 14, 2017

We recently spoke with Michel to hear his thoughts on how to successfully foster a culture of innovation within a company. People understand that culture is an important driver of innovation, but often see it as a problem of motivating employees to act differently. How are today’s companies embracing a more innovative culture?

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 26, 2025

They are influenced by economic cycles, cultural shifts, emerging technologies, competitive pressures, and evolving customer needs. Integrate with Innovation Planning Use the Context Map Canvas to inform key innovation activities such as: Idea generation and opportunity framing. Strategic roadmapping and resource planning.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Intent focus on the unimportant In an effort to be seen doing something, when innovation is a priority most organizations will respond with alacrity, gathering teams to conduct idea generation. The focus is on successful completion of the idea generation activity, not on actual implementation of new ideas.

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Destination Innovation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Talking to people from different backgrounds can spark fresh ideas. Travel : Exploring new places and cultures can be a rich source of inspiration. Historical Research : Studying history and the evolution of ideas can provide insights for new innovations or solutions to current problems.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding Innovation Culture The bedrock of a thriving organization lies not just in its products or services, but also in the underlying culture that fosters creativity and innovation. Understanding and nurturing an innovation culture within your company is pivotal to maintaining a competitive edge and driving sustainable growth.

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Innovation in Practice

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Here’s what they need to see and believe: An innovative corporate culture is one that supports the creation of new ideas and the implementation of those ideas. Innovative companies use innovation to differentiate themselves by: Conducting regular idea generation workshops within business units.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 27, 2017

The capabilities to support a culture of innovation we discuss are: Vision & Strategy. Developing a culture of innovation: Reward vs Risk aversion. Company-wide Idea Generation. Ten Types of Innovation. Leadership & Sponsorship. Measuring and Rewarding Performance. Bureaucracy. Training and New Experiences.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Building an Innovation Culture Importance of Innovation Culture In today’s rapidly changing business landscape, fostering an innovation culture within your organization is not just a bonus; it’s a necessity. The benefits of nurturing such a culture are manifold.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding Innovation Culture Assessment Definition and Importance of Innovation Culture Innovation culture refers to an environment that encourages creative thinking and the advancement of new ideas. In summary, innovation culture assessment is a critical step in fostering innovation in the workplace.

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Leapfrogging

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The Move Perk Play with Ideas Inspires out-of-the-box problem-solving Supply Creative Stuff Speeds up getting those fresh ideas off the ground Keep an Eye on Your Tactics Keeps your plans sharp and ready for anything By making creativity a staple of your company culture, you’re setting up a forward-thinking, resilient business.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

The Imperative of Organizational Culture Defining Organizational Culture Organizational culture embodies the values, beliefs, and behaviors that determine how your company’s employees interact and handle business transactions. For leaders, recognizing the need for change is the first critical step in this journey.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding Innovation Culture Embracing a culture of innovation is essential for any organization striving to remain competitive and relevant in today’s fast-paced business world. This section will define what innovation culture is and explain why it’s imperative to cultivate it within the workplace.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The Foundation of Innovation Culture In today’s fast-paced business environment, cultivating an innovation culture within your organization is not just beneficial; it is imperative for survival and growth. Importance of Innovation Culture You might wonder why there is a pressing need to nurture an innovation culture.

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Destination Innovation

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The goal is to use each identified strength as a catalyst for innovation, ensuring that the ideas generated are creative and aligned with what your organization does best. Values like these not only define your organization’s culture but also influence how you interact with customers, employees, and the broader community.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Importance of Fostering Innovation in Leadership Defining Innovation Culture An innovation culture refers to the values, behaviors, and norms that ensure an organization not only generates new ideas but also executes them to achieve positive outcomes.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

Unpacking Organizational Culture Defining Organizational Culture Organizational culture embodies the collective values, beliefs, and principles of organizational members and is a product of such factors as history, product, market, technology, strategy, type of employees, management style, and national culture.

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Qmarkets

JULY 31, 2023

Together, we will help businesses across Asia implement continuous improvement processes and nurture an innovation culture to drive efficiencies, build resilience and unlock growth potential. OmniStrada and Qmarkets will provide businesses with a proven solution to continuously find and implement new ideas.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 7, 2020

To maximize the ROI of your innovation initiatives, it’s vital to gain input from as many sources as possible and ensure all departments take part in a culture of ideation. It’s the process of developing a synergy between technology, organization, and culture to develop ongoing innovation proficiency within an enterprise.

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Paul Hobcraft

JANUARY 28, 2023

Lastly, the company’s culture and its alignment with an innovation mindset can also play a role in the adoption of the software. Blockchain: Blockchain technology could be used to create decentralized systems for idea generation, voting, and funding, potentially eliminating the need for centralized software solutions.

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Jeffrey Phillips

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

If you want big ideas, you need to encourage them, yes, but also talk about them in ways that open up dialog, thinking and idea generation to a much larger dimension. If your words and communications don't signal the importance of these activities, then your culture won't reinforce them, and your thinking will be constrained.

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Qmarkets

JULY 22, 2021

Employee ideas are the backbone of any corporate innovation initiative, and therefore a strong idea generation process that can be scaled across your organization is key. So, the process itself must be carefully tailored to your organization’s culture, needs, and fit seamlessly within your business to ensure employee adoption.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MAY 24, 2022

Why you should consider a red team Let's imagine, instead, that your innovation team, the people with the great new idea, are the blue team. They've developed an idea based on a set of insights, voice of the customer work, great idea generation and a lot of testing.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In order for innovation to be possible, a company needs to have the following foundational elements: Enablement: The creativity and culture to develop new and different ideas. Delivery: A team of people who have the ability to take rough ideas and develop them into a customer-facing innovation.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Additionally, we’ll explore why software dedicated to idea management is not just suitable but ideal for serving as a hackathon platform, ensuring that the best ideas generated don’t just stay as concepts but evolve into impactful solutions. This ensures that promising ideas don’t lose momentum after the event.

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Tim Kastelle

APRIL 12, 2018

The bars reflect how two teams of managers, a senior team and a junior team, rank this firm on the five stages in the innovation process – idea generation, selection, and implementation, as well as sustaining innovations and diffusing them. Higher scores on the scale of 1-3 mean that they believe they are stronger in those areas.

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IdeaScale

MAY 28, 2019

They can help client businesses construct strategies and business plans that realign goals around a culture of innovation. They may also advise on innovation culture, ideation processes, and identification of new markets. Innovation consultants provide innovation leadership primarily by helping client companies pursue innovation goals.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 16, 2023

When you are generating ideas, through individual work, or brainstorming, or some other means, you are sparking ideas. While idea generation can often seem challenging to introverts or people who don't think of themselves as "creative", it is the easiest activity in the innovation realm. Sparks don't burn wet wood.

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Wazoku

DECEMBER 20, 2018

A culture of innovation is more than a buzzword. Many organisations struggle to first define what makes a culture innovative, let alone build an innovative culture. WHAT DEFINES THE CULTURE OF AN INNOVATIVE ORGANISATION? Without accepting failure, you squash the generation of innovative ideas. Collaboration.

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The Sins That Ruin Idea Generation. ” Well, you bother because you need ideas. Stretch the idea generation work out over a week or more. Collaboration to solve problems is all about culture, incentives, team building, leadership, and more. Redefine Brainstorming If You Want Results. .

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Jeffrey Phillips

OCTOBER 12, 2021

So any new idea is often called into question, and closely examined for risk. Corporate cultures play a significant role in limiting innovation in large companies, but should not create nearly the same barriers for startups. All the while realizing a new idea as a valuable new product or service for customers.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding Innovation Culture Innovation culture is the backbone of a company’s growth and longevity. Understanding and nurturing this culture is imperative for any business that aspires to lead and outperform in its industry. As a leader, your actions, strategies, and vision set the tone for the entire organization.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

By participating in well-structured workshops, executives can gain the confidence to implement a mindset shift for senior executives and contribute to a culture that values long-term vision and strategic growth.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

By participating in well-structured workshops, executives can gain the confidence to implement a mindset shift for senior executives and contribute to a culture that values long-term vision and strategic growth.

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Jeffrey Phillips

AUGUST 26, 2021

In most discrete innovation projects, the ideas generated are not distinguished from existing products or services, and thus many times the activity is deemed unsatisfactory or even a failure. In fact, the main metric for most innovation projects is how quickly they can get through the work, so the team can go back to their day jobs.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 15, 2020

In the first blog I wrote about the importance of defining an innovation bias in your culture. Without a bias for innovation, teams and executives will skip past the context setting to get more rapidly to what they consider the main event - the idea generation and validation. To which you'd say: no kidding.

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Paul Hobcraft

JULY 13, 2021

Equally, many within organizations where innovation is left more ‘open’ do run the risk that there is an over-emphasis on idea generation; by placing the emphasis point further along the innovation value chain that we must remember that it is exploring the benefits that flow from ideas, not the ideas alone.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Positioning : Positioned at the forefront of new idea generation and technological advancement. Value : Drives economic growth, job creation, and innovation by fostering a culture of entrepreneurship and risk-taking. Innovation Ecosystems * Concept : Focused on fostering and accelerating innovation across various sectors.

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