Paul Hobcraft

MAY 3, 2023

The most significant activities for investing in innovation management software are presently for events, challenges and campaigns, idea assessments, especially at the early stage, and product development filters. Something needs to change as the ground is shifting beneath our executive feet. We are all operating in a different era.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 27, 2025

This feature allows you to easily integrate any evaluation methodology into your process, enabling data-driven decisions across your entire innovation program. Our custom AI fields can be configured to automatically generate any strategic analysis you need to help make decisions across your innovation process.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

For 2021, IdeaScale has three new winners of the Innovation Management Awards: TriHealth for engaging nearly 80% of their workforce; Grant Thornton for pioneering work in automation; and Graybar for an exemplary innovation process. Best Innovation Process: Graybar. Best Engagement Strategy: TriHealth.

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Qmarkets

JULY 26, 2024

In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the essential components of a successful strategic innovation program. By managing innovation strategically, companies can achieve sustained growth and maintain their competitive edge in the market.

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Qmarkets

JULY 29, 2024

In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the essential components of a successful strategic innovation program. By managing innovation strategically, companies can achieve sustained growth and maintain their competitive edge in the market.

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eZassi

MARCH 6, 2025

Technology discovery and scouting are essential activities for enterprise innovation programs and R&D departments to identify emerging technologies, startups, and market trends that can drive competitive advantage. Ezassis technology discovery services are designed to uncover these opportunities through tailored research programs.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

This year, the US Coast Guard won the annual Innovation Management Award for organization that could demonstrate the best and most repeatable innovation process. That process surfaced numerous valuable ideas that will lead to lives saved in future Coast Guard operations.

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Qmarkets

JULY 11, 2024

Innovation is critical for businesses of all shapes and sizes, from launching a first product to making a new global acquisition. However corporate innovation is often the most complex and challenging due to its scale and scope. Success in corporate innovation requires a thoughtful approach to overcoming these obstacles.

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Innov8rs

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

This is the frustrating reality for many corporate innovators. Despite having well-structured innovation programs, organizations often struggle to turn validated concepts into real market impact. The day-to-day business is designed for safely delivering operational KPIs and the margins that keep shareholders happy.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Overview: In 2017, Davidson College redesigned its innovation program for more transparency, engagement, and democracy. The process was designed to bring in and launch as many ideas as possible, built on the IdeaScale platform. Building An Inclusive Innovation Practice. Facing COVID.

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Qmarkets

JULY 21, 2017

Innovation centers have captured significant attention in recent years for their role as formalized institutions for driving innovation within large businesses. Digital design teams are their natural counterpart, driving innovation on a more personal level. Innovation centers and digital design teams: quick definitions.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

T o overcome this challenge, and as innovation became a top priority, most companies have created diversified corporate innovation programs to generate new innovation projects. A well implemented Front End of Innovation process and supporting system goes a long way in addressing those needs.

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hackerearth

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

In other words, it is because sometimes innovation strategies fail to produce products/ services that the customers want. Which brings us to the question, “Why do innovation programs fail?”. Below are 6 reasons why innovation programs can fail. Take the following innovation management process for example.

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IdeaScale

JUNE 26, 2018

What are the stages of innovation? Like so many of our answers, the stages of innovation vary customer to customer. Do you have a process in place? Some build proposals, some start aligning ideas to programs elsewhere in the company, but in this stage ideas become more than fragments and start becoming more robust solutions.

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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. The event was so popular it quickly became an ongoing program. What Is The General Services Administration?

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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. Future Building – a Core Innovation Skill Set.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 5, 2020

When you are trying to create a repeatable innovation process, you can’t just start anywhere by doing random activities. As such, the first question for you to answer is – how ready is your company to support and nurture innovation? What other innovation programs are being run within your company at the moment?

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Imaginatik

APRIL 24, 2015

Senior leadership therefore develops a strategic plan for innovation, appoints a corporate innovation leader, and provides that leader with the resources deemed necessary and appropriate for success. The most common mistake: leadership doesn’t factor their organization’s Innovation Maturity level into the equation.

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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. Government innovation is a good starting point for any organization to learn more about innovation strategy.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 23, 2023

Disruptive innovations like these have a legendary status that is richly deserved, but it is actually incremental innovations that are more likely to provide sustainable fuel to drive ROI for your innovation programs year in, year out. Another company that is an expert at incremental innovation is Coca-Cola.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

T o overcome this challenge, and as innovation became a top priority, most companies have created diversified corporate innovation programs to generate new innovation projects. A well implemented Front End of Innovation process and supporting system goes a long way in addressing those needs.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 18, 2016

In this case we were told that Yes, the client had adopted another consulting firm's innovation methodology. In fact when we met with the client team, they provided a binder of information on a step by step innovation process, that from the looks of things was relatively straightforward and complete. Anyway, back to the client.

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Imaginatik

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Attempts to harness or direct that creative energy are not only futile, but actually impede the process. At Imaginatik, we call this the “fluff and magic” vision of innovation where value can only be created by anointed innovation/design Shamans toiling in exposed brick and beam lab/temples.

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Econic

APRIL 10, 2018

Corporate innovation is hard. More and more, we’re seeing innovation programs close their doors after only a few years, with few senior leaders in the organization recognizing any real value from their efforts. No compelling vision or reason to innovate. Lack of clearly defined innovation metrics. Call your shot.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Support Offer guidance and mentorship to help navigate the innovation process. Recognition Acknowledge and reward innovation efforts to reinforce their value. By empowering your team, you instill a sense of ownership and commitment to the innovation process. Define the core problems you have identified.

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PlanBox Innovation

MAY 10, 2022

or “Where should we innovate next?”. Question 4: How do we get our executives to support the innovation program? . Executives want to receive a demonstrable benefits, or ROI, and easily track the progress of the innovation program. Begin with the end in mind. Focus on tracking and reporting the right metrics.

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

The biggest challenges in corporate innovation and how to navigate them Corporate innovation is hard. More and more, we’re seeing innovation programs close their doors after only a few years, with few senior leaders in the organization recognizing any real value from their efforts. Structure, Tools & Processes 1.

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Values Centered Innovation

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In this mini-course, you'll learn an entirely new way to design and deliver powerful presentations for project reviews and innovative, new proposals. Art and discipline of innovation Energize innovation Conscious innovator Innovation programs Innovation eLearning innovation mindset Innovation Culture Innovation Process

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

In this article, we’ll explore several powerful innovation techniques—ranging from problem-solving frameworks and ideation methods to hackathons and structured innovation programs. These are tactical approaches that can be applied in specific scenarios to spark innovation.

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Planview

APRIL 11, 2019

Through their Ideate Innovation program, which the team uses to surface and develop ideas and turn them into award-winning products. But the company’s existing “innovation” process was entirely manual, making progress fragmented, expensive, time-consuming, and siloed. The Ideate Innovation Program.

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 8, 2017

Inexperience in: the kind of divergent thinking necessary to innovate, in specific meeting behaviors and facilitation skills, and in innovation process, approaches and frameworks. Here are details regarding innovation courses you can attend in the near future, Denver, August 28 – 31.

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Qmarkets

JULY 19, 2024

This strategy allows businesses to leverage external expertise, share resources, and integrate diverse perspectives within a broader innovation ecosystem, ultimately fostering a more dynamic and efficient innovation process. This guide aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of open innovation.

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PlanBox Innovation

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As an innovation manager, you’re tasked with the challenging responsibility of leading the development and implementation of new ideas, products, and initiatives that will drive growth and competitiveness for your company.

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Econic

MAY 23, 2019

Corporate innovation is hard. More and more, we’re seeing innovation programs close their doors after only a few years, with few senior leaders in the organization recognizing any real value from their efforts. No compelling vision or reason to innovate. Lack of clearly defined innovation metrics. Call your shot.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 13, 2022

In the second part of this article we will share how we helped Barenbrug – a leading agriculture company based in the Netherlands – to implement an innovation program with the Qmarkets tool. Innovation Exploration vs Exploitation. For the latter, we favour the design thinking approach.

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Gregg Fraley

MAY 1, 2018

For results, leaders need to foster innovation fundamentals and integrate them into organizational culture. More structure is needed as fundamentals take hold, and that means an innovation process framework. This series of posts on innovation fundamentals is not about frameworks.

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Innov8rs

OCTOBER 21, 2022

And rather than just working on optimizing their current business model, they should also work on sustaining and transformative innovations. High-performance innovation programs: every innovation program - e.g., accelerators, incubators, etc. Do leaders (and teams) get excited about the wrong innovation programs?

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