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. This ensures that innovation becomes a scalable part of the business strategy, rather than an occasional effort.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 3, 2023

How many constantly upgrade their skills, not just attend events? How much does a business organization spend on its ERP system compared to its innovation system? The market for investing in innovation management tools remains fragmented. Is that really the sum of innovation?

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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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IdeaScale

MARCH 22, 2017

If you’ve been following IdeaScale’s Innovation Management Awards , you know that this year saw some really thrilling innovation come from some unexpected places. 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.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

From 2003 to 2007, I have been in charge of the R&D project portfolio management line of business at a solution provider. 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.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Innovation Program Background & Context. Did you have an internal process of innovation within Intel before you reached out to Qmarkets? What was the trigger to roll out an innovation program and how did it begin? Take a look and reach out if you have any additional questions that we can help you with.

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Tim Kastelle

MARCH 13, 2016

In part 1 of this post , Ralph revisited key innovation issues that were already addressed by us three years ago. It doesn’t always translate to managers, however. Co-Innovation and startup engagement. serve customer needs in the context of life events, rather than selling products. Who wants to be an exploiter?

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

From 2003 to 2007, I have been in charge of the R&D project portfolio management line of business at a solution provider. 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.

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Innovation Architecture

MARCH 5, 2018

The International Association of Innovation Professionals (IAOIP) sponsors Innova-Con as the capstone to their annual cycle of events. The IAOIP, a non-profit professional society, seeks to raise the level of knowledge amongst the professionals working in the field of innovation management.

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Imaginatik

JANUARY 30, 2017

Here’s the problem – idea challenges are traditionally treated as one-time events. Though they often deliver some success, organizations often struggle to take the challenge beyond the initial project, and into a complete innovation program. Make Idea Challenges Business-As-Usual.

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IdeaScale

JULY 11, 2017

How do you define innovation? I define innovation as creating and capturing new value as the Global Innovation Management Institute does. . Surprisingly, 0 companies had defined innovation for their company! We asked 930 companies in Japan the exact same question.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 13, 2022

In this article we will explain what considerations we make when helping companies to structure their exploration activities and explain how an innovation management platform can help with that. We have seen too often that a department or a group of people is sent to an innovation training session or event.

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whataventure

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Life as an Innovation Intern at WhatAVenture. “Hi, Hi, I am Maxi, Innovation Manager at WhatAVenture and currently also working at Wood_Space as an assistant to the CEO. I started working at WhatAVenture in 2020 as an Innovation Intern. Wondering what it means to have an internship at WhatAVenture?

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 13, 2022

In this article we will explain what considerations we make when helping companies to structure their exploration activities and explain how an innovation management platform can help with that. Defining a Clear Innovation Strategy We would like to illustrate this point by using the famous quote from Alice in Wonderland.

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CREATORS

JANUARY 12, 2020

Internal Innovation Sprints I see the main advantage of an Innovation Sprint in the fact that it’s relatively easy to produce it. All the resources needed for the event already exist inside the company. This allows creating a meaningful event with a reasonable budget. Sprint Starts?—?the

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hackerearth

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

On a superficial level, a hackathon is still seen as a one-off annual event or a PR stunt. Companies such as Facebook and Cognizant use hackathons as tools for sustained innovation. There is no other innovation activity that covers roughly 70% of the process. At the end of the event, you are left with working prototypes.

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Planview

MAY 21, 2019

Although Siemens has an extremely robust R&D department, they needed a platform that various internal business units could use for their individual innovation programs as well as one that could easily engage non-employees in a coherent manner. “We billion, not to mention the environmental concerns.

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eZassi

MARCH 13, 2018

Since then he has chased elusive innovation through the corporate world, and will share some stories from 15 years’ experience as an innovation manager. Why do so many innovation programs fail? Transforming and Accelerating Innovation at P&G. How does that reality match-up with the theory?

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eZassi

MARCH 13, 2018

Since then he has chased elusive innovation through the corporate world, and will share some stories from 15 years’ experience as an innovation manager. Why do so many innovation programs fail? Transforming and Accelerating Innovation at P&G. How does that reality match-up with the theory?

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Has everything possible been done to foresee and stop this sequence of tragic events? The first is the so-called prediction markets, the stock-exchange-like platforms aimed at predicting the probability of events by assigning a market value to each prediction. Maybe there is also a third option?

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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. Vision & Leadership 1.

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CREATORS

JULY 6, 2017

At the same time, you also may not be ready to dedicate major resources to innovation, so big actions are infeasible. Typical innovation tools for this level concentrate on companies’ PR efforts, hackathons, sponsorship of innovation communities, sponsorship of conferences, organizing events for startups etc. Experiment!

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CREATORS

MARCH 19, 2020

Tasking the Employees Employees should be tasked with innovation, even on a small scale. This can be achieved through simple activities, e.g. mapping their own needs and sharing ideas with others or participating in innovation-related industry events relevant for their work, taking part in innovation-related task force meetings, etc.

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hackerearth

JUNE 22, 2018

Many governments across the world — such as Mexico, Uganda, India, Thailand, and Brazil — have ongoing inclusive innovation programs. Quite obviously, the government can create a broad environment to enable such innovation (e.g. Conclusion.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Has everything possible been done to foresee and stop this sequence of tragic events? The first is the so-called prediction markets, the stock-exchange-like platforms aimed at predicting the probability of events by assigning a market value to each prediction. Maybe there is also a third option?

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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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whataventure

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Since a startup has not many existing customers yet, the team needs to go out there and tell people about their awesome solution and do customer acquisition – via phone, email, social media, events, fairs, flyers, web ads, on airplane banners, etc. Life as an Innovation Manager at WhatAVenture. Blog Startups Technology Top 3.

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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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Planview

MARCH 24, 2016

I recently interviewed Humphrey Laubscher, Fintech Innovation Manager at NabLabs on my podcast and he stressed that it’s actually a far better test of market validation without the backing of a reputable brand. ” Like anything innovation in large companies, there’s no silver bullet. She likes to call this “blackops!”

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Has everything possible been done to foresee and stop this sequence of tragic events? The first is the so-called prediction markets, the stock-exchange-like platforms aimed at predicting the probability of events by assigning a market value to each prediction. Maybe there is also a third option?

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Planview

MARCH 24, 2016

I recently interviewed Humphrey Laubscher, Fintech Innovation Manager at NabLabs on my podcast and he stressed that it’s actually a far better test of market validation without the backing of a reputable brand. ” Like anything innovation in large companies, there’s no silver bullet. She likes to call this “blackops!”

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KindlingApp

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

These are two divergent events, but their outcomes can be surprisingly similar. Innovation management doesn’t work if there is nobody there to say “no” , but this “no” doesn’t have to be an Amazonian “no.” In a collaborative culture of innovation, employees succeed by doing their jobs, just like the Amazonians.

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Planview

DECEMBER 18, 2015

If you know an intrapreneur who’s always on the path to self-improvement and career advancement, hook them up with tickets to 2016’s hottest innovation events. Tickets to the Board of Innovation’s Bootcamp , a 4-day adventure based on the premise that innovation is driven by people.

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Integrative Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2016

Hence, I gave it some thought, starting by revisting an earlier reflection: Beginning of 2013, Tim Kastelle and I identified four key issues in innovation management for the time to come. Recently, experimentation in innovation management is particularly facilitated by intinsified use of (rapid) prototyping.

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Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 27, 2021

Start Your Innovation Program Now. Innovation 101, Kick-Start Ideas That Lead to Growth is a three hour virtual training that is perfect for “newbies” to innovation, but also provides fresh insights for experienced innovation managers (you will get ideas on how to improve). Register Now.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

APIs have become popular and are driving digital transformation because they enable agile product creation, integration with third-party software systems, swift introduction of fresh features, and innovation using crowdsourced events such as virtual challenges and hackathons. Conclusion.

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Qmarkets

JUNE 9, 2017

APIs have become popular and are driving digital transformation because they enable agile product creation, integration with third-party software systems, swift introduction of fresh features, and innovation using crowdsourced events such as virtual challenges and hackathons. Conclusion.

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