Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In our last blog for Qmarkets we introduced you to the concept of Three Horizons and explained how this methodology can help you create a balanced long-term innovation portfolio. Sowing the Seven Seeds of Innovation The configuration and deployment of Qmarkets started in February 2021 after a careful and elaborate selection process.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Companies of all sizes are organizing their innovation programs around their crowds these days. The reason for this is because a great deal of research has emerged that proves the power not just of valuable ideas, but connections between valuable ideas. This number has only continued to grow each year. No Fixed KPIs.

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Acuvate

APRIL 16, 2019

Innovation practice has made some amazing progress over the last few years. Large enterprises are trying various programs to foster new innovations in an attempt to find the best way to change course for their big ships. You’ve heard it a thousand times now: organisations need to invariably innovate to sustain.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 13, 2025

Great ideas dont just come from boardrooms or R&D departments. Some of the most innovative solutions emerge when businesses crowdsource ideas from employees, customers, and even the general public. But what is crowdsourcing, and why are so many organizations using it to drive innovation? What Is Crowdsourcing?

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 27, 2025

From advanced AI-driven capabilities in startup scouting to significant improvements in user engagement and system accessibility, read on as we review how these innovations are propelling your own innovation strategies with Qmarkets in 2025 and beyond.AI-Enhanced Enhanced Startup Scouting Research.

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helloFUTURE

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Like most big companies, you’ve probably run or are currently running, at least one internal innovation program. It might be small workshops, departmental level programs, the rollout of an enterprise idea management tool like Spigit, or something less formal. appeared first on hellofuture.

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Planview

APRIL 4, 2018

We recently published an article that introduced the shift from idea management to full lifecycle idea management. The main premise of the article was to shed a light on an important aspect of ideation and innovation programs: impact. Does it help surface new opportunities for growth?

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IdeaScale

MARCH 21, 2017

Open innovation allows everyone to compete equally, whether their development budget is large or small. What is Open Innovation. Open innovation is a paradigm shift that assumes organizations can and should use external ideas as well as internal ideas to determine as path to market and advance technology.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 18, 2018

There are a number of ways that participating in or administrating an innovation program can help build your career. If you’re wondering how to build careers with innovation, look to these three IdeaScale examples. Your Great Idea is Recognized ! You Make Ideas Possible ! You Create a System Where Ideas Flourish.

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InnovationManagement

DECEMBER 18, 2017

In an Innovation Point article , Founder Soren Kaplan notes that only one third of Fortune 1000 companies have defined innovation metrics. And yet 77% of business leaders see innovation as a priority. How is it possible that something that is so important to business leaders doesn’t have a defined set of KPIs?

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Innovation management consulting has emerged as a profession as businesses, nonprofits, and other organizations have started prioritizing innovation. Innovation management consultants help organizations establish innovation programs and keep innovation on track. Idea Creation.

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Qmarkets

JULY 26, 2024

All companies are innovating in one way or another, but not all companies innovate strategically. Strategic innovation is all about proactively developing and delivering innovations that will have the biggest impact with the lowest investment. What is Strategic Innovation?

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Qmarkets

MARCH 24, 2021

At Qmarkets we have spent the last 15+ years helping leading organizations to build and implement effective innovation initiatives. Along the way we have seen a wide variety of approaches and formats, from small-scale hackathons with a few hundred participants, to long term innovation programs involving tens of thousands of users.

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Qmarkets

JULY 29, 2024

All companies are innovating in one way or another, but not all companies innovate strategically. Strategic innovation is all about proactively developing and delivering innovations that will have the biggest impact with the lowest investment. What is Strategic Innovation?

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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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Imaginatik

JUNE 14, 2018

BOSTON – June 14, 2018 – Today Imaginatik, the #1 ranked leader in corporate innovation management according to Forrester Research, announced a major update to its industry-leading Innovation Central software , empowering enterprises to maximize their ROI from breakthrough and continuous innovation programs.

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Planview

APRIL 4, 2019

Such disruption, impacting companies regardless of industry, is fueling the sense of urgency behind innovation. Either your organization is innovating or it’s getting swallowed up by the competition. That’s why having an effective innovation program is so important to stay afloat. Advanced: Ahead of the Curve: You rock!

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Innovation in Practice

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

There have been times I sat down with a client and I told them, “your organization is very innovative”, but they don’t believe me. I tell them, if you don’t perceive yourself as innovative, then you’re not. Leaders must help employees see innovation in practice as a regular part of how the company does business.

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Qmarkets

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Qmarkets’ Innovation Standard Operating Procedures (SOP): In this series, we will present different guidelines on how to bring innovation theory to practice. When senior leadership says they want ‘innovation’ within the company, what does that mean? Getting Your CEO on Board. As the CEO goes, so goes the company.

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Imaginatik

MARCH 1, 2018

New dashboard empowers enterprises to maximize their innovation outcomes and deliver business value. Featuring a new Path-to-Value Dashboard, Innovation Central’s Winter 2018 Release empowers leaders across the enterprise to visually track and monitor their most potent ideas and projects over their lifecycle. About Imaginatik.

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Qmarkets

MARCH 28, 2023

Establishing the right innovation process to deliver on your enterprise company-wide strategy can be a real challenge, but it is crucial to the success of any innovation program. In this article, I’ll go through the key points to consider to help you develop the most effective innovation process for your organization.

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IdeaScale

MAY 23, 2018

This article is part 6 of a 5 part series, originally started on the Ever Evolving website , where we are taking a deep dive into the 5 common challenges to innovation that an organization faces. They are as passionate about Innovation as we are…which we weren’t sure was even possible. But innovation isn’t a one-time thing.

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KindlingApp

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

We generally call that last kind an “innovation program.” Let’s talk about a fourth kind: programmatic innovation on the scale of a small team, such as a startup or a department within a large company. Desiree’s blog post last week about innovation tools throughout the 20th century was interesting in this regard.

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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! In Japan, sometimes innovation is seen simply as a marketing tactic. Why are they afraid?

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hackerearth

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

It is the failure to innovate that led to its “demise.”. 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.

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Imaginatik

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

“Innovation” is often discussed in terms of the “idea” as the product and the formation of that idea as somehow unique and ineffable …. In that vision of the “innovation funnel” the idea is at the end… the goal. Neither process, nor technology alone holds the key to sustainable innovation success.

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Qmarkets

JUNE 8, 2023

IT Innovation: Rising to the Challenge with Innovation Management Software Fortunately, IT departments can easily gather, develop, and implement innovative solutions to the various challenges they face using innovation management software. It covers the process from end to end.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 25, 2024

It’s natural to consider education and innovation as mutually compatible. It’s surprising, then, that many academic institutions still lag when it comes to implementing well-structured innovation processes. Innovation in Education: A Proud History DNA, Genetic Fingerprinting, CDs, Computers, and the Internet.

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PlanBox Innovation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Building innovative systems is like sumo wrestling in more ways than one. For starters, ask any seasoned innovator and they’ll tell you that developing a world-class innovation program requires some serious heavy lifting. For many, that’s what it feels like to push for innovative systems. Stand Your Ground.

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InnovationManagement

JULY 22, 2019

One of the reasons why so many crowdsourced innovation programs struggle is because it is difficult for innovators to gather, process, select and implement ideas on a continuous basis. The post Use This Template as a Calendar for Innovation appeared first on Innovation Management.

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Qmarkets

JULY 19, 2024

The traditional approach to innovation, often termed “closed innovation,” relies heavily on internal resources and ideas to drive new developments. Companies working in isolation may miss out on the vast pool of external knowledge and innovative ideas that could propel them forward.

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Imaginatik

MAY 29, 2018

The book is co-authored by Imaginatik CEO Ralph Welborn and UST Global CEO Sajan Pillai and provides global lessons on innovation strategy for forward-thinking business leaders. Imaginatik works with leading global enterprises to build and integrate innovation management skills as a core competency. About Imaginatik.

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Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Hear from our clients from a leading global software company as they share key learnings about how to lead an enterprise innovation program successfully.

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KindlingApp

OCTOBER 19, 2015

A major challenge I regularly face in marketing Kindling is explaining the seemingly simple concept of "ideas" as they feature in idea management. From customer feedback to blog post pitches, here's how we're putting idea management to work through our own Kindling: Product, Quality + Support.

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Qmarkets

JANUARY 17, 2023

For vehicle manufacturers and service providers in the global transport industry right now, innovation isn’t so much optional as existentially vital. In this blog, we’ll explore some of these trends and make a case for an effective innovation management program to capitalize on them. Take sustainability.

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Imaginatik

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Many of us innovation practitioners have found that the business topic of innovation is increasingly devolving into a search for that one magic idea that will change your enterprise, sort of like a more mature version of Pokemon-Go. Innovation programs need something that will smooth the spike and valley pattern of success.

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Gregg Fraley

APRIL 22, 2019

What You Should Be Learning in Innovation Training. Eleven Innovation Bullets to Dodge, in no particular order. Lack of Managment support will effectively kill any innovation program no matter how well conceived. Innovation team leaders who avoid conflict are doomed to fail. But you probably are not!

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