Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 26, 2023

It should articulate how innovation will contribute to achieving these objectives, and what specific goals and metrics will be used to measure the success of the innovation program. The innovation mandate should clearly define the value goals for the innovation program and how they will be measured and tracked over time.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 27, 2018

I have written a fair amount about the new innovation era, offering a view on its future design. One that is jumping to a fresh cycle of innovative design. We are in the middle of it, some of you may not have noticed its impact and change but it is significant on the understanding of innovation, in it’s future design.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

IdeaScale is offering innovators from around the world an extra week to complete their submission for the Innovation Management Awards. This is our fifth annual award series and we honor winners in three categories: best innovation engagement strategy, best innovation process, and best innovation.

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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. The first step in building an innovation culture in any organization is to develop the idea of innovation as a priority. Leadership. Start with leadership.

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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 Innovation: Grant Thornton.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 3, 2023

Why have we not embraced innovation? I will not apologize here; this will partly be a “rant” and then begin to suggest a way forward on embracing innovation fully. I was thinking of having the headline “Innovation as our eternal doom or shame” or “innovation groundhog day” Let me begin in why.

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Braden Kelley

MARCH 13, 2018

Many of you reading this have created or operated innovation or insights programs for organizations of a variety of sizes, or are curious about how to go about it. Operating an innovation program or leading an insights group is definitely … Continue reading →

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IdeaScale

MARCH 7, 2017

Creating a repeatable innovation portfolio helps you plan more efficiently, scale resources, and gain insight for the growth of your innovation program. There are five key elements of a repeatable innovation portfolio: Opportunity Identification and Campaign Creation. Idea Collection and Inspiration. Proposal Generation.

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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 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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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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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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IdeaScale

JUNE 16, 2022

Creativity and innovation are often seen as interchangeable. Here’s how to understand the differences and apply them in your innovation strategy. Creativity Vs. Innovation. Innovation is the act of putting something into practice. Look at how often a new invention is called both “innovative” and “creative.”

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Business Innovation Brief Submitted Articles

JULY 15, 2020

Innovation, for all intents and purposes, plays a similar function in the corporate setting because it engages your workforce in the same way sports do, as employees are brought together to participate in something bigger than themselves. Innovation is not all that different to a team sport. Home Field Advantage. Hey, Batter Batter.

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Board of Innovation

MAY 15, 2019

The scoping canvas is the best tool to help teams come up with a project briefing before beginning an innovation program begins. The post Why scoping helps move innovation projects go forward appeared first on Board of Innovation.

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IdeaScale

JULY 13, 2021

Overview: Winpak, a global packaging company, noticed that its innovation outreach efforts were limited to those who were able to attend at specific times and places and rarely from its 2,500 frontline workers. As such, it’s constantly striving for new ideas to upgrade its processes and products. 25hundred Innovators.

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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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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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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In order to maintain integrity as part of your innovation process, you should look closely at the spoken and unspoken promises made by your innovation strategy and act on them to the fullest extent possible. Without Integrity, There’s No Innovation. Innovation was needed. Without it, innovation isn’t possible.

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Idea to Value

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The innovation book Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival hammers the point home that innovation is the key to your company’s survival—in other words, “innovate or die.” Think of a culture of innovation as the rocket fuel that drives innovation implementation forward.

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InnovationManagement

JUNE 5, 2020

The leverage point is to let innovation shine via effective governance discipline, but not adding too much complexity. In this article, we'll look at what innovation governance is, and practices to help you manage a successful innovation program.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

For the fifth year in a row, IdeaScale is hosting the Innovation Management Awards. Particularly if that story demonstrates innovation thought leadership when it comes to engagement strategies, innovation processes, or idea implementation. This annual contest is open to all IdeaScale customers who have a story to share.

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Wellspring

MARCH 30, 2020

In my decade-plus years working with corporate innovation leaders, I’ve seen a variety of frameworks to explain what we mean by “innovation.” Based on recent conversations with a number of corporate R&D and Innovation leaders, there’s another lens I’ve begun using.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Eric Gabas-Varini is the Partner and Co-Founder of Innovation Framework Technologies, a consulting firm which was founded in Paris, but has since established regional offices in the United States, South Korea & Japan, with a network of associate offices in Latin America and the Middle East. Merging Theory and Practice. Pitfalls to Avoid.

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Jeffrey Phillips

MARCH 6, 2017

Last week I attended an interesting program co-sponsored by the University of North Carolina's health care innovation program and AARP. The program was set up to bring together people who had an interest in solving problems relating to prescription drug use. Imagine a world. Watching this unfold got me thinking.

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Imaginatik

APRIL 24, 2015

For many companies, the desire to be more innovative is driven by a strategic issue – flat-lined growth, competitive threats, industry upheaval, etc. Over the past decade, I’ve watched the vast majority of innovation programs, and corporate innovation leaders, quietly disappear within 2-3 years of inception (often much sooner).

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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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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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Imaginatik

JANUARY 13, 2017

Download the paper now: The Art of the Possible – Future Building’s Crucial Role in Driving Innovation Impact ]. But a time-consuming scenario planning process brought them no closer to salvation. Analytical thinking alone does not produce innovation. However, you don’t need to have full-time innovation scouts to get going.

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InnovationManagement

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Every year, IdeaScale hosts the Innovation Management Awards to honor the work of organizations who are accessing the voice of the crowd and the power of digital innovation programs to generate extraordinary results. The post What Companies are Excelling at Innovation in 2021? appeared first on InnovationManagement.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JANUARY 18, 2016

Not long ago our innovation team was asked by a client to lead an innovation project to create a new product. It's important to understand what the client knows about innovation, what they have learned or attempted previously. All the step by step instructions, all the information necessary to innovate was here.

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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. More innovation is needed, and government innovation, in particular, is working to keep wildfires in check.

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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. It’s a role in government that demands constant innovation. Launching Innovation With “The Great Pitch”.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 26, 2021

You’ve probably heard the term ‘business innovation’ being hailed as a practice to drive business success and to sustain growth during turbulent times – but what does it actually mean? We’ll also dive into how innovation helps drive business success and longevity. What Exactly is Business Innovation?

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Imaginatik

JULY 12, 2016

But the imperative of any innovation program is in its ability to scale and realize its financial promise. It is critical in any development process that innovation ‘show stoppers’ are recognized and nurtured quickly. Why the ability to “scale up” promising bets is critical to transformative innovation.

Innovation 100

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Taking your “suggestion box” online covers a few crucial points for any effective innovation strategy. A transparent innovation process makes this particularly effective. Yet there are other opportunities for data you can use to bolster your innovation program. Another level is where the suggestion goes.

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