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Subject: This week in IM: How Companies Tap the Potential of Innovative Users – Four Examples from Germany
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InnovationManagement.se | December 3, 2012
Open innovation is a widely used approach to spur collaborative innovation with consumers. A multitude of methods and tools have come into being, creating confusion about how to make the most out of users' knowledge and creativity. This article provides insights into four popular open innovation practices at four German blue chips and contrasts the various approaches. Read more ![]() |
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InnovationManagement.se | November 27, 2012
Collaborative innovators envision a compelling future. They transform their communities, their organizations, and themselves by helping people realize their potential for leadership as they form and evolve ideas. Doug Collins shares a simple template that practitioners can use to help sponsors of innovation challenges choose where to begin their journey. Read more ![]() |
![Is a Creative Environment the same as an Innovative Environment?]( "Is a Creative Environment the same as an Innovative Environment?") |
InnovationManagement.se | November 28, 2012
Many firms tend to mix the terms and concepts of creativity and innovation. There is a view that catering for creativity automatically makes innovation happen. In this post Susanna Bill compares the works from three different authors about the factors influencing a creative and innovative climate. What can be learned? Read more ![]() |
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InnovationTools.com | December 1, 2012
Many big ideas we recognize today started life as small ideas, which the inventor kept on working with and improving to increase their impact before releasing them into the world. So how can you improve the ideas you\'re nurturing? Here are 10 ways. Read more ![]() |
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InnovationManagement.se | November 28, 2012
Big data is a hot topic in the business press. Its promise of greater insights and efficiency, improved innovation and competiveness, not to mention income streams for the providers of data analytics tools are a rich source of discussion. The power of numbers and modelling is rising. Read more ![]() |
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InnovationManagement.se | November 27, 2012
CEOs that freeze in decision making quickly cause politics in their teams, says venture capitalist Peter Fenton. Here Fenton talks with Polyvore CEO Jess Lee about the need for leaders to make timely decisions to provide necessary direction and the dangers of CEO inaction. Watch clip ![]() |
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As part of the innovation strategy for Cisco's European division, the company utilized Brightidea software to power i-Zone, an internal innovation portal facilitating purposed employee collaboration and ideation. Get an in-depth look at how Cisco improved productivity, streamlined idea review and identified an idea with multi-millions in revenue potential.
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FastCoDesign | November 16, 2012
Co.Design recently convened a panel of designers and design thinkers from diverse backgrounds to share their thoughts on the most challenging problems they have faced in the last year. Their insights have plenty to teach the rest of us about the best ways to approach design thinking and mistakes to avoid. Read more ![]() |
HBR Blog Network | October 23, 2012
A central principle that underlies Apple's amazing success is a commitment to "less is more" – relentlessly pruning its offerings to make decisions easier for customers, and making those projects that do make the cut into the best products possible. This is harder to do than it sounds; most companies give in to "feature creep," which results in bloated, confusing products. Read more ![]() |
99U.com | November 15, 2012
Our creativity is often determined by how actively engaged and focused we are. Sometimes our focus is dictated by the constraints, or rules, we apply to it, according to Matthew May. Read more ![]() |
Mind Mapping Software Blog | December 17, 2011
One of the key strategies for innovation and business development today is to look beyond your core business for adjacent markets, technologies or areas of focus where you can expand. Tools like mind mapping and business diagramming can help you to visualize them and make better informed decisions about which opportunities to pursue. Read more ![]() |
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The time has come for us to take the next big step in the collaboration between Innovation Management and Innovation Tools. We are proud to announce that our two sites are merging, concentrating all our experience and resources in the same place. Our goal? Creating a "one stop shop" for all your innovation management needs, with simplified navigation and useful features.
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