By: Edith Rian / Karen Kusch / Maryam Ghaddar / Seda Röder Does creativity suffer in our virtual world, or could working virtually actually lead to more collaborative environments, better ideation and heightened interaction? Over the last 18 months, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrust people and organisations headfirst into remote working life. For many, this has led to work overload,…
By: Rob Hoehn Nearly 40% of IdeaScale’s customer base is run from a dedicated innovation department helmed by a Chief Innovation Officer, an innovation leader, an innovation manager or someone else. However, there is another emerging owner for innovation at a large organization. At IdeaScale, we often find that CIOs and their organization are driving innovation strategy for a company.…
By: Rob Hoehn Many companies are introducing Innovation as a Service, which means an internal group acts as a consultancy that can solve problems for business owners. These innovation teams bring a number of skills to the table, including research, communications, project management, networking, and much more. Many have also adopted a “proudly found elsewhere” solution approach, which uses crowdsourcing…
By: Arent van ‘t Spijker The Six Week Innovation Challenge is becoming the method of choice in corporates. And it’s not only innovators who love the sprint – leaders embrace it just as much. In the wake of successful methods for innovation, such as the hackathon, Kickbox-programs and the Google Sprint, a new modus operandi is quickly gaining traction in corporate…
By: Rob Hoehn Open innovation can be organized into a more inclusive granting mechanism. In the past, nonprofits and other organizations would fund social enterprises by asking for a written proposal—but combining mentorship and crowdsourcing creates new opportunities and community solutions. Find out how it worked for Pact and the US Department of State in this case study. Crowdsourcing is…
By: Paul Van Zandt Innovation is an important part of staying competitive in any market, and most businesses would say it’s a high priority for their organization. When thought about abstractly, however, it’s hard to imagine how innovation can impact current and future opportunities. In order to better understand how innovation can have a tangible impact, we created this guide…
By: Arnaud Périlloux / Patrick Giry-Deloison In an increasingly competitive, connected and globalized world, co-innovation and value co-creation have recently become the norm for all R&D projects from startups to large organizations. In fact, co-innovation is critical to the development and sustainability of organizations of all sizes and and all industries. But is this co-innovation compatible with the expected level…
By: Gary Davis The author draws upon the theory of “emptiness” and other principles of Zen Buddhism to evaluate the desirability of remote vs. person-to-person interaction during the course of innovation, especially new idea development. This evaluation is pursued within the context of three related idea process parameters: interdependence, intuition and intensity. An in-person work environment is recommended for the intense…
By: Rob Hoehn The innovation process (as variable as it can be) has a seemingly basic format no matter what your goal is: once you understand the problem, you identify some solutions to test. Those tests often occur in some limited, proof-of-concept format and are then rolled out for large-scale adoption. However, while testing out some sort of pilot scenario…
