Collaboration Overload: When the Outcome of Your Innovation Effort is Less Than the Sum of its Parts
Here is an outlandish but probably familiar thought: We employ too many mechanisms to move ideas forward and far too few...
Pitching: don’t play the game, play the player
Imagine this: They have finally called! Someone wants to hear your idea. Imagine, maybe even invest in it. Your mind sta...
How to trigger valuable discussions in collaborative innovation?
An essential part of a modern innovation platform - and hence the difference to a mere idea drop box - is the possibilit...
What is a good customer insight?
Insights don’t always come together quickly or easily when developing ideas and concepts. Mostly, it takes a lot of time...
Outside / Inside Innovation: Combining Open Innovation with Employee Networks to Drive Success
While Innovation Programs have been around for some time, in the past 2-3 years there has been growth in two-major areas...
False positives, false negatives, and other innovation ghosts
Last month I had the pleasure of attending an inspiring management sciences seminar at ESADE Business School in Spain. T...
The ABC’s To BuzzFeeding Your Idea Campaign
Thank you for choosing to read this blog! I am wondering, are you reading this on your desktop computer, laptop, tablet,...
The Power of Weak Ties - Tactics to Grow Your Innovation Community Virally
Building a sustainable innovation community is essential for every collaborative innovation program. Doing that is, howe...
Avoid these 3 mistakes when asking for employee ideas
Global advisory and research firm Ovum recently forecast 8% annual growth over the next five years for innovation manage...
Going Beyond Ideas With a Crowdsourcing Platform
The word idea is a loaded term, and it’s easy to become fixated on the ideation part, especially since the products are ...
What is Customer Co-Creation?
Collaboration within design and market research and social science is changing. We are moving from a user-centered desig...
