Using Global Insights to Drive Local Innovation
“Innovation” has become yet another buzz-word, used overwhelmingly by organizations to distinguish themselves from competitors. This article explores one strategy that local champions can use to be more innovative in their local markets: scan the globe for trends and insights and generate insights and ideas that can be adapted to drive innovation at the local market level.
How to Effectively Run Innovation Initiatives in Multinational Organizations
The ultimate task for multinationals today is to efficiently harness their greatest asset: the knowledge and expertise of its people, spread across the organization and the globe. In this live IM Channel One Roundtable Discussion, hosted by Exago, we share experiences on how to run a cross borders idea management program, so as to achieve corporate alignment, employee’s engagement and seed a culture of innovation.
The Death of Innovation Crowdsourcing (As We Know It)!
Ideation focused crowdsourcing has been around for some time, but the approach is often not producing the desired business results in order to justify continued investments. How does the model need to change in order to drive real business value?
Methods of Measuring Ideas for Innovation
Turning ideas into numbers and knowing the characteristics of the Ideal Idea (0.00iur) is like having a compass and knowing the safe harbor where the minimal risks of innovation converge. Mathematically identifying desired ideas by users, extracted from simplified mathematical formulas, is the Holy Grail that eliminates uncertainties and passionate discussions, which are unhelpful in choosing ideas.
Only Engaged Innovation Teams Succeed
Engagement of teams is a must-have when addressing the key issues related to sustainable innovation programs. In the second of a series of articles focused on Innovation Culture, we are going to share our views about the way organizations should stimulate and encourage the creation of teams truly committed with innovation. Besides the more usual ad hoc requirements regarding team and individual creative performance, having a clear focus on team management is essential to achieve a more balanced and sound innovation program.
Five Ways to Boost Innovation Governance for Growth in 2015
Innovation governance translates corporate strategy into robust, results-driven portfolios. Who among the executive ranks would oppose that? With innovation governance, the short and the long-term innovation opportunities are balanced, resources are strategically allocated (especially people), and the organization acquires an improved ability to achieve both stretch growth goals and market differentiation.
Novo Relatório: O Estado da Inovação na América Latina
Para compreender as condições em torno da inovação na América Latina em detalhes, INSITUM realizou um estudo qualitativo e quantitativo, com mais de 300 das maiores organizações latino-americanas. O estudo trouxe à luz muitos dos contextos, barreiras, necessidades e resultados em torno da inovação em organizações latino-americanas. Este artigo explora alguns dos resultados e oferece um download gratuito do relatório completo.
Inovação: Uma Abordagem De Fora Para Dentro
Toda organização quer ser percebida como "inovadora" e, apesar de clichê, fala-se em pensar fora da caixa para ajudar a chegar lá. No entanto, simplesmente pedir a seus funcionários para pensar fora da caixa na sua próxima sessão de planejamento interno ou reunião de brainstorming pode não ser suficiente para chegar a essas ideias para mudar o jogo. Para obter soluções únicas, você precisa olhar para as coisas sob uma nova luz. As sete estratégias a seguir são táticas que ajudarão a ter uma abordagem de fora para dentro para a inovação, para ajudá-lo a chegar a soluções inesperadas, mais ricas.
Community Innovation is Led by Positive Deviants
Positive Deviance (PD) is an idea which is based on the observed principle that in any community there are people who adopt unusual and successful approaches to problems that beset the whole community. These people are the ‘positive deviants.’
New Report: The State of Innovation in Latin America
To understand the conditions around innovation in Latin America in detail, INSITUM conducted a qualitative and quantitative study with more than 300 of the biggest Latin American organizations. The study has brought to light many of the contexts, barriers, needs and outcomes around innovation in Latin American organizations. This article explores some of the results and offers a free download of the full report.
Live Web Event: How Your Organization Can Cash-In on the Latest Trends in Innovation
Innovation is such a hot topic of discussion that it can be difficult to determine the next initiatives to undertake to grow the maturity of your innovation program. Join us on November 12th for an enlightening webcast, where we will highlight several innovation trends to consider implementing today for measurable results tomorrow.
Taxis vs. Uber: A Perfect Example of Resistance to Change
In cities all over the world an ugly war is being fought by “traditional” taxi companies against a new form of competition from Uber and other ride-sharing services. This article points out three things traditional taxi companies have in common with businesses of the past.
Corporate Open Innovation Portals, Part II: Two Successful Case Examples
Jos Tissen of Unilever, based in the Netherlands, and Shawn Heipp of Elmer’s Products, based in Ohio, USA, have something in common. Each manages his company’s corporate innovation portal, the website used to encourage technology solution submissions from external customers, suppliers, inventors, and businesses. Tissen and Heipp describe their unique portal implementation choices and their results to date.
Existe Solução Mágica Para Intra-empreendedorismo?
Intra-empreendedorismo é vital a todas as organizações para prosperar no século 21 – igualmente importante para as grandes empresas, PMEs e empresas familiares. Existe uma receita comprovada, uma abordagem padrão para promover intra-empreendedorismo?
3 Reasons to Innovate Without Borders
You might have noticed that organizations don’t exist in a vacuum anymore. They don’t make decisions autonomously (if, indeed, they ever did) – handing down products or processes that they guess people want. Social media and digital engagement have changed all that – the expectation is now one of a dialogue, constant communication, and constant improvement.
Intrapreneurship: From Playing Hide and Seek to The Dismantling of Classic Hierarchy. Where are You At?
We bet you hear the word innovation at least a dozen times a day, if not more. Every single company seems to be thinking of, planning for, and somehow doing innovation in some way. With so many ideas, frameworks and success stories, how can you cut through the noise and capture what’s most relevant for your company?
Paving the Path for Innovation Purpose and Closing the Alignment Gap
Defining the organizational purpose and promoting organizational alignment are two key factors for creating a culture that supports innovation. In this series of articles focused on Innovation Culture, we are going to share insights and cases of organizations that implemented innovation programs (and less structured initiatives) with the involvement of a wide range of managers and employees.
What Happens When Leadership Focus Shifts Away From Innovation?
Corporations tend to focus on fads, often packaged into corporate initiatives or programs, that roll in and out of favor over time. Attention from leadership around any single initiative doesn’t last forever, and it will shift to the next bright and shiny object at some point. How do you prepare for when this happens?
Global Platforms for Co-creating Hyper-Local Solutions
The products and services we use are developing in two seemingly opposite directions: We want customized and localized solution – but they should fit into a global network of services and brands. A business model to meet this paradox is to create global platforms that enable a large number of actors to create very local and personalized solutions.
Ideação como Parte da “Máquina de Projeto de Inovação”
Por que a nossa forma de trabalhar com a ideação é diferente da que normalmente executamos projetos? Este artigo argumenta que as duas formas de trabalho podem ser combinadas em uma “máquina de projeto de inovação” que captura novas ideias e executa a inovação de forma mais eficaz, inspirada na gestão de projetos ágil e com aprendizagem para os gestores.
Where Your Next Great Idea Comes From: 3 Great Ideas from Surprising Places
Innovation without borders means that you’re no longer concerned about where your next great idea comes from – you’re only concerned with it being great. It means that there is no job title, mission parameter, or geography that curtails creativity or delivering on that creativity.
Is There a Silver Bullet For Intrapreneurship?
Intrapreneurship is vital for all organizations to thrive in the 21st century - equally important for large firms, SMEs, and family businesses. Is there a proven recipe, a one size fits all approach to promoting intrapreneurship?
Most Companies Fail to Invest in Sustainable Innovation
You can’t go an entire commercial break during the World Cup or a State of the Union address without hearing the word innovation pop up at least once or twice. Companies have added innovation to their company values and mission statements in accelerating numbers.
Como Escolher a Ideia Certa?
Geralmente, chegar a novas ideias não é a parte mais difícil. Neste exemplo, uma equipe gerou 752 novas ideias de negócios em um único workshop. Mas como você pode escolher as ideias “certas”? Gijs van Wulfen compartilha cinco lições que aprendeu em sua prática de inovação.