Development

Focused on founding and building / developing a company or enterprise, or creating a new department within their company, or even starting a new project or program

A Yin-Yang Model for Global Sustainability: Moving Towards Rural-Urban Balance

This article employs a holistic, interactive East Asian framework—the ancient yin-yang circle—for presenting both defensive and proactive carbon control strategies in urban and rural areas. Given the recent wave of deadly wildfires in the American West, attention is focused here on the future significance of oceans as a massive carbon sink for fighting global climate change. Life probably arose in the sea, and the sea may end up having to save the planet.

Nick Jain2023-09-08T07:45:04-07:00September 8th, 2023|Categories: In-Depth Article|Tags: carbon control, carbon offset strategy, climate change, daoism, environment, forests, global warming, green innovation, holistic view, marine permaculture arrays, oceans, pollution, sustainability, yin-yang, Zen, Zen philosophy|

The Inverted Funnel: How Blockchains Will Shake Up the Traditional Consumer Funnel

The use of blockchains will become mainstream in a few [...]

Sarah Vandenberg2022-04-26T09:45:32-07:00April 10th, 2022|Categories: Training & Education, Trend Alert|Tags: Blockchain, meta|

Crowdsourcing vs. Traditional Granting: Which Method Most Benefits Social Entrepreneurs

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.

Sarah Vandenberg2022-03-01T17:21:08-08:00March 7th, 2022|Categories: Collaborative Innovation|Tags: Crowdsourcing, grant writing, nonprofit|

How Can Enterprises Think and Execute Like a Startup?

Around the world and across industries, enterprises are facing tremendous market upheaval. Transformation and disruption were the new normal well before the pandemic, but the coronavirus crisis accelerated certain trends toward innovation and digitization and led to the fundamental rewiring of old business models.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-20T14:35:07-08:00August 5th, 2021|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Organization & Culture, Support for SMEs|Tags: Change Management, customer acknowledgment, ecommerce, enterprise innovation, enterprise mindset, incubator, innovation team, KPIs, pivot, risk aversion, stagnation, startup, think small|

Five Questions to Answer Before Crowdsourcing

As the director of the IdeaScale Crowd community, I recently had the opportunity to share some insights and best practices for innovators who are new to crowdsourcing, and may not have conducted their first campaign yet. We discussed five questions to ask as you prepare for your first campaign, why those questions are important, and some examples of good and bad answers to those questions.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-09-29T17:42:35-07:00June 24th, 2021|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Front End of Innovation, Idea Management, In-Depth Article, Life Cycle Processes, Open Innovation, Strategies, Support for SMEs, Training & Education|Tags: collaborative innovation, crowd, Crowdsourcing, Open Innovation|

Why People Buy Innovation Management Software

Every year, IdeaScale analyzes our system and customer data and releases a report on crowdsourced innovation trends and benchmarks. You can find this year’s report here, but one of the questions that we pay a lot of attention to is why people are looking to purchase an innovation management platform in the first place.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-06-08T11:20:33-07:00June 23rd, 2021|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Enabling Factors, Idea Management, Open Innovation, Support for SMEs, Training & Education|Tags: adaptation, Communication, efficiency, idea data, idea sharing, Ideation, Innovation Culture, innovation management software, transparency|

SWICH – The Six Week Innovation Challenge

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.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-06-08T07:43:50-07:00June 9th, 2021|Categories: Collaborative Innovation|Tags: agile sprint, continuous innovation framework, design sprint, feasibility hypothesis, hackathon, hypothesis, idea value, innovation resources, lean canvas, lean startup, market feedback, six week innovation challenge, stage gate, SWICH, time-to-market, value hypothesis, value proposition design|

The Secrets to Making Open Innovation Projects Work

Open innovation often requires global teams with national culture differences to work together, which presents some challenges. Here’s how to navigate them.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-05-24T07:29:15-07:00May 19th, 2021|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Open Innovation|Tags: agile innovation, Collaboration, Communication, competitive advantage, cross-cultural communication, cultural diversity, embeddedness, global innovation, Innovation Strategy, not-invented-here syndrome, open innovation strategy, R&D, risk assessment, risk tolerance, siloing|

How to Ensure Crowdsourcing Works for Product Innovation

Many enterprise organizations use crowdsourcing to find ideas in their blind spots - but how do you launch your first crowdsourcing challenge, and what sorts of questions do you ask? IdeaScale Crowd is hosting a webinar for first-time crowdsourcing innovators who want to engage a large group of collaborators in solving their problems.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-20T14:29:27-08:00May 18th, 2021|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Support for SMEs, Training & Education, Uncategorized|Tags: Crowdsourcing, crowdsourcing campaign, goal setting, idea assessment, Ideation, inspiration, LEGO|

The Three Horizons of Innovation Training

What if everyone in your organization came to work believing they could shape the destiny of your company? Learn more in this new post, and find out how it's possible with a 30-minute consult.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-20T14:28:59-08:00May 11th, 2021|Categories: Training & Education|Tags: Creativity, Innovation Culture, innovation services, innovation team, innovation training, opportunities|

How to Select Your Best Value Innovation Project – The Secret is in a Well-Managed Product Project Portfolio!

Innovation is on everyone's lips as a solution to post-COVID economic recovery. The world of innovation has a very broad definition: It’s often referred to as an information technology innovation... but our worldwide economy is still very reliant on manufacturing. How you select your best innovation project is undoubtedly a starting point!

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-22T17:01:59-08:00May 3rd, 2021|Categories: Support for SMEs|Tags: active project, Business Model Innovation, business strategy, corporate strategy, evaluation criteria, financial alignment, idea list, Innovation Strategy, market alignment, market strategy, product innovation, product portfolio, product project portfolio, project evaluation, project portfolio, resource allocation, risk assessment, risk balance, technical capacity|

Try Double-Handed Innovation

Most new products and services are developments or combinations of [...]

Sarah Vandenberg2021-04-09T15:09:30-07:00April 13th, 2021|Categories: Strategies|Tags: feature bloat, focus group, market segment, new product development, survey|

The Art Of Innovation | 10 Things To Learn From Guy Kawasaki

The agenda of our first management meeting in 2021 was ‘How can we innovate to thrive this year?’ We were clear that if we continue to do the same thing we did last year, there is no way we can bring any change in our growth.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-16T13:41:20-08:00April 12th, 2021|Categories: Support for SMEs|Tags: Competition, continuous improvement, innovation process, knowledge management system, mantra, mission statement, niche, prioritization, Product Development, product niche, product positioning, value|

Strategic Agility: The Leadership Survival Skill of the Year

Chaos might have defined the year that was 2020, but that turmoil helped business leaders learn a new skill that will serve them well in the years to come.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-16T13:41:07-08:00April 9th, 2021|Categories: Leadership|Tags: Communication, competitive advantage, critical thinking, decisiveness, emotional intelligence, flexibility, goal setting, intuition, operational agility, resilience, strategic agility, stress|

One Certainty in These Uncertain Times: Innovate Through Ecosystems, or Miss the Opportunity to Radically Transform Your Innovation Strategy

Hardly no one will regret 2020, it seems. Yet, 2021 ahead is hard to predict. There are hopeful signs that pave the way for a better, stronger future, but as we have now the experience, our world can go upside down almost overnight.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-04-07T20:17:21-07:00April 8th, 2021|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, In-Depth Article, Organization & Culture|Tags: business ecosystem, Business Model Innovation, challenges, Collaboration, company culture, cooperation, core competencies, ecosystem, fit for purpose ecosystems, Innovation Strategy, knowledge management, risks, uncertainty, value proposition|