Collaboration

Why Your Company Should Have a Data Driven Culture

The Information Age has made way for several innovations across the business world. While the business industry—much like the American educational system—has been slow to the uptake of implementing technological advancements into their marketing and planning strategies, the 2020s herald a new age for the use of data and technological advancement in companies big and small. 2019 is a fantastic transition year for learning how to use big data in a big way.

Ideascale2021-12-17T12:50:12-08:00February 15th, 2019|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: analytics, big data, Collaboration, data, decision making, Product Development, skills, Technology|

Tech That’s Transforming Consumerism for the Better

Consumerism is already undergoing some big changes, and there will likely be even more as technology asserts itself as a dominant presence. But how exactly will these up-and-coming technologies impact manufacturers, retailers and, of course, modern shoppers?

Ideascale2021-12-17T12:36:14-08:00December 28th, 2018|Categories: Trend Alert|Tags: Blockchain, Collaboration, consumerism, customer engagement, ecommerce, self-checkout, shopping, Technology|

The Gig Economy and Workers’ Rights

The gig economy is no longer simply a phrase that individuals existing as professional outliers use to describe themselves. Instead, the gig economy describes a substantial, rapidly growing part of modern society. If you aren’t a part of it, the odds are you know someone who is.

Ideascale2021-12-17T12:11:26-08:00December 3rd, 2018|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: Collaboration, community, Contract worker, employee benefits, employment, entrepreneur, financial, Freelance, freelancing, gig economy, growth, job security, Professional, professional development|

International Education: The Importance of Knowledge for Business

An international education is an invaluable resource for developing new skills and knowledge. A study conducted by the Institute of International Education (IIE) has uncovered a connection between overseas learning and the critical skills demanded by today's employers.

Ideascale2021-12-17T12:08:44-08:00November 27th, 2018|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: Collaboration, cultural awareness, diversity, ed-tech, education, global, International, international education, learning, Learning Management Systems, market, personal development, STEM, training|

Learn to Lead Effectively and Innovate Your Business

Businesses must adapt and innovate to succeed in today's marketplace. However, innovation is not a part-time undertaking. It’s the foundation for effective organizational management and taps into the creative power of staff members.

Ideascale2021-12-15T14:02:36-08:00October 17th, 2018|Categories: Strategies|Tags: business development, business leaders, Collaboration, corporate change, employee development, Employee Engagement, equality, gender, growth, innovation, leadership, management, value|

Smarter Networking to Improve Your Company’s Visibility

External networking serves many purposes for a company, and modern digital marketing has become a combination of marketing, customer service, and public relations. Social media and other platforms also allow industry experts and organizations to engage in public conversation about important topics, so being involved and engaged in business and local communities is vital to a company’s success in order to appeal to modern socially conscious audiences.

Ideascale2021-12-15T13:59:35-08:00October 11th, 2018|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: Collaboration, Communication, digital economy, leadership skills, networking, professional network, relationships, social networking, social proof, volunteer, volunteering|

Innovation Management: The Value of Seeing What You Have

If your job is to get your company, team, or community to innovate, you know how organizational forces can make it hard to even try something new. Visualizing the resources available is an effective first step in overcoming some of those organizational forces. Simply being able to see, and show, what you have allows you to make a compelling case for marshalling resources and even spark some initial interactions in that direction.

Ideascale2021-12-15T13:59:00-08:00October 10th, 2018|Categories: Strategies|Tags: Collaboration, cross reference, hub, Innovation Management, network maps, recombine, reimagne, relationships, resources, team leaders, thought leadership, value, visual thinking, visualization|

Five Digital Profiles of Innovators

Organizations need to invest in the cultivation of capacity for innovation and recognize innovators with varying talent and strengths.

Ideascale2021-12-15T13:58:37-08:00October 9th, 2018|Categories: Strategies|Tags: bottlenecks, Collaboration, communication skills, Creativity, cross-functional communication, cultural empathy, deep context, digital innovation, empathy, hybrid, idea creator, idealism, imagination, innovation, Innovation stabilizer, Innovation translator, interdisciplinary knowledge, knowledge synthesis capability, learning plasticity, patterns, process understanding, profound observation, silos|

How Technology Can Augment Human Collaboration

Innovation requires collaboration, but collaboration is stuck in a rut. Data science can help us climb out. It can increase the scale, the intentionality, and the nuance of how we collaborate. With the right data and algorithms, we can set our teams up to do something innovative.

Ideascale2021-12-15T07:29:15-08:00September 26th, 2018|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Enabling Factors, In-Depth Article|Tags: analytics, case study, Collaboration, Communication, data, data science, diversity, in-depth article, innovation psychology, networking, productivity|

Ready to Drive Global Innovation?

Everyone is mesmerized by the mystery and magic of innovation and new technologies through AI, Blockchain, IoT, AR/VR, Digital Ecosystems and more. Conversations center around the latest products and services as well as the future impact of a digital life. Yet there is one question that is surprisingly overlooked in many circles - how will leaders and teams innovate and collaborate in a changing business world?

Ideascale2021-12-15T07:21:33-08:00August 27th, 2018|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: agile team, Collaboration, communicate, Communication, connection, customer needs, digitally connected environment, diversity, engage, global collaboration, global innovation, globalization, Innovation Strategy, listen, multicultural, multicultural innovation, networking, recognize, respond, Technology|

Strengthening Your Intra- and Inter-Department Partnership – The Welcome Side Effect of Design Thinking

Imagine a world where customer service, procurement, marketing, finance, operations, human resources, and sales can truly help each other and work together, instead of stepping on each others’ toes and pointing fingers. A world where all parts of the organizations work together with a shared sense of purpose, no matter how different their cultures, processes, and systems, have been in the past.

Ideascale2021-12-14T16:00:04-08:00May 23rd, 2018|Categories: Strategies|Tags: Collaboration, Communication, cross-communication, customer engagement, customer service, design thinking, engagement, in-depth article, incentives, innovation, innovation metrics, innovation team, leadership, listening, metrics, partnership, rewards, Success|

Want to Drive Innovation? Talk to Your Customers

The customer is always right. The timeless aphorism holds truer now than it ever did before, as the customer truly drives the ever-changing trends and shapes the industry, with companies battling each other to stay relevant in the hearts and minds of their devoted audience.

Ideascale2021-12-14T15:59:36-08:00May 22nd, 2018|Categories: Strategies|Tags: Collaboration, customer engagement, data, Employee Engagement, employees, feedback, incentives, industry innovation, innovation, innovation community, insights, listening, Open Innovation, strategic innovation, trends|

The Key Challenges of Government Innovation

Last month, leaders in public sector innovation gathered to discuss ways of crowdsourcing new solutions to longstanding problems at IdeaScale’s Open Nation DC. Speakers from a range of agencies as diverse as the FDA and the US Coast Guard presented best practices on creating actionable change in government.

Rob Hoehn2021-12-14T15:58:56-08:00May 21st, 2018|Categories: Strategies|Tags: Collaboration, collaborative innovation, Communication, communications, goal setting, government, government innovation, idea management, IdeaScale, Ideation, incentives, innovators, milestones, open nation, outreach, public sector, public sector innovation, regulation, resource allocation, results|

Blockchain: The Innovation Healthcare Needs Most

In a world constantly changed by the digital transformation, one industry consistently lags behind all the rest: healthcare. For those within the field, it is open knowledge that while other industries are quick to adopt and implement novel technologies, in healthcare the change comes slowly.

Ideascale2021-12-14T15:57:31-08:00May 15th, 2018|Categories: Strategies|Tags: accuracy, big data, Blockchain, Collaboration, efficiency, EHR, electronic health records, electronic medical records, gatekeeper, healthcare, healthcare innovation, industry innovation, innovation, record keeping, Technology|

Do Educational Institutions Need a Chief Innovation Officer?

IdeaScale’s second largest customer segment is in the field of education (our largest segment is our work in government innovation) and it’s been growing steadily over the past four years. One of the reasons that we think there’s a renewed focus on innovation in education, is because numerous emerging trends impact education at every level: from remote learning to the maker movement and the gig economy.

Rob Hoehn2021-12-14T15:56:10-08:00May 7th, 2018|Categories: Strategies|Tags: academic innovation, barriers, chief innovation officer, Collaboration, connection, culture, education, entangled solutions, idea management, Ideation, infographic, Innovation Culture, networking, universities|