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How to Get Your Innovative Idea off the Ground in the Current Economic Climate

Incredibly, business confidence in the UK is continuing to rise, despite the spectre of Brexit and its potential implications on citizens. Many experts have attribute this to the growth of the manufacturing sector, which recorded a Credit Manager's Index (CMI) score of 62.7 during the first quarter of 2017 and a 1.5% increase from the previous quarter. This hints at significant growth potential for product-oriented firms, which are currently able to increase exports due to a more competitively priced (and fundamentally weaker) pound.

Ideascale2021-12-14T08:06:33-08:00June 1st, 2017|Categories: Trend Alert|Tags: brexit, Collaboration, collaborative innovation, Communication, economy, financial strategy, front end of innovation, fundraising, innovation process, Innovation Strategy, innovation success, partnership, Product Development, product pricing|

5 Ways to Improve Your Small Office Culture

Employers often seek cost effective, informal ways to enhance office culture. These strategies usually involve improving channels of communication in very basic, informal ways. But every company is not the same. Small companies have the advantage of creating a unique culture with no visible boundaries. So how can these organizations take advantage of this?

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:22:35-07:00September 14th, 2015|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: Communication, company culture, Employee Engagement, employee satisfaction, feedback, fundraising, retention, small office, SME, soft skills, team building|

The Perils and Possibilities of of Crowdfunding

Just because you can create a crowdfunding campaign for your next Big Idea doesn't mean you should, as book author Glenn Fleishman recently discovered.

Ideascale2021-12-03T14:44:09-08:00August 14th, 2012|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Interview, Strategies|Tags: budget, crowdfunding, fundraising, lessons learned, product ideation, strategy|