measuring innovation

Do You Know the Seven Stages of Innovation?

At IdeaScale, we define prolific innovators as organizations that have moved more than half of their ideas to the final stage. This doesn’t necessarily mean that every suggested idea became a value-generating, implemented reality. This means that the completed ideas had each been investigated, responded to, and a decision was made to move forward or not. But of course, at least a portion of those completed ideas generate measurable constructive outcomes.

Rob Hoehn2019-10-15T15:22:07-07:00May 3rd, 2016|Categories: Life Cycle Processes, Open Innovation|Tags: Crowdsourcing, estimation, idea management, IdeaScale, Ideation, innovation, innovation lifecycle, Innovation Management, innovation stages, Innovation Strategy, innovation team, measuring innovation, refinement, review, team building, Teamwork|

13 Practices of the World’s Most Innovative Organizations

Successful organizations know the significance of innovation in business. Apple is a good example of how effective innovation management can improve your products and scale up your business. After reaching on the brink of collapse, it achieved new heights of success by implementing effective innovation management policy. The success of its innovative management strategies once again brought it in the league of leading organizations. If you are an entrepreneur who wants to learn from innovative management strategies of successful organizations, consider the following thirteen strategies.

Ideascale2021-11-16T13:25:48-08:00April 1st, 2016|Categories: Enabling Factors, Organization & Culture|Tags: Collaboration, collaborative innovation, company culture, Creativity, Ideation, Innovation Culture, innovation success, innovation training, innovative companies, knowledge sharing, leadership, measure innovation, measuring innovation, scaling, talent management, training program, vision, work environment|

Toward a Coherent and Self-Sustaining Innovation Framework

Innovation leaders today don’t have an easy job. Tasked with bringing Innovation to their organization, they often face a variety of interpretations of innovation throughout the organization, a lack of comprehensive understanding of what innovation really entails, and what it requires to truly embed innovation in a way that it sustains itself.

Ideascale2020-09-14T08:53:40-07:00December 7th, 2015|Categories: Leadership, Organization & Culture|Tags: Communication, continuous innovation, ecosystem, framework, Ideation, in-depth article, Innovation Culture, innovation framework, innovation leader, innovation metrics, innovation process, Innovation Strategy, innovation value, measuring innovation, project management, self-sustaining innovation, strategy, sustainable growth, vision|

Unlocking Innovation in Business

85% of UK workers believe the strategic objectives of their employers could more easily be met through innovative approaches. Fortunately, the innovation discussion in business is progressing. Yet although most organisations acknowledge the desperate need for change, they are still at a loss when it comes to taking action. Workforces are a goldmine for the insight needed to drive change in an increasingly competitive business environment - but this knowledge must be captured to unlock innovation.

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:22:27-07:00November 23rd, 2015|Categories: Idea Management, Organization & Culture|Tags: business innovation, company culture, Competition, Employee Engagement, idea management, Ideation, Innovation Culture, innovation metrics, innovation software, Innovation Strategy, innovation value, measuring innovation|

How Do You Measure Innovation Fitness?

The human body serves as the perfect metaphor for understanding the innovation challenge facing today's organizations. The body is built to adapt and respond to demands that are placed upon it. The greater the demand, the stronger the response. If you and your organization are going to thrive in this world you must build and keep your innovation muscles strong. We know that only the fittest survive.

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:21:02-07:00July 7th, 2015|Categories: Idea Management, Organization & Culture|Tags: accountability, adaptation, collaborative innovation, Communication, Employee Engagement, enterprise innovation, Ideation, innovation challenge, Innovation Leadership, Innovation Management, Innovation Strategy, innovation tools, innovative people, inspiration, measure innovation, measuring innovation, Open Innovation, Stakeholders, Success, training|

Disruptive Innovation Methodology: K³.P.I.

How does the disruptive machine work? In this article Alex Chenevier offers a consolidated view of his previous publication, (before introducing his disruptive innovation methodology) by recording his research itinerary and extracting three intertwined progresses (the knowledge space, the path dependency and knowledge fusion), ultimately surfacing a unified model. The scientific equation of K³ey Performance Indicator℠ is perhaps the first definite, quantifiable and measurable model, and therefore applicable in business terms.

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:21:04-07:00June 18th, 2015|Categories: Strategies|Tags: disruption, disruptive innovation, in-depth article, innovation data, Innovation Management, key performance indicator, KPI, measuring innovation, methodology, research, strategy|

Five Ways to Make Your Innovation Culture Smell Better

When it comes to fostering continuous innovation, most organizational cultures stink at it. Industry research provides some interesting statistics which highlight that innovation is not easily obtainable and that companies are not innovating fast enough to repel the unrelenting threat posed by new market entrants with declining barriers to entry.

Ideascale2020-04-01T12:14:13-07:00December 17th, 2014|Categories: Blog Archive|Tags: Best Practices, company culture, continuous innovation, goal setting, in-depth article, infrastructure, Innovation Culture, innovation framework, innovation research, Innovation Strategy, innovation value, measuring innovation, organization structure, strategy, value proposition, vision|

Fun and Games – Changing the World of Innovation Assessments

Innovation Assessment is one of the pillars of an innovation program. Evaluation should be done as an on-going activity and revised with the most valuable feedback gathered along the entire innovation journey. In the third of a series of articles focused on Innovation Culture, we are going to propose a different approach for Innovation Assessment that by offering a different user experience could increase awareness, engagement and elicit more valuable contributions from key stakeholders.

Ideascale2019-11-28T09:23:49-08:00November 3rd, 2014|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: customer engagement, diagnostic, Employee Engagement, engagement, innovation assessment, innovation capabilities, Innovation Culture, innovation game, innovation metrics, innovation tool, innovation toolbox, measure innovation, measuring innovation|

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.

Ideascale2021-12-06T07:35:44-08:00October 20th, 2014|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: accountability, business alignment, enterprise innovation, growth, innovation governance, Innovation Management, Innovation Strategy, measuring innovation, Organization, portfolio management, steering committee|

In Pursuit of “Actionable” Ideas

Engagement matters on the front end of innovation. Tangible results matter on the back end. Organizations that pursue the practice of collaborative innovation seek, ultimately, actionable ideas: ideas whose implementation yields benefits.

Ideascale2020-07-10T11:20:48-07:00August 12th, 2014|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Leadership, Life Cycle Processes|Tags: actionable ideas, Crowdsourcing, Employee Engagement, evaluating ideas, Innovation Management, innovation process, measuring innovation|

Measuring Open Innovation – a Metrics-Based Management Toolkit for Successful Innovation Teams – Part 2

How to apply metrics to open innovation (OI)? That's the question we often get from our clients when they start to develop their open innovation capabilities. In order to provide an answer to this critical question, the following article will focus on the key findings of our Open Innovation KPI 2012 study. Based on this study, a metrics-based management toolkit has been developed, which provides the most relevant key performance indicators from the perspective of innovation managers, subject matter experts, and consultants.

Ideascale2020-03-30T12:11:26-07:00March 19th, 2014|Categories: Open Innovation, Strategies|Tags: challenge driven innovation, framework, ideation contests, in-depth article, innovation controlling, Innovation Management, innovation toolbox, KPI, measure innovation, measuring innovation, metrics, Open Innovation, performance measurement, project management, scorecard|

Are you Really Innovating? Five Signs You Might Be Faking It

This article challenges companies to take an honest look in the innovation mirror to determine whether they’re truly making it or perhaps faking it when it comes to bringing innovative products and services to market. Consider this a simple litmus test to self-diagnose.

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:14:59-07:00July 22nd, 2013|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: Best Practices, Ideation, innovation, Innovation Management, measuring innovation, product pipeline, R&D, voice of customer|

Internal and Hidden Risks of Innovation Projects

As the economy is dynamically changing and innovation becomes crucially important, a look into the management practices and risks that such projects face should always be welcome. In part two of this series of articles focused on identifying risks on innovation projects, the attention will be directed towards the identification of the internal and hidden risks of innovation projects.

Ideascale2021-12-05T17:14:33-08:00July 15th, 2013|Categories: Enabling Factors|Tags: Best Practices, in-depth article, innovation, innovation analysis, innovation risk, innovation success, management, measuring innovation, metrics, project management, research, risk management|

Measuring Open Innovation – 3 Key Principles to Improve Your Innovation Measurement Practices– Part 1

Thanks to loads of compelling research studies and best practice cases in open innovation (OI) carried out over the last decade, several companies nowadays begin to embrace and partially apply the new principles and methods OI offers. However, when managing open innovation at the project level, even experienced managers still go blank at the question: how to assess, control, and measure the performance of these activities? In this series of articles, we will address the above issue by discussing a general framework for an open innovation performance measurement system (Part 1). Given this framework, a metricsbased management toolkit will be presented that provides a suite of key performance indicators (KPIs) for a specific set of OI methods that demonstrates the key results of our Open Innovation KPI 2012 Study (Part 2).

Ideascale2019-11-28T07:59:09-08:00June 14th, 2013|Categories: Enabling Factors, Open Innovation, Strategies|Tags: in-depth article, innovation controlling, Innovation Management, KPI, measure innovation, measuring innovation, Open Innovation, performance measurement, project management|

How to Increase Engagement in Enterprise Innovation and Develop a Sustainable Program

Maintaining and building high-quality engagement over time should be the focus of all innovation managers as they strive to develop sustainable enterprise programs. This article shares key activities you can undertake in order to boost engagement with your program.

Ideascale2019-10-15T15:13:33-07:00April 26th, 2013|Categories: Open Innovation, Organization & Culture|Tags: culture, Employee Engagement, engagement, enterprise innovation, how to, innovation campaign, Innovation Culture, measuring innovation, Open Innovation, Stakeholders, sustainable growth, sustainable innovation|