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Open Innovation Also Means Engaging the Inside

An article on the Financial Post website triggered me to write this article. A lot is being written about open innovation and much of them focus on, as the article says “spurring innovation by bringing the outside in”. Why should you engage your employees? They are the beginning of the equation that results in profitability and happy shareholders. Michael Porter said that employees are the major source for a company to increase competence and profits. Take care of your employees, they will take care of your customers and your profits. Open innovation can be the ‘mechanism’ to do so.

Ideascale2021-12-05T08:41:25-08:00October 26th, 2012|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, News, Open Innovation|Tags: employee driven, Employee Engagement, Innovation Culture, Open Innovation, profitability, R&D, Stakeholders|

Making Collaborative Innovation Stick

People who practice collaborative innovation commit to transforming their communities and organizations in authentic ways. Through the practice, people realize their potential for leadership by posing the critical questions that matter and by convening peers to pursue the ideas that follow. And, let’s be honest: the practice takes a lot of work. In this article, innovation architect Doug Collins reflects on ways in which people can approach the practice to increase the odds that it persists and proliferates.

Ideascale2021-12-05T08:18:07-08:00September 4th, 2012|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Leadership|Tags: Best Practices, collaborative innovation, company culture, decision making, persistence, risk management, risk-taking, Stakeholders, taking action, time management|

DAM Promising: Collaborative Innovation Meets Digital Asset Management

Media firms such as the BBC, HBO, and Corbus, along with brand-drive organizations such as Visa and the Estee Lauder Companies, hire people to manage their digital assets. Digital assets include content such as television shows, movies, photographs, and advertisements. Viewers and consumers create their own content, too, in response to shows and brands. Co-creation introduces new challenges for digital asset managers, including deciding what content to manage. In this article innovation architect Doug Collins explores possibilities for digital asset managers to apply the practice of collaborative innovation to help them do their own work more effectively.

Ideascale2021-12-03T14:44:23-08:00August 21st, 2012|Categories: Collaborative Innovation|Tags: co-creation, collaborative innovation, community, content management, Crowdsourcing, digital asset, digital asset management, Stakeholders|

Using the 6 W’s to Measure R&D and Innovation

“What cannot be measured cannot be managed”. The pressure to measure the results of innovation is gaining ground, but has been a challenge for many innovation managers. To get past this challenge, Caspar van Rijnbach suggests using the six W’s to define the right measurements for you.

Ideascale2021-12-03T14:42:14-08:00August 2nd, 2012|Categories: Evergreen|Tags: analytics, Innovation Strategy, innovation value, measure innovation, measuring innovation, R&D, Stakeholders|

Global Paradigm Change

The world is changing rapidly and fundamentally. Among other things, this means that business as usual is no longer an option. Far-sighted leaders know this, and are already adopting new purposes for their organisations that reflect the need to be kinder to society and the planet. Although this shift builds on concepts such as the triple bottom line, it goes far beyond this: first, it is about transformation, i.e. deep systemic change, rather than reformation, trying to make current outdated systems work better; and second, it will involve significant changes in our own personal beliefs, mindsets and behaviours.

Ideascale2021-12-03T11:21:12-08:00June 20th, 2012|Categories: Trend Alert|Tags: business development, Change Management, globalization, policy, Stakeholders, sustainability, trends, value|

Measuring the Practice of Collaborative Innovation

Developing and supporting the practice of collaborative innovation takes time and money. What do we assess to weigh its value? In this article innovation architect Doug Collins proposes focusing on strategic alignment of the program, relative advantage of the ideas, and engagement of the community members.

Ideascale2021-12-02T18:12:01-08:00March 6th, 2012|Categories: Collaborative Innovation|Tags: business strategy, collaborative innovation, community, customer engagement, innovation framework, Innovation Management, Innovation Strategy, innovation value, measure innovation, measuring ideas, measuring innovation, organization strategy, Stakeholders, Teamwork|

Product Innovation: Unifying People, Processes and Tools

Product innovation is not simply about generating new ideas. It is a complex process, and many organizations struggle with the design and implementation of an effective innovation strategy that yields measurable results over the long-term. Sustained growth and profitability can be achieved through the integration of three critical levels: People, processes and tools.

Ideascale2021-12-02T18:09:06-08:00February 15th, 2012|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Life Cycle Processes, Open Innovation, Strategies|Tags: business partners, Collaboration, Communication, communications, competitive landscape, Cross-organizational workflows, customer service, customers, employees, engineering, external stakeholder, feedback, Ideation, ideation management, Innovate, innovation process, Innovation Strategy, innovation tool, internal stakeholder, key insights, marketing, mindset, network, Open Innovation, organizational goals, Product Development, product innovation, products, sales team, Stakeholders, sustained growth, Technology|

Recasting the Internal Communications Group’s Charter through Collaborative Innovation

Organizations fund internal communications groups to develop and disseminate the central narrative for the group. Changes wrought by the Digital Age have usurped this group’s role as the exclusive interpreter and messenger for intra-firm information, however. In this article, innovation architect Doug Collins advocates that internal communications reframe and refresh its charter by embracing the practice of collaborative innovation in order to facilitate engagement amongst staff.

Ideascale2021-12-02T18:08:38-08:00February 7th, 2012|Categories: Collaborative Innovation|Tags: campaign team, collaborative innovation, Communication, communications, company culture, internal communications, mergers & acquisitions, social media, sponsor, Stakeholders|

Applying Collaborative Innovation to Design Thinking

“Innovate or die” becomes the order of the day. People in response seek ways to innovate. Of late, many have embraced the practice of collaborative innovation, with its application of social media to sourcing crowds and ideas, and design thinking, with its structured approach to vetting hypotheses about new business opportunities. Having arrived in the organization by different routes, they exist as potential complements. In this article innovation architect Doug Collins explores ways to combine the practices to their mutual benefit.

Ideascale2021-12-02T18:05:39-08:00January 24th, 2012|Categories: Collaborative Innovation|Tags: community, Crowdsourcing, customer research, design thinking, empathy, social media, Stakeholders|

Social Product Innovation Challenges: Business Processes

Recent data from the Industrial Research Institute (IRI) shows a sharp rebound in planned R&D spending. After the past few years of operating with reduced budgets and staff, companies are finally starting to make the R&D investments they need to ramp up the innovation and product development activities that will help them achieve their growth goals.

Ideascale2021-12-02T17:59:29-08:00December 30th, 2011|Categories: Evergreen|Tags: budget, business development, business process, Crowdsourcing, knowledge transfer, networks, Open Innovation, process improvement, Product Development, R&D, social networking, social product innovation, Stakeholders|

Engaging Collaborative Innovation’s Losers

Change benefits some more than others. The practice of collaborative innovation, which by design offers transformative change, is no different. In this article innovation architect Doug Collins advises campaign teams on engaging people who find themselves on the losing end of the practice. Ignoring their concerns jeopardizes the initiative.

Ideascale2021-12-02T17:59:20-08:00December 27th, 2011|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Leadership|Tags: business development, Change Management, collaborative innovation, Crowdsourcing, hierarchy, HR, Stakeholders, Teamwork|

Devising a Communications Plan for Collaborative Innovation

Members of a community engaged in the practice of collaborative innovation gain tremendous insights as they pursue that practice through the phases of an enquiry-led campaign. What ideas and insights do we contribute to the question at hand? What have we learned about the practice itself? One commitment that campaign teams make to the community is to create forums and provide the resources to share these insights. In this article Doug Collins suggests an approach by which the campaign team can build a basic communications plan to meet their commitment for sharing relevant information at each phase.

Ideascale2021-12-02T16:33:27-08:00November 15th, 2011|Categories: Collaborative Innovation|Tags: audience insights, collaborative innovation, Communication, communications, communications campaign, Crowdsourcing, marketing, marketing campaign, Stakeholders|

How Next-Generation Social Technologies can Help Drive Innovation

Product innovation is about developing and delivering the “next” product or service-to-market quickly and cost-effectively. A well-managed innovation process that meets customer demands for new and unique products and services can contribute to creating a competitive advantage and business growth. Organizations can improve their innovation processes through the use of next-generation social technologies, says Catherine Constantinides.

Ideascale2021-12-02T16:24:18-08:00October 19th, 2011|Categories: Idea Management, Life Cycle Processes|Tags: customer demand, customer service, digital platform, idea capture, idea management, innovation process, insights, marketing, next generation, Product Development, product management, sales, social media, social media monitoring, social technology, Stakeholders|

Become a creative artist whose medium is everyday life, urges improv expert

As an accomplished improv performer, singer and actress, Cathy Rose Salit believes we all get too stuck in our 'scripts,' too comfortable with our 'stock characters.' We need to try new things, to expand our personal repertoire, to become more creative in our work and lives.

Ideascale2020-07-09T10:42:08-07:00October 19th, 2011|Categories: Interview, Leadership, Organization & Culture, Training & Education|Tags: artist, creative, customers, fail, growth, improvisation, improvise, innovation, innovative, Interview, leadership, learning, mindset, paradigm, perform, playing, Stakeholders, Success, theater, uncertainty|

Want your Organization to Thrive? Create a Supportive Environment for Creativity

Employees have tremendous creative capacity. If properly harnessed with a supportive culture, it can help companies to thrive in today's turbulent business world.

Ideascale2020-07-09T10:58:50-07:00September 28th, 2011|Categories: Interview, Strategies|Tags: appreciation, authenticity, creative, Creativity, culture, customers, HR, innovative, Interview, interviews, leader, non-linear, Organization, paradigm, relationships, self care, signals, Stakeholders, stress management, supportive environment, transparency, whole brain strategy|