NASA has driven technological innovation in ways that might surprise you. The space program has delivered innovation everywhere from food safety to materials science to medicine. NASA didn't get there by luck or sheer intellect. As Carissa Callini, Ryon Stewart,
According to Harvard Business School professor Clay Christensen, 95% of all product innovations fail after their release on the market. This statistic points to a major discrepancy between the solutions that businesses are offering and the problems that customers want
We are living in unprecedented times. I'm sure many of you (much like the team at IdeaScale) are experiencing the impacts of COVID-19's rapid rise in personal and profound ways. So far, I've been heartened by how so many of
One of the challenges to innovation in government is a lack of insight into what citizens have to offer in the way of innovative strategies. Governments are aware of the increasing need to capture the perspectives and insights of citizens
Ideascale and Betterific announced at the end of January that they were teaming up to bring the latter's strengths in crowdsourced open innovation to Ideascale's industry-leading innovation management platform. So why are they better together? And what can innovation teams
Is your innovation strategy built solely on creativity? As Edwin Goutier explains in a recent IdeaScale Nation podcast, Innovation is about more than being the most creative person in the room. Goutier currently serves as VP of innovation for United Way
There's lots of hype surrounding blockchain, but at the root, it's a simple concept. Instead of one centralized authority having a ledger of transactions, everyone holds the ledger, and when a new transaction happens, everyone's ledger is updated. Transactions are
According to recent statistics, half of all inventions happen by accident, and two-thirds of patents arise from collaboration. There's plenty of innovation going on, but do you know who invented the products and services you use every day? All innovations begin with
Innovation is at its best when everyone in your organization is involved in the process. Are your employees engaged with your company’s innovation strategies? Employees who are directly engaged with what’s going on in the company will feel a stronger
Innovation is a buzzword in the corporate world today. If you aren’t on board with collaborating to form ground-breaking ideas, you won’t stay ahead in the fast-paced digital age. Successful innovation management derives from a mindset that welcomes new ideas
