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Is Your Innovation Training Program All It Could Be?

Businesses can no longer ignore innovation and hope to remain competitive. If only innovation were as easy as snapping our fingers! It isn’t just tech companies and startups that are emphasizing innovation, but businesses in all industries and of all

What Role Does Practicality Play in Innovation?

Innovation is not just an endless succession of blue-sky concepts. In fact, if you think about it, innovations quite often make the practical aspects of life better. Banking from your phone is one example of innovation with practical results. While innovations

Innovation Metrics: Ideation Rate vs. Implementation Rate

Measuring innovation isn’t the same as measuring traditional business metrics like market size, gross margins, or return on investment. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t measure innovation success. You simply have to know which measuring sticks to use. Though good

FDA Transforms the Workplace with Innovation Challenges

The FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) is part of the agency that regulates over-the-counter and prescription drugs, including biologic therapies. To ensure that safe and effective medications are available to the people who need them.  Five years

The Global Climate Strike: A Call for Innovation

No matter where you live in the world, you have likely experienced more unusual weather lately. Whether that means temperatures that are hotter or cooler than normal or devastating storms, the reality of climate change can no longer be ignored. With

Crowdsourcing and APIs: Everything You Need to Know

Crowdsourcing is the act of harnessing the power and workforce of a crowd to accomplish a task. Lately, companies creating documentation for APIs have turned to crowdsourcing. Instead of companies hiring an entire documentation team, all that's needed is one

Creating an Innovative Culture for Your Nonprofit Organization

Eighty percent of nonprofit leaders consider innovation to be mandatory, yet of those, only 40 percent think their organization is ready for innovation. One problem with innovation strategy in nonprofits is that, since they are not for profit, they don’t