Infographic: The Virtual Innovation Lab
A Virtual Innovation Lab is a digital space in which an entire online crowd can remotely collaborate to experiment with new ideas and test new solutions to create new value. Many organizations are beginning to launch these systems in order [...]
How United Way Served Community Needs During the COVID-19 Crisis
Stories and information about the coronavirus pandemic have been all over the news – on our social media feeds, newspapers, and TV. In order to see the problems in United Way's communities before they hit the news, United Way [...]
How The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Recognizes Emerging Innovators
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with protecting public health and safety related to nuclear energy. And when they decided that they wanted to diversify their approach to innovation, they decided [...]
Davidson College
Davidson College is a prestigious liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. It enrolls approximately 1,800 students from 48 states and 47 countries. In 2017, led by Kristen Eshleman, Director of Innovation Initiatives, the college decided that although they had [...]
2021 IM Awards: Graybar
In order to foster a culture of innovation at Graybar where ideas are openly shared, evaluated, and promoted throughout the company, Graybar introduced the “NEXT” Innovation Program. While there are several goals of NEXT, the ultimate goal is to [...]
A Look Inside the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Virtual Innovation Lab
Tony Seba, author of Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation said “we are on the cusp of one of the fastest, deepest, most consequential disruptions of transportation in history.” The Virginia Department of Transportation is responding to this signal [...]
Building a Better Mousetrap
Learn the importance of establishing a foundation as a new department from the Cleveland Cavaliers' Mousetrap team. They'll discuss the formation of their team and delve deeper into the vision behind their most successful campaign, Cheese Madness, and how [...]
Calling All Innovation Ambassador Superheros: Harnessing the Creative Super Powers Around You!
Learn ways to leverage your greatest intangible asset: your employees' minds, by creating your very own Innovation Ambassadors program! Your internal talent can strengthen your culture of idea generation, creative problem solving and learning to experiment and pivot in [...]
Infographic: Idea Management Team Structure
When individuals are launching their first idea management programs, they often don't have a fully-fledged innovation department of resources. Innovation managers need to find other team members to help them build a crowd of innovators and implementers who will [...]