What Makes a Great Idea!?
Our CEO was recently interviewed by the San Francisco Business Times and asked a number of thought-provoking questions about innovation: what sorts of companies struggle with innovation, why is it [...]
Expanding Into New Markets? Here Are Some Helpful Tips
Expanding into new markets can be a lucrative business move, but it's one that should be taken with care. Before you so much as dip a toe into a new [...]
9 Ways Bailey’s Irish Cream Can Help You Innovate
It’s a cold, wet Spring, so let’s take a moment (and a sip or two?) to reflect on how great ideas become reality. Specifically, let’s consider the invention of [...]
How to Boost Innovation by Recycling Existing Ideas
When it comes to innovation, businesses can often find it seemingly impossible to generate completely new ideas. In these early stages of product development, it can sometimes seem like all [...]
Ideas by Women
It's International Women's Day and it's definitely a favorite holiday here at IdeaScale. We are always looking for more ways to close the gender gap (paid family leave, equal pay, [...]
IM Award Lessons: How Innovation Maximizes Mission Performance
This year, the US Coast Guard won the annual Innovation Management Award for organization that could demonstrate the best and most repeatable innovation process. That process surfaced numerous valuable ideas [...]
How to Refine an Idea
Ideas are easy. But how do you execute them? OK, you've got a great idea, but do you know how to refine an idea? It quickly becomes clear with innovation [...]
Innovation: Ancient, Ageless, and Diverse
Did you attend that start-up incubator networking event last week? Did you know that that start-up incubator mentality isn’t the new revolutionary concept many believe it to be? According to [...]
How NASA is Crowdsourcing its Innovation Strategy
It takes millions of minds to get one man in space. NASA is, to many, a symbol of scientific innovation. The space race touched off an unprecedented "peace dividend" that [...]
Brainstorming Tools on Steroids: Using Triggers to Stimulate Ideas
Triggers are a more effective way to brainstorm. Most people are familiar with brainstorming, the process of coming up with as many ideas as you can to solve a problem [...]