The Innovator’s Mindset: Collaboration as Competitive Advantage
The innovator's mindset can make or break the success of a company. During the COVID-19 pandemic, business owners are thinking outside the box to find new ways of reaching and retaining customers. When creating an innovation strategy, consider internally and [...]
What I’ve Learned In My First Month at IdeaScale
I joined IdeaScale in March 2020, just as the COVID-19 pandemic had thrown the whole world into lockdown mode. Schools and daycares were closed down, office workers became strictly homebound, airports were empty, and hospitals were overcrowded while simultaneously becoming [...]
5 Ways Risk-Averse Thinking Can Lead to Successful Innovation
Risk is often considered a crucial aspect of innovation, but it is not necessarily what drives success. Research shows an aversion to risk can spark creativity. In his book, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, Adam Grant discusses how those who [...]
Future-Forward Thinking Outstrips ‘Back to Normal’ Mindset
Disruption is what drives innovation and positive change. Successful innovation strategies include a forward-thinking mindset that helps you move beyond the status quo and develop new ways of thinking. Embrace Change Change is inevitable. It is what keeps businesses moving [...]
Diversity Matters: Why Genuine Inclusion Is Essential to True Innovation
Diversity is a crucial component of a successful innovation strategy. It drives market growth and helps everyone in the workplace embrace different ideas. According to research on how diversity can drive innovation, there are two types of diversity: inherent and acquired. Inherent diversity includes [...]
Five Ways Procrastination Spurs Innovation
It's odd that we act like everything has to be done at top speed, no stops, no hesitation, and no drifting of focus. Imagine if we cooked everything at the highest heat possible, drove with our foot to the floor, [...]
Innovate Your Customer Experience to Drive Business Growth in Uncertain Times
Customer experience is crucial in hard times. When disaster strikes, be it social, economic, or otherwise, it leaves customers uneasy and in need of simplicity, ease of use, and speed. Customer experience can make a difference not just when times [...]
5 Ways Public Administrators Promote Innovation
Big or small, innovation is crucial. Innovation helps governments achieve their goals at every level. Yet encouraging it can seem a complicated task. Here are five steps you can take to build your department’s innovation strategy and promote innovation. 1. [...]
Why Innovation Is An Imperative in the Education Sector
Innovation is a constant in education. School systems regularly search for ways to create outlets that serve the diverse needs of students. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased the need for new approaches to learning. The current situation is a [...]
Who’s Responsible for Innovation? Everybody!
Innovation is the key to forward movement. It creates value and improves existing systems so new ideas can emerge. Innovation research shows 61 percent of executives embrace open innovation to generate ideas. Positive change is derived through collaboration and sharing, which [...]
