How to Keep Your Creative Team Fresh & Inspired
Creativity is about more than just art. Creativity is how we get great innovation, but encouraging creativity in a structured environment, like work, can be a bit tricky. Fortunately, with [...]
Every Step of the Innovation Journey
Innovation is a cyclical initiative. It’s like the laundry or the dishes. The innovation journey is never done, you just get better at doing it. And maybe you become more [...]
Your Next Innovation Campaign
You've got some new ideas! Great job! But now what? Well, there are two very important things that need to happen to make your crowdsourced innovation community a success. First, [...]
How Design Thinking Complements Crowdsourced Innovation
In my double role as an innovation architect at IdeaScale and a consultant for innovation management, I rely on a variety of methods to set my clients up for success. [...]
Managing Expectations in Innovation Management
One of the most effective ways to engage your crowd is to demonstrate commitment to turning their ideas into real value and impact. However, this can present some challenges for [...]
Is It Possible for Companies to Over-Innovate?
Remember when this was the height of innovation? Is it really possible to “over-innovate?” It seems baffling, on the face of it. What's wrong with “too much” creativity and thinking [...]
Brainstorming with IdeaScale
In my previous blog post, I discussed blue sky ideation. In this blog post, I'll discuss how we can draw from brainstorming techniques to configure IdeaScale to support your organization [...]