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You’ve done the groundwork for creating a successful innovation program. You’ve learned what mistakes to avoid, and even moved forward with adopting innovation management software like Planview IdeaPlace to enable innovation in a way that’s valuable and repeatable. So why aren’t things taking off how you imagined they would? If you’re still struggling to make...
Sometimes bad habits don’t seem all that dangerous — at least in the short-term. After all, it can take years to see the lasting effects of say, eating more than your fair share of sugar, or ignoring that dull ache in your knee. But bad business habits can throw a major wrench in innovation before...
Over the weekend, we watched an awesome Q&A between Innovation Enterprise and Planview IdeaPlace customer MetLife’s John Geyer. As MetLife’s Senior VP of Innovation, Geyer spends quite a lot of his time thinking about intelligent design and collaboration, and just about everything he does is in an effort to drive innovation deeper into the DNA...
There are trends, and then there are transformations. In the open innovation space, one regularly leads to the other. Read these three in-depth industry reports to find out the new rules of the collaborative economy, why the United States is leading the way in turning customer feedback into innovative products, and what challenges are soon...
What do Bruce Wayne, George Lucas, and the team at Polaris industries have in common? They’ve all conceptualized cutting-edge, one-of-a-kind vehicles built for power and speed, featuring elegant aerodynamic properties and the latest in automobile innovation. But only Planview IdeaPlace customer Polaris has crowdsourcing to thank for the unique design of the Slingshot, their recently-released three-wheel motorcycle...
“We want top-line growth and to protect our bottom-line, and I need your ideas on how to make that happen!” Crowdsourcing innovation works best when the crowd knows exactly what issue they’re trying to address. Although the statement above is a fictitious one, it’s not far away from what’s often said — or shouted — in boardrooms...
In our recent webinar, “10 Signs You Need to Reinvent Your PMO” our guest speaker Pete Fisher, Vice President Solution Services & CIO at Lewis Fowler explored some red flags for PMO leaders and gave insight as to how to solve some of the biggest challenges. Pete’s multi-faceted career spans 30 years in IT, management consulting, sales...
The world has a lot of problems. But thankfully, the people that live here also have a lot of wonderful, amazing ideas to solve those problems — whether they’re to literally bring light to the developing world with soda bottles, or improve access to information and services for refugees. Crowdsourcing solutions gives us the best...
People are busy. Organizations are busy. There simply isn’t time for activities that waste time. Everything that a company focuses on must have a purpose, and innovation initiatives are no different — they have to drive value or they’re nothing but pleasant distractions. And these days, most pleasant distractions are very hard for organizations to justify...
It goes without saying that the healthcare industry has a thing or two to do with people. Because of that, it should go without saying that the primary focus of this industry is, then, people — their experiences as doctors, patients, and other healthcare stakeholders — and innovation efforts should support that. But the team...
