{"id":13597,"date":"2015-08-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/crowdsourcing-innovation-4-steps\/"},"modified":"2020-06-24T17:00:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T22:00:10","slug":"crowdsourcing-innovation-4-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/crowdsourcing-innovation-4-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowdsourcing Innovation: 4 Steps to Success"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Recently, Planview IdeaPlace CTO James Gardner shared some of his expert tips<\/a> on using crowdsourcing software to build your innovation pipeline. Here\u2019s what we learned.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Quality Matters, But So Does Quantity<\/strong>
\nFor organizations that are already getting tons of ideas from the people in their extended networks, continuing to push for suggestions might start to seem less important. But according to Gardner, you should be wary of staunching the flow too soon \u2014 especially if backing off on ideation is a result of feeling overwhelmed.<\/p>\n

\u201cSifting through hundreds or thousands of ideas is certainly a daunting task, but there are solutions out there,\u201d he writes. \u201cUsing a crowdsourcing platform will often remove the majority of the legwork<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Incremental is Okay<\/strong>
\nInnovation is so often tied to never-before-seen ideas and inventions that it can be difficult to pull back from the grand picture and look for ways to innovate on a smaller scale. And while it\u2019s important to think big and bold, it\u2019s not necessary to do it exclusively. Says Gardner, \u201cAn alternative to this is to look for new ideas that can make incremental or operational improvements, to complement those disruptive ideas. As you\u2019re spreading your innovation investment, you\u2019re more likely to see a return in a shorter space of time, building a demonstrable ROI<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Crowdsourcing Innovation = Diverse Ideas and Predictable Outcomes<\/strong>
\nBy posing business challenges to a large, diverse group of people, you\u2019re bound to get some off-the-wall suggestions and a decent amount of repetition. But, argues Gardner, collaborative innovation can actually help you plan for the future of your business. \u201cBy applying this logic to your innovation programme,\u201d he says, \u201cYou are able to get an accurate prediction of how much an idea will cost to implement and how long it would take to deliver.\u201d He also notes that using a crowdsourcing platform will allow you to expose valuable opportunities<\/a> buried in the chaff.<\/p>\n

Besides \u2014 studies show that the best new ideas come from unexpected places<\/a>.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Don\u2019t Be a Loner<\/strong>
\nDriving innovation in your company isn\u2019t an exercise that should be taken on by a small group of experts, and certainly not by the management team alone. Letting employees and partners in on ideation will give new and unique insight into what works, what doesn\u2019t, and what should. \u201cBy getting the crowd involved in both the idea generation and the ROI prediction,\u201d Gardner writes, \u201cInnovators are able to take a lot of the guesswork out of innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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