Innovation Management

Disruption is all around but today's innovative organizations leverage the power of the crowd to set themselves apart. The innovation management blog dives into topics like employee engagement, crowdsourcing, and how to get those concepts from idea to the market. Get insights related to concept development, creating winning challenges, and best practices for engaging your audience to enable your organization to crowdsource breakthrough ideas from the employees, partners, and customers that know their business best. Discover how to prioritize and track all ideas in your pipeline, from original conception to delivery -- in new products and services, improved processes, and enhanced customer experience. You will also find real-world stories, industry research, and more.

LIVE WEBINAR: 3 Pros Tell You How to Strike Innovation Gold in 2016

If your New Year’s resolutions include having an enterprise-grade innovation program that operates like a well-oiled results machine, then we sure have the webinar for you. Read on to find out exactly why you need to register today for our 12/10 webinar, featuring three of the top innovation thought leaders in consulting, cloud services, and...

Top 10 Innovation Links of the Week: 12.4.15

Welcome to Planview IdeaPlace’s weekly roundup of innovation links, where we feature a carefully curated selection of our favorite content on innovation, crowdsourcing, and more from around the web. Here are 10 new discoveries from this week. 1. Lean Innovation Management – Making Corporate Innovation Work Who it’s from: Steve Blank The skinny: Steve Blank outlines how...

REPORT SUMMARY: Edelman’s New Formula for Business Innovation

Business innovation is a major focus for all companies. But how can you ensure that the changes you’re making, from new processes to new products, are being received how you want them to be? According to this 2015 report by Edelman, the answer is age-old: build trust. Findings were pulled together from a survey of...

A Word of Thanks from the Planview IdeaPlace Team

It’s the season of turning leaves, warm sweaters, hot drinks, hearty foods, and for many (including the team here at Planview IdeaPlace), giving thanks. And that’s exactly what we want to extend to you — our amazing customers, loyal readers, and passionate advocates and partners. In other words, our crowd. From the very bottom of our...

9 Ways to Engage Your Crowd with Planview IdeaPlace Innovation

As an innovation practitioner, ensuring that program leaders can motivate people to participate in their innovation programs is something I spend quite a lot of time thinking about. If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that crowdsourced innovation is extremely effective. But, to be successful, you must find the right approach to consistently — and...

Top 10 Innovation Links of the Week: 11.20.15

Welcome to Planview IdeaPlace’s weekly link roundup, where we feature a carefully curated selection of our favorite links to great content on innovation, crowdsourcing, and more from around the web. Here are 10 new discoveries from this week. 1. The Transformation From Tradition in Healthcare – From Volume to Value Who it’s from: PR Web The...

Driving Digital Innovation through Crowdsourcing

Prioritizing digital innovation is only one of the many challenges leaders face in today’s idea-driven business climate. And it’s not something to table until bandwidths and budgets are better — it’s critical right now. Company leaders need a simple but effective way to align existing resources to better focus on digital innovation, or they’re putting their businesses...

Top 10 Innovation Links of the Week: 11.13.15

Welcome to our brand new weekly link roundup, featuring a carefully curated selection of hand-picked links to great content on innovation, crowdsourcing, and more from around the web. Here are our 10 favorite discoveries from this week. 1. 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company Who it’s from: Harvard Business Review The skinny: Renowned innovation leader,...

4 Ways to Breathe New Life into Your Innovation Program

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...

9 Surefire Ways to Kill Innovation (That You Aren’t Thinking About)

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...