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.

Why Measuring the Value of Your Innovation Program from Day One is Important

Every year Planview IdeaPlace conducts its “State of Crowdsourced Innovation” customer study to better understand how our customers build and manage their innovation programs. As we analyze this data year over year, we can see trends emerge and see how what’s important to them changes over time. One of the key findings from this research...

Measuring Innovation Program Success: 3 Lessons from Bechtel

Measuring the success of an innovation program is a critical step in determining the impact it has on a company’s bottom line. But how do you know if your innovation program is delivering value? How do you know if it’s an integral part of your company’s growth? Earlier this year, we hosted a webinar featuring...

What’s on the Minds of Innovation Executives?

There was no shortage of practical sessions at Planview IdeaPlace’s Ignite 2018 conference. One session in particular that gave a unique perspective into the minds of executives was the executive panel moderated by Innovation Leader’s Kelsey Alpaio. The panel consisted of: Rebecca Cameron, VP of Corporate Strategy, Nasdaq Jeff George, VP of Research and Development,...

Top 10 Takeaways from Planview IdeaPlace’s Ignite 2018 Conference

Ignite 2018 is now in the rearview mirror, there only one thing to say: what an incredible two-day experience! With so many innovation leaders from some of the largest companies in the world in attendance, there was no shortage of opportunities to learn. In this article, we’ve compiled a list of our top 10 takeaways....

BMW Launches Public Innovation Challenge to Crowdsource New Ideas for Interior Car Features

Cars are no longer just forms of transportation. From the ability to have hands-free conversations through interior speakers to diagnostic displays that enable you to see the health of your vehicle to autonomous driving, they’re quickly becoming a technology platform where remarkable innovations are happening. While the exterior of a car usually gets all the...

The Lean, Hyper-Vigilant Organization: Reflections from Ignite 2018

I had the opportunity to attend Ignite 2018, the annual user conference hosted by Planview IdeaPlace. Ignite brings together a diverse group of innovation management professionals from the corporate world. The professionals share a common interest in how they might advance the practice of collaborative innovation within their organization. How might they foster intrapreneurship by...

Ignite Spotlight: An Interview with Southern Company’s Julie Pigott

As one of the top 10 utility companies in the world, Southern Company is a shining example of how to leverage an employee-base to transform the way a business operates. The question is, how did they do it and what can you learn that can be applied in your organization? To dig deeper into the...

Ignite Spotlight: An Interview with Nasdaq’s Rebecca Cameron

Since its early days, Nasdaq has been on the bleeding edge of innovation. Like any company that has withstood the test of time and remained a business people count on, Nasdaq has found new ways to reinvent itself. From leveraging new advances in technology to developing and executing strategic initiatives, the company’s ability to focus...

Ignite Spotlight: An Interview with Pfizer’s John Klick

Pfizer, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies on the planet, has been developing and executing an innovation and experimentation program for over five years. Needless to say they’ve experienced all the growing pains and successes that come with creating an enduring program. We caught up with Pfizer’s Senior Manager of Worldwide Innovation, John Klick, to...