Why idea management isn’t really about the ideas
Given that we're in the business of idea management software, people are often surprised to hear us say that ideas themselves aren't really worth that …
Given that we're in the business of idea management software, people are often surprised to hear us say that ideas themselves aren't really worth that …
Innovation is critical to your business's growth. You already have a system to mine your research and development for patentable inventions, but you ha…
To streamline and accelerate innovation, companies need to integrate flexible processes and leverage advanced idea management technologies. Regardles…
By now, there is no question that innovation is a growth source for companies independent of size and industry. Some executives are going as far as see…
I first realised I was an idea bully in my mid-twenties. Maybe I was sitting at a boardroom table, maybe I was on a Skype for Business call...either wa…
Getting the best out of your idea management system (IMS) requires some planning and know-how, and a well thought through approach will definitely yiel…
Sometimes even the most bizarre ideas can turn out great. Think of AirBnb and Uber, classic examples of successful business ideas that people were scep…
Fifty years ago today, on July 20th 1969 the first two humans, Neil Armstrong and Edward Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, landed on the Moon. All while the third …
When I was first considering to become an entrepreneur some six years ago, I had lots of different business ideas. However, none of them just felt righ…
Innovation is supposed to be the end product of a long, deliberate and often very expensive process. It seems almost insulting to suggest it might occ…
President Kennedy’s address to the joint session of the US Congress on May 25th 1961 can be viewed as the start of the space race: “... I believe that…
In 2016, Fidelity International launched FIL Ideas - a global ideation platform to crowdsource, you guessed it, Ideas. Its popularity was immediate and…
For those of us who run ideas programmes within organisations, the decision ‘to reward or not to reward’ can be a tough one. Financial reward can be a …
"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death." John F. Kennedy Well, I am not saying JFK d…
The Apollo program has been called the greatest technological achievement in human history. Apollo stimulated many areas of technology, leading to over…
Two of our Future Shapers, David Cowland, a Technology Director at Fidelity International and Simon Hill, CEO and Founder of Wazoku, recently got toget…
In our fast paced world, mechanisms and methods that shorten cycle times leading to quicker outcomes when implemented properly, can prove essential. O…
Except it’s not really is it? Where there’s innovation, there’s a cost. There’s an opportunity, sure but there’s time, people, materials, trials, man…
Legend has it that middle managers get in the way of innovation as they jealously guard their fiefdom and obstruct progress and change. Except the leg…
Last month I shared an initial introduction to Idea Management software and I wanted to build on this theme and hopefully help you as you begin to expl…