Innovation made human.

From BMW Startup Garage to 27pilots: Venture Client Model Is Reinventing Innovation

The traditional corporate venturing doesn't come without its limitations. That's where the Venture Client model comes in. VCM is redefining how corporations innovate with startups. To find out more, read our interview with the co-founder of 27pilots, Ana Carolina Alex.

Continuous Innovation

Individual Creativity vs. Organizational Creativity (Updated)

What is individual and organizational creativity? The two are similar, but they are not the same. Here are the three ways to boost your individual creativity and fuel the organizational one as a result.

Debunking Innovation

Innovation Comes From Bringing Ideas Together [Video]

Interview with business system architect and author Johan Broddfelt. Johan shares his thoughts about the importance of human-to-human connection in the increasingly tech world.

Debunking Innovation

From Silicon Valley to the Nordics: Innovation Should be a Matter of Urgency

YouNoodle helps corporates to execute startup and innovation programs at scale. Booking.com Booster, Stanford BASES startup competition, and Salesforce Accelerate are just a few examples of innovation powered by YouNoodle. In this interview, we are talking to YouNoodle CEO, Torsten Kolind.

Debunking Innovation

5 Innovation Lessons for Better Ideas from Buffer's Journey to 80k Customers [Video]

Interested in what kind of processes are helping Buffer to keep on innovating their product and fostering their open culture, we reached out to Suprasanna Mishra, the Product Manager of Buffer Publish.

Corporate Innovation

How to Choose an Innovation Process that Fits YOU? [Video]

When you are new in the field, the many options in innovation process can feel overwhelming. So, how do you find a process that is right for you and your business? We reached out to Serena Leka to find out.

Ideanote Customer Use-Cases

How USTER engaged 70% of its employees in innovation

Within less than two years of using Ideanote, USTER has collected 510 new ideas. With a 70% engagement rate, the company has already implemented 106 of these. Find out how your team can do the same.

Businesses

5 Steps to Find Your Next Business Idea

Your next business idea is just five steps away. Learn from Simon Sinek, Elon Musk and take your idea from zero to action.

Debunking Innovation

Why Failure is a Fantastic Way to Learn [Video]

This time, we are talking to Nicholas Hawtin, the CEO of Nordic Legal Tech. In the interview, Nicholas shares his reflections on the principle "Stay humble, stay foolish". Nicholas reminds us of how important it is to keep a sense of self-ridicule and keep on asking questions.

Debunking Innovation

Bringing Ideation to Life is about Speaking to People's Emotions [Video]

In this interview, we are talking to Maz Spork from ISS Corporate Garage. In our conversation, Maz shares why you should take personal risks and speak up even if you

Innovation

The Most Important Secret to Successful Innovation

The main reason why 72% of companies fail in innovation is the lack of formalized process or organizational home for such initiatives. Here is how idea management platform can help your business to succeed in every phase of innovation.

Debunking Innovation

From ‘Idea-hoarders’ to ‘Idea-sharers’: How iPaper Transformed their Culture by Collecting Employee Ideas

This week we are debunking innovation together with iPaper. In our conversation, Valentin Jørgensen shares strategies that have been the most impactful for creating an open idea-sharing culture and some actionable tips for using an online idea management system.

Idea Management

How to Optimize your Idea Competitions to get High-Quality Ideas.

To be able to yield high-quality ideas, internal competitions need to be well-organized and supported throughout the process. Here, we will give you seven useful tips on how to assure high-quality results in your idea contest.

Corporate Innovation

Idea Competitions and Why Your Business Needs One

What do LinkedIn, Whirpool, and Adobe have in common? They all swear by in-house innovation programs. In this blog post, we will explain the concept of in-house idea contests and point out the gains that can come along with it.

New Feature

Make it Feel Like Home

Our new highly requested feature is already here! Now, all enterprise users can fully customize the look of their Ideanote space.

Corporate Innovation

Strategies to Boost your Innovation Culture – 4 Real-World Examples for CIOs

There are many ways to be innovative, but one thing is certain: the right L&D practices can cultivate innovation in any organization. Here are four real-world examples of how L&D strategies can boost your innovation culture.

Case Study

Here's How You Fire Up Your Team Innovation

Keep great ideas from going missing in your team and start new ways of thinking creatively. Here's how you fire up your team innovation.

New Feature

Introducing Drag & Drop Idea Management

Managing ideas has just become even more visual, intuitive and time-saving. Now, admin users can move ideas along in the process by just dragging them to the next phase.

employee engagement

How To Retain Employees Through Motivation

Increasing financial compensations or offering a benefits package is not the most efficient way to retain employees. It also gets very costly, especially for a small company. Employees also want more than financial

Lack of Innovation Will Kill Your Business (2 Examples to Prove It)

Read on to learn the stories of two massive corporations that have paid the ultimate price for their lack of innovation and how you can avoid ending up in their situation! Despite all

Design Thinking

5 Tricks to Adopt Everyday Design Thinking

There is value in enabling design thinking during your everyday routine, especially if you have contact with potential or current clients in your position.

Strategy

You Need an Innovation Strategy (if you don’t have one, here’s your life-saving guide to get one)

An innovation strategy is a plan you set in place to initiate and align policies and behaviors that both individually and together, move you in the direction of a specific innovation goal. Here's why you need an innovation strategy and a guide to get you started

Culture

How to Embrace a Multigenerational Workplace with Innovation

The pursuit and glorification of a youthful workplace has a grim downside. How do you steer clear of ageism and accelerate performance of a multigenerational team?

Brainstorming

4 Great Brainstorming Exercises for Introverts

Loved by some, dreaded by many. How do we make brainstorming enjoyable, valuable and fun for everyone involved? Get 4 brainstorming exercises that get everybody’s creative juices flowing. Friendly and approachable, solves

Strategy

Get Started with Objectives and Key Results for Teams

No matter if you are a team of 5 or a +200.000 person multi-nation cooperation, you need to align around some sort of shared goals. But not all goals were born equal

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