Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog post is part of a monthly series highlighting Brightidea’s nine innovation apps. Each month, we’ll focus on one app and explain how it can increase the engagement, productivity, and success of your innovation program. Innovation has... Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog post is a supplement to the Brightidea podcast on how crowdsourced innovation is driving a renaissance in manufacturing. “American made” is back in vogue. After years of prevalent offshoring, more and more U.S. manufacturing companies... Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog post is part of a monthly series highlighting Brightidea’s nine innovation apps. Each month, we’ll focus on one app and explain how it can increase the engagement, productivity, and success of your innovation program. One of the... Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesRunning the numbers before taking a big business risk can be a nerve-wracking process. One question you’ll likely have when considering anything new, and innovation management in general, is “Why do we need to track innovation efforts anyway?”... Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesDigital transformation. You’re probably hearing more and more about it—but how much of it is hype and how much is real? It turns out that digital transformation is actually a force to be reckoned with, and embracing it could be the secret sauce... Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn October 13 and 14, 2016 in San Francisco, Brightidea will host our inaugural user conference: Synthesize. This event will be a great opportunity to foster the exchange of ideas about ideas, bringing together world-class innovation leaders... Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere is a lot of discussion around the return one should expect on their corporate innovation program, but little or nothing is done to actually measure and control it. There are a variety of different ways to think about this. Some people talk... Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the current “innovate or die” climate, all companies long to achieve innovation success, but many still struggle with the “how”. Since it helps to have a working model to emulate, we sat down with Cisco Innovation... Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutesOver the last few years I have seen Design Thinking tools used in all types of situations – as a management philosophy, an operational plan and a way to implement a “sexier” version of continuous improvement. Now Design Thinking is gradually... Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesIntentional, systematic innovation is a necessary business function in 2016, but only if you can prove its worth to decision makers. In our most recent webinar hangout, Measuring Innovation Program ROI, Nick Selk, Innovation Program Manager at... Read more