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You Helped Change The World in 2011
As we turn the page on 2011 and turn our eyes to 2012, I wanted to reflect on some of the remarkable things we accomplished together this past year. In 2011, we added many thousands of people to our...
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The Profound Importance of Challenges: A Better Way to Organize and...
By Dwayne Spradlin, CEO of InnoCentive This blog is the third installation of a four part series: ”The Profound Importance of Challenges,” by Dwayne Spradlin and Alph Bingham, authors of The Open...
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InnoCentive Acquires OmniCompete
We are excited to announce the addition of OmniCompete to the InnoCentive family. Best known for its annual Global Security Challenge, OmniCompete has executed nearly two dozen high profile Challenges...
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The Profound Importance of Challenges: A Powerful Strategy Tool (Part 4 of 4)
By Alph Bingham This blog is the final installation of a four part series: ”The Profound Importance of Challenges,” by Dwayne Spradlin and Alph Bingham, authors of The Open Innovation Marketplace,...
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Prize Venture: A New Way to Fund Challenges
By Simon Schneider, General Manager, Grand Challenges & Head of EMEA, InnoCentive In the wake of the global financial crisis and ongoing challenges facing the world economy, companies, government...
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Event Digest: Front End of Innovation 2013
The 2013 Front End of Innovation (FEI) conference was held in Boston this week. Transcending the typical conference model, the gathering challenged innovation thought leaders, experts, and...
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Innovation Culture: What We Learned from Our Webinar with Stefan Lindegaard
It was a pleasure having Stefan Lindegaard share his views on open innovation best practices and the barriers innovators face in implementing them. During our webinar on May 22nd, Stefan described open...
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I recently spoke to a group of small business owners at a Chamber of Commerce in Belgium. As we began our discussion, it became clear that many were intrigued by the idea of engaging the crowd to solve...
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Crowdsourcing as a New Way of Recruiting Talent
Earlier this month, we co-hosted the Grand Final of King’s College London’s (KCL) inaugural Cultural Challenge. Seeking an innovative way to connect students with external institutions, King’s Cultural...
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Why InnoCentive Seekers Should View Solvers as Consumers As Well As Innovators
It’s easy to fall into the trap of putting people into a box, viewing their capabilities and the benefits they can offer too narrowly. Our community of nearly 300,000 multifaceted individuals are not...
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How Foundations and Non-Profits are Utilizing Challenge and Prize Based Open...
The increasing number of nonprofits exploring open Challenge programs and prize competitions led us to host a recent webinar titled, Challenging the World to Take Up Your Cause: Why Foundations and...
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Zen and Open Innovation
What does Zen have to do with Open Innovation? One is ancient and the other is relatively new. One is spiritual and the other is a service. Well, there’s a great quote in the book, Zen Mind, Beginner’s...
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The Profound Importance of Challenges: A Powerful Strategy Tool (Part 4 of 4)
By Alph Bingham This blog is the final installation of a four part series: ”The Profound Importance of Challenges,” by Dwayne Spradlin and Alph Bingham, authors of The Open Innovation Marketplace,...
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Prize Venture: A New Way to Fund Challenges
By Simon Schneider, General Manager, Grand Challenges & Head of EMEA, InnoCentive In the wake of the global financial crisis and ongoing challenges facing the world economy, companies, government...
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Event Digest: Front End of Innovation 2013
The 2013 Front End of Innovation (FEI) conference was held in Boston this week. Transcending the typical conference model, the gathering challenged innovation thought leaders, experts, and...
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Innovation Culture: What We Learned from Our Webinar with Stefan Lindegaard
It was a pleasure having Stefan Lindegaard share his views on open innovation best practices and the barriers innovators face in implementing them. During our webinar on May 22nd, Stefan described open...
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Is Ubuntu Crowdsourcing the Most Radical Smartphone Yet?
With eight days left in its thirty-day campaign to raise $32 million dollars, Ubuntu looks like it’s going to come up short in their bid to crowdfund the Ubuntu Edge smartphone. This is far from...
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Cultural Roadblocks to Innovation and Internal Collaboration
On Sep. 24 Stephen Shapiro will help us discuss ways to Innovate your Internal Collaboration. This got me thinking that many companies reject cultures that would allow one to optimize their internal...
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Crowdsourcing: 3 Best Practices
Crowdsourcing can enhance your innovation, or dilute the quality of innovation. So, what are best practices for using crowdsourcing? Think about your expectations related to involvement With...
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Why Embracing Failure can Fuel Innovation
Join us tomorrow as Stefan Lindegaard shares his thoughts on how we must Embrace Failure to Build a Stronger Innovation Culture There is a growing awareness among business executives that innovation...
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