A Short History of Idea Management
In this article, Bill Shockley walks us through the history of enterprise idea management applications, and shows us how they have evolved.
Closing the innovation gap - using idea management tools
How much is innovation valued at your company? One new approach
-- idea management -- puts a number on how much your organization
needs new business tactics, and
what it'll cost if your company doesn't change with the times
(from BaseLine Magazine).
The Innovation Pipeline
The Innovation Pipeline introduces a framework designed to
help organizations achieve corporate objectives through the systematic
and sustainable application of innovative processes and methods
in all areas of organizational activity.
The
Process of Idea Management
This informative article explains
the basic principles of idea management - the practice
of gathering and evaluating ideas, and selecting
the best ones for implementation. This is from an
association Web site, but does a good job of focusing
on general principles that apply to all organizations,
of any size.
Idea
Management: A Timely Notion Worth Considering
This InformationWeek article
does a good job of explaining how idea management
technology improves upon paper-based corporate suggestion
and idea collection systems, and also explores its
close relationship with the strategy of knowledge
management.
Best
Practices in Idea Management
This report from Imaginatik shares
some key principles and best practices of successful idea management,
and how to effectively run an idea management project.
Event-Based
Idea Management Programs Yield Superior Results
Research conducted by Imaginatik
in 1998 found that time-based events yield a
much higher volume of ideas, in terms of absolute
numbers and quality. In comparison to ongoing
employee suggestion programs, the yield is four-
to ten-fold greater, even though events last
typically for just four weeks. This created an
apparent paradox: participants had less time
to contribute but they submitted a greater number
of high quality ideas.
Gartner
Report: Focusing the Innovation Process
Focused innovation programs
enhance the capture of ideas with realizable business
value. Targeted and bounded programs produce better
results than open-ended idea collection systems.
This report can be purchased for $95 from the Gartner
Web site.
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