5 Sep 2011

Fear to fail? Then do nothing (and fall behind).

By Peter Verschuere

In these economically difficult times, being innovative is a necessity for any organization in order to survive and optimize their growth. However, employees often prefer a status quo or controlable changes because they know how everything operates currently, and they don't want to potentially jeopardise their positions.
The fear associated with being creative or resourceful is usually devastating to an enterprise. 

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13 May 2011

10 Principles To Streamline The Innovation Crowd

By Peter verschuere
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Modern innovation management tools make use of the crowd as the indispensable fuel to keep the innovation motor running: a "crowd" (consisting of employees and partners as well as customers - and even competitors!) is invited to help capture, analyze, enrich and assess ideas, supported by web 2.0 technology.

Having witnessed this process in various projects in which I have been involved, it's safe to say that just turning to the crowd without considering some basic rules does not ensure success.Here are ten principles to help you get your crowd ready to rock!

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CogniStreamer® is a leading manufacturer of Enterprise 2.0 collaboration software used by industry leaders such as Case New Holland, Cytec, Bekaert, bpost, Vesuvius and Philip Morris International.

For those companies embracing innovation, CogniStreamer® uniquely provides a collaborative tool for team members to nurture ideas through the entire process toward production.

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