Tag Archives: Open Innovation Tools

Can the Wisdom of Crowds Help Solve the Refugee Crisis in Europe?

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Eugene Ivanov

(A longer version of this piece originally appeared on the Qmarkets blog) The refugee crisis that keeps tormenting Europe, as serious as it is, has two additional troubling features. First, despite the fact that the humanitarian situation in the Middle … Continue reading →

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What Do Numbers Say About Different Models of Innovation?

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Eugene Ivanov

I’m not a fan of the “idea generation” model of innovation. This approach, which I call “bottom-up,” puts the focus of innovation on ideas that are generated by employees on the ground and then channeled upwards to senior management. I … Continue reading →

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Connecting bright ideas

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Eugene Ivanov

IdeaConnection, an open innovation service provider, and Brightidea, a designer of on-demand innovation management software, announced that they had formed a technology and services partnership. An April 29 news release explained that customers of Brightidea will now be able to … Continue reading →

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Crowdsourcing data analysis–and everything else

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Eugene Ivanov

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a troubling finding questioning the objectivity of the traditional market research. A team of scientists from Imperial College London conducted a study on how marketing managers choose products and services. The study showed … Continue reading →

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Don’t blame crowdsourcing for your own faults

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Eugene Ivanov

There is a Russian saying: to break into the open door. It describes a situation when someone is trying to solve a problem that simply doesn’t exist. I’m always reminded of this saying when I hear complaints that crowdsourcing isn’t … Continue reading →

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Is it time to replace market research with crowdsourcing?

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Eugene Ivanov

We all know the drill: In order to innovate, you need to know what your customers want. In practice, companies either create marketing departments in house or order market research data from outside. The idea is that once you focused … Continue reading →

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Is Facebook At Work a threat to innovation management software?

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Eugene Ivanov

Last week, Facebook released a private beta version of Facebook At Work, a new enterprise collaboration suite allowing organizations create their own social networks. FB@Work will feature a News Feed of “what’s new and relevant at your company,” extended user … Continue reading →

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Do you know the age of your child? (Toward the biomarkers of childhood)

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Eugene Ivanov

How often, when taking an over-the-counter drug, did you read the following note on the label: “adults and children 12 years of age and over: one tablet; children under 12 years of age: ask a doctor”? Pretty often, I guess. And … Continue reading →

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Can Crowdsourcing Beat Ebola?

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Eugene Ivanov

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned recently that “the death rate in the Ebola outbreak has risen to 70 percent and there could be up to 10,000 new cases a week in two months.” A WTO official added that … Continue reading →

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Working a Crowd

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Eugene Ivanov

If crowdsourcing has not yet become a mainstream innovation tool, this is definitely not for the lack of attention. Crowdsourcing remains a topic of intense academic studies, and a recent paper by researchers from Simon Frazer University in Canada is … Continue reading →

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