Successful business practices in today’s world revolve around the consumer, and trends show that customers seek meaningful experiences with the companies they frequent. Even on social media, consumers show more interest in businesses with a personality than those that interact with followers like a robot. Our previous blog on the 5 Things Most Innovative Companies [...]
"Collaboration is not just technical. It's the cultural willingness to share and win as a team using the right technologies and the assumption that everyone can add value." — Wayne Kurtzman, IDC Collaboration and Social Media Research Director. Want to learn more about workplace collaboration? Watch our insightful webinar on Driving Collaboration to Sustainable Innovation, [...]
Innovation is a “do or die” aspect for most businesses. You either adapt, or you get left behind. Businesses that stay ahead of the competition or have efficient methods of keeping up with change end up as the leaders of their industry. In our previous blog on the 5 Ways to Create a Culture of [...]
Agile methodologies have existed for a long time and extend beyond information technology. However, agile methodology has proven to continue growing and improving innovation processes in every industry. The software industry in particular adopted agile as a successful alternative to help drive innovation within a company by valuing interaction, collaboration, and responding to change. For [...]
Innovation management tools, also referred to as idea management software, are helpful in creating a culture of innovation within your organization. As we have outlined in our previous blog on the 5 Ways to Create a Culture of Continuous Improvement, cultivating this culture of innovation keeps your brand moving forward and ahead of the competition. [...]
Digital technology and capabilities in the business world are ever growing, but leadership teams are still hesitant about investing in a full digital transformation. Bain & Company conducted a survey that revealed the “payoff from digital transformation can be impressively high, but the success rate is regrettably low.” Although this explains why some are still [...]
Many reasons exist as to why organizations opt to adopt an agile approach. Some hope for more successful products or to increase job satisfaction of team members while others hope for an increase in productivity and/or a reduced time to market. Others choose to adopt agile to improve quality or heighten collaboration between business people [...]
Design thinking offers a solution-based approach to solving problems. It can be useful when it comes to taking on complex problems that are unknown or not well defined. There are five stages of the design thinking as proposed by the Hasso-Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford, which is the leading educational institution when it comes to [...]
You have heard of it but what exactly is the iterative model? It is the implementation of a software development life cycle (SDLC), which is full of various testing and development methodologies, activities, tools, techniques and more. The iterative model is also a part of SDLC. The iterative model is a specific implementation of a [...]
A solid innovation strategy is the key to taking your organization to a new, established level. Constant innovation enables your organization to remain proactive rather than reactive, but this is not always easy. In order to be the most effective, your company’s strategy must scale alongside your organization. Below are some of the most effective [...]
