Welcome to our brand new weekly link roundup, featuring a carefully curated selection of hand-picked links to great content on innovation, crowdsourcing, and more from around the web.
Here are our 10 favorite discoveries from this week.
1. 5 Requirements of a Truly Innovative Company
Who it’s from: Harvard Business Review
The skinny: Renowned innovation leader, management expert, and founder of Strategos Gary Hamel explains which essential parts of the innovation engine you’re probably forgetting.
2. 6 Ways To Create A Culture Of Innovation
Who it’s from: Fast Company
The skinny: Every company’s culture is inherently different, so when you’re cultivating innovation, you have to be thoughtful about your approach. This is how to align your strategy with the company’s values and goals.
3. 7 Big Threats to Innovation and How to Overcome Them
Who it’s from: CIO.com
The skinny: These seven threats to corporate innovation are hampering the agility of your business. Here’s how to conquer them.
4. 10 Commandments of Effective Crowdsourcing
Who it’s from: Innovation Management
The skinny: After conducting a multi-year study, Ehsan Ehsani unearthed these 10 best practices to make your crowdsourcing initiatives successful.
5. 15-Examples of Open Innovation between Big Companies and Startups
Who it’s from: Innovation Upgrade
The skinny: Many companies are realizing the value of internal and external collaboration, and are subsequently moving from traditional, closed innovation processes to an open innovation approach. This article gives examples of 15 companies that are taking it on.
6. IdexLabs Presents: Open Innovation Examples
Who it’s from: IdexLabs
The skinny: See how Coca-Cola, Audi, P&G, and Lego implement open innovation in their organizations.
7. How Can Your Company Innovate Faster?
Who it’s from: CMSWire
The skinny: Every business leader dreams of doing things things differently, uniquely, and more innovatively. How can yours?
8. Is Innovation More About People or Process?
Who it’s from: Harvard Business Review
The skinny: Talented people can be tripped up by poor processes. Similarly, hesitant people can be uplifted by smarter processes. In the best of all possible worlds, extraordinary people pursue innovative ideas through processes that are perfectly suited to their talents. This is how it works.
9. A Major Shift for Corporate Innovation: The Impact of IoT and the Digital Economy
Who it’s from: Innovation Upgrade
The skinny: The IoT experts predict 50 billion connected devices by 2020, which will create a vast array of new opportunities — as well as threats. Do you have the necessary vision and understanding of how the digital economy to survive?
10. Technology Will Drive a New Innovation Core
Who it’s from: Innovation Excellence
The skinny: Paul Hobcraft of Agility Innovation argues that the time to change your innovation processes is now.
