In selecting the most creative people or ideas to hire or implement, many organizations use multi-step processes that winnow the initial pool to a group...

One would think that if you run a traditional consumer business that can't compete on costs with more efficient competitors, you would want to avoid them...

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It might seem that success at an initial creative endeavor should give someone the confidence to pursue their next project, but that isn't necessarily...

There are many instances in which a symbiotic partnership was the foundation of an extraordinary successful project. In this article, which is based on...

A Renault R&D center holds innovation competitions with a twist: In addition to allowing employees to say whether they like prospective ideas, it allows...

Whether you are trying to reconcile conflicting stakeholder priorities, finding a solution to a customer's issue, or launching a new product line, your...

As companies adopt open innovation and crowdsourcing to stay at the forefront of innovation, the challenge of selecting which ideas to pursue is enormous....

Clinical and nonclinical staff at the Rotterdam Eye Hospital have improved patient care and raised staff morale at a very modest cost: 10 minutes a day...

It's natural for patients to be afraid of surgery - but recent research found that there are actually four different types of patient reactions. In this...

The results of an experiment suggest that when crowdsourcing ideas, if you are looking for a larger selection of ideas to choose from, put up a big prize....

Rotterdam Eye Hospital transformed its patients' experiences.

Across industries, there's a puzzling phenomenon: A talented person who has scored one or more major successes then bombs. The authors' research, which...

Today, many companies see open innovation - a process for sharing knowledge and ideas with other organizations - as a core part of their strategy for...

On paper, crowdsourced innovation makes a lot of sense: If two heads are better than one, why not 20,000? Surely, some of those outsiders will have fresh...

Research shows that creativity and innovation can be enhanced by reducing team harmony. Teams that are able to engage in productive task conflict - expressing...