508 Compliance
February 6, 2012, No Comments

Much as brick and mortar businesses are required to provide access for the disabled in the form of ramps and elongated d ...

Staying Ahead of the Innovation Curve
January 16, 2012, 1 Comment

Innovation isn’t a stop and start process. It is a continuous cycle that is equal parts community involvement, persona ...

The Innovative Properties of Social Media
January 16, 2012, 3 Comments

How does social media help the public sector innovate? Before we answer this question, it’s worth understanding just w ...

Open Innovation
Can Open Innovation Prosper in the U.S.?
February 8, 2011, No Comments

What is open innovation? In Canada, “open innovation” is defined as a system whereby larger corporate or organizatio ...

Open Innovation - The only way to have a good idea, is to have a lot of ideas.
Our Greatest Accomplishment, The OPIN Platform
January 7, 2011, No Comments

What’s the single most important thing you accomplished in 2010? Our greatest accomplishment last year was the release ...

Business Ideas Defy Recession
Innovation, Not Despair, Will Rejuvenate the Economy
September 21, 2010, 1 Comment

Thanks to the declaration of the U.S.’s National Bureau of Economic Research’s Business Cycle Dating Committee t ...

Growth and Innovation
Balancing Innovation and Cost-Cutting
September 14, 2010, 3 Comments

Why are workers keen to cut costs? In an economy when many companies have abandoned hiring, those who still have jobs fi ...

Environmental Innovation
What is Environmental Innovation Management Software?
September 13, 2010, 1 Comment

Last week, we briefly outlined the basic categories of innovation management software. Today, we’re profiling environm ...

Construction
The Value of Old Co-Workers
September 12, 2010, No Comments

As the author William Gibson says, “there is no such thing as a utopia or a dystopia—both are idealizations.” So i ...

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The Business of Managing Ideas: A Conversation with Brightidea
September 9, 2010, 2 Comments

Brightidea is one of the world’s leading innovation management software companies. Founded in 1999, the company’s cl ...