Entries from October 2009

October 13, 2009

Bad Case Study of Open Innovation: Brightidea Customer Feedback Portal

Innovation is all about the process of doing new things that deliver value.
Open innovation is about innovation with people outside the firm’s walls.
Good Innovation processes are vital. Bad innovation processes – especially for Open Innovation – are deadly.

Let’s look at an example: Brightidea.
Before I get into the detail, I’d like to provide some context. Innovation [...]

October 13, 2009

Idea Management Market: New Branch of Competition

I came across a news alert on “idea management” today from a vendor I had not heard of before: Gensight Group. Their press release covered the release of its new Version 8 software for Project Portfolio Management, that included an idea management toolset.
I have not had the time nor the inclination to do a deep-deep [...]

October 4, 2009

Comment on Brightidea post: annoying web site did not let me post properly

Don’t you get really annoyed when you have a great comment to make to an article… but the web site is bust and doesn’t accept comments. Well, once again this has happened to me, but instead of just getting upset, I’ll post a link to the article here, and my comment below. Great thoughts should [...]