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BMW's "Virtual Innovation Agency" gathers feedback and ideas from outside sources -
complete with legal waivers and codes of conduct to protect themselves. Of particular note is their
document concerning the "evaluation of unprotected ideas" which covers all ideas for
which patent protection has not yet been sought.
http://www.bmwgroup.com/e/nav/index.html?http://www.bmwgroup.com/e/0_0_www_bmwgroup_com/7_innov....
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Innovation Authority
Has a couple of shallow articles on various innovation topics
http://www.innovationauthority.com
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Winston Brill - Creativity Comments
Winston Brill's work is frequently quoted now - and his e-newsletter, the Monthly Mentor is a
publication that frequently contains some great nuggets of wisdom on the topics of creativity, the
value of ideas, and other innovation related topics.
http://www.winstonbrill.com/bril001/html/comments/comments.html
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IdeaFlow: Creativity, Innovation
IdeaFlow is a particularly interesting innovation Blog with several very noted contributors such as
the InnovationNetwork's Joyce Wycoff and Hass Business School's Henry Chesbrough. The contributions
run the gamut from creativity puzzles, to conference updates, to interesting innovation websites
and articles, to random thoughts on innovation by the participants.
http://www.corante.com/ideaflow/
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Brainfruit
BrainFruit's newsletter is produced once every 12 weeks and aims simply to put in front of you some
new ideas that are shaping the way the world is working. Some are logical extensions of the way we
work, others are out-of-the-box new businesses - but all are interesting to read - and all are
meant to be read and digested casually so as to give you food for your own ideas later on
http://www.brain-fruit.com/
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BCG Publications - "Innovation"
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have recently started coming up with some very interesting articles
on innovation, and although they don't seem to have an innovation specific section to their site -
or to their consulting practice - doing a quick search for "innovation" on their
publications section will reveal some great nuggets of information.
http://www.bcg.com/publications/publications_search_results.jsp?analyze=0&coMiLanguage=en&a....
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Knowledge Central is the iconic hub of the Knowledge Campus
Knowledge Central is the iconic hub of the Knowledge Campus, which enables its occupiers to access
shared services, marketing, and business support to increase their competitiveness.
http://www.knowledge-central.co.uk
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Directives Enterprises
Innovation consultants based in Australia. Assist companies to conceive and develop new product
ideas. Provides creative thinking workshops, invention services, opportunity identification and
evaluation, and market research services.
http://www.directives.com.au
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General Ideas Inc.
software vendor - their web site features company profile, services and contact information.
http://www.generalideasinc.com
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Alain Rostain : Creativity Consultant
Creative Advantage offers a comprehensive approach to strategic innovation which integrates
training, facilitation, leadership development, team building, brainstorming and new product
development.
http://www.creativeadvantage.com
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InnoTown Innovation & Design Conference
Annual conference in Norway dedicated to creativity, innovation and design in the business world.
http://www.innotown.org
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The Innovation Resource Consulting Group
Consulting firm led by author Robert Cooper dedicated to helping companies accelerate growth by
improving their total approach to making new ideas happen.
http://www.innovationresource.com
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Gartner Group
Research and analysis company - has a couple of great documents on Innovation - "The Survey of
Innovation Management Technology" , and "Focusing the Innovation Process" to name
but two - but you have to pay to get access to them.
http://www.gartner.com
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Inventions Network.
Allows companies, individuals, universities, and national agencies to buy and sell ideas,
inventions, patents, copyrighted works, trademarks, and other intellectual property.
http://www.newideatrade.com/inventions.htm
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ImplementIdeas.Com
Solicits business ideas to be evaluated by business people and the best ideas are promoted for
investment purposes.
http://implementideas.com
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Innovation Convergence 2003 - 2004
Themed "Smart Thinking in Challenging Times," designed to help attendees bring innovation
alive within organizations by addressing challenges in innovation leadership, new product and
service development and the creation of a culture that supports ideas and innovation. Features call
for speakers, registration and venue information. Minneapolis, MN, USA.
http://www.iirusa.com/convergence
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IM-BOOT Creativity, Innovation Circle & Innovation Management
An interesting website that attempts to connect people together with a strong focus on innovation,
innovation management or idea creation.
http://innovation.im-boot.org
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Bringing Ideas to Life: Seven Principles for Pulling Together
Bring an idea to life by developing the idea and enhancing relationships with coworkers
simultaneously. By Rick Maurer, in CEO Refresher.
http://www.refresher.com/!rmideas.html
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C. W. Prather & Associates
A resource company that helps individuals and companies with creative thinking, problem solving,
and innovation with training programs and consulting. It focuses on the management of ideas so they
go somewhere.
http://www.bottomlineinnovation.com/
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Applied Innovation Alliance
Provides business consulting, training, coaching through virtual and on-site approaches. Offers
articles, links to related resources, and contact information.
http://www.aia-innovate.com
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InnovationTools
A portal that features a collection of software tools, articles, news, and links for developing
creative solutions for businesses.
http://www.innovationtools.com
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Articulating and integrating innovation in business
Explains why programs whose foundations include distributed, bottoms-up innovation initiatives,
supported by clearly defined knowledge production, validation and integration processes, yield the
best results. By IBM Global Services.
http://www-1.ibm.com/services/insights/artic_innov.html
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Corporate Innovation Blog
A daily blog - focuses on Innovation, Knowledge Management and Idea Management Research. Contains
not only original research, but also highlights articles and web sites in the topics covered.
http://imaginatikresearch.blogspot.com/
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Ideadollar - Turning ideas into products
Although IdeaDollar is now a dead and defunct internet company, the concept behind this company is
still incredibly interesting - and may yet have its place in commerce at some point. Companies like
IdeaDollar were the first to take idea management to the public - capturing ideas, paying
submitters a nominal (virtual) amount and then attempting to develop the good ideas as a product
development company.
http://www.ideadollar.com/idollar.nsf/aboutus?openframeset
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Information Week Article - "A Timely Notion Worth Considering"
Tony Kontzer wrote this piece that was amongst the first public articles explicitly linking idea
management and knowledge management together. It also includes a run down of some of the
better-known vendors and includes the now-wellknown quote that "Idea Management could rescue
knowledge management from oblivion" by BaseX analyst Jon Spira
http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20020321S0009
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The Miami Herald | 09/02/2002 | Daydreaming can pay off if employees share their ideas
An interview with Charles Thompson of the Creative Group, talking about the value that companies
can get through idea sharing and a formalised idea management program
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/3974190.htm
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Product Development and Management Association
Founded in 1976, the PDMA is a volunteer-driven, not-for-profit organization with the mission to
improve the effectiveness of people engaged in developing and managing new products, covering new
goods as well as services
http://www.pdma.org
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Innovation Network: Corporate Innovation & Creativity
The Innovation Network is an association of companies and employees committed to innovation. The
site features some interesting articles as well as some fun tools related to innovation
http://www.thinksmart.com/
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Imaginatik
World-wide leader for Software and Research on Enterprise-wide Innovation Management, Idea
Management, Knowledge Management, and Employee Suggestion Systems. Imaginatik technology is used
for New Product Development, Stage Gate processes, and other B2E and employee involvement
applications by the world's biggest companies. Clients include Bristol-Myers Squibb, Teck Cominco,
Cadbury-Schweppes, Hallmark, and many other Fortune 500 companies.
http://www.imaginatik.com
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