{"id":17325,"date":"2011-04-01T11:31:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T15:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=17325"},"modified":"2011-04-01T17:07:37","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T21:07:37","slug":"harvesting-your-organizations-ideas-to-produce-innovation-if-this-takes-off-it-could-prove-to-be-hugely-important-for-an-organizations-future-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2011\/04\/01\/harvesting-your-organizations-ideas-to-produce-innovation-if-this-takes-off-it-could-prove-to-be-hugely-important-for-an-organizations-future-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvesting your organization&#8217;s ideas to produce innovation: If this takes off, it could prove to be hugely important for an organization&#8217;s future health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">A reflection upon<\/span> <strong><a title=\"Permanent link to 3 Trends in Idea Management\" href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/enterprise\/2010\/09\/3-trends-in-idea-management.php\">3 Trends in Idea Management<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; from ReadWriteWeb.com by Klint Findley<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><em>Idea management software seeks two &#8220;holy grails&#8221; of enterprise  collaboration technology: 1) innovation and 2) the breaking down of  silos.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>If such software and systems could breakdown silos &#8212; and if the culture of one&#8217;s organization could support it &#8212; this type of endeavor could be hugely important in catapulting an organization ahead of other organizations within its industry.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Many of us can look back in our careers where we have had solid ideas that we tried to get adopted or pursued. However, such ideas may have made it up a layer or two in one&#8217;s job family\/ladder &#8212; but then the idea was halted.\u00a0 Thus, those ideas are never heard by others in different departments\/parts of the organization &#8212; people that might have seen an application for the idea and might have pursued it. Or perhaps, other people who might have built upon\/modified the idea to produce something even more useful to the organization. Far too often the people on &#8220;the front lines&#8221; within an organization do not talk to each other enough.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>A related line of questioning:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Could such systems be made available to students? Prospective students?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Would there be value in that? (That is, what classes would students like to see&#8230;what topics would they like to learn about&#8230;what ideas do they have for teaching topic ABC.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spigit.com\/products-and-solutions\/industries\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spigit.com\/products-and-solutions\/industries\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spigit.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Overview: <\/strong><br \/>\nHigher education around the country has  not been immune to economic decline over the last few years, and the  education industry all over has been looking for new ways to help solve  their problems. There will always be a place for education, as there  will be for improving it, and improving the way it is implemented.  Improvements in student-faculty collaboration are a necessity now more  than ever, as many educators, students, and administrators have learned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Challenge:<\/strong><br \/>\nWith nearly 70,000 faculty, staff and  undergraduate students, the president of the University of Texas at  Austin expressed the desire to better connect people and increase  collaboration between departments. The need for a centralized and  focused platform to discuss ideas and improvements that would advance  the university\u2019s mission was a top priority for the school.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Solution:<\/strong><br \/>\nBy implementing Spigit\u2019s idea management  platform, UT is able to<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> gather ideas from students and staff and  collaborate on ways to improve the school and further the university\u2019s  mission.<\/strong> This centralized platform has increased engagement, stimulated  participation and facilitated creative problem solving in the Education  Industry. Due to the overwhelming success with faculty and staff,  University of Texas has now created another community for students and  alumni, totaling nearly 500,000 people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Also see:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmswire.com\/cms\/enterprise-collaboration\/collaboration-in-the-era-of-crowdsourcing-010691.php\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Collaboration in the Era of Crowdsourcing <\/strong><\/a>&#8212; from cmswire.com by Hutch Carpenter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmswire.com\/cms\/enterprise-collaboration\/collaboration-in-the-era-of-crowdsourcing-010691.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cmswire.com\/images\/HutchCarpenter_innovation.jpg\" alt=\"HutchCarpenter_innovation.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From DSC: A reflection upon 3 Trends in Idea Management &#8211; from ReadWriteWeb.com by Klint Findley Excerpt: Idea management software seeks two &#8220;holy grails&#8221; of enterprise collaboration technology: 1) innovation and 2) the breaking down of silos. 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