GIMI Newsletter | April 2019

. GLOBAL INNOVATION MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE April 2019 Dear Innovator, Whether you’re searching for innovative solutions to grow your business or looking to learn the latest industry trends and opportunities, the number of offerings and amount of data out there can be overwhelming. That’s why we are here striving to be your trusted adviser. Global Innovation Management Institute (GIM […]

What is innovation and why is it important?

What is innovation and why is it important? Why do companies need to innovate? Let us look at successful companies in the past 30 years to understand why innovation is important in an organization. In the 1980s, there was Kodak and Delphi. At the time, every moment, every event was captured with film cameras typically from Kodak. […]

Global Learning: Innovating with Diverse Teams to Create New Knowledge

Stephanie Doscher Ed.D. | Game Changers Podcasts by GIM Institute “Global learning is a process that involves diverse people collaboratively analyzing and addressing complex problems that transcend borders. This results in the production of new knowledge about the world and the way it works.” Stephanie Doscher is Director of Florida International University’s Global Learning for Global […]

4 Reasons to Train Your Workforce in Innovation

In order to better help our customers who are running innovation programs, IdeaScale does a great deal of research into our customer’s goals, usage, organization, and performance and this year we were startled by one of the trends that we discovered in our customer data. Even though IdeaScale customers are reaching out to their entire […]

International Franchising

International Franchising International Franchising | GIMI Speaker Series with Erik Premont GIMI Speaker Series with Erik Premont – Director of Franchise Sales at Boston’s Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar. Erik Premont talks about one of the hottest topics these days: “Internationalization of a Franchise System”. He has specialized in market development in the United States, Canada, […]

Sustaining Innovation with “Cross-Talk”

Dr. Nada Milosavljevic | Game Changers Podcasts by GIM Institute | Part 2 In our last podcast, Dr. Nada shared her insights about trends in integrative medicine. This week, we’re focusing on her own business, Sage Tonic, specifically on her strategies for creating long term economic sustainability of her enterprise. We’ll also learn how she […]

Innovate or Die? It’s true! … Recent Lessons from the US Oil and Gas Industry

Dr. Dana Wells | Game Changers Podcasts by GIM Institute How can companies use innovation to survive in a traditional industry going through massive upheaval? Ask Dr. Dana Wells, President of Dana Wells & Associates, an intellectual capital management advisory and consulting firm that uses proprietary innovation frameworks to align business models, people, & tools […]