With innovation management capturing rising interest from human resource managers and directors, Exago’s team took part in the Expo’RH2018 in Estoril, Portugal, to discuss the latest news and trends in the sector. The event organised by the International Faculty for Executives gathered hundreds of HR directors from leading companies such as Nestlé, Ageas, Pfizer, Renova and McDonald’s, under the motto “Experience is the way”, on March 14 and 15.
Optimise your cost-cutting strategy with the right innovation management tool
You can save time and money by having your employees contribute ideas for the cost-cutting strategy, as well as cost-optimisation ideas that can transform and impact the company positively. Examples from our clients’ innovation management programmes show just that.
How to introduce a cost-cutting strategy in your innovation initiative: Step 1
To introduce a cost-cutting strategy in your innovation management initiative and ensure that your business remains relevant and able to maximise its potential under less favourable circumstances, five major steps should be taken.
Why leaders with a clear vision connect innovation and strategic cost-cutting
A successful cost-cutting strategy is connected to an organisation’s capacity to evolve, to innovate, and to do it as whole. Companies can, in fact, keep innovating in ways that do not require high investments in new products’ research and development, and which can save substantial amounts of time and money.
If you’re managing your company’s innovation initiative, the Beaver is for you
Opening the way for your 2018 challenges, Exago – Beaver Release enables innovation platform managers and administrators to become master…
Ten years building the future together
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Strategic cost-cutting and improvements in the innovation corporate agenda
Long-term stability is highly unlikely, and we all have questions and uncertainties churning in our heads, CEOs included. They are, right now, looking for answers and for ways to include their organisations in possible solutions.
Six best innovation practices to engage Millennials and Gen Zers
All businesses are created first by ideas. Then, once you are in business, you need new thinking for design, engineering, radical improvement, manufacturing, marketing, advertising, problem-solving, customer retention, etc. Often the difference between success or failure in business is a simple idea.
How to create a culture of collaborative innovation in younger generations
Millennials and Generation Z are often disconnected from the strategic vision of a big organisation because they cannot see any links between their everyday work and the company’s business objectives. Being able to align an individual’s everyday work and goals clearly with the organisation’s strategy gets people to think in new ways and imagine new possibilities.
Generation Z and innovation in the workplace
Gen Zers are part of a generation that is global, social, visual and technological. They are the most connected, educated and sophisticated generation ever.