Comments on: X-factor understands basic innovation principles! http://www.innovationfactory.eu/2009/04/27/x-factor-understands-basic-innovation-principles/ Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:51:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Ebbe Nieuweboer http://www.innovationfactory.eu/2009/04/27/x-factor-understands-basic-innovation-principles/#comment-97 Ebbe Nieuweboer Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:58:01 +0000 http://www.innovationfactory.nl/blog/2009/04/27/x-factor-understands-basic-innovation-principles/#comment-97 hi Arnout, Good suggestion! You can already subscribe to our RSS here: feed://www.innovationfactory.eu/feed/rss/ I realise that there is no quick link to that page, so I'm going to look into that asap! We don't send out newletters yet, but we might do that in the future... When we do, it will surely be announced on this website Oh, and of course we're on Twitter: twitter.com/innovationfctry Thanks, and keep reading and replying ebbe hi Arnout,

Good suggestion!

You can already subscribe to our RSS here: feed://www.innovationfactory.eu/feed/rss/
I realise that there is no quick link to that page, so I’m going to look into that asap!

We don’t send out newletters yet, but we might do that in the future… When we do, it will surely be announced on this website

Oh, and of course we’re on Twitter: twitter.com/innovationfctry

Thanks, and keep reading and replying
ebbe

]]> By: Arnout http://www.innovationfactory.eu/2009/04/27/x-factor-understands-basic-innovation-principles/#comment-96 Arnout Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:53:29 +0000 http://www.innovationfactory.nl/blog/2009/04/27/x-factor-understands-basic-innovation-principles/#comment-96 small question: why don't you add an RSS feed or a newsletter option to you blog? The article are interesting enough to share actively with the world? small question: why don’t you add an RSS feed or a newsletter option to you blog? The article are interesting enough to share actively with the world?

]]> By: admin http://www.innovationfactory.eu/2009/04/27/x-factor-understands-basic-innovation-principles/#comment-95 admin Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:31:41 +0000 http://www.innovationfactory.nl/blog/2009/04/27/x-factor-understands-basic-innovation-principles/#comment-95 Hi Arnout, Thanks a lot for your contributions. I completely agree with your additions. Maybe an addition to the incentive part might be that in internal challenges it is better to not include money rewards, but for example time to develop the idea further. In another blogpost (http://www.innovationfactory.nl/blog/2008/11/25/incentives-to-activate-community-members/) I wrote about the fact that when you reward active participation with money it simply becomes work. Next time, people will evaluate whether it is worth their time to be active in the community. About your remarks in the end: I think you understand the term "liberal" in a different context. I meant the term "liberal" in the sense that the selection criteria should not be strict yet in the first stage(s). A lot of ideas still go through to the next round to be further developed, as opposed to selecting two or three projects at the start that get full funding to be developed until the end. Greetings, Jurjan Hi Arnout,

Thanks a lot for your contributions.
I completely agree with your additions. Maybe an addition to the incentive part might be that in internal challenges it is better to not include money rewards, but for example time to develop the idea further. In another blogpost (http://www.innovationfactory.nl/blog/2008/11/25/incentives-to-activate-community-members/) I wrote about the fact that when you reward active participation with money it simply becomes work. Next time, people will evaluate whether it is worth their time to be active in the community.

About your remarks in the end: I think you understand the term “liberal” in a different context. I meant the term “liberal” in the sense that the selection criteria should not be strict yet in the first stage(s). A lot of ideas still go through to the next round to be further developed, as opposed to selecting two or three projects at the start that get full funding to be developed until the end.

Greetings,
Jurjan

]]> By: Arnout Van den Bossche http://www.innovationfactory.eu/2009/04/27/x-factor-understands-basic-innovation-principles/#comment-94 Arnout Van den Bossche Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:36:39 +0000 http://www.innovationfactory.nl/blog/2009/04/27/x-factor-understands-basic-innovation-principles/#comment-94 I can agree to a certain extent with the article. Allow me to add some comments: - The submitted candidates get their feedback immediately, which is very important; The management must commit himself to give feedback in a short notice - The captation of ideas is organised and limited in time (and not an unpersonal idea box somewhere in the building) - de candidates know upfront what the reward will be ("giving incentives to employees") - the competition is open: X-factor could for example only allow professional and educated singers instead. The drawback of this "crowsourced"-like open approach is that it takes a lot of effort to select the 'diamant'. X-factor understands that selecting the best takes time and a good preparation. You need to select the right people in the jury, design the selection process itselfs, discuss in group about the submitted ideas - some remarks: - "X-factor" is by definition very intuitive and emotional. In business more hard values can count: Return on investment, position in the value chain etc... - the submitted candidates or ideas are not that liberal as proposed. It must be a performing art (no painters allowed) to begin with. Furthermore the producers know exactly what they are looking for: surpising perfomances that give great television moment which attracts a lot of viewers. So the jury is brieved upfront in order to know what to look for. They are been giving a "focus" and selection criteria. It's not that "liberal", certainly not for the jury and to some extent not for the candidates. I can agree to a certain extent with the article. Allow me to add some comments:
- The submitted candidates get their feedback immediately, which is very important; The management must commit himself to give feedback in a short notice
- The captation of ideas is organised and limited in time (and not an unpersonal idea box somewhere in the building)
- de candidates know upfront what the reward will be (“giving incentives to employees”)
- the competition is open: X-factor could for example only allow professional and educated singers instead. The drawback of this “crowsourced”-like open approach is that it takes a lot of effort to select the ‘diamant’. X-factor understands that selecting the best takes time and a good preparation. You need to select the right people in the jury, design the selection process itselfs, discuss in group about the submitted ideas

- some remarks:
– “X-factor” is by definition very intuitive and emotional. In business more hard values can count: Return on investment, position in the value chain etc…
- the submitted candidates or ideas are not that liberal as proposed. It must be a performing art (no painters allowed) to begin with. Furthermore the producers know exactly what they are looking for: surpising perfomances that give great television moment which attracts a lot of viewers. So the jury is brieved upfront in order to know what to look for. They are been giving a “focus” and selection criteria. It’s not that “liberal”, certainly not for the jury and to some extent not for the candidates.

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