Who Knew That Eurovision & Måneskin Could Teach Us Something About Innovation Management

Posted by Iliriana Kaçaniku
On 21/11/2025

Innovation may be the engine of organizational growth, but too many companies struggle to move great ideas from excitement to execution. Traditional, jury-led innovation challenges often surface promising solutions—yet those solutions can stall when employees don’t feel connected to the outcome. Enter a fresh twist: Eurovision-style voting. By blending expert review with company-wide participation, organizations can spark genuine engagement, build early buy-in, and dramatically increase the chances that new ideas become adopted innovations. This article explores how micro-innovation challenges and hybrid voting systems can close the innovation gap, strengthen culture, and turn employees into co-creators of transformation.

Does Your Company Actually Need Innovation Accounting?

Posted by Dan Toma
On 21/03/2023

Many companies complain about the lack of innovation metrics but in many cases the lack of innovation accounting is not the most important thing the company needs to focus its efforts on.

Want to innovate? Start with a business case

Posted by Dan Toma
On 22/02/2023

Asking intrapreneurs for a business case or a financial forecast early on is useless. Or at least this is what the innovation community has been trying to convince corporate leaders for the past years. Countless articles were written on the topic and an endless flow of social media posts went out to convince leaders that […]

On the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, does your company have what it takes for a moonshot?

Posted by Dan Toma
On 12/05/2020

Fifty years ago today, on July 20th 1969 the first two humans, Neil Armstrong and Edward Eugene ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, landed on the Moon. All while the third member of the Apollo 11 mission, Michael Collins was orbiting the Moon in the command module. This huge achievement was made possible by a team of more than […]