The Effective Characteristics of Champions
Elly Madrigal, Program Operations Manager, tells us what makes an InnoCentive Champion successful.
Over the years, InnoCentive has helped implement open innovation programs within a variety of organizations, and we’ve learned that there are certain traits that make some programs very successful. The leading factor is “The Champion,” InnoCentive’s single point of contact within our Seeker organizations. He or she is the Seeker’s lead Program Manager responsible for managing the organization’s Open Innovation program.
The InnoCentive Client Services team has been building a correlation between “good Champions” and “successful Open Innovation programs,” confirming our beliefs that you need a recognized, informed leader to successfully implement Challenge-Driven innovation…..you just can’t throw software at the problem! (more…)
