Innovation 360 partners with world class organizations and individuals that have extensive experience and industry expertise. These knowledgeable advisers work with global organizations across many diverse industries.

Learn more about our partner organizations below, or contact us for partnership opportunities.

Innovation and Idea Management Technology

IdeaScale helps organizations discover and evaluate ideas from employees, customers and stakeholders by giving them a platform to share, vote and discuss innovation and improvement ideas. This cloud-based software platform provides a high-tech suggestion box for collecting feedback and discussing ideas on any topic. The program can also be used for crowdsourcing and idea management, including evaluation and voting on ideas.

Innovation Framework Technologies provides enterprise-level software solutions to help organizations transform their innovation management processes to reduce time-to-market and grow revenues, profits and market share. IFT’s solutions help organizations succeed by combining best-in-class innovation management and PPM software with innovation research and collaboration capability. IFT technology features Stage-Gate® Ready certification from Dr Cooper and Dr Edgett, the founders of the Stage-Gate methodology.

Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing

Founded in 2000, NineSigma is the most experienced and advanced Open Innovation service provider in the world. The company’s open network of solution providers spans all industries, geographies and technical disciplines, offering unparalleled access to both patented and pre-patented knowledge and intelligence capabilities. With offices in the United States, Europe and Japan, NineSigma is uniquely positioned to help companies across the globe achieve the benefits of Open Innovation.

IdeaConnection enables effective and economical open innovation for organizations and individuals around the globe. The company accepts business challenges and innovation quandaries, which it shares with a large network of diverse and educated problem solvers who work collaboratively to develop a solution. IdeaConnection’s approach works for both technical and non-technical industries, and has provided successful solutions in such areas as nanotechnology, virtual reality, biochemistry, marketing and sociology.

Program and Project Management Software

PowerSteering Software is the leader in Enterprise Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) software for driving and tracking enterprise initiatives including business excellence, innovation, new product development and information technology. Since 2000, the company’s easy-to-use software has provided over 140 organizations with executive visibility, strategy alignment, and enhanced team productivity to drive strategy and accelerate results across the enterprise. PowerSteering is the only Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider to offer a true enterprise project and portfolio management (PPM) solution.

Innovation Consultants and Trainers

Marc Sniukas is a specialist in strategic renewal and business model innovation. He has worked with major corporations including BMW, Commercial Bank of Dubai, Etisalat, HP, Nokia, McDonald’s, Lufthansa and Saudi Electricity to transform their offerings. He is the author of “Reshaping Strategy: Exploring the Content, Process and Context of Strategic Innovation.”

Braden Kelley is a sought-after speaker and corporate advisor on business strategy and innovation. He has worked with clients around the globe such as Microsoft, Tigo and Wunderman to create innovative strategies, accelerate organizational change and improve financial performance. Braden is the author of “Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire: A Roadmap to a Sustainable Culture of Ingenuity and Purpose.”