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Discover the Key Ingredient for Open Innovation Success

Oct-27-13 By IdeaConnection
So, what do you think is the one vital ingredient that can make open innovation work? That quintessential something that will ensure that companies and organisations can reap the maximum benefit of tapping external knowledge sources.

Boris Pluskowski over at Business2Community thinks he knows what it is – unhappiness.

Creativity Quotes for Your Innovation Endeavours

Oct-26-13 By IdeaConnection
“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." Albert Einstein
Get the weekend off to an inspirational and imaginative start with these humorous, insightful and thought-provoking quotes about creativity from leading writers, scientists, thinkers and artists.

How Companies Undermine Innovation

Oct-23-13 By IdeaConnection
Businesses of all sizes are immersed in an environment where a great deal of emphasis is placed on innovation, and the pressure to come up with newer, better products in ever faster time frames is immense. Some get it right, many of them don’t. And all make mistakes from time to time.

A guest post over on the Harvard Business Review’s blog network has listed 11 ways that companies undermine innovation.

Can Crowdsourcing Revolutionise Breast Cancer Research?

Oct-20-13 By IdeaConnection
Normal (left) versus cancerous (right) mammography image.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) breast cancer is the top cancer in women in both the developed and developing world.

To gain a better understanding of its potential causes, breast cancer expert Susan Love, M.D. has launched a massive crowdsourcing platform that will involve women and men with and without a history of breast cancer.

Innovation Investment is on the Increase

Oct-18-13 By IdeaConnection
The importance of innovation to the lifeblood and future prosperity of companies is growing. A tough financial climate and the intensity of competition is boosting the value of ideas as currency.

A new survey by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), highlighted by CIO Insight reveals how organizations are more willing to invest dollars and resources in innovation endeavours.

Can Open Innovation Deliver Cheaper and More Efficient Car Batteries?

Oct-16-13 By IdeaConnection
The development of cheaper and longer lasting energy sources has just been given a healthy boost with news of the inauguration of an open innovation battery lab at the University of Michigan.

This brand new $8 million dollar facility will allow engineers, materials scientists, suppliers and manufacturers to work together to devise and develop ground-breaking energy solutions.

How Crowdsourcing is Tackling Cybercrime

Oct-14-13 By IdeaConnection
Cybercrime is on the increase as crooked individuals and outfits are wreaking ever more havoc and costing companies billions of dollars every year.

The news is often filled with stories of corporate America coming under cyber-attack which is proof that even the most sophisticated sites are not immune. Alarm bells are ringing loudly.

An article by Paul McDougall in CruxialCIO highlights a number of instances where companies have turned to crowdsourcing to bolster their defenses.

Open Innovation to Make Europe’s Cities Smarter

Oct-11-13 By IdeaConnection
Now what would be nirvana for a growing city? At the top of the list for most people would be the provision of a great quality of life while remaining competitive and achieving sustainable growth.

It’s a priority for many cities across the word, but rarely do they help each other by sharing bright ideas. Novel solutions tend to stay local.

In Europe, two new open innovation initiatives are hoping to change all that.

Crowdsourcing to Prevent Campus Flu Outbreaks

Oct-10-13 By IdeaConnection
Flu, like many infectious diseases spreads wherever people congregate, for example in office buildings, sports centers, shopping malls and university campuses.

The University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW-Madison) has developed an app that will crowdsource flu surveillance to spot potential outbreaks on its campus.

Key Open Innovation Lessons

Oct-07-13 By IdeaConnection
Lucy Watt from FutureGov has just posted a series of lessons learned from running an open innovation challenge. FutureGov is a UK-based organisation that works with local governments to design better and cheaper public services.

Over a nine-month period it worked with Camden Council in London to develop the Camden Challenge, an open innovation project to help local people turn their radical ideas into workable projects.