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Open Innovation Insights from Prof. Henry Chesbrough

Feb-24-13 By IdeaConnection
Catch up with some of the latest thoughts on open innovation with OI guru Prof. Henry Chesbrough.

The Faculty Director of the Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley has recently given an interview to the Intelligent HQ website. It covers some of the ground featured in his 2011 tome In Open Services Innovation: Rethinking Your Business to Grow and Compete in a New Era.

Alberta Launches $35 Million Open Innovation Carbon Challenge

Feb-23-13 By IdeaConnection
Mildred Lake mine site and plant at the Athabasca Oil Sands.

The Canadian province of Alberta, known for its oil and gas industry has just launched a $35 million open innovation competition to create commercially available carbon-based products that will provide net reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

The contest is being organised by the Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation and it’s seeking novel products and technologies that will transform carbon from a burden to an asset.

Open Innovation Hits the Fashion Runways

Feb-21-13 By IdeaConnection
Top designer Telfar Clemens used a crowdsourcing approach to determine the makeup of his Fall/Winter collection. It was seen on the runways of New York Fashion Week, held earlier this month and was an interesting exercise in consumer engagement.

By involving the public early in the fashion process brands may be able to gain an understanding of what consumers really want and incorporate some of their best ideas. Early consumer engagement also helps to secure buy-in that can create brand advocates and prime an audience for future sales.

Crowdsourcing Videos of Cycle Routes to Help Plan Trips

Feb-19-13 By IdeaConnection
Cyclists are being given a helpful push out the front door with a crowdsourcing project that lets them preview their routes before they set off.

Cyclodeo is a Netherlands-based web platform where users can post videos of cycling routes, allowing others to plan their journeys and see in advance where they’ll be going.

Open Innovation to Help the Poor and Vulnerable

Feb-17-13 By IdeaConnection
Open innovation is not just about accelerating innovation to boost bottom lines.

The intellect, experience and wisdom of the crowd can also be harnessed to tackle poverty and the aftermath of natural disasters. Here are three examples of open innovation for the common good:

Australian Band Crowdfunds an Album in Days

Feb-14-13 By IdeaConnection
Hiring a recording studio to make an album and then distributing the music to the public does not come cheap.  It is beyond the wallets of many bands.

Australian indie outfit Underground Lovers recently turned to their fans for help to make Weekend, a follow up to their 2011 album. On Thursday last week they announced they would be using crowdfunding platform PledgeMusic. By the end of the weekend they had the funds they needed.

Samsung to Launch New Open Innovation Center in Silicon Valley

Feb-12-13 By IdeaConnection
 

Samsung Group headquarters at Samsung Town, Seoul

Multinational conglomerate Samsung is going to launch a new open innovation center in Silicon Valley.

The announcement was made on Monday at the D: Dive Into Media conference by the man charged with running the operation, Samsung EVP David Eun.

Crowdsourcing Destinations to put More of India on the Map

Feb-11-13 By IdeaConnection
If you want to find your way around a foreign land you can’t go far wrong by asking a local for some directions. With this in mind Google has today launched a new initiative in India asking citizens there to add detail or update information in Google Maps.

The mapping contest is open to just about anyone in India and there are some cool incentives to encourage participation. The top thousand mappers stand a chance of winning prizes such as Android tablets, smart phones, Google vouchers and merchandise.

How Open Innovation Could Help Fund Your Child’s Future

Feb-10-13 By IdeaConnection
Education doesn't come cheap and putting the children through college can be one of the biggest drains on a family’s finances.

Like most forms of expenditure the costs are rising each year with some forecasters predict that tuition fees will double during the next decade.

But help could be at hand with a new online platform called Instagrad.

Procter and Gamble Launch New Open Innovation Portal

Feb-08-13 By IdeaConnection
P&G Headquarters, Cincinnati.

P&G is doing even more to live up to its mantra of ”together we can create more value than we ever could alone”.

The multinational consumer goods company’s Connect+Develop program has just launched a new website (pgconnectdevelop.com). The purpose is to link innovators directly to the company’s top needs, and P&G business leaders directly to external innovation submissions.