Innovation
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The Functional Analogy to a Brain
Jan-12-11. By Michael ZeldichThe essence of the concept for designing of an artificial system capable to demonstrate a reasonable behavior is in implementation of the feature of the subjectivity in an artificial system. Incorporating of the feature of subjectivity in an artificial system will make the architecture of the resulting systems (A control unit and the connected to it hardware) non task specific.
Editorial Advisory Board Weighs in on Open Innovation
Jan-05-11. By PMPA paper based on comments from the Pharmaceutical and Medical Packaging News (PMP) Advisory Board about the impact open innovation has had on the packaging industry. Since the PMP annual tradeshow, the hottest topic in packaging has been open innovation and the importance of packaging ideas developed through open innovation.
3 secrets to becoming more innovative
Dec-02-10. By Agnieszka GibowskaBy putting successful innovative companies under the microscope, researchers have discovered the secrets behind their success. Initially it all starts with nurturing an environment where creativity is encouraged. When utilizing discovery thinking they take a mind over matter approach to problem solving, and put the “best” heads together to find original solutions. The tried and true theories behind becoming more innovative are further revealed in this article.
Design Thinking for Social Innovation
Dec-01-10. By Tim Brown and Jocelyn WyattThis article traces the origin of open innovation as applied to technological design. Businesses were first to use this strategy to achieve complex design thinking solutions for a number of sophisticated problems, like low-cost health insurance. Many larger businesses have used design thinking to implement customer satisfaction platforms. Small businesses and non-profits are just beginning to take advantage of collective thinking from external forces.
How to Get Your Idea Approved
Nov-15-10. By Amy GalloWhen it comes to idea pitching, presentation is everything. Don’t let your good ideas get rejected simply because they were not delivered in an enticing manner. Coming up with an innovative idea is often the first step. Selling that innovation is the next challenge. Harvard Business Review contributor, Amy Gallo, shares her insights on How to Get Your Idea Approved.
Dispatches from the front lines of management innovation
Nov-01-10. By Gary Hamel and Polly LaBarreDrawing attention to The Management Innovation Exchange (MIX) is an open source project that is dedicated to bring creative thinkers and innovators in business management and organization. MIX is a special collaborative that gathers information on business management innovations and overcoming company structural issues. It is for those interested in broadening their horizons and re-inventing their business management strategy. This article offers five useful innovation tips developed by The Management Innovation Exchange.
Open innovation in healthcare
Oct-12-10. By Andy MullinsThis article, posted in the Health Service Journal, describes the industry’s need to embrace open innovation. The author has described the gray area of experimental medicine where researchers, clinicians and industry entities come together to the benefit of the patient. The author describes three successful collaborations in the UK and uses these examples to encourage open innovation among other health care companies in the UK.
Communication Skills and Innovation
Jun-26-10. By Gary VardonPart of being a good innovator and being creative is being able to communicate your ideas well. This article comes from the book Consulting For Profit published by PublishAmerica in 2010. It covers active listening, taking good notes, using powerful phrases, outling and summarizing.
Using Rivalry to Spur Innovation
May-10-10. By Bernard FerrariIs company rivalry a good way to stir up new innovation? Companie, occasionally overlook the benefits of healthy competition to motivate them to improve their products or services. In fact, being inspired to remain comparative to other companies is an extremely useful incentive when it comes to growing an agency. Having an existing market opponent has proven to be the best way to inspire brand re-invention, and keeping up with the changing times.
Using Rivalry to Spur Innovation
May-10-10. By Bernard FerrariIs company rivalry a good way to stir up new innovation? Companies occasionally overlook the benefits of healthy competition to motivate them to improve their products or services. In fact, being inspired to remain comparative to other companies is an extremely useful incentive when it comes to growing an agency. Having an existing market opponent has proven to be the best way to inspire brand re-invention, and to keep up with the changing times.
Valuing Open Innovation Environments in Tourism, Education and Research. The case of INNOTOUR
Apr-16-10. By Janne Liburd, Anne-Mette HjalagerThe authors examine the success and appeal of open innovation when applied to tourism. The industry has made sustainable gains in the collaborative environment. Despite advances, there is still the shadow of roadblocks that the authors feel must be overcome. Considering the ongoing financial crisis, every nation is seeking to increase their share of the attractive tourism trade.
Technovation
Mar-20-10. By Varesha van de Vrande, Jeroen P J Jong, Wim Van Haverbeke, Maurice de RochementThis is an important paper regarding the effectiveness of existing open innovation policies as applied to small and medium businesses (SME’s). The article examines the motives of these business types. Currently, SME’s use open innovation for market-related topics, finding ways to better service customers, and keeping pace with the competition. Small businesses have not been as aggressive as medium sized in embracing open innovation, but acceptance of the collaborative principles has increased dramatically over a 7-year span.
Constructing Openness on Open Innovation Platforms in the Life Science Industry
Feb-17-10. By Pernilla Book and Emelie Kuusk-JonssonA thesis that explains the open innovation climate in the development in Life Science medicine. The authors stress the advances that have been made and relay examples of productive collaborations. This is an important paper because it sets a model for Open Innovation platforms that acknowledge government structures and the use of parameters. The authors express an awareness of possible regulatory interventions while supporting the enforcement of intellectual property law that makes the creative environment open.
Open Innovation's Next Challenge: Itself
Feb-14-10. By John Hagel III, John Seely Brown and Lang DavisonThis article for the Harvard Business Review presents a thoughtful compilation of data reflecting the challenges for management in today’s large corporations. The authors clearly feel that management is under pressure to keep pace with new developments. With many successes in open innovation, business leaders often dive into the innovative process without proper background studies. The message is that open innovation works for companies that fully understand the process.
INNOVATION AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS
Feb-04-10. By Walter G. ParkCompares current economic climate with an environment of open innovation filled with awareness and collaboration. The author is a professor in the Department of Economics at American University. This chapter deals with open innovation in product development. The author explains horizontal innovation and vertical innovation and correlates interactions of various principles of open innovation.
Three Innovation Distinctions
Feb-01-10. By Stephen ShapiroModern innovation demands sustainability. Stephen Shapiro, an expert on cultural innovation, group collaboration and open innovation, suggests there are three distinctions that need to be identified to create a repeating upholding innovative idea. This is done by addressing the distinction between challenges vs. ideas, process not single events, and diversity never singularity.
You Can't Innovate Like Apple
Jan-01-10. By Alain BreillattAppl, has been the first name dropped in innovation discussions in the past decade. Alain Breillatt raises a very interesting argument about why Apple has become the forerunner of innovation and how you can follow their model to find your own success.
How to Think Outside the Box
Dec-30-09. By Bill Buxton“If one of the purposes of design and innovation is to improve our lives—for business, artistic, or familial purposes—then design that does not consider the larger social, cultural, and physical ecosystem is going to miss the mark.” In an observational article about exponential thinking and invention Bill Buxton, a scientist of design for Microsoft, talks about the importance of getting your head outside the box when innovating.
The innovators DNA
Dec-09-09. By Jeffrey H. Dyer, Hal B. Gregersen, and Clayton M. ChristensenFinding the best people for the job, has always been the goal for any employer. When it comes to innovation finding the best of the best is not only essential, it is the first trick to innovative strategizing. What sets some people apart? A little thing called creative intelligence, different from other kinds of intellectual skill, creatively minded typically are more inclined to think outside the box.
Facts and Myths in the Globalization Debate
Nov-23-09. By Vivek WadhwaAn important analysis of open innovation in the early years. Based upon data collected by the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University, the pre-recession appetite for open innovation is supported by heavy data and charts. The visiting scholar’s report unveils the myths of globalization and the hard facts that support the practice. Most important is the material stating that the US is far behind in educating its science and engineering graduates. The reality is the corporations are going where the talent is and not in the US.
Talent Assessment: Assessment for Hiring, Promotion and Development
Nov-18-09. By Michael Haid, Joanne Adams Stroud, Ph.DWith the competition to find talent more intense than ever, the authors report there are six critical factors that companies should use to recruit and keep talent. The article also suggests that the successful recruitment policy is just the beginning of introducing the company’s culture to talented employees. Too often, managing the incoming talent is overlooked and valuable personnel are lost before they begin.
Design-Driven Innovation
Nov-14-09. By By Roberto VergantiDesign driven innovation always considers its audience. Creativity is not in short supply; however, success in innovation is often motivated by a design’s general appeal, not merely its relationship to the designer. Roberto Verganti, professor of management innovation, discusses his theories on design driven innovation.
Working Globally via Wikis while Innovating and Acting Together: Case Wiki-Based Knowledge Sharing Portal
Nov-02-09. By Helena Suvinen Pertti SaariluomaThe co-authors describes the Wiki-technology as it applies to the collaborative service platforms that encourage establishing networks for innovative industries and research and development projects. Before the Wiki-technology can provide collaborative solutions to any number of projects, it is important to understand human interaction issues within the communication technology. Projects that utilize scientific psychological grounds are more likely to succeed than projects who rely upon intuition.
Your Innovations Aren't Immortal
Aug-07-09. By SCOTT ANTHONYWhat was once new is now old. Innovation is a process in motion. Times are always changing and so are the markets. Great innovators know how to keep in line with the constant changes in consumer needs. Having a flexible business plan is actually the grounding for a innovative company. Leaving some breathing room in your brand’s design will not only allow you to maintain a solid business model, but also grant youa competitive edge. In an article for Harvard Business Review scholar Scott Anthony expands on his theories on innovative business operation and creating your own progressive business structure.
Pharmaceutical Costs, Technology Innovation, Opportunities & Reality
Mar-10-09. By Girish MalhotraAs long as companies are able to achieve the above objectives any inefficiencies in the product development, marketing, and manufacturing processes become irrelevant as the related costs are absorbed. Until recently, the priority has been to invent a new molecule, get it approved by regulatory authorities and get it to market. If profits are threatened, the development of additional and alternate markets is the first choice to regain revenue. With upcoming losses due to patent expirations, we are seeing the start of consolidation, acquisition, and relationships with biotech companies and with companies in the developing countries.
How to Generate Better Ideas
Feb-18-09. By Paul SmithsInnovation is desired by many but achieved by few. Keeping an open mind when approaching a problem will lead to more innovative solutions. How to Generate Better Ideas is an article on implementing creativity and landing on a great new concept.
Facts and Myths in the Globalization Debate
Dec-01-08. By Vivek WadhwaAn important analysis of open innovation in the early years. Based upon data collected by the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University, the pre-recession appetite for open innovation is supported by heavy data and charts. The visiting scholar’s report unveils the myths of globalization and the hard facts that support the practice. Most important is the material stating that the US is far behind in educating its science and engineering graduates. The reality is the corporations are going where the talent is and not in the US.
Top 10 Tips for the Innovation leader
Aug-10-08. By Paul SloaneIn order to nurture innovation in the workplace, business leaders need to set an example of forward thinking and open mindedness. By illustrating their vision and encouraging change, strong leadership will drive the threshold of innovative thinking. Take the time to re-evaluate your dynamic creative structure, and open up the communication barriers between the driving minds in your company or business. Paul Sloane, an innovation speaker, provides his top 10 tips for the Innovation leader, offering blatant advice for managers who want to enhance their creative productivity.
Nokia’s Product Innovations
Jun-03-08. By Abhishek Kumar Das1An inside look at how Nokia succeeded with its open innovation initiatives to launch its successful sport footwear, it sports tracker, and its GPS products. Nokia’s commitment to both closed and open innovation collaborations has been a model for other competitors and suppliers. Nokia believes their approach to innovation will ensure the company’s future. The company’s open innovation network is called the Nokia Innovation Center Tampere.
Getting Clear About Communities
Feb-12-08. By Joel West, Karim R. LakhaniThe authors discuss their experiences working on open source software. The paper answers the question whether their work was a collaboration of open innovation or a low-cost “reimplementation of existing technology. The software development project concluded that their products were the result of open innovation and open source collaborations.
Why Designers Will Become the Next CEO’s
Jan-19-08. By Lil TydingsDesigners approach each challenge as if there is unique solution. The approach to creation taken by a design oriented individual is completely different then the business minded, who are all facts and numbers. Designers have the ability to mould the world around them and for that reason we are seeing more bottom line design innovators work their way into the controlling chairs of the companies they have helped build from the ground up.
In a news article posted on the new media design website http://www.triplepundit.com, Lil Tyding, discusses and gives examples of popular Designers that have found themselves holding the controlling reigns. She discusses the possibility of Designer thought, where design innovation becomes business innovation, and why this is the direction of the future.
Innovative Designs and Devices
Jan-07-08. By Vitaly Friedman“...design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” Steve Jobs. An article demonstrating examples innovative products of the future that never manifested due to their impractical functions.
Open Innovation: the New Way of Knowledge Transfer?
Jan-01-07. By Jan de Wit, Ben Dankbaar and Geert VissersAn early but very relevant paper published in the Journal of Business Chemistry. Many of the science-based companies and especially the chemical laboratories operate in a tightly monitored closed innovation environment. In this paper, the authors provide solid reasons for chemical companies to convert to open innovation platforms. Companies have come to realize that there are practical and financial realities that make open innovation more effective for long-term research.
Why Companies Should Have Open Business Models
Jan-01-07. By Henry W. ChesbroughInnovation is becoming an increasingly open process thanks to a growing division of labor. One company develops a novel idea but does not bring it to market. Instead, the company decides to partner with or sell the idea to another party, which then commercializes it. To get the most out of this new system of innovation, companies must open their business models by actively searching for and exploiting outside ideas and by allowing unused internal technologies to flow to the outside, where other firms can unlock their latent economic potential.
Real Innovation
Nov-01-06. By Michael S. SlocumInnovation is everywhere. What is real innovation? Originally innovation was reserved as a business term for change, how can a company change and grow? Typically when we hear about innovation with think about the re-invention of a brand. “Real” innovation is the principles of systematic innovation. It is about applying the innovation ideas to their full benefit. In business it about utilizing new ideas to their full potential. When it is properly performed “Real” innovation should harbor the best quality and the highest level of productivity. It is the strategic use of of innovation to further development.
Creating an Innovative Organization: Ten Hints for Involving Frontline Workers
Jan-01-95. By Robert D. BehnInnovative organizations find way to involve everyone in reaching the companies' goals. Although traditional structure demands a hierarchy of command, the innovation efforts should be distributed throughout the entire company so everyone shares the same sense of ownership.bIt is all about strong leadership that encourages shared growth, and involving the front line workers in the creative process. Giving the front liner’s credit for their efforts will create integrity that is essential for innovation.
The Tens-Ten Lessons You Can Learn About Innovation by Studying Lady Gaga
. By Daniel W.RamusOccasionally when talking about innovation we get caught up in the business aspect and technical lingo that goes hand and hand. Business might be the vessel of innovation but innovation is really about creativity.
Examples of great innovation are all around us. They can be discovered in our day to day lives or in peculiar places. Sometimes it takes some clever observation to find the route of great forward thought process.
Daniel W.Ramus writes a very unique article on Lessons You Can Learn About Innovation by Studying Lady Gaga. He makes an impressive case over the pop star's rise to success and how, by applying the same theories of thought to your organization, you too can exceed your own expectations.
Are You Learning As Fast as the World Is Changing?
. By Bill TaylorLearning the discipline to think “differently” is a basic of innovative thought. Keeping your brain outside of the every-day and looking forward to the “what ifs?” of the future. A great leader will have a wide field of vision, looking beyond the day-to-day, but forwards and all around them, they can anticipate all the possibilities of the world.
In an enticing article magazine writer Bill Taylor comments on the thought process of our generations great innovator, and offers some food for thought on the qualities of a great innovative thinker.
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