Oana-Maria Pop

Oana-Maria Pop

Oana is the Head of Open Innovation at HYPE and specializes in the science of durable intra- and inter-firm relationships/collaboration. In her work, she combines academic insights with industry expertise to help organizations large and small, public and private, formulate and pursue more ambitious (open) innovation goals. Oana has a background in publishing and online education, marketing, management research, and management consulting. For the past 10 years, she has been engaged in open innovation research and projects in Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, and the Netherlands. In 2019 she obtained her Ph.D. in applied business economics from Hasselt University in Belgium. Her topic of choice was innovation ecosystems.

Oana-Maria's Posts

Innovation Management

How to Embrace The 4 Leadership Paradoxes

“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but o...

Open Innovation 101: Easy Ways to Get Started
Open Innovation

Open Innovation 101: Easy Ways to Get Started

Open innovation comes in all shapes and sizes, and how to implement it in your company can sometimes feel daunting. But ...

The Four Main Types of Business Collaboration
Open Innovation

The Four Main Types of Business Collaboration

In the same way, you can never go backward to a slower computer, you can never go backward to a lessened state of connec...

How to Measure the Value of Innovation
Strategy & Alignment

How to Measure the Value of Innovation

Executing innovation at scale is a complex task and there’s plenty of advice out there on how supporting structures, whe...

How to build an open innovation ecosystem
Strategy & Alignment

How to build an open innovation ecosystem

True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpec...

Planned Change and How to Manage It
The Innovation Manager

Planned Change and How to Manage It

Whether in pursuit of innovation or simply to keep on course, planning for change is an essential skill all organization...

Co-creation with Customers: Liebherr Open Innovation Case Study
Open Innovation

Co-creation with Customers: Liebherr Open Innovation Case Study

If you’re reading this, you’re likely keen to find out more about how to successfully manage your open innovation progra...

12 open innovation best practices for the year to come
Open Innovation

12 open innovation best practices for the year to come

Did you know that not that long ago, drones were one of the bestselling Christmas presents?

Overcoming the most common open innovation challenges
Open Innovation

Overcoming the most common open innovation challenges

Implementing open innovation in your business is not an easy task. It might be straightforward, but it is not easy.

Who are open innovation managers and what do they do?
Open Innovation

Who are open innovation managers and what do they do?

Typically, innovation managers are researchers, strategists, evangelists, or pioneers who venture on to become change ag...

Three open innovation models: Which is the right one for your organization?
Open Innovation

Three open innovation models: Which is the right one for your organization?

Before assessing the three key models of open innovation, let’s take a step back and look at what open innovation means.