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What are living labs and how can they be used for open innovation?
The term living labs is often used interchangeably, and by many different authors, with other terms such as innovation c...
The Jugaad Approach to Innovation
Founded in 2003 by TED fellow Jessica Mayberry, Video Volunteers is an international not-for-profit media organization t...
Corporate Foresight: a Tool to Sustain Innovation
Hindsight, foresight, flash foresight, sensing systems, future thinking, chocolate futurists, open future approach, peri...
Four Examples of Design-Driven Success
When thinking about innovation, we tend to do so from two important angles. The first, and more likely to make headlines...
Absorptive Capabilities for Innovation - What Really Matters
ca·pa·bil·i·ty \ˌkā-pə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ - the quality or state of being capable (an ability); a feature or faculty capable of ...
The European Space Agency's Voyage Into Open Innovation
This blog post is part of a series on successfully managing open innovation programs. In this series, I talk with experi...
Why You Should Look Outside Your Organization to Create Impact
There is a lot of talk nowadays about purpose, value, and worth at both the individual and organizational levels. Take t...
Common Fears of Starting an Open Innovation Initiative
Adding external elements to an internal innovation program can prove a true rite of passage. The transition requires an ...
Identifying Stakeholders: A Quick Innovation Managers Guide
I was recently asked a very down-to-earth question: "Where do you find answers to practical issues in innovation managem...
How Management Theories Become Memes - and Why That Matters
I have a confession to make: I have a thing for investigative journalism. I'm talking about the kind of journalism that ...
How to Drive Innovation in Higher Education to Stay Relevant and Sustainable
There are a variety of forces impacting colleges and universities today: economic and demographic, financial and ideolog...
