Much of the value of innovation is the ability to solve significant challenges for society. In recent years, a large part of disruptive innovation has occurred in the digital environment, however, some of the biggest challenges to be resolved still belonged to the environment of...
A constant in the leading companies in innovation is the commitment in this area for all members of the organization and the ability to create a true culture of innovation. The values alignment is essential to this. Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a...
In addition to the commitment to constant innovation, the responsibility to give back to society what they have provided to the business is another value that should be in the list of challenges companies must assume. The growth based in the principles of ethics, the...
“We have got to think differently”, says Oakland Athletics general manager, played by Brad Pitt, to the scouts of the team in the movie MoneyBall (2011). I saw the movie recently and I found it utterly inspiring when when touching on the topic of innovation and...
It is increasingly common that innovation occurs at the edges or from the bottom to top, and not only in the heart of major companies or important R&D Centers. The lowering of the high technology and the emergence of new forms of organization of collective...
Over the last years, a series of events have favored a drift toward more open innovation approaches in many companies. That is what we did in Blendhub. There were facts impacting favorably in open innovation such us the growth of patents and knowledge; its globalization;...
In this TEDx Talk titled “How Disruptors Are Designing For The Future", Tom Hulme, Design Director at IDEO, lists some of the changes which allow a glimpse into the future and also how new products and services must be designed to get an industry disrupted....
The redefinition of corporate culture to implement a mindset of open innovation (OI) can be a difficult process for a company especially because of the change of values and the so-called “Not invented here” syndrome. In “A Framework for Open Innovation”, Michael Flynn, director of...
After reading the blog post by Ralph-Christian Ohr titled “Innovation and Growth”, I have been taking a look at the survey he refers in it and I have found some interesting data about open innovation as a process that makes faster growth possible. For instance...
Assumptions are one of the reasons why many ideas are left out and never become real innovative products or services. Avoiding risk and pragmatism are very common answers to new ideas, preventing the creation of disruptive products being incorporated into the market. Very often, this...