Tullio Siragusa
AUGUST 14, 2023
When he took the reins at Ford in 2006, the company was facing dire financial straits. Under Mulally’s strategic vision and the “One Ford” plan, he streamlined brands, globalized the company’s operations, and renewed focus on innovative car designs. Brown’s impact is a testament to the universality of Design Thinking principles.
IdeaConnection
AUGUST 17, 2018
When NASA wanted help for the design of its next robot it knew just where to go for innovative insights – the crowd. The space agency launched an open innovation competition to design an arm for a space robot named Astrobee, and the first winners have just been revealed.
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hackerearth
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
[This paradigm] assumes that firms can and should use external ideas as well as internal ideas, and internal and external paths to market, as they look to advance their technology.” ( Henry Chesbrough, 2006 ). It works because the concept relies on collaboration and mutually beneficial partnerships. Why does open innovation work?
BrainZooming
JUNE 20, 2016
We introduced the first Brainzooming strategic planning workshop resembling what we do today as The Brainzooming Group ten years ago, June 19-20, 2006. In May 2006, Dave Kramer, a Senior Sales and Marketing VP at one of our transportation subsidiaries asked us to help one of their company president’s come up with a strategic plan – quickly.
Wazoku
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
Crowdsourcing was coined in 2006 by Wired writer Jeff Howe who defined it as taking a task traditionally performed by an employee and outsourcing it to an undefined, sometimes large group of people. The winning design was then used on Starbucks’ reusable plastic cups. The designs with the most votes get produced.
Innovation Excellence
OCTOBER 24, 2023
(or How Assumptions Stifle Innovation) GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton In the room were two single beds, each with a fluffy white comforter folded neatly on top. Yeah, this is not gonna work.” I had just entered my one-bedroom corporate apartment in Copenhagen, and while everything else was pleasantly light and spacious, there was no […]
Tim Kastelle
JANUARY 27, 2016
Providing opportunities and spaces for neighbors to come together and engage in meaningful exchanges that spark collaborative action. Their model for success is outlined by: Activating underutilized spaces in the community with arts and cultural programming.
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