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71 Innovation Methodologies

Open Innovation EU

Updated Model of Design Thinking. Design Thinking Process (Stanford). Crowdsourcing (Whitla). Focus stage: Growth Published: 2009 more…. Crowdsourcing Process (Geiger). Design Competitions. Stage-Gate Model in Crowdsourcing (Saldanha). Focus stage: Maturity Published: 2009 more….

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Building a Culture of Innovation

Fehmida Kapadia

This model of unbridled creativity made Zappos wildly successful and it was acquired by Amazon in 2009. The challenge as we grow up is to continue thinking like a young person, while layering on the wisdom of experience. Outsider Thinking works because our brains are often shackled by our familiarity of the field.

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33 Routes to Open Innovation

Open Innovation EU

More information: Lichtenthaler (2009). Route 10: Co-design. This approach could also have been placed underneath the funnel: co-design usually happens with both partners and customers and is meant to have a more human-centered design approach in your R&D-funnel. Customer activities: Route 22: Crowdsourcing.