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Brainstorming with an expert, Matt Nelson

Betterific

In this installment of “Brainstorming with an [innovation] expert” we invite Matt Nelson from Hyundai. In 2010 my wife and I moved to England, where I coached American Football for Southampton Solent University and DJ’ed across Western Europe. company (size, culture, structure, etc.),

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99 Mental Barriers for Innovation Infographic

Open Innovation EU

We usually point them to the excellent work of Lee et al (2010) , an article that points out that SME usually prefer to be open in the exploitative stage of an innovation process (rather then the explorative stage of innovation) and that they prefer sharing risks with strong ties such as competitors, clients and suppliers.

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When innovation led to a reversal of fortunes

hackerearth

The disruption rebels even meet in Spain for a week-long team building exercise and brainstorming, concluding it with a 24-hour hackathon of designers, programmers, business managers, Lego geniuses, and more. Innovation is ingrained in its organizational culture. The company encourages open innovation via Lego Ideas. Lessons aplenty.

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Does Crowdsourcing Need “Rethinking”?

Qmarkets

Adopting crowdsourcing also implies change – most importantly, change in the organizational culture – and the change management process is never easy. There are a few cultural factors slowing down the adoption of crowdsourcing as a practical problem-solving method. Experts vs. Crowds – Which are More Reliable?

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Does Crowdsourcing Need “Rethinking”?

Qmarkets

Adopting crowdsourcing also implies change – most importantly, change in the organizational culture – and the change management process is never easy. There are a few cultural factors slowing down the adoption of crowdsourcing as a practical problem-solving method. In this post, I’ll cover this aspect of adopting crowdsourcing.

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Does Crowdsourcing Need “Rethinking”?

Qmarkets

Adopting crowdsourcing also implies change – most importantly, change in the organizational culture – and the change management process is never easy. There are a few cultural factors slowing down the adoption of crowdsourcing as a practical problem-solving method. In this post, I’ll cover this aspect of adopting crowdsourcing.

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How to Run the Ultimate Corporate Hackathon

Qmarkets

Hackathons can take many forms, but usually involve an intensive series of brainstorming, collaboration, and evaluation sessions with the aim of answering or overcoming a specific challenge. This Microsoft-spawned company started as a thought at the 2010 TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon. Decide beforehand what you want to accomplish.