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Nine Short Innovation Lessons from Lego

Destination Innovation

David Gram, Head of Marketing at Lego’s Future Lab, said, “We only develop the few key features that are really needed. We throw it into the market and get feedback from consumers.”. As recently as 2011 90% of Lego’s users were boys. Collaborate to innovate. Study the user in action.

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Adaptive Strategy Matrix [Infographic]: exploration vs. exploitation?

Open Innovation EU

I recently ran into an article (Walrave et al 2011) that analyzed a simulation of investing in exploration vs. exploitation. A monopolistic position in a certain market will reduce the external pressure to invest in exploitation. A calm market or ecosystem will increase the external pressure to invest in exploitation.

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Simon Hill shortlisted for The TechXLR8 2020 Tech Leader of the Year Award

Wazoku

programme, and agreed a major new partnership with US Open Innovation firm InnoCentive. In the spirit of innovation, “it is important for us to keep pushing the boundaries of what we can offer to drive value and new solutions for our global clients” said Simon. In the last 12 months alone, Simon has: closed a £2.5M

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VC to CV

100%Open

Open innovation. Open innovation between an SME and a larger company constitutes the majority of open innovation deals. 100%Open spends most of its time helping small companies meet big ones for relationships and profit. You can invest in anything from from smart watches to a Green MP for Cambridge.

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Everything you need to know about innovation management software

hackerearth

Although enterprise collaboration software market has been around for over 20 years, innovation management software is a specialized segment that helps companies guide and support their innovation process. In this knowledge-driven economy, innovation is perhaps the strongest guarantor of survival for an organization.

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Effective Non-Contact Innovation

100%Open

Since 2011 we have hosted a grand total of 36 Union events, but Summer Union 2020 was the first of its kind as it was entirely virtual from farm to fork – from our first brainstorm to the execution of the event itself. We brainstormed the three crucial stages of innovation: Explore – how to have ideas and extend networks.

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Innovation management software: Everything you need to know

hackerearth

Although the enterprise collaboration software market has been around for over 20 years, innovation management software is a specialized segment that helps companies guide and support their innovation process. In this knowledge-driven economy, innovation is perhaps the strongest guarantor of survival for an organization.