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What’s the key to success in corporate-startup collaboration?

HYPE Innovation

First, what are the key factors promoting harmonious and fruitful collaborative innovation between corporations and technology startups? Two important questions, in particular, still need to be addressed. And second, how can we increase the chance of success of collaborative projects between these asymmetric partners from the outset?

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Open Innovation Solutions to Drought Problems

IdeaConnection

Congratulations to the EDDI team for taking the $100,000 first prize in Samsung’s ‘Makers against Drought Challenge’ The global contest received more than 500 ideas for open innovation projects involving IoT (internet of things) technology to solve such tricky challenges as water scarcity.

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Creating Innovation Connections as the Customer Advocate

IdeaScale

They did just that, and by 2011, e-books sales surpassed sales of print books. In fact, by April 2011, Amazon became the world’s largest e-book retailer. Support staff to engage in open innovation with customers. With today’s technology, you can connect with customers online as well as in-person.

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

Wazoku

Wazoku’s co-founder and CEO Simon Hill has placed the company at the forefront of workplace innovation, working with organisations such as Waitrose, HSBC and Barclays to inspire workplace talent, drive innovation and to help redefine the future of work. In the last 12 months alone, Simon has: closed a £2.5M

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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. Model of Exploration vs. In this strategy companies focus on social innovation, entrepreneurship, ideation and technology. Focus on Business Model Innovation, Open Innovation, Marketing and Branding.

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How to Turn your Employee Engagement Problem into a Continuous Improvement Solution

Qmarkets

– where levels are the highest in the world – the rate for engagement has been stuck at around 30% for nearly a decade, growing from 29% in 2011 to 31% in 2017. At the Fusion of Technology & Methodology. In Canada and the U.S. On top of this, it’s estimated that actively disengaged employees cost the U.S

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How to Overcome Employee Engagement Barriers With a Continuous Improvement Program

Qmarkets

– where levels are the highest in the world – the rate for engagement has been stuck at around 30% for nearly a decade, growing from 29% in 2011 to 31% in 2017. At the Fusion of Technology & Methodology. In Canada and the U.S. On top of this, it’s estimated that actively disengaged employees cost the U.S