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Easing Traffic Congestion with Open Innovation

IdeaConnection

Here is a rundown of a few open innovation initiatives that have attempted to unclog our traffic-filled roads. Ford Motor Company’s Innovate Mobility Challenge – looked for solutions to transport challenges faced by different regions. Smart minds are needed to develop solutions.

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Can an Open Innovation Challenge Methodology Help Solve the Refugee Crisis?

Qmarkets

In 2015, an overcrowded boat carrying a group of Syrian refugees capsized and sank off an island in Greece. It’s time to realize the power an open innovation challenge methodology - specifically one that involves crowdsourcing - can have when it comes to affecting real change. There is no reason to reinvent the wheel.

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Crowdsourcing with the Competition: Rewarding Venture or Precarious Proposition?

Qmarkets

Why your company needs to think about crowdsourcing with the competition…. Tesla and Toyota for example opened their patent books to the competition back in 2015 to help accelerate innovation around fuel cells. Where the fun begins: Q-open. Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.” Sleeping With the Enemy.

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71 Innovation Methodologies

Open Innovation EU

Open Innovation (Chesbrough). Open Innovation Kick-Start Approach (AT Kearney). Open Innovation Requirement Model (AT Kearney). Experiments Open Innovation (Guinan). Crowdsourcing (Whitla). Crowdsourcing Process (Geiger). Stage-Gate Model in Crowdsourcing (Saldanha).

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Crowdsourcing with the Competition: Rewarding Venture or Precarious Proposition?

Qmarkets

Why your company needs to think about crowdsourcing with the competition…. Tesla and Toyota for example opened their patent books to the competition back in 2015 to help accelerate innovation around fuel cells. Where the fun begins: Q-open. Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.” Sleeping With the Enemy.

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Game Changers: How Citizen Science and Gamification Are Transforming the Business World

Qmarkets

In the current disruptive business landscape, where innovation is more important than ever , organizations need to look to alternative sources to gather ideas and solutions in order to remain successful. As such, businesses are beginning to recognize the potential citizen science has for supporting open innovation initiatives.

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100%Open Past and Future

100%Open

A Reflection on 10 Years in Open Innovation. When 100%Open was spun out of Nesta 10 years ago, open innovation was interesting. Of course, proprietary innovation is the lifeblood of large companies. The business case for open innovation . The development of open innovation.