Sun.Oct 09, 2016

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Stories Are Important, We Should Get Them Right

Digital Tonto

The truth is that the world is a messy place and if we are to learn something useful from stories, we need to get them right. Related posts: Why Cities Are Our Most Important Innovation Platform. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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How we justify our (un)sustainability

Norbert Bol

During the last few weeks I have had interesting discussions about the question: “are we doing enough to create a sustainable future?” The discussions were interesting because they were all very open in the first place. I also found that people are not only willing to contribute but are also willing to share their contributions with me and others.

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Top 20 Innovation Articles of September 2016

Innovation Excellence

Drum roll please… At the beginning of each month we will profile the twenty posts from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Innovation Excellence. We also publish a weekly Top 8 as part of our FREE email newsletter. Did your favorite make the cut? But enough delay, here are September’s twenty most.

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The Open Innovation Methods Matrix – Part 1

100%Open

When it comes to open innovation, knowing where to start or what to do next can often be the hardest decision. This uncertainty leads to inaction and missed opportunities. To counter this, we have produced a simple tool (below), which is based on our range of practical experience, to show the most common and relevant methods to successfully innovate openly.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Can you set targets for creativity? Part 2 – how?

Innovation Excellence

This is the second of two articles on setting targets for creativity. The topic of part 1 is why targets should be set; this part deals with how to set them. Following on from the first article about the rationale for setting targets for creativity, I’d now like to suggest how and what should happen.

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The Open Innovation Methods Matrix – Part 2

100%Open

In the previous post , we gave an overview of the Open Innovation Methods Matrix below, and defined the varying degrees of openness (the X-axis) and the different stages of open innovation (the Y-axis). In this post we describe the range of methods, together with examples, and how they can be applied. Within the Open Innovation Methods Matrix above there are nine methods that are most commonly used to innovate openly, as follow: Colleague Crowd (Explore/Internal) – An employee based progra