Posts By: Sarah Booth

Dragons’ Den activity

This activity is designed to help explore challenges in strategic selection and in presenting ideas to potential sponsors and supporters. Dragons den See also Business case and Business Model Canvas in the Toolkit    

Gunfire at Sea

This is a famous case study which highlights the challenges of introducing radical ideas into established organizations. Click to view: http://cs.gmu.edu/cne/pjd/TT/Sims/Sims.pdf  

Learning Networks

This resource describes the concept of learning networks as an aid to innovation and explores how to set up and run such networks Click to view case study: Learning Networks

Helen King – Futures thinking

Futures thinking at Bord Bia This podcast is an interview with Helen King, who is Senior Business Analyst with Bord Bia , the body responsible for supporting the food and drink industry in Ireland; and Tobias Rooney, who’s a Principal with Innovaro, a major innovation consultancy. It particularly explores his experience with the use of

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User-led innovation in the medical sector – Tim Craft, AMS

User-led innovation in the medical sector This podcast is an interview with Dr Tim Craft, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care and also Deputy Medical Director of the Royal United Hospital, Bath, U.K. Tim is also Managing Director of AMS, a medical devices company specialising in anaesthesia equipment. It particularly explores his experience with the

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Opening up healthcare innovation

This report looks at the potential for opening up healthcare through innovations based on internet and social networking Click here to view case study: AIM_Healthcare_EB_FINAL You can also download this report – and many others on the innovation theme – from the AIM website AIM website and search through their ‘Executive Briefings’

Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia (INdT), Brazil

This case looks at the work of an independent research centre in Brazil, originally founded by Nokia and still providing an important channel for new ideas for the company.  It has developed a strong focus on user-linked innovation and operates a Living Lab as a co-creation facility exploring innovation needs for the Amazonas region.  Click

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