10 Exploiting Open Innovation and Collaboration

Jimmy Wales and the birth of Wikipedia

Posted on April 7th, 2015 by John Bessant

In this TED talk Jimmy Wales explains some of the ideas behind Wikipedia and the use of open source approaches to its development

Joseph’s

Posted on April 7th, 2015 by John Bessant

Joseph’s   You aren’t going to find any technicolor dreamcoats just yet but for shoes, jewellery, accessories, even a DIY crocheted beanie hat, you might want to add Joseph’s to your shopping list. For the past year a new shop just off the main pedestrian precinct in Nuremberg has been offering a glimpse into the

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David Overton, Ordnance Survey, interview transcript

Posted on December 11th, 2014 by John Bessant

transcript of david overton This is a transcript of the interview with David which you can find here.

Absorptive capacity audit

Posted on December 4th, 2014 by John Bessant

Absorptive capacity audit.  This is a self-assessment tool to help explore absorptive capacity within an organization.

Roy Sandbach, P&G, interview transcript

Posted on December 3rd, 2014 by John Bessant

This is a transcript of the interview with Roy Sandbach of Procter and Gamble describing their ‘Connect and develop’ programme.  Roy Sandbach interview transcript   You can find the interview here    

Michael Bartl interview transcript

Posted on October 21st, 2014 by John Bessant

Michael Bartl transcript

Fabian Schlage, Nokia Solutions and Networks

Posted on September 28th, 2014 by John Bessant

Fabian is Innovation manager at NSN and he is seen here in a presentation to the ISPIM conference exploring ‘True open innovation at NSN.   There is also a case study of NSN on the Portal.

UK Design Council

Posted on August 31st, 2014 by John Bessant

The UK Design Council has been actively promoting a design approach to innovation for many years.  On its website there is a rich set of case examples, many with video illustration.

Michael Bartl

Posted on June 23rd, 2014 by Sarah Booth

This is a video interview with Michael Bartl of Hyve, a German consultancy which specialises in innovation management.  It explores the use of new approaches to ‘crowdsource’ ideas and identify user needs.  There is a transcript of this interview here.

Joseph Schumpeter

Posted on July 14th, 2013 by John Bessant

This brief note looks at the contribution to our understanding of innovation made by the great Austrian economist Schumpeter note