17 Exploiting Open Innovation and Strategic Alliances

Deep dive – Open and user led innovation – OUI

The innovation landscape has changed profoundly in the past decade and there is now considerable emphasis on opening up to new sources of knowledge and to the ideas of users in particular.  In this report you can find an overview of some of these key trends and the emerging properties which they offer. Open_Collective_Innovation

Deep dive – Supply chain learning

Supply chain learning This deep dive explores the theme of shared learning and innovation across supply chains and suggests that the competitive advantage of firms like Toyota owes much to sustained implmentation of this approach

Blackstone entrepreneur’s network

Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network is an initiative to strengthen existing entrepreneurial ecosystems in struggling areas by building a network of master entrepreneurs and connecting them with a pipeline of potential high growth ventures

Richard Philpott interview

This is an interview with Richard Philpott, founder of TheInnovationExchange and MyGreatIdea as two platforms to enable open innovation.  He talks about the underlying ideas and some of the challenges facing a start-up entrepreneur. A transcript of the interview is below:   Richard Philpott I: We’re very lucky today to have with us Richard Philpott

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David Overton, Ordnance Survey

This audio interview discusses some of the issues around developing an open innovation strategy in a large public sector organization in the UK.   You can find a transcript of the interview here.

Roy Sandbach, P&G, interview transcript

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