Recognising the Opportunity

Rich pictures

Posted on July 5th, 2013 by John Bessant

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Frank Piller on mass customization

Posted on June 27th, 2013 by John Bessant

In this video interview Frank Piller talks about some of the challenges in exploiting the new ‘mass customization’ opportunities and the implication of the ‘3D printing ‘revolution’ for business models. Frank Piller interview

Roy Sandbach – Connect and Develop at Procter and Gamble

Posted on June 17th, 2013 by wiley-admin

Roy Sandbach works as a Research Fellow in Procter and Gamble. This interview looks at P&G’s approach to ‘open innovation’ – ‘Connect and develop’ – and how it plays out within the organization. Roy gives a variety of examples and highlights some of the key challenges facing a large organization in this new innovation landscape.

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Continuous Improvement

Posted on June 17th, 2013 by wiley-admin

This resource contains an overview of continuous improvement and some key tools associated with this approach Click to view case study: to come

Helen King – Futures thinking

Posted on June 17th, 2013 by wiley-admin

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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Learning Networks

Posted on June 14th, 2013 by wiley-admin

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

Managing Internal Knowledge Connections

Posted on June 14th, 2013 by wiley-admin

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Evolution of the Bicycle

Posted on June 14th, 2013 by wiley-admin

This resource looks at the idea of innovation life cycles and patterns of change, using the example of the evolution of the bicycle from many experiments through to the emergence of a dominant design Click to view case study: The evolution of the bicycle

Eric von Hippel – Lead user studies

Posted on June 14th, 2013 by wiley-admin

This video is part of a series featuring Professor Eric von Hippel of MIT and sponsored by 3M. In this film the theme is Lead user studies – Identifying emerging market needs. Others in the series include Overview of the lead user process Launching your lead user study Interviewing methods for lead user project teams

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Opening up healthcare innovation

Posted on June 14th, 2013 by wiley-admin

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’