Recognising the Opportunity

David Simoes-Brown transcript

Posted on October 15th, 2014 by John Bessant

This is a transcript of the interview with David Simoes-Brown of 100% Open. David Simoes Brown transcript

Ken Robinson on creativity

Posted on October 11th, 2014 by John Bessant

This is a link to a TED talk by Sir Ken Robinson which captures some key points about factors influencing creativity

IDEO – innovation in action

Posted on October 8th, 2014 by John Bessant

This link is to a video in which you can see the IDEO innovation process in action.

Using the 4Ps approach to explore innovation space

Posted on October 5th, 2014 by John Bessant

This is an activity designed to help explore using the 4Ps framework. There is also an interactive quiz based on this approach – click here For more information on the 4Ps tool click here    

Classifying innovation activity

Posted on October 5th, 2014 by John Bessant

This is an activity  designed to help think about classifying innovation

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.

Innovation family trees

Posted on September 28th, 2014 by John Bessant

This is an activity to help explore sources of innovation.  Click here: Innovation family trees 1

Competency mapping

Posted on September 8th, 2014 by John Bessant

Competency mapping is an approach to finding opportunities for innovation by exploring an organization’s distinctive competencies.  What does it know about and how could it use this knowledge to advantage?  

Harvesting knowledge crops activity

Posted on September 8th, 2014 by John Bessant

This is an activity based on the idea of using core competencies as a source of opportunity for innovation.   Click here for Harvesting knowledge crops activity  

Lynne Maher interview

Posted on August 31st, 2014 by John Bessant

Lynne Maher, Head of Innovation at the UK National Health Service Institute for Innovation and Improvement talking about experience-based design and other approaches to innovation in the health sector.   A transcript of the interview is here