September 12, 2016
Focus on partnering motivations and mechanisms as well as highlight partnership success stories. Presented by: Ben Cook, Jason Martinez, Peter Christensen, Joe Fox, Courtney Silverthorn Fall 2016...
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Open Innovation
September 12, 2016
DOE Labs: Where they are and what they do and commercializing technologies Presented by: Peter Christensen Fall 2016 https://www.pathlms.com/iri-learningcenter/events/485/slide_presentations/40589
September 01, 2007
OVERVIEW: Sourcing innovation externally and being able to collaborate are the keys to success in the “flat world†that Thomas Friedman has written about. The challenge continues to be how to...
July 01, 2007
Industrial research institutes used to be government-financed organizations with mandates to advance industrial technology and improve economic competitiveness. Good R&D people were assembled and...
March 01, 2007
In “Connect & Develop Complements Research & Develop at P&G†(RTM, March–April2002), Nabil Sakkab described the company’s then new strategy of using corporate intranet and “smartâ€...
January 01, 2007
Business model innovation is vital to sustaining open innovation. External technology partner-ships allow open business models to accomplish even more. One important mechanism for innovating one’s...
November 04, 2016
A Problem Definition Webinar As scientists, we know the truth in Charles Kettering’s insights that “A problem well stated is a problem half-solvedâ€. Especially when engaging global innovators through...
November 09, 2016
This column is the latest in a series of topics aimed at defining the vocabulary of innovation management. The object is to take on the profession's terms of art, exploring their origins and map-ping...
November 09, 2016
Lessons from IARPA's Research Programs OVERVIEW: The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA) is a research arm of the US intelligence community. IARPA research programs are undertaken...
October 17, 2016
Prototyping a Future Vision of R&D Collaboration In an interactive follow-up session to their plenary talk, the ROR Collaboration team will delve deeper into their latest research on a new...
October 17, 2016
The Hershey Company was looking for solutions to a longstanding issue – keeping chocolate cool during shipment in warm weather. In early 2016, the company engaged NineSigma to issue a global...
October 17, 2016
Motorola Solutions is transforming from providing communications equipment to delivering next-generation software and services. As the 88-year-old company develops innovative solutions for customers...
August 30, 2016
In the last installment of this column, I initiated a new series of topics aimed at defining the vocabulary of innovation management. The object is to look critically at the profession's terms of art...
August 30, 2016
Personal computers, smartphones, 3D printing, the World Wide Web: these world-changing inventions, and many others like them, all emerged from small cells of obsessed innovators out to change the...
August 30, 2016
In recent years, new models of innovation based on crowdsourcing and innovation communities have emerged, and some have had notable success. Karim Lakhani has studied these models rigorously and...
2006 - 2007 Deliverables RTM article , "Effective Practices for Sourcing Innovation", Jan/Feb 2009 Description This Working Group #06-3 sought to identify best practices for accessing and leveraging...