Open Innovation: First, consider the challenge
Steve Shapiro is a well known Innovation Evangelist. In the video below, he talks about Open Innovation. He focuses on the importance of a good formulation of the challenges to take the most of platforms. One of the things he talks about is how beneficial it is to spend time considering the concrete needs for innovation […]
Leading value creation through Open Innovation
Several weeks ago I was talking about our model of Open Innovation at UCAM University, in Murcia, Spain. The title of the conference was “Leading value creation through Open Innovation”. You have a video below (Spanish spoken). Some of the ideas I went on where: 1. Leaders are moved by passion. Everything they do is […]
A culture of innovation
In this short video, Ken Robinson talks about how crucial it is to create a culture of innovation in enterprises. He stresses that innovation is the key to survival, so companies need to have good ideas systematically, routinely, habitually and in order. This is the meaning, according to him, of a culture of innovation. Open […]
More strategic Open Innovation
Here is an article by professor Wim Vanhaverbeke on the need of moving towards a more strategic Open Innovation approach. Therefore, he considers necessary to integrate it into corporate innovation strategies. Likewise, he points out that Open Innovation should not be limited to the development of new products. This means that it can be useful for […]
Crossing the chasm in food industry
In Premium Ingredients, Blendhub and Allfoodexperts we have been concerned for a long time about innovation. And how to make it the norm or the food industry. We have benefited in Premium Ingredients and Blendhub for a long time from an Open Innovation structure and, I am sure, Allfoodexperts will become the ultimate networking tool, […]
The best time to innovate. Trends accelerating innovation
In this video Carl Bass, chief executive officer of Autodesk, lists five trends that are accelerating innovation. One of them is the change in business models happening because of Open innovation. He concludes that there has never been a better time to innovate. I also found this idea from a different perspective in an article […]
Reverse innovation. Changing paradigms
In the video below, Vijay Govindarajan, professor of International Business at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmout, talks about Reverse Innovation. The term referrers to an innovation that is used first in the developing world rather than in the industrialized one. In the video, he explains how a real collaboration or interaction between rich […]
The Yearly family “learning” trip (II)
Continuing with my trip to Japan… (here is a link to part I) Another thing I find fascinating about the Japanese society – which is directly related to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) – is that nearly all employees appeared to be Japanese. We were told that a typical salary for a non skilled worker is […]
The Yearly family “learning” trip (I)
I have just returned from our yearly family “learning” trip taking us this time to Japan. I wanted my children (aged 14/12/10 and 4 years old) to experience a culture where values such as respect for others, teamwork and efficiency are very visible in the day to day life and can be experienced even during […]
Open Innovation and Collaboration at FEI EMEA 2013
On 4, 5 and 6 of March, Patrick Berry and myself enjoyed Front End of Innovation EMEA 2013, in Copenhaguen, where we were able to attend inspiring presentations. We also talked about Allfoodexperts, our community and Open Innovation platform for the agri-food and beverage industry, and one of my current projects. Alfoodexperts is based on […]