Can’t Afford to Innovate? Open up!
Former baseball catcher Yogi Berra liked to observe that “the future isn’t what it used to be.” This has also been a commonly voiced opinion about innovation. It is not hard to see why. The
Those who study innovation often can be overwhelmed by the variety and speed at which clever new products and services come into the market. But it is
I recently had the chance to review a pre-press copy of a new book, The Open Innovation Marketplace, by Alpheus Bingham and Dwayne Spradlin (Free Press,
As the US economy begins to recover from the devastating recession of 2008 and 2009, our trade deficit with China is again growing. The
Ms. Horn raises an important issue in her article “Here’s What’s Wrong with Open Innovation
In my last post, I discussed how Open Innovation frames the war for talent. The role of T-shaped managers was crucial, due to their ability to integrate
A recent article in the New York Times announced the frightening reality facing the pharmaceutical industry: within the next year, drugs with sales of
Much has been written about the war for talent in American business. We need to hire the best and the brightest in order to compete effectively in
Former baseball catcher Yogi Berra liked to observe that “the future isn’t what it used to be.” This has also been a commonly voiced opinion about innovation. It is not hard to see why. The
I was just reminded of the importance of thinking of a product business as a service. I am just returning from an event in Medellín, Colombia, along with Ken Morse and Carter Williams, formerly from
Open innovation is a concept I originated that falls directly in that gap between business and academe. Conceptually, it is a more distributed, more participatory, more decentralized approach to