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What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?
The Harvard Business School Working Knowledge website posted an article which noted that “We may see a sea change over the next decade or so, where more and more things that are considered creative breakthroughs will be made by people whose names are never going to be known as famous individuals. Those breakthroughs will be made by collaborative
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Almirall Introduces Open Innovation Platform
The Medical News website reported that Almirall has launched AlmirallShare, an open innovation platform designed to facilitate the establishment of collaborations in dermatological research and find innovative solutions in skin health. An Almirall officer said, “Our R&D strategy is based on
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Hyperloop One Global Challenge Demonstrates Power of OI
The Business Insider website announced the winners of its Hyperloop One Global Challenge to identify the strongest new Hyperloop routes in the world. Hyperloop is an innovative new transportation system. “The results of the Hyperloop One Global Challenge far exceeded our expectations,” said
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Sustainable Innovation Questions Answered
The Edie.net website posted answers to questions about sustainable innovation. Here is one question and answer. “What kind of innovation would you advise a government in a developing country to adopt in reforming its waste management sector?” “Have a look at Open Innovation (OI) processes,
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AkzoNobel Launches Open Innovation Challenge
The Bio-Based World News website reported that the major chemical company AkzoNobel has launched Imagine Chemistry, an open innovation challenge aimed at start-ups and chemistry professionals to find new opportunities for innovation and sustainable growth. This is a platform to provide a head start to
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Data and the Fight Against Climate Change
The Dataquest website reported that the ‘Data for Climate Action’ initiative launched in March this year by the UN is an ‘open innovation challenge’ to scientists and researchers from across the world to harness data science and big data from the private sector to fight climate change. The challenge
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Build Palestine Organizes Solve-A-Thon
The Palestine News Network website reported that Build Palestine, a social enterprise based in Ramallah, in partnership with MIT SOLVE organized a solve-a-thon which aims to solve one of the world’s most challenging problems through open-innovation and partnership. The project tackled the challenge
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Students’ Ideas Adopted by U.S. Intel Agency
The Loudoun Times website reported that a team of students from Loudoun County’s (Va) Academy of Science is turning its ideas into real-world solutions after impressing the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the U.S. Army Geospatial Research Lab (GRL). After impressing the NGA,
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MIT’s 2017 Global Challenges
The MIT News website reported that MIT’s initiative that brings together problem-solvers of all stripes to tackle the world’s pressing problems — has four new global challenges for 2017: brain health; sustainable urban communities; women and technology; and youth, skills, and the workforce of the
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Using Open Data to Boost Public Sector Innovation
The Diginomica website noted that the clamor for digital transformation means executives in both the public and private sectors are encouraged to use creative methods, such as hackathons and cross-organization partnerships, to foster innovation. The city of Camden recently launched an open data challenge
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