Covid-19 Crisis: The Hunt for Solutions
On the Indicia News website Professor Solomon Darwin noted that noted that “at a time of crisis innovation is critical to accelerating solutions, but we need to tap into the global brain for latent ideas and IP that are already available to the world. It takes the Open Innovation process at a time like this to accelerate solutions. In the current pandemic, innovation needs to not just provide a solution but also expedite it. The main purpose of open innovation is to provide solutions to problems real fast to put out fires, stop the suffering, relieve bottlenecks, and tighten the weakest links. In the current crisis, what is needed in many parts of the world are solutions to controlling the spread of the virus, tracing patients and their contacts, and addressing the need for adequate healthcare infrastructure to care for those who are suffering.”
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