Time to Light a Fire: Building a Culture of Innovation
The Industry Week website posted an article which stated “Think outside your company’s walls. As R&D continues to grow within the private sector, companies will be better suited by opening doors to outside expertise. Open-source coding is revolutionizing the software industry; similarly, manufacturing companies must embrace open innovation in order to advance our industry. For years, the US Gypsum Corporation’s state-of-the-art research center was closed to ideas from others. We were reluctant to bring in outside experts for fear of losing control of our intellectual property, but we eventually learned that approach was stifling our innovation. Now, we like to think that “the world is our lab.” We have discovered new materials and more efficient processes to better solve our customers’ greatest challenges through strategic partnerships with federal agencies, customers, suppliers, universities and national labs.
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