Survey on effective Open Innovation

How can companies effectively use Open Innovation and capture its benefits? Job van der Kolk is addressing this question in his research project and of course we are happy to support him. As Master student Industrial Design Engineering at the University of Twente, he welcomes everyone to fill out this survey which takes up to 10 minutes and is of essential importance to his research project. Thanks for your participation! The final outcomes will be shared in a business article here on Open Innovators.

Update - Alexander Schroll of Open-Innovation.net also welcomes your qualified input to broaden our understanding of open innovation practice in companies. Participate here.

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The Open Innovation Chess Paradigm

Rob Veldt of ideavents brings an interesting view on how to implement open innovation based on the OI Chess Paradigm. He presents a toolbox which provides a structured approach to transform organizations from closed to open, using leadership styles and organizational identity. Listen to his talk on open innovation implementation…

24 Hours of Innovation live!

The 24 Hours of Innovation has just started. During a full day and night we go from one innovation initiative to the other!

What can you expect

  • presentations in many different forms (audio slidecasts, full twitter presentation, inspiring slideshows,….)
  • many interviews with start-ups, R&D professionals and innovation thought leaders
  • live brainstorming on facebook/twitter
  • live streaming and reports from several locations
  • innovation challenge between student teams from the US and Belgium
  • the “My half time pep talk for 2009″ global blog action
  • a business model award
  • keep an eye on small give-aways
  • unique access to an online database of inspiring new materials
  • participate in several Q/A sessions
  • and a lot more…

Tagging/sharing
For those who upload materials or want to share their thoughts on twitter. Please make use of the hash tag #24hoi and shorturl http://bit.ly/24hoi

Join the marathon
Follow all the initiatives and participate in the online discussions during the 24 hour marathon!