During our Collaborative Innovation: The State of Engagement webinar, we were asked, “What sources on collaborative innovation do you recommend?” We answered the question during the talk but promised to collect and broaden our responses, so here they are. Drew Marshall recommends: Swarm Creativity: Competitive Advantage through Collaborative Innovation Networks – Peter Gloor Made to Stick
3D printing technologies let designers manufacture almost any shape they’ve imagined and computed in 3D software. Traditionally, designers were constrained by materials’ properties because forms and shapes had to be manufactured in a reductive way (removing material to make the shape). 3D printers, in contrast, mimic nature by letting objects “grow.” That is, 3D printers
Companies don’t want to pursue collaboration for its own sake — they want results. For a collaborative effort to deliver on those results, the benefits must outweigh the costs. To reduce the costs of collaboration, focus on two areas: Reduce the opportunity costs of collaboration. That is, make it easier for people to find each
The most recent Hay Group Best Companies for Leadership survey shows that collaboration is needed for companies to innovate and solve complex problems, reports Rick Lash, National Practice leader, Leadership and Talent for the Hay Group. The trouble is, many leaders lack key collaborative skills. Part of the problem lies in thinking that collaboration is
Drew Marshall’s post, Collaborative Places – Making Space to Innovate, sparked my thinking about the design of physical spaces to encourage collaboration. Background: Stanford’s d.School One place to look for advice on designing for creativity and collaboration is Stanford’s design school, the birthplace of design thinking as we know it today. (The term dates back
Holiday time a perfect time to talk about collaborative games that encourage innovation. One of my favorites is called “Life’s a Pitch,” made by Zobmondo. It’s a board game that involves drawing two sets of cards. First, all players draw 5 cards which contain the name of an object, such as “baby blanket” or “jar
Author Steve Shapiro interviews Andrea Meyer, Contributing Blogger for CollaborativeInnovation.org, live at the Dassault Systemes Customer Conference 2011 (#DSCC11) about her favorite topics at the event. Andrea explains the notion of ‘collaborating before you innovate’, and creating lifelike experiences and accelerating product design. The range of customer stories shared this year even extend into using
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