While most companies are slow, if not reluctant, to adopt internal collaborative practices, many are beginning to understand the advantages gained from engaging in co-creation activities with their customers. There are numerous reasons for that. On the customer side, the ubiquity of the social web has sped up communication and interaction exponentially — and unlocked the
I had the opportunity to meet with Scott Meyer, bro-owner of Nine Clouds, Inc while attending EduWeb Conference in Boston. He was there to share his expertise on the ROI of Social Media. After his very insightful presentation, he agreed to talk with me about how he views social collaboration influencing innovation. As I listened to his
Recently the book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Sop Talking by Susan Cain, has been causing quite a stir in the innovation community. This book is a groundbreaker in terms of starting a conversation about the often-overlooked 30-40% of our society who are introverts. While many people focused on innovation
On June 20 and 21, I attended the World Innovation Forum in New York, along with fellow bloggers @AndreaMeyer and @JillBrainLogic. With a heavy-hitting list of speakers including Jane MacGonigal, Mohanbir Sawhney, Ray Kurzweil, Sir Ken Robinson, Clay Shirky, and Guy Kawasaki, we expected to have our collective innovation socks rocked off. And we did! Andrea and Jill have already
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
Did you miss the Conversations from the Dassault Systémes Customer Conference in Vegas? Looking for the best of the best in what your peers are doing in Collaboration Innovation? Wondering how 3D, social media, and human behavior are coming together to enable cultures of collaboration and innovation – at the company or
Curiosity ‘n’ Stuff – The way inquiry into topics, things and people drives collaboration In the recent post on Curiosity in Collaboration we explored the research that The Institute For The Future has been conducting to chart what job skills will be required to succeed in the future. We touched on the initial skill set
An imperative for innovators is the creation of value. Aligning yourself to innovation requires a self-awareness that enables you to determine gaps in your capability set. These gaps can be represented in skill sets, resources, access and multitude of other enablers that will determine how effectively the innovation on which you are working can be
Don’t talk about Innovation Club. There’s something to be said for the “velvet rope” (or more sinister feel of the secrecy of “Fight Club”) to attract attention. Ever wonder if perhaps broadcasting the news of a new collaborative innovation project is exactly the wrong way to get attention for a project? What if you made