Research & Development

You can't control innovation, but you can increase your odds of success.

Organizations do not innovate. People do. And good ideas can come from anywhere.

Traditionally, innovation has been the sole responsibility of an organization's staff, tapping the wealth of experience of the in-house designers, developers, engineers and scientists. However the open innovation model is quickly emerging as the future for many large organizations, giving equal weight to ideas that are identified outside the organization as those within.

But, whether you are sourcing the next great idea from your employees, or seeking inspiration from customers, suppliers or partners, creativity resides within individuals and that creativity is enhanced by the connections between people.

Online communities that solve innovations greatest dilemmas.

Culture that does not support innovation - Change your organizational DNA and create a community that supports innovation so that new ideas and risk-taking is encouraged rather than stymied.

Lack of talent to innovate - Identify the right people and bring them together, across geography or departments, so that they can work together in a collaborative environment to promote the exchange and evolution of ideas.

Long lead times for bringing innovations to market - Compress the development lifecycle from ideation to implementation by improving the process for gathering and analyzing feedback.

Do-it-yourself innovation model producing diminishing returns - Implement an open innovation model to increase the pipeline of new ideas, at a decreased cost, with secure online collaboration.