Open Innovation
Why I’ve banned brainstorming in my business – by Gavin Symanowitz
This week’s topic is by Gavin Symanowitz, he is challenging the commonly held perception that brainstorming is the best way to generate new ideas. He also challenges the “Golden Rules of Brainstorming”, read his piece below and challenge HIM.
Why I’ve banned brainstorming in my business
Brainstorming is the oldest and most widely used creativity technique in [...]
NineSigma and The Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability Partner to Advance Open Innovation across Southern Africa
PRETORIA, Open Innovation Office, The Innovation Hub – July 13, 2010 – NineSigma, the leading provider of open innovation solutions, announced today they are partnering with The Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS) to deliver open innovation services to companies and government entities throughout the Southern African Development Community . NineSigma and RIIS have [...]
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ICT Africa Summit 2010, 10-12 August 2010
Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
The ICT sector of the African region has experienced major changes throughout the last decade. The ongoing fast development is to a large extent due to a general political determination to reduce the digital divide and effectively fight against under-development and poverty. It is fuelled by drastic [...]
The Development of a Sustainability Index for a Knowledge Driven Organisation
Businesses and the socio-economic environment in which they operate are unquestionably interconnected. Should the businesses fail to be sustainable, so too would the socio-economic environments become unsustainable. By Audrey Verhaeghe, RIIS
Driven by the information economy, the different worlds of human functions on the one hand such as running a business and associated technologies such as [...]
Gauteng Government seeks input on Innovation Strategy…(click HERE to view)
Gauteng Government embraces crowdsourcing to spur innovation. Your piece of mind matters. Attached, please find the draft Gauteng Government Innovation Strategy for review. Donate your thoughts and make a difference. Please complete the questionnaire on the policy at
www.policyforge.co.za
Click HERE to download the strategy directly to you computer.
Gauteng Innovation Strategy Discussion Draft v2.1 Gauteng [...]
Selling your Innovation by Audrey Verhaeghe
Where do you sell your ideas/ inventions/ innovations?
In the knowledge-driven economy innovations are sought after and the world is your market place.
Why not become an active participant in open innovation where solution seekers are connected with solution providers (you)?
Attached is a white paper from NineSigma, the world’s largest open innovation platform that provides tips [...]
Crowdsourcing Innovation – Betavine Social Exchange by Stephen Wolak
This slideshow was presented by Stephen Wolak from Vodafone in the United Kingdom at the Innovation Festival in March 2010.
S Wolak Betavine Social Exchange And Crowdsourcing Innovation
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Vodacom Case Study: Open Innovation by Maruis Conradie
This case study was presented by Maruis Conradie at the Innovation Festival on 8 March 2010.
M Conradie Vemci Presentation 8 March 2010
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Open Innovation Best Practices For A Full Value Chain Approach by Matthew Heim
This slideshow was presented by Matthew Heim, President of NineSigma, at the Innovation Festival in Stellenbosch.
Matthew Heim Open Innovation Best Practices For A Full Value Chain Approach
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Opportunities to foster innovation based on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) by Prof. D.W. Keats
This presentation was the Keynote address at the second day (24 November 2009) of the 1st Annual Living Labs in Southern Africa (LLiSA) Network Conference.
There is more to innovation than secret science and patents!
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Henry Chesbrough – Open Innovation
Video about the basics of open innovation.
Henry Chesbrough coined the term open innovation and is the author of Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology (HBS Press, 2003). He has also written two other books on open innovation: Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape (HBS Press, [...]
Open Innovation “Movie” shot at SA’s 2nd Innovation Summit 2009
This video was recorded during the RIIS workshop session at South Africa’s 2nd Innovation Summit held in Maropeng in August 2009. You are welcome to use this video as a training tool on Open Innovation. We talk about: What is Open Innovation? The challenges of Open Innovation. The benefits of Open Innovation. [...]
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Online Collaboration and Innovation Networks
In this article we discuss how online innovation networks help support outside thinking and how this changes the approach to innovation.
Ozan, H. (2009). Online Collaboration and Innovation Networks
Open Innovation in the Financial Services Sector
This is the presentation given by Maggie Fikkert at the Open Innovation Session at the Innovation Summit held at Maropeng in August 2009.
Open Innovation In Financial Services Innovation Summit 2009
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Is Open Innovation for everyone?
Please participate in our discussion. We’d like to find out more about your views on Open Innovation. For instance:
1. What does open innovation mean to you? (This can encompass “What is open innovation” as well as “What is your definition of open innovation”)
