first attempt of open innovation in croatia
First Open Innovation Initiative has started in Croatia. It’s started by political party HSLS (Croatian Social Liberal Party) and it’s focused for suggestions for Croatia’s Capital Zagreb. It is...
View ArticleIdeas for Good – Toyota
Toyota lauched Open Innovation Contest called “Ideas For Good”. Entrants can post ideas for 5 Toyota’s technologies: Total Human Model for Safety (THUMS) Hybrid Synergy Drive® (HSD) Solar Powered...
View ArticleSiemens Smart Grid Innovation Contest
Siemens has started Open Innovation Initiative for Smart Grid. End of contest is 31st of May. here is how it’s described: “The world around us is changing. To lower CO2 emissions, we need to rely on...
View Articleyour idea for japan
German innovation agency Hyve has started open innovation campaign for Japan: Your Idea for Japan Suggestion can be made according to following questions: How can we express solidary towards Japan? How...
View ArticleThe power of innovation campaigns
It’s easy to start innovation campaign, but to do it in a right way you need to be stick to some principles. So, to get really good, focused ideas much work has to be done before the start. If it’s...
View ArticleStart of Innovation in Software Development Companies
How can any software developer become an Innovator? Is it possible that innovations exist in any software company? Software development in small and middle size companies can be encouraged in the same...
View ArticleEstablishing Innovation Culture
My paper “Establishing Innovation Culture”, about installing Innovative Climate in big organization is available via this link on issuu. I presented it on the Conference for Entrepreneurship &...
View ArticleIdea Generation Methods
It’s always a challenge to bring the innovative culture of any organization to higher level. After promotion of innovation program and removing the barriers, one of tasks connected with that challenge...
View ArticleRewarding Innovation
Here is my paper “Rewarding Innovation – Influence of rewarding system to the innovation” from XXIV ISPIM Conference held in Helsinki 16-19 June 2013. In the period of eight years, several different...
View Article“The Method” – introduction
How to make innovation process simpler, more efficient and more successful? I tried to explain it using a term “7innovation”, so here is the Method 🙂 “7innovation method” is a try to make innovation...
View ArticleBook: The Fuzzy Front End of Innovation
Book review: Oliver Gassmann, Fiona Schweitzer: Management of the Fuzzy Front End of Innovation (Springer, 2014) Well, this was a surprise! This book really gives a wide range of topics with...
View ArticleStarting points for creativity and innovation
I often hear questions like “How can I start my creativity?” or “How to earn money with my ideas?”. The best answer is always an advice to check few open innovation portals. It is always very useful to...
View Article“The Method” – Awakening and Selection
This is second post to the “7innovation method” series. First “awakening” part of the process is to launch initial contest which will “feel the pulse” of the organization and discover innovative...
View Article“The Method” – Contest
To set up an innovation contest, we’ll first need a topic for sure. Clearly defined, “trendy” topic must push innovators to engage in contest. Sales, marketing, management or customer should trigger...
View ArticleToo many ideas rejected? What to do?
Have you sometimes heard some angry idea-submitters which are talking about the wrong system or innovation process. Well, sometimes they are quite right! In the world of innovations, it is normal that...
View ArticleIdea contest for a sport club
The football club that I’m supporting (NK Osijek of course) or maybe it will more honest to say: the club which is a big part of my life has just finished the selection for next year’s kit. The...
View ArticleNurturing Innovation
Setting the preconditions for great results Have you heard a friend or colleague making fun of his/her superiors because they are doing something “stupid”? On the question “why don’t you suggest a...
View ArticleGreat Idea Can Come From Anywhere!
Everyone has the potential to be creative. We all create everyday, whether we’re at home, work, in the garden or at school. these ideas help us in our daily lives and we often take them for granted...
View ArticleMaking introverts successful innovators
Half of the population are introverts, but mainly our educational, organisational and company systems are oriented to extroverts.
View ArticleHuman side of innovation – innovators inside organizations
In the world of continuous changes and new trends it is important to have in your team, department or organization, people who think different and who approach to problem in different manner.
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