I am naturally interested in this article in the WSJ because of my research in the field of Open Innovation. But I think what Brynjolfsson and Schrage have to say here, about how the speed at which technology operates (especially with the RealTime features of the web) is helping speed up the pace of innovation [...]
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More industries and companies using Crowdsourcing…
As a researcher and enthusiast of Open Innovation and all it’s related facets, I’m always interested in seeing how new companies or industries are taking to crowd-sourcing (harnessing the wisdom of the crowds).
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve come across a number of interesting movements in this paradigm…
In Politics:
This is not a new thing, [...]
Crowd-sourcing by Intel, Asus and Sony Ericsson…
The other day I wrote about Kellogg applying open innovation tactics to harness the wisdom of crowds for new ideas, or as Kellogg put it… some Grrreat Ideas.
It appears that more household names and electronic firms are looking at crowd sourcing as open and user innovation models to harness and generate ideas for new products [...]
Yahoo… opens up with YAP
In what seems to be a last and desperate push for survival, Yahoo announced the imminent release of the Yahoo Application Platform (YAP) for developers to design, program and structure apps around Yahoo’s broad services and content.
You don’t have to be a huge software development house to get your apps onto Yahoo!. YAP is a [...]
Kellogg turns to Open Innovation..
Kellogg has set up a micro-site that encourage’s users to share ideas and innovative products with Kellogg… some will get rewarded, others won’t… presumably based on whether Kellogg thinks its a good idea/innovation or not.
I’m a keen observer of the Open Innovation trend (coined by Eric Von Hippel), in fact it’s my main field of [...]
Innovation Problems in the west…?
I came across a couple of very interesting articles about problems with innovation in the US and also in the UK by BusinessWeek and TheRegister respectively.
The first is an interesting article about how a ramp up in R&D and innovation will save the US’s long term economic situation and stability. It’s a contemporary look at [...]
