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Open innovation: Colgate’s sensible external partnership approach
Ken Klimpel, Colgate Palmolive’s Worldwide Director of External Innovation and Outreach shares his perspective on some aspects of the approach he and his company take to drive their open innovation...
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Are You an idea monkey or a ringleader?
To help you understand whether you’re an idea monkey or a ringleader, take this brief quiz from the new book, Free the Idea Monkey. [via Innovation Weblog] Follow us @innovationheat – lists /...
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Innovation lessons from Olympic athlete Lolo Jones
The 2012 London Olympics are almost here. What can we learn about innovation from the athletes who are hard at work, training to be the best and represent their countries? U.S. hurdler Lolo Jones...
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How technology providers can avoid pitfalls in open innovation licensing...
Technology providers often see the execution of a business deal with a large company as a dream come true. It can be if the deal is designed to benefit both parties. However, that isn’t always the...
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Oflow provides access to 100 creative thinking methods – in your pocket
Creativity expert and author Tanner Christensen recently launched a new iPhone app called oFlow (http://oflowapp.com/) that contains 100 creative thinking and problem solving techniques, neatly...
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Leveraging ideas: What can you learn from NASA’s latest Mars lander?
One important question for innovators on a tight schedule: why invent from scratch when borrow for free? Designers and engineers for rover Curiosity have taken that lesson to the max. [via Innovation...
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How will the Apple v Samsung outcome affect innovation?
Whose side are you on? Apple, Samsung, the designers, the future innovators, the lawyers? And what will the verdict in favor of Apple mean to all innovators? [via Innovation Weblog] Follow us...
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A lesson for building your new business opportunity case
Many would-be innovators share a common frustration: persistent difficulty in gaining traction for their new ideas with the people they need to cultivate in order to advance them. Why do they often...
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Keen innovation lessons from the music and video game industries
What practical innovation lessons can managers learn from the music and video game industries? Plenty, based on my read of Innovation Playlist: 11 Business Innovation Lessons from the Music and Video...
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Accurately reading open innovation tea leaves
there are two basic types of open innovation missions sponsored by technology seekers: Nice to Find Soon (NFS) and Must Find Now (MFN). Given the vast difference in success probabilities between them,...
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