The Register is reporting today that "Scientists from all major Dutch universities officially launched a website on Tuesday where all their research material can be accessed for free.
Every business development manager or chief innovation office needs to be asking this question: How do you coordinate activities and cultivate people to get more and better ideas to improve your business? While every organization should design its Idea Management processes according to its own needs, certain characteristics are common to all idea management systems.
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Open source software "OSS" development began when one smart individual realized that he wasn't half as smart as all the other people he knew if he put them together. We support a similar model for Open Innovation and Cooperative Strategies. We practice what we preach.
Scenario 1. An internal customer has come to you with a problem. Her team is consistently missing deadlines because of poor communication. E-mails frequently go unread for days, members do not respond to questions in a timely fashion and too many meetings are required to get everybody back on track. Read more about Web 2.0 and Social networking behind the firewall...
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Scenario 2. You are losing business. Customers are defecting to competitors. Your web site is like a museum - look but do not touch and customer experience is non-existent. Your information is outdated, hard to find and reflects poorly on your brand. There is a significant cognitive difference between browsing, shopping, comparing, choosing and buying.
Redesign your site - join the social web.
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Scenario 3. You have problems - gaps - that your business strategy and IT applications fail to address. Your employees, customers, and stakeholders want to get work done. You need to innovate and help people find solutions.
There is no easy way to capture, share, and track important yet informal information. The kind of information that is not organized or reused - it should be - but tends to get lost. The kind that helps you make better decisions, improve work flows, and customer support. Read more....