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Book Now for the Open Innovation Accelerator on Sept 9th & 10th – Get a 20% discount now by using code ‘OIA’ when you register.
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Open Innovation Accelerator – 2 weeks to go & 20% discount
August 30, 2010 – 10:00 am
Innovators from BT, Orange, E.ON, Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, Cadbury’s, Unltd, Leeds University, Exeter University and entrepreneurs from other interesting companies are coming together for our inaugural event - the Open Innovation Accelerator - designed to accelerate your open innovation thinking. It is being held on Sept 9th at the very nice Wallace Space ...
7 Tactics for Open Innovation
August 26, 2010 – 3:23 pm
The last decade has seen the rise of collaboration as a by-word for innovation success. This is now often referred to as ‘open innovation’ which we define as sharing the risks and rewards of innovation with others. This may sound simple enough and yet in our experience many large organisations ...
Beware the Open Innovation Backlash
August 11, 2010 – 3:48 pm
Have you ever been asked for directions by a stranger, only to find the person head off in completely opposite direction once you've finished talking? I'm pleased to say this has only happened to me once ...
Mobile Volunteering
August 10, 2010 – 4:21 am
We are excited to announce that we are launching our latest project with Orange called Mobile Volunteering which brings together a healthy and expert mix of technology developers and social entrepreneurs and NGOs.
On the site we ...
Kissing Frogs & Network Potential
July 26, 2010 – 7:57 pm
I've had a few meetings recently where I've been asked to make introductions to other people or organisation which I'm generally very happy to do. If I'm able to make a useful introduction then it reflects ...
Open Innovation Accelerator
July 9, 2010 – 7:19 pm
Get 30% off the Open Innovation Accelerator with an early bird discount by registering in July with the discount code 'OpenUp'.
We are excited ...
10 Do’s and Don’ts of Opening Up Public Data
June 30, 2010 – 5:28 pm
Free our data!
The UK and many other Governments are taking the first steps towards freeing up the mass of data held on our behalf. This is a crucial period in history for democracy because if handled right, the movement could usher in a new era of of mass participation ...
How Open Changes Everything
June 24, 2010 – 12:54 am
Many organisations are beginning to embrace more open and collaborative approaches to innovation. Inspired by the success of open source products such as the Apache web server and the Firefox browser, many multinational companies such as Procter and Gamble, Orange and IBM have made ‘open innovation’ - the sharing of ...
Predictable responses and responsible predications
June 14, 2010 – 3:39 pm
I’ve just finished reading Bursts by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, whose previous book Linked was a big influence on my thinking when I read it 5 years ago so I was excited about this follow up. ...
Far Twittering
June 8, 2010 – 2:41 pm
I liked this old picture that we stumbled upon on a quirky farm in East Sussex at the weekend.
I guess this is what happens if you tweet too much....
