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Achieving engagement outcomes from cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations

This is the fourth and final post discussing cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations. It is primarily dealing with the benefits of collaboration and bringing up to a ‘given point’ a compelling value proposition for potential collaborators in understanding the basic building blocks to consider, for achieving the engagement outcomes required. Within the series of four posts, … Continue reading “Achieving engagement outcomes from cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations”

Approaching Cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations

In a series exploring cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations, this is the third post discussing different aspects and the approach to this that needs to be taken as my suggested starting point. All the elements of skills, processes, tools, capabilities and behaviours are important in supporting an effective collaboration across sectors that might need to be … Continue reading “Approaching Cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations”

Specific skills and toolkits are needed for cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations.

This month I am completing a series on cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations. This is the second post that I am sharing on both my dedicated ecosystem thinking site and also through my paul4innovating posting site, which has different audiences to discuss this with. For me, cross-sector collaborations are becoming essential to our future in tackling … Continue reading “Specific skills and toolkits are needed for cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations.”

Cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations

Collaborations form the essence of discovery, relationships, innovation and new knowledge exchange. As we move increasingly towards more open innovation hubs and increased ecosystem management the recognition is that many of the challenges and problems have not just become too complex to tackle alone, or even in a single industry but require cross-sector innovation (ecosystem … Continue reading “Cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations”

We require a more dynamic view of Innovation understanding.

So why is finding the right skills and competencies for innovation a real challenge but so essential? How do we know the critical skills, competencies and capabilities for innovation? Also, what are the additional dependencies for sustaining innovation capabilities that are becoming vital to understand so an organization can place the appropriate resources behind them, … Continue reading “We require a more dynamic view of Innovation understanding.”

Completing transitions through innovation, ecosystems and sustainable approaches

Today, our innovation activity needs to transition through collaborating and co-creating, applying ecosystem thinking and platform designs for business. We increasingly recognize the future value and impact for businesses to grow, is through combining innovation, and external collaborations, and ensuring solutions are more sustainable. We need to have a new open architecture for undergoing this … Continue reading “Completing transitions through innovation, ecosystems and sustainable approaches”

What value does an Innovation Ecosystem offer?

Innovation ecosystems are gaining good traction to build out a more robust innovation management system that can offer the interconnected network of organizations the opportunity to create and commercialize new ideas, concepts, products and services. Participating in innovation ecosystems does have a number of advantages Having a purposeful innovation ecosystem, well-designed and built for highly … Continue reading “What value does an Innovation Ecosystem offer?”

Innovation Walkabouts we all need for learning and testing ourselves

How often do you pause for thought, testing yourself, questioning even simply for ‘just those few minutes,’ to allow yourself to openly challenge where you are and what you are attempting to do? We keep relentlessly moving on, like a wandering herd of buffalo, always looking for fresh pasture, those new feeding grounds. It’s not … Continue reading “Innovation Walkabouts we all need for learning and testing ourselves”

The power of ecosystem thinking for resolving the innovation complexity of today

“Opening up our thinking towards ecosystems will have a powerful effect, it alters the way we will approach problems today and in the future, ecosystems offer a greater potential for collaborative growth, impact and sustaining innovating value” Our understanding of innovation is changing; we are evaluating and changing our existing focus from closed (internal orientation) … Continue reading “The power of ecosystem thinking for resolving the innovation complexity of today”

Innovation Software, is it facing the Innovators Dilemma?

In my research, I am getting a real sense that the current Innovation Management Software model is about to be upended and disrupted as per Clayton Christensens’ “Innovators Dilemma.” The book the “Innovation Dilemma” published in 2016 was written by innovation expert Clayton Christensen suggesting even though even the most outstanding companies can do everything … Continue reading “Innovation Software, is it facing the Innovators Dilemma?”

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