Comments on: The dinosaurs of open innovation http://www.15inno.com/2009/08/05/the-dinosaurs-of-open-innovation/ Open innovation, social media tools and intrapreneurship Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:07:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul Hobcraft http://www.15inno.com/2009/08/05/the-dinosaurs-of-open-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Paul Hobcraft Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:16:56 +0000 http://www.15inno.com/?p=669#comment-325 reposted across from your article "Reflections from an open innovation session" as it straddles both. Stefan, Clearly you are a champion of open innovation and for good reason but taking some companies or industries into the dinosaur category because they might be struggling from within is perhaps a little harsh. Moving from championing to being a reactionary might be doing the opposite of what you ’see’. Is it so simple that “they just need to find a definition and a use of open innovation that fit their company…….and you cannot miss out on this” It is certainly as you say “I believe the main idea behind open innovation - identify and use valuable external resources to make innovation happen - is just too good a value proposition” Surely stopping and thinking through where open innovation WILL FIT and WHY beyond the current (and growing) users will help bring more into the fold. Clearly there is considerable struggles going on around this concept and until people like you (and me) can clear the path a little more, to separate the wheat from the chaff, and separate the various theories, hype, different offerings and clarify in a well laid out, logical thinking through process what open innovation can clearly help to resolve their barriers or pain points. we might be guilty of being the old fashion medicine man <a href="http://(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_man)" rel="nofollow">(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_man)</a> offering cure-alls and over simplifying. reposted across from your article "Reflections from an open innovation session" as it straddles both.

Stefan,

Clearly you are a champion of open innovation and for good reason but taking some companies or industries into the dinosaur category because they might be struggling from within is perhaps a little harsh. Moving from championing to being a reactionary might be doing the opposite of what you ’see’.
Is it so simple that “they just need to find a definition and a use of open innovation that fit their company…….and you cannot miss out on this”

It is certainly as you say “I believe the main idea behind open innovation – identify and use valuable external resources to make innovation happen – is just too good a value proposition”

Surely stopping and thinking through where open innovation WILL FIT and WHY beyond the current (and growing) users will help bring more into the fold.

Clearly there is considerable struggles going on around this concept and until people like you (and me) can clear the path a little more, to separate the wheat from the chaff, and separate the various theories, hype, different offerings and clarify in a well laid out, logical thinking through process what open innovation can clearly help to resolve their barriers or pain points. we might be guilty of being the old fashion medicine man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_man) offering cure-alls and over simplifying.

]]> By: Paul Hobcraft http://www.15inno.com/2009/08/05/the-dinosaurs-of-open-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Paul Hobcraft Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:18:32 +0000 http://www.15inno.com/?p=669#comment-326 I wanted to add to my comments that your actions to take from your dinosaurs of open innovation article to begin the thinking through necessary might help by adding in the broad universe of innovation types (Geoffrey Moore’s Dealing with Darwin) as helpful in this. I wanted to add to my comments that your actions to take from your dinosaurs of open innovation article to begin the thinking through necessary might help by adding in the broad universe of innovation types (Geoffrey Moore’s Dealing with Darwin) as helpful in this.

]]> By: Mary Shek http://www.15inno.com/2009/08/05/the-dinosaurs-of-open-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Mary Shek Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:05:34 +0000 http://www.15inno.com/?p=669#comment-324 Thank you for a thought provoking article. I agree totally with you. In the public and not for profit sector, the issue is not so much IPR but being credited with the work. People may not share as resources are finite and funding/contracting climate may produce a competitive environment that prevents collaboration. Though, I am not convinced about this view - one can only succeed by not standing still and keeping innovating. How can I share you article with colleagues not on Linkedin? Thanks. Thank you for a thought provoking article. I agree totally with you. In the public and not for profit sector, the issue is not so much IPR but being credited with the work. People may not share as resources are finite and funding/contracting climate may produce a competitive environment that prevents collaboration. Though, I am not convinced about this view – one can only succeed by not standing still and keeping innovating.

How can I share you article with colleagues not on Linkedin? Thanks.

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