Collaboration
Breaking through the ‘wall of corporation’
David Rajan, Oracle, tells how open innovation can remove corporate barriers and break through the ‘wall of corporation’.
Stepping into the innovation ecosystem
Dave Brown, BT, explains how the telecom giant is embracing corporate open innovation to forge new partnerships and generate new opportunities.
Why penguins have no commanding officer
Humankind is the only species that places its trust in a small group of "leaders" to determine the best direction for the whole group. Ken Thompson, explores whether we can learn a thing or two about leadership from nature's most successful teams.
Did ants invent the perfect system for communicating via mobile technology?
Ants have one of the oldest and most evolved forms of group communication, which has many features that today's mobile and virtual teams could benefit from.
Building bridges between design world Davids and multinational Goliaths
Our Corporate Open Innovation Challenge partners, P&G, BDI and Oakland Innovation, share their thoughts on the risks and rewards of open innovation.
Corporate open innovation - if it's so good why isnt everyone doing it?
If corporate giants like Apple and Nokia are embracing open innovation, why are many companies still "clinging to bricks-and-mortar R&D infrastructure," asks David Simoes-Brown.
He who shares, wins - the new way to ensure your company stays ahead
"Innovation today requires a collaborative, transparent approach - not building walls around your own company and seeking ways to keep others locked out," says IBM Vice President Communications, Exploration, David Yaun.
How social networks lead to innovation
Professor Ron Burt argues that social networks spanning the gaps in our existing social structure are key to innovation, and personal and commercial success.