Innovation

  • Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm, Henry Chesborough
  • Claudia Kotchka at P&G
    • User centric through a deep understanding of user habits, and needs physical and emotional.
    • Collaborative. Never work alone. There is no one right answer, so it’s not cheating to share information.
    • Abductive. Start with prototype solution and test it. Learn backwards and logic the way to explain the result.
    • Experimental. Prototype with visual and tangible models. It’s easier to discuss something you can see. It’s not the solution, but first of a continuous series, if possible solutions. The second version can be radically different.

Closed vs Open Innovation

  • Closed Innovation
    • Positive
      • Creates fortified castles
    • Negative
      • Dusty shelves of ideas
      • Frustrated inventors
  • Open Gate Reviews
    • Closed Evaluation Criterion: Standard measurements… customer needs; feasibility; specification conformance; cost; schedule etc.
    • Open Evaluation Criterion:
      • Look for new ideas, technology, concepts from outside
      • Move out ideas: spin-offs, licenses, technology sales
      • Self Reflection