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An ecosystem perspective on Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn

Ecosystem view based on investment styles Providing a perspective on this ecosystem must be seen in the context of a number of limitations. Business ecosystems …

Extract from banking case study in Built to Thrive

Innovation is under scrutiny in the financial services world as global competitive pressures force organizations to rethink their business models and operating environments. A changing …

Consistency and the conflicted view of customization

I once again ve’been running around London from meeting to meeting. The use of underground trains and forging your way through the masses of people …

Towards a more socially integrated innovation process

Innovation processes come in various forms and shapes, but there is an overriding view that open innovation based approaches have simplified the concept. In some …

Some ramblings on crowdsourcing

Two more examples of crowdsourcing approaches. I’ve spoken quite a bit about innovation related communities and ecologies over the last months. One component that is …

My take on the “The Myth of Crowdsourcing”

“Crowds don’t innovate–individuals do.” writes Dan Woods. Obviously, I think that Dan missed the point a bit as to what crowdsourcing really is! Let’s look …

A brief view on Idea and Innovation Management Software

Idea management and the associated innovation processes to realize ideas are concepts now well implemented across many different global organizations. It is quite a cluttered …

Emergent idea ecologies

The use of community oriented idea management systems has emerged as the primary means of managing useful ideas from customers, employees, competitors, and any other …

What to do during tough times – Innovate, Collaborate OR Protect?

Three bits of news seconds from each other got my attention today. You figure out what this means in light of these three Innovation Strategies: …

The relationship between the participative customer and economic customer

The role of the customer has evolved where the act of co-production plays a more dominant role than in the previous era. This has been …