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A User's Guide to Open Strategy
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleA framework for opening up your company's strategy process to outside participants without giving away your game plan. -
The Middle Path to Innovation
Innovation & Leadership Magazine ArticleToo many companies are failing to innovate. One reason, say the authors, is the polarized approach companies take to innovation. At one end of the spectrum,... -
IDEO's CEO, Sandy Speicher, Asks: What Is an Office Even For Now?
Global Business Digital ArticleGive people a reason-not a regulation-to come in to the office. -
Nurturing Innovation
Innovation Magazine ArticleA great idea isn’t enough. Leaders must create an environment that allows teams to collaborate successfully over time. -
The New Corporate Garage
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleThe innovation revolution spurred by venture capitalists decades ago has created the conditions in which scale enables big companies to shift from shackling... -
Managing Performance When It's Hard to Measure
Organizational Development Digital ArticleYou need an individualized approach. -
Lessons on Customer Engagement from Fan Controlled Football
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThe esports venture uses blockchain to let fans call the shots in real time. -
How Biometrics Are Transforming the Customer Experience
Innovation Digital ArticleAs technology like facial recognition becomes more pervasive, companies need to prioritize privacy and security. -
How Yahoo Betrayed Its Users by Doing What They Asked
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleUnderstanding the outrage of Flickr users. -
Remote Work Has Opened the Door to a New Approach to Hiring
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe "open talent" model is suited to a future that increasingly prioritizes flexibility. -
How One Company Made Its Analytics Investment Pay Off
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleIt did six things right. -
Innovating in Uncertain Times: Lessons from 2022
AI and machine learning Digital ArticlePlus strategies for driving transformative growth in 2023. -
The Hidden Pitfall of Innovation Prizes
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleWhy winner-take-all prize structures increase churn among participants.
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Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani at avatarin (A) (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2016, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani, aeronautical engineers at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., began to wonder why, in a world of accelerating globalization... -
Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani at avatarin (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2016, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani, aeronautical engineers at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., began to wonder why, in a world of accelerating globalization... -
Presans: Building Business Models for Innovation Intermediaries
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Presans was founded in Paris, France in 2008 as an an open innovation intermediary, often referred to as an "innomediary." Using a specific business model... -
Maire Tecnimont: The Creation of NextChem
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Maire Tecnimont is an international leader in the engineering and construction of industrial plants. Since its founding in 1983, the company has expanded... -
Open Innovation at Fujitsu (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case study examines the open innovation journey at Fujitsu, a global information and communication technology company. The case ends with the location... -
Neeuro: Revolutionising Digital Therapeutics through Open Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case begins in January 2016. Alvin Chan, CEO of Neeuro, reflects on the company's three-year journey to bring their proprietary wearable technology... -
Victors & Spoils: "Born Open" (Multimedia Case)
Management Tool25.00View Details Victors & Spoils (V&S), located in Boulder, Colorado, was the first advertising agency built on open innovation and crowdsourcing principles from the... -
Cinetics: Fueling Entrepreneurial Innovations Through Crowdfunding
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details The case examines how the founder of a startup company came up with the entrepreneurial idea and used Kickstarter as a platform to establish and grow... -
The WeChat Ecosystem: Unleashing the Potential of the Long Tail to Stay Innovative
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case illustrated the business ecosystem of WeChat from two perspectives. From an external perspective, the WeChat ecosystem was part of Tencent's... -
The Antibiotics Crisis: Exploring and Maintaining Partnership Models
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case focuses on the antibiotics crisis / antimicrobial resistance, a global health challenge as described by the World Health Organization. It refers... -
SOFWERX: Innovation at U.S. Special Operations Command (Abridged)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details James "Hondo" Geurts, the Acquisition Executive for U.S. Special Operations Command was in the middle of his Senate confirmation hearing in 2017 to become... -
Xiaomi 2015: A Homegrown Apple in China?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The Xiaomi case explores how this Chinese startup leveraged ubiquitous connectivity and open innovation to revolutionize the mobile phone industry in... -
Curana: Managing Open Innovation for Growth in SMEs (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Curana BVBA was a small family-owned company in Belgium. In the 1990s, it was producing mudguards and fenders as an original equipment manufacturer for... -
Eat, Sleep, Innovate: How to Make Creativity an Everyday Habit Inside Your Organization
28.00View Details From the author of "The Little Black Book of Innovation," a new guide for using the power of habit to build a culture of innovation. Leaders have experimented... -
Open Innovation at Fujitsu (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details This add-on case study reveals the location decision that was made in front of the challenge presented in case study #616-034. The launch of the Open... -
BT Group: Managing Global Open Innovation
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Jean-Marc Frangos, Managing Director of Products & Services Research and Open Innovation at BT Group is looking to optimize the London-based telcom company's... -
The Ins and Outs of Open Innovation
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This technical note explores open innovation--initiatives that are executed with organizations or individuals outside the typical boundaries of the R&D... -
InnoCentive.com (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details InnoCentive.com, a firm connecting R&D labs of large organizations to diverse external solvers through innovation contests, has to decide if they will... -
Jaga: Managing Creativity and Open Innovation (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case W18557 Jaga suffered negative economic effects from the 2008 financial crisis. As the crisis persisted in 2011, management planned... -
Open Innovation at Siemens
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details The case describes Siemens, a worldwide innovator in the Energy, Healthcare, Industry, and Infrastructure & Cities sectors, and its efforts to develop...
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A User's Guide to Open Strategy
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleA framework for opening up your company's strategy process to outside participants without giving away your game plan. -
Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani at avatarin (A) (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2016, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani, aeronautical engineers at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., began to wonder why, in a world of accelerating globalization... -
Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani at avatarin (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2016, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani, aeronautical engineers at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., began to wonder why, in a world of accelerating globalization... -
Presans: Building Business Models for Innovation Intermediaries
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Presans was founded in Paris, France in 2008 as an an open innovation intermediary, often referred to as an "innomediary." Using a specific business model... -
Open Innovation for Wicked Problems: Using Proximity to Overcome Barriers
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleOpen innovation is a viable strategy to solve wicked problems. However, the complexity of these types of problems renders the management of open innovation... -
Partnering with Startups Globally: Distinct Strategies for Different Locations
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticlePartnering with startups is an important way by which large multinational corporations (MNCs) pursue open innovation. This article sheds light on distinctive... -
Maire Tecnimont: The Creation of NextChem
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Maire Tecnimont is an international leader in the engineering and construction of industrial plants. Since its founding in 1983, the company has expanded... -
Open Innovation at Fujitsu (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case study examines the open innovation journey at Fujitsu, a global information and communication technology company. The case ends with the location... -
Neeuro: Revolutionising Digital Therapeutics through Open Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case begins in January 2016. Alvin Chan, CEO of Neeuro, reflects on the company's three-year journey to bring their proprietary wearable technology... -
Victors & Spoils: "Born Open" (Multimedia Case)
Management Tool25.00View Details Victors & Spoils (V&S), located in Boulder, Colorado, was the first advertising agency built on open innovation and crowdsourcing principles from the...