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Your Adjacent Possible – It’s Bigger Than You Think
Why didn’t Leonardo da Vinci invent the helicopter? In the 1480’s he drew a vertical flight machine. His notebooks reveal that he built small models of it. So why wasn’t he the first person to make a helicopter?
Posted in Innovation, Open Innovation, Uncategorized
Tagged adjacent possible, business, collaboration, communicate, innovation, network, open innovation, people, social, technology
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Loose Connections Stimulate Innovation
How many friends do you have? How many acquaintances and contacts? 5, 50, 150, more? Often innovation is about making unexpected connections. A diverse network of contacts increases our chances of making these connections. Your network is a great asset … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Innovation, Open Innovation, Social Media
Tagged collaboration, connection, innovation, network, open innovation, participation, social
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Creativity is a Feeling
Have you read Making is Connecting by David Gauntlett? It’s a great book about creative collaboration and how this enhances creativity, creates a sense of community and improves individual happiness. If you are interested in creativity, collaboration and change I’d … Continue reading
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Tagged collaboration, communicate, creativity, feeling, network, social
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Twitter: The Amplifier and the Fishing Rod
I was speaking with the social media director of a large company recently and he described Twitter as the amplifier in the social media system. His company posts interesting content into different platforms (Facebook, Pinterest, blogs etc.) They know it will … Continue reading
Enterprise Social Networks: Build It and They Will Come (Maybe)
Enterprise social networks (like Yammer or Jive) are great for sharing information, having conversations and developing ideas. I seen a number of businesses implement enterprise social networks. I know that some of them have been disappointed with the outcomes. They’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged collaboration, communicate, enterprise, ESN, Jive, network, people, social, Yammer
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Capture the Creative Energy of Everyone in your Organisation
Have you thought of running innovation challenges? They can: solve your most pressing problems increase productivity, reduce costs capture the creative energy of everyone in your organisation They’re engaging, interesting and motivating.
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Tagged challenge, collaboration, costs, idea, innovation, motivation, productivity, social
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Time your Tweets for Maximum Impact
When you Tweet has a big impact on how effectively you get your message across. If you’re organising a Tweet campaign you have to think about your tatget audience. Ask yourself when they will be most receptive to the message … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Open Innovation, Social Media
Tagged collaboration, communicate, open innovation, social, technology, tweet
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Social Creativity = People + Appropriate Technology
Crowdsourcing, collaboration, co-creation – there’s a lot of interest in how to involve more people in creative processes. It is often referred to as ‘social creativity’. But do we really understand how to combine people, technology and creativity to generate new solutions? … Continue reading
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Tagged collect, communicate, creativity, explore, innovation, people, relate, social, technology
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Action for Innovation 