Comments on: The Time is Ripe for Collaborative Innovation (Yes, Now) http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2008/11/12/the-time-is-ripe-for-collaborative-innovation-yes-now/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:23:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe McKendrick http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2008/11/12/the-time-is-ripe-for-collaborative-innovation-yes-now/comment-page-1/#comment-190542 Joe McKendrick Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:58:31 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=1207#comment-190542 Thanks for the input, Britton: Now, the same Harvard/MIT mandarins now keep telling us we'll be crushed by China and India... There's always doom and gloom right around the corner... I think the force that lifts us out of our doldrums time and time again is our innovative and creative energy... Our ability to rapidly innovate, tear down old business models and build new ones. Technology is a big part of the equation, but more importantly, the way we manage organizations to leverage new technology approaches. Silicon Valley/Rte 128 helped lead the boom of the 1980s (from a downturn early in the decade) and the Internet helped lead the boom of the 1990s. Will collaborative-driven 'open innovation' lead us to the next level of economic gain and prosperity? I'm confident it will play a role. Why limit innovative and creative energy to the walls of the enterprise? Thanks for the input, Britton:

Now, the same Harvard/MIT mandarins now keep telling us we’ll be crushed by China and India… There’s always doom and gloom right around the corner…

I think the force that lifts us out of our doldrums time and time again is our innovative and creative energy… Our ability to rapidly innovate, tear down old business models and build new ones. Technology is a big part of the equation, but more importantly, the way we manage organizations to leverage new technology approaches. Silicon Valley/Rte 128 helped lead the boom of the 1980s (from a downturn early in the decade) and the Internet helped lead the boom of the 1990s.

Will collaborative-driven ‘open innovation’ lead us to the next level of economic gain and prosperity? I’m confident it will play a role. Why limit innovative and creative energy to the walls of the enterprise?

]]> By: Britton Manasco http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2008/11/12/the-time-is-ripe-for-collaborative-innovation-yes-now/comment-page-1/#comment-190533 Britton Manasco Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:18:29 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=1207#comment-190533 That said, I'll bet the constraints associated with working in a more financially restrictive environment prove to be quite a driver for the open innovation movement. So I didn't want to diminish your larger point; I think you captured that quite well here. B That said, I’ll bet the constraints associated with working in a more financially restrictive environment prove to be quite a driver for the open innovation movement. So I didn’t want to diminish your larger point; I think you captured that quite well here. B

]]> By: Britton Manasco http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2008/11/12/the-time-is-ripe-for-collaborative-innovation-yes-now/comment-page-1/#comment-190501 Britton Manasco Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:05:51 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=1207#comment-190501 C'mon Joe. One more piece cutting down management for cutting costs in a downturn? Far too predictable. I like the case you are making for "open innovation," but shouldn't reduced costs be one of the virtues of this model? I remember back in the late 1980s when all these mandarins at Harvard and MIT were telling us we would be crushed by Japan and Europe because they spent so much more than us on R&D. Well, it didn't happen -- and it won't. The key was creating models of innovation that dynamically responding to customer interests and priorities. It wasn't about how much we spent -- or didn't spend. It's not about that now either. I'll bet there's room for some smart cutbacks. There almost always is. Britton Manasco <a href="http://www.brittonmanasco.com" rel="nofollow">Illuminating the Future</a> C’mon Joe. One more piece cutting down management for cutting costs in a downturn? Far too predictable. I like the case you are making for “open innovation,” but shouldn’t reduced costs be one of the virtues of this model? I remember back in the late 1980s when all these mandarins at Harvard and MIT were telling us we would be crushed by Japan and Europe because they spent so much more than us on R&D. Well, it didn’t happen — and it won’t. The key was creating models of innovation that dynamically responding to customer interests and priorities. It wasn’t about how much we spent — or didn’t spend. It’s not about that now either. I’ll bet there’s room for some smart cutbacks. There almost always is.

Britton Manasco
Illuminating the Future

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