2013 02-07 local open innovation and the seeking solutions approach - tim lecture draft v1
- 1. Ottawa - February 7th 2013 Philippe Dancause, Yahya Baby Christophe Deutsch & Frank Piller*
- 2. Introduction Local open innovation Why local open innovation? Open innovation Broadcast search Success criteria for openness: Intimacy factor A definition for local open innovation How to implement Local open innovation: Seeking Solutions approach The concept Quebec Seeks Solutions 2010 highlights Other examples Conclusion Questions A taste of the Seeking Solutions Approach 2
- 3. 3 Why local open innovation?
- 4. 4 Innovation = disciplined problem solving
- 5. Open innovation = Increasing the productivity of problem solving http://www.flickr.com/photos/midnight-digital/2825160379/sizes/o
- 6. Open innovation is the use of purposive inflows and outflows of knowledge to accelerate internal innovation, and expand the markets for external use of innovation, respectively Henry Chessbrough 7
- 7. 8 Open innovation is the formal discipline and practice of leveraging the discoveries of unobvious others as input for the innovation process through formal and informal relationships. *Note: the informal relationships constitu Frank Piller the "innovativeness" of open innovation
- 8. Opening Innovation openness to outsiders = new ideas – new visions – breakthrough
- 9. 11 Open = broad, free, undefined, distributed, shared
- 10. 13 How to make these connections?
- 12. 15 Broadcast Search "Seeker" broadcasts a (technical) problem to an undefined (and generally large) network of "solvers" in form of an open call 15
- 13. 16 From market places (for technologies) to problem places for solutions 16
- 14. 17 But how open is open enough? Or can there be too much openness?
- 15. 19 Intimacy or: The power of Q
- 16. 20 Brian Uzzi, Northwestern U.
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- 18. Brian Uzzi, Northwestern University Research on composition of 2254 musical productions at Broadway (1945-1989), measurement of connectivity and ties between members of the production team. Calculation of social intimacy measure Q = How much do team members know each other already?
- 19. Successful musical: Q=2.6 Low Q (<1.4) vs. High Q (>3.2)
- 20. 24 Success factor for R&D: Creating (extended) teams for innovation with the right Q
- 21. 25 The case for going local
- 22. 26 Opening a domain to outsiders Broadcasting problems Providing a space for cooperation Enabling collaborations with the right Q An arena for local open innovation 26
- 23. 27 Local Open Innovation = Seeking Solutions Approach
- 24. The Concept
- 25. 1 – Problem Sourcing *
- 26. 2 – Problem Selection
- 27. 3 – Problem Broadcasting
- 28. 4 – Seeking solutions workshop
- 29. QSS 2010 edition Highlights • 9 companies / 10 problems • 175 participants (paying 200$ to participate) • Results : • 60% of the seeking companies have stayed in contact with people met during the event near to one year after the event • The largest perceived impact is the networking • Real business opportunities appeared : at least three contract have been signed • 50% of the seeking companies are actively working on solutions suggested during the event and collaborate with partners met during the event.
- 30. Kruger’s problem: finding a new product • A problem with critical consequences • Finding innovative applications using offline coaters or the manufacturing plant in Trois Rivières closes down • The solution: • paper tarpaulin instead of plastic • Opening to outsiders of the domain: agro-environment • Proof of concept in the field : feasibility has been demonstrated • .5 M$ grant for a project between Kruger, FPInnovation and IRDA and 3 other industrial partners
- 31. QSS 2012 edition Highlights • 9 Seeking companies, • 162 potential solvers over 2 days • Results: • Real solutions • A complex problem solved thanks to a very simple idea with a simple tool (commodity in another industry) • Real business opportunities • Solution that helps a SME saving costs and creating new sourcing strategy • Side effect: cultural changes inside the participating companies • 7/9 of company would participate again • Networking
- 33. « I got a lot of very fruitful contributions today. The more we advanced in the day, the simpler the solutions became. I would never had thought this type of exercise would go that way. I liked it a lot. I came with a white page and I leave with 4 potential solutions. That’s very promising ! Thanks for the process » Jo Lanoë - Textiles Techniques Chaudière-Appalaches
- 34. ISPIM Seeks Solutions • Workshop during the Innovation management conference in Barcelona • 13 problems submitted • 5 problems selected • A new way to increase the energy in a conference!
- 35. Benefits & Outcomes • For the Seeker s • New way of solving pr oblems • Networ king • Tr y Open innovation • For the solver s • Networ king • Business oppor tunities • Visibility • For a Region / confer ence / Consor tium / Company • Incr eased value cr eation • Incr eased collabor ation • Incr eased capabilities to quickly solve all sor ts of pr oblems http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotorita/2313873355/sizes/l/
- 36. From a collection of intelligences to a collective intelligence
- 37. W ant to tr y it ? • For your r egion • Inside your own Company • In a cluster • Dur ing a confer ence Contact us at info@enmodesolutions.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/b-tal/116220689/sizes/l/
- 38. Questions 45