Imke Slacik

What skills do we need for Open Innovation?

By rnd-admin
on 31 May, 2018

To be successful an OI team needs around forty specific skills covering the four stages of OI – Want, Find, Get, Manage – these skills fall into four categories: introspective, extrospective, interactive and technical.

How to implement open innovation: Lessons from studying large multinational companies

By rnd-admin
on 8 April, 2016

Open innovation is an innovation in itself and therefore has to be effectively managed right from the beginning if it is to be successfully implemented. This workbook, based on the the lessons of multinational organisations, aims to support...

Using the game 'Top Trumps' as a communications tool

Large R&D centric businesses have a huge asset in the vast experience that exists...
“Green Check Your Idea” – assess the environmental impact of innovation ideas

The Green Check Your Idea tool helps innovation managers prepare an initial assessment of...
The challenge of applying TRIZ tool kit for ideation

TRIZ (the theory of inventive problem solving) provides a logical approach to developing creativity...
Portfolio management tools and approaches

The aim of portfolio management is to ensure that a sensible set of innovation...
Valuing and comparing small portfolios

Many of the tools used in valuing and selecting projects are only really applicable...