The main aim of opening up innovation is to optimize the process of creating innovations, while pooling human, financial and material resources. Various profiles of actors are thus brought together in order to collaborate to achieve common objectives and share their particular interests. This book describes the challenges of collaboration in the development of innovations in a context where the sustainability of value chains is central. The diversity...

Going on Offense is a powerful resource for anyone looking to transform their organization or themselves, exploring the key ingredients that fuel the mindset of companies dedicated to perpetual innovation and relentless experimentation. Based on a comprehensive seven-year study from Stanford University, Going on Offense provides an insider view into the transformative drivers of success displayed in 26 innovative organizations--including industry...

There is no impending threat of large-scale automation and displacement of human labor on the horizon. That's the conclusion reached by the authors after reviewing the research around smart machines in workplaces, and speaking with leaders in hundreds of organizations. In an adaption of their book Working With AI: Real Stories of Human-Machine Collaboration, they lay out where they see limitations of AI in the workplace and where practitioners can...

Innovation failures in dynamic environments usually track back to one or more tensions that are embedded in eight questions that leaders often struggle to answer. Leaders who get the answers right can transform the tensions from reductive to productive and not only tackle some of innovation's toughest trade-offs, but also significantly improve the odds of innovation success for their organizations.