Strong communication programs are important at any time within an organization, but never more so than when open innovation is your goal. Without a good communication strategy, your odds for success do not look good. To move forward, people need to know where to go and how to get there. Here are three reasons why communication is a critical element if you want to succeed with open innovation.

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What are the key questions that corporate innovation leaders must consider as they prepare to make important decisions related to the implementation of open innovation at their companies? I have compiled a list of questions that I would consider if I were in their shoes. It is not complete, but perhaps it can work as a discussion starter.

From a creative and innovative point of view – yes, it sounds pretty boring ;-) But, most would agree that a bit of structure and system could benefit you when seeking new ideas – and keeping track of them! In our new idea...

One starting place for determining how to use social media to add value to your innovation efforts is to look at what you hope to achieve. The list in the blog post can give you some inspiration for developing objectives for your use of social media.

We live in a time of economic uncertainty, when some EU countries are plunged in debt crisis, stock markets frighteningly fluctuate, and Purchasing Managers’ Index for the manufacture industry is at a two-year low across the...

If so, when will this take place and what will be the key drivers for this to happen? Reverse innovation is good example on what could happen – or is happening. Check links in the blog post and join the discussion on 15inno.com or here...

Of course they are, but innovation in Asia is different than what we see in the more mature (on innovation management) Western parts of the world. In this blog post, you can find some good excerpts from a book on Asian innovation.

The Management Innovation eXchange (MIX) is an open innovation project aimed at reinventing management for the 21st century. The premise: while "modern" management is one of humankind's most important inventions, it is now a...

Intellectual property rights used to be the key topic at open innovation conferences a few years back. Although still an important topic, this is no longer the case as companies mature on open innovation and find ways to deal with this. But perhaps I down...

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The front end of innovation process has always been “fuzzy”. There are no clear definitions and more often than not corporate innovation units work hard to improve this important phase of innovation. This blog post shares some perspectives on what might be a new kind of front end of innovation.

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Learn from a corporate innovator with lots of experience and great insights! **** What is innovation? Everybody seems to know – if you google innovation you get 230 million hits. So everybody knows what innovation is but everybody seems to mean something slightly different when talking about innovation.

I go to Silicon Valley as often as I can. It is a great place to get inspired about innovation and entrepreneurship as this is not just work there; it is a way of living. Here you get some views on what separates Silicon Valley from other places.