Comments on: McKinsey: “The next step in open innovation” http://www.michaeldolan.com/1223 Linux, Law, Open Source, and a Comedy of Errors Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:15:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: md http://www.michaeldolan.com/1223/comment-page-1#comment-24178 md Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:55:23 +0000 http://www.michaeldolan.com/?p=1223#comment-24178 I think one of the challenges is also in finding the right participants in the community that can give you the longer term view. A company should look at ways to segment based on near term and long term. I often see those offering long term input into a community get pushed away because they're "dreaming" or "there's not enough resources to do that", but these ideas should be capture. I also think the Blue Ocean strategy model fits in here well. These strategies often come from outside an organization. These are great comments John and Ash - keep them coming :-) I think one of the challenges is also in finding the right participants in the community that can give you the longer term view. A company should look at ways to segment based on near term and long term. I often see those offering long term input into a community get pushed away because they’re “dreaming” or “there’s not enough resources to do that”, but these ideas should be capture. I also think the Blue Ocean strategy model fits in here well. These strategies often come from outside an organization.

These are great comments John and Ash – keep them coming :-)

]]> By: Ash Seha http://www.michaeldolan.com/1223/comment-page-1#comment-24172 Ash Seha Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:32:45 +0000 http://www.michaeldolan.com/?p=1223#comment-24172 Hi Michael, I agree with your point about the "fifth challenge", and John Cooke touches on this notion as well: how can open innovation be used as a tool that addresses not only short-term needs but also long-term product and business model vision. Speaking as someone who works for an open innovation intermediary, I think a lot of the "magic" lies in a) how open to long-term thinking an organization already is, and b) how well vendors such as my company help the client to identify areas for innovation that address long-term strategic advantage, not just short-term pain alleviation. Hi Michael, I agree with your point about the “fifth challenge”, and John Cooke touches on this notion as well: how can open innovation be used as a tool that addresses not only short-term needs but also long-term product and business model vision. Speaking as someone who works for an open innovation intermediary, I think a lot of the “magic” lies in a) how open to long-term thinking an organization already is, and b) how well vendors such as my company help the client to identify areas for innovation that address long-term strategic advantage, not just short-term pain alleviation.

]]> By: John Cooke http://www.michaeldolan.com/1223/comment-page-1#comment-24166 John Cooke Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:20:12 +0000 http://www.michaeldolan.com/?p=1223#comment-24166 I completely agree with you on vision. Having responded to a number of RFPs on Nine Sigma I have been shocked to see how short sighted some organisations have been in terms of the way they frame their challenges. I take the point that these organisations may be looking for short term fixes to their current problems but even in this case, they way the problem is scoped can shut out major opportunities for product improvements which might actually be simple to introduce. I am also a bit concerned that the Open Innovation market, rather than opening things up for smaller innovators, actually seems to be being used as just another way for big companies to deal with each other. I completely agree with you on vision. Having responded to a number of RFPs on Nine Sigma I have been shocked to see how short sighted some organisations have been in terms of the way they frame their challenges. I take the point that these organisations may be looking for short term fixes to their current problems but even in this case, they way the problem is scoped can shut out major opportunities for product improvements which might actually be simple to introduce. I am also a bit concerned that the Open Innovation market, rather than opening things up for smaller innovators, actually seems to be being used as just another way for big companies to deal with each other.

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