co>innovative has been lying dormant for far too long, I realize. My intent was never to write all the time but to create more substantive posts and articles every once in a while in order to think through and consider the goings on around the topics of crowdsourcing, lead users, outside innovation, and customer [...]
Taking a break from the multi-part series, I thought I would cover a bunch of interesting goings on in the areas of crowdsourcing, lead users, and outside innovation. Read and enjoy.
Eric von Hippel speaks at MIT about Lead Users (Video: Part 1 and Part 2):
Lead users in certain segments are working together to drive the [...]
… so this time I have an excuse for not posting for weeks on end. And now I’m in New York starting my internship at FiLife, a joint venture between Dow Jones and IAC. More fabulous co>innovative type content soon.
How to Laser cut a cake
Ronen Kadushin offers up some Open Designs. Why not download a CAD of a design you like, upload it to Ponoko, and get the parts shipped to you — at a now-reduced price?
To follow on to my last post: A great list of Open Innovation projects and another list of [...]
My former co-workers at Forrester, Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff have completed a book called Groundswell that will be published in April. The book focuses on how firms should understand and work within the social computing environment. They have been blogging about it, discussing it with clients, and generally vetting their thought process throughout. Knowing [...]
These guys have done some amazing iPod accessory design work. Mophie (now owned by mStation) also put into practice a concept I have been noodling over for a while now: involving end users in an interative design and voting process to produce innovative, niche products. They first rolled out an early form of what they call their Illuminator process at Macworld 2007.
I’ll be traveling for the next few weeks, so don’t expect any brilliance until July.
