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Ideas for Good – Toyota

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Toyota lauched Open Innovation Contest called “Ideas For Good”. Entrants can post ideas for 5 Toyota’s technologies: Total Human Model for Safety (THUMS) Hybrid Synergy Drive® (HSD) Solar Powered Ventilation System Touch Tracer Display Advanced Parking Guidance System (APGS) Ideas can be submitted here. Here is the video that describes the whole thing: Continue reading Ideas for Good – Toyota

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insights from entrepreneurship + innovation conference

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Two days ago, I attended and I give a presentation on a conference “entrepreneurship + innovation” in my hometown Osijek, Croatia. This was the 4th conference, but I attended for the 1st time and I’m very happy that I can say that it was very well prepared and very interesting event. In the first part we can saw the presenters talking about depressing and pesimistic state of croatian economy. Ok, now we finally admit that our country is in deep trouble. Second part was three paralel sessions and I was on the “Innovation” session. Presenters shown examples of entrepreneurship in … Continue reading insights from entrepreneurship + innovation conference

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students of economics and innovation

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Today, I had a lecture on Faculty of Economics for students of 4th year in the field of Entrepreneurship. I thought that they will not be too much interested for the topic of Innovation, but after the lecture I can say that I’m totally surprised. I got more questions and to-be-honest, more good questions, then those that I got on conferences with similar presentation. Students are particularly interested for the field of Open Innovation and they already have some ideas and they are looking for a way to realize it. Of course, they are full of enthusiasm but they also … Continue reading students of economics and innovation

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first attempt of open innovation in croatia

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First Open Innovation Initiative has started in Croatia. It’s started by political party HSLS (Croatian Social Liberal Party) and it’s focused for suggestions for Croatia’s Capital Zagreb. It is called: Suggest Zagreb! Suggestions can be sent by registrated users from following categories: Economy, Culture, Education, Science, Sport, Ecology, Tourism… Users can vote for suggestions and also special Committee is formed to judge about best ideas, which will be suggested to Zagreb’s City Parliament by HSLS. Not bad for first time, here is the link. Continue reading first attempt of open innovation in croatia

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ireland announce winners in their open innovation contest

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Open Innovation Contest in Ireland (your country your call) is over. They selected two winners: Neil Leyden with  “Irish Content Industry Association” (attract global content industries and make Ireland a global center for digital content) Cianán Clancy and Colm MacFhlannachadha with ‘The Data Island Strategy,’ (global digital services). Info about other finalists on Brightidea blog. Continue reading ireland announce winners in their open innovation contest

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10 tech-enabled business trends

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Interesting article in McKinseyQuarterly where they describe 10 upcoming tech-enabled business trends: 1. Distributed cocreation moves into the mainstream 2. Making the network the organization 3. Collaboration at scale 4. The growing ‘Internet of Things’ 5. Experimentation and big data 6. Wiring for a sustainable world 7. Imagining anything as a service 8. The age of the multisided business model 9. Innovating from the bottom of the pyramid 10. Producing public good on the grid The story of open innovation is part of some trends, also Cloud Computing(SaaS) take part in some. Innovating from the bottom of the pyramid is … Continue reading 10 tech-enabled business trends

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first workshop abroad

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I have done my “Innovations & Creativity Workshop” first time outside Croatia. The pleasure was to be in Budapest for 2 days in front of creative people who was interested to listen to my stories. The reaction is almost the same as in Croatia, inventor stories about silly innovations, accidental inventions and success stories was best accepted. Open innovation chapter was also very interesting and I’m now sure that everyone could be convinced that open innovations are future in many companies. Next thing that is always interesting wherever I am, are inspirational internet sites mentioned in last post (creativity avalanche). … Continue reading first workshop abroad

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creativity avalanche

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If you want to awake a creative person in yourself, here are the links that could help 😉 Learn Something Everyday: http://www.learnsomethingeveryday.co.uk One Word: oneword.com Idea a day: http://www.idea-a-day.com Inspire me, now!: szymon.tumblr.com Springwise: http://www.springwise.com PSFK: http://www.psfk.com Trendhunter: http://www.trendhunter.com Coolhunter: http://www.thecoolhunter.net Trendwatching: http://www.trendwatching.com Innovation Avalanche: http://www.trendwatching.com/trends/innovationavalanche.htm Ideas…: http://www.creativitypool.com Sell patents or ideas: http://www.newideatrade.com Top 20 trends for 2010: http://www.trendhunter.com/tv/trends-in-2010-forecast Ted – Ideas worth preading (Inspiracijske prezentacije) http://www.ted.com Continue reading creativity avalanche

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idea challenge by nokia

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The Growth Economy Venture Challenge by Nokia is the chance to win $1Million venture capital investment for realization of idea. They are looking for: “An idea that could truly change the way people use Nokia mobile devices. An idea that demonstrates how mobility can dramatically improve the lives of people who live in areas where the average income is under US$5/day. An idea that recognizes a good business opportunity can also contribute to “doing good.” Deadline is the end of July. Continue reading idea challenge by nokia