Category: collaboration
The Cardiff University Innovation Network is a non-competitive, neutral space to solve problems and support cross-sector innovation by creating better connectivity and to support business-to-business as well as business-to-academic collaboration. Continue reading
Brainstorming, like online dating, is one of many tools in an innovation toolkit. Just don’t pump it full of unrealistic expectations or use it as a substitute for real work. Continue reading
I had coffee with a clever marketing and sales consultant recently and one of the topics we discussed was the impact of location on a group’s ability to innovate. At the time we spoke about getting people to think in new ways by getting people to think in new places. That is to say that if you always meet in the same places to try and be creative as a team, don’t you ultimately get the same types of thinking? Continue reading
A few Sunday’s ago, New York Times front page featured How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work about the loss of American jobs overseas and the implications for our middle class. I’ve been thinking about the second and third order effects of outsourcing, especially now that some companies are either doing or seriously considering insourcing. Continue reading
Social network analysis (SNA) – also referred to as organisational network analysis – is the mapping and measuring of networks and nodes in an organisation. It is gaining increasing currency as companies, despite the most noble of intentions, struggle to catalyse innovation internally. Continue reading
The real importance of this networking and business relationship development is the conversation and dialogue. Connecting. Continue reading
