In many publications that you find, “Open Innovation” is a buzzword. In many publications, examples from industries such as the Fast Moving Consumer Goods are rehashed for the umpteenth time. So it is quite refreshing and stimulating when an organization from a lesser-known industry (with respect to the proliferation of Open Innovation cases) opens its door and provides an in-depth …
Report from the German flagship conference on Open Innovation
At the end of September, leading Open Innovation practitioners from the German-speaking countries gathered for the annual flagship conference, organized by Germany’s leading business daily, the HANDELSBLATT. The speaker panels included some of the best firms from the German-speaking countries, including Bayer, Beiersdorf, Deutsche Bank, Nestlé, smatch.com, Volkswagen and Wittenstein (one of Germany’s “hidden champions”). The international perspective on Open …
Flagship conference on German Open Innovation coming up
Like last year, I worked this year again with HANDELSBLATT, the leading German business daily, to set up the annual flagship conference on Open Innovation in Germany. We won a host of leading Open Innovation firms fort he speaker panel. Besides myself, there will be presenters from