TY - JOUR T1 - Editorial: Seeking Solutions (February 2014) JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2014 A1 - Chris McPhee KW - collaboration KW - employee entrepreneurship KW - entrepreneurial orientation KW - entrepreneurship KW - innovation KW - local open innovation KW - Open innovation KW - Seeking Solutions KW - technology adoption KW - value creation KW - virtual proximity PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 4 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/762 IS - 2 U1 - Technology Innovation Management Review Chris McPhee is Editor-in-Chief of the Technology Innovation Management Review. Chris holds an MASc degree in Technology Innovation Management from Carleton University in Ottawa and BScH and MSc degrees in Biology from Queen's University in Kingston. He has over 15 years of management, design, and content-development experience in Canada and Scotland, primarily in the science, health, and education sectors. As an advisor and editor, he helps entrepreneurs, executives, and researchers develop and express their ideas. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Editorial: Local Open Innovation (March 2013) JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2013 A1 - Chris McPhee A1 - Christophe Deutsch KW - collaboration KW - economic development KW - local open innovation KW - Open innovation KW - problem solving PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 3 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/663 IS - 3 U1 - Technology Innovation Management Review Chris McPhee is Editor-in-Chief of the Technology Innovation Management Review. Chris holds an MASc degree in Technology Innovation Management from Carleton University in Ottawa and BScH and MSc degrees in Biology from Queen's University in Kingston. He has over 15 years of management, design, and content-development experience in Canada and Scotland, primarily in the science, health, and education sectors. As an advisor and editor, he helps entrepreneurs, executives, and researchers develop and express their ideas. U2 - En Mode Solutions Christophe Deutsch is R&D Manager at Telops, an innovative company in the field of high-performance infrared sensors. He is responsible for the successful realization of product development and R&D projects. Previously, he was Vice President Operations at INO, an applied R&D centre in the field of optics, where he implemented project-management and technology-development processes and co-founded the RCR, a circle of R&D managers. Christophe has also worked for ABB Analytical Solutions, where he developed his competencies in system engineering and project management in several aerospace projects. As a member of ISPIM’s advisory board, he promotes innovation management to increase efficiency of R&D. In 2012, he co-founded En Mode Solutions. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Local Open Innovation: How to Go from Ideas to Solutions JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2013 A1 - Oscar Smulders KW - intellectual property KW - local open innovation KW - Maintenance Valuepark KW - Quest for Solutions KW - regional innovation ecosystem AB - Local open innovation can be used to create a powerful dynamic within a local multi-stakeholder environment. This article shares the experiences of setting up a collaborative innovation process in a regional initiative in the Netherlands. In the first phase of the process, a couple of interactive idea generating sessions have been organized. These so called Quest for Solutions sessions have not only generated a rich set of useful solutions, but they also created a positive vibe within the local community. Factors that have contributed to the success of the idea generation sessions are working around real-life problems involving people who are directly affected by the problem. The structure of the sessions with alternating phases of divergence, exploration, and convergence allowed for broad understanding of the problems, exploration of potential solutions, and working towards result-oriented value statements. Key challenges in translating the ideas into solutions have been determining the value case and dealing with intellectual property. Special attention is given to the notion of innovative contract design as a means of dealing with intellectual property in an environment of local open innovation. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 3 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/666 IS - 3 U1 - Minase Oscar Smulders is consultant for Minase, a company that focuses on creating strategic partnerships between companies, improving collaboration within supply chains, and setting up collaborative clusters and innovative networks. Oscar received an MSc degree in Business Economics from Tilburg University and an MBA degree at Université du Québec à Montréal. Recently, he has been involved as Project Manager in the development of the Maintenance Valuepark (MVP), and recently he has taken up the role of Innovation Manager for the Knowledge and Innovation Centre of the MVP. Development and sharing of knowledge, network learning, and creation of trust are his focal points. Oscar believes in a participative approach, working together with all relevant stakeholders in an open and transparent setting, and sharing knowledge and opinions in order to reach the best outcomes. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Problemsourcing: Local Open Innovation for R&D Organizations JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2013 A1 - Sally Davenport A1 - Stephen Cummings A1 - Urs Daellenbach A1 - Charles Campbell KW - crowdsourcing KW - local open innovation KW - Open innovation KW - problemsourcing KW - R&D AB - Open innovation and crowdsourcing are usually focused on using others external to the organization to solve your problems. How then do R&D organizations, who traditionally solve the problems of others, harness the benefits of open innovation and crowdsourcing yet maintain their mission and capabilities? "Problemsourcing" may provide the answer. In this mode of open innovation, the open call to the "crowd" of businesses is for them to suggest problems that, if solved by the R&D organization, could greatly enhance the business’ competitive advantage and therefore the nation’s economy. In this article, we describe a problemsourcing initiative developed by Industrial Research Ltd (IRL), a government-owned R&D organization in New Zealand. The "What’s Your Problem New Zealand?" competition promised NZ$1m worth of R&D services to the winning business. Using this case study, we map a range of benefits of crowdsourcing for R&D problems, including generating a potential pipeline of projects and clients as well as avoiding the challenge to the professional status of the organization’s research capability. A side-effect not initially taken account of was that, by demonstrating openness, accessibility, and helpfulness, the reputation of the research organization was greatly enhanced. The problemsourcing model provided by the "What’s Your Problem New Zealand?" competition represents a new strategic possibility for R&D organizations that complements their traditional business model by drawing on the openness that open innovation and crowdsourcing seek to leverage. As such, it can provide insights for other research organizations wishing to make use of the connectivity afforded by open innovation and crowdsourcing. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 3 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/665 IS - 3 U1 - Victoria Business School Sally Davenport is Professor of Management at Victoria Business School in Wellington, New Zealand. Her PhD in Chemistry was obtained at IRL’s predecessor organization and she has maintained close research relationships based on her scientific background. Sally’s research interests include the strategic management of innovation, interaction between innovation stakeholders in the commercialization of research and the discourse of scientific organizations. She has published in a range of journals including Research Policy, Technovation, Journal of Technology Transfer, R&D Management, Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice, Science & Public Policy, and Technology Analysis & Strategic Management. U2 - Victoria Business School Stephen Cummings is Professor of Strategy at Victoria Business School in Wellington, New Zealand. His research interests include the history of management and creative approaches to strategy development. His publications have appeared in Academy of Management Executive, Academy of Management Learning & Education, Business Horizons, Long Range Planning, Organization, and Organization Studies. His recent books include Recreating Strategy, The Strategy Pathfinder, Creative Strategy: Reconnecting Business and Innovation, and the forthcoming Handbook of Management and Creativity. U3 - Victoria Business School Urs Daellenbach is a Reader in Management at Victoria Business School in Wellington, New Zealand. His research interests focus on the resource-based view of the firm with a specific focus on contexts associated with R&D and innovation and where multiple diverse stakeholders may create advantages cooperatively. His publications have appeared in Strategic Management Journal, Long Range Planning, Industrial & Corporate Change, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Technology Transfer, and R&D Management. U4 - Victoria Business School Charles Campbell is a researcher at Victoria Business School in Wellington, New Zealand. Charles has a PhD in History from the University Canterbury. He is also a novelist and is currently based in the Otago region of New Zealand. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Quebec Seeks Solutions: An Economic Development Agency's Role in Local Open Innovation JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2013 A1 - Alexandra Berger Masson KW - collaboration KW - economic development KW - local open innovation KW - Open innovation KW - private research and development KW - Quebec Seeks Solutions AB - This article offers an economic-development perspective on a new method for local companies to find innovative solutions to their most challenging business problems: local open innovation. Quebec International, the economic development agency for the Quebec City area, contributed to the development of the Seeking Solutions approach to local open innovation, which included the hosting of problem-solving conferences with local research centres, economic development actors, and companies. Looking back on our experiences and outcomes since 2010, this article shows how the development and introduction of this new approach to local open innovation has changed the rules of the game in the region. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 3 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/667 IS - 3 U1 - Quebec International Alexandra Berger Masson is Director of Corporate Affairs at Quebec International, which includes responsibility for innovation projects. She has worked for Quebec International since 2008 and lived the second Quebec Seeks Solution experience as the Project Manager. In previous economic development roles with Quebec International she, managed projects in applied technology and technology entrepreneurship. She has a PhD in Philosophy and in Cognitive Sciences and has worked on the creation of an expressive language for artificial agents in the artificial intelligence domain. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Seeking Solutions Approach: Solving Challenging Business Problems with Local Open Innovation JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2013 A1 - Christophe Deutsch KW - broadcast of search KW - collaboration KW - crowdsourcing KW - local open innovation KW - Open innovation KW - Seeking Solutions AB - How can small and medium-sized enterprises try open innovation and increase their level of collaboration with local partners? This article describes a possible solution: the Seeking Solutions approach. The Seeking Solutions process consists of four steps: a call for problems, problem selection, problem broadcast, and a collaborative event. This approach has been successfully used for the Quebec Seeks Solutions events in 2010 and 2012 with concrete results and real impacts. By mixing open innovation and collaboration, the Seeking Solutions approach has introduced a new concept: local open innovation. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 3 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/664 IS - 3 U1 - En Mode Solutions Christophe Deutsch is R&D Manager at Telops, an innovative company in the field of high-performance infrared sensors. He is responsible for the successful realization of product development and R&D projects. Previously, he was Vice President Operations at INO, an applied R&D centre in the field of optics, where he implemented project-management and technology-development processes and co-founded the RCR, a circle of R&D managers. Christophe has also worked for ABB Analytical Solutions, where he developed his competencies in system engineering and project management in several aerospace projects. As a member of ISPIM’s advisory board, he promotes innovation management to increase efficiency of R&D. In 2012, he co-founded En Mode Solutions. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - TIM Lecture Series – Local Open Innovation and the Seeking Solutions Approach JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2013 A1 - Christophe Deutsch A1 - Philippe Dancause KW - local open innovation KW - Open innovation KW - Quebec Seeks Solution KW - Seeking Solutions PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 3 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/669 IS - 3 U1 - En Mode Solutions Christophe Deutsch is R&D Manager at Telops, an innovative company in the field of high-performance infrared sensors. He is responsible for the successful realization of product development and R&D projects. Previously, he was Vice President Operations at INO, an applied R&D centre in the field of optics, where he implemented project-management and technology-development processes and co-founded the RCR, a circle of R&D managers. Christophe has also worked for ABB Analytical Solutions, where he developed his competencies in system engineering and project management in several aerospace projects. As a member of ISPIM’s advisory board, he promotes innovation management to increase efficiency of R&D. In 2012, he co-founded En Mode Solutions. U2 - En Mode Solutions Philippe Dancause is a founding associate at both En Mode Solutions and Grisvert, and he is an owner at Groupe Dancause. He currently works with organizations that face challenges in identifying orientations and reaching their goals in a constructive and sustainable manner. For the last 15 years, he has been acting as a project-management expert, a business strategy consultant, an executive adviser, and a facilitator in the design and animation of collaborative processes. He works with private and public companies that are willing to use all their depth, experience, and diversity in order to innovate, reach new goals, and improve the world. His past assignments have been with local and multi-national companies, in Quebec, Europe, and the United States. ER -