How to leverage digital tools and techniques to speed innovation?

1. Rapid Combinatorial Innovation Excerpts for Digital Strategy Council (DSC) Forum Dr. Augustine Fou March 31, 2010.

2. How can we leverage digital tools and techniques to speed innovation? March 31, 2010.

3. Example: Amass Content Leveraging the community to create and accumulate content March 31, 2010. 500 million videos 3+ billion photos

4. Example: Police and Refine Content Leveraging the community to filter and refine content March 31, 2010. Community edits and refines the content over time Community polices itself via “ flag as inappropriate” link

5. Example: Filter and Prioritize Content Leveraging the community to provide context and prioritization March 31, 2010. Users submit reviews that help others filter and prioritize Reviews of reviews help bubble up the most useful ones

6. Example: Problem-solve collectively Leveraging the community to problem-solve and create March 31, 2010. Crowdsourced design Collective problem-solving to tackle difficult challenge

7. Innovation takes inspiration from the strangest places…. March 31, 2010.

8. March 31, 2010. Prof. Michelle Khine “ I got the idea for shrink-manufacturing nanomaterials from a childhood toy – Shrinky Dinks” Shrink-manufacturing of nanomaterials

9. March 31, 2010. Prof. Robert S. Langer “ In an auto-body shop I saw them repair a dent by heating the area; a lightbulb went on that I can do the same with shape-memory plastics.” Self-tying micro-sutures

10. … innovation takes constant collaboration among different disciplines March 31, 2010.

11. March 31, 2010. Bill Moggridge CEO, IDEO “ We set up project rooms around the periphery of our open office and individuals from different disciplines go in and provide their perspective and contribute ideas and solutions.” IDEO project rooms

12. … great ideas are a dime a dozen, but efficient execution and speed to market are keys to winning. March 31, 2010.

13. March 31, 2010. Ben Verwaayen CEO, Alcaltel-Lucent “ We need to change our mindset from supply-driven innovation to demand-driven innovation – what do customers want and how quickly can we make it for them?” Speed to market is of the essence

15. Lexicoseonomic Analysis™ A process to determine optimal words to use in scientific communications What are the words people use when they search? March 29, 2010. CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION- DO NOT DISTRIBUTE