what's the most important thing to enjoy results from open innovation?

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Open Innovation

What’s the most important thing to enjoy results from Open Innovation?

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“What matters is to solve the right problem”- Andreas Bechtolsheim, “The Process of Innovation”

This is the problem.We solve this.

The key to unleash the power of Open Innovation is to figure out what’s the right problem.

Problem

This is our vision.Let’s share the future

In other words, the key is to share the concrete vision.

ConcreteVision

If you CAN’T do it and you have to follow someone’s vision, then what you can be, at best, is just a supporting player of the innovation.

internal technology base

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non-technology part

The whole point of Open Innovation is to turn the raw stones up into top-notch innovation by connecting various elements.

“Creativity is just connecting things”- Steve Jobs

How to create a solution?

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non-technology part

If you get the right problem, then you can lead this process. And most probably, you will be the lead role of the innovation.

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new business

other firm’s business

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So, the most important thing for Open Innovation is to figure out what’s the right problem.

“Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want, and then go with it.Don’t do market research”

- Akio Morita, Sony co-founder

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