Siemens report on Open Innovation

Siemens have published a detailed report on Open Innovation.  It contains many interesting points including a report from Grant Thornton on the sources of ideas.  Their survey revealed that the best sources of ideas were as follows as rated by percentage of respondents:

Customers                              41%

Heads of Business Units           35%

Employees                              33%

Internal R&D                         33%

CEO                                      27%

Partners & Suppliers               26%   

Sales                                    17%

Do you work with customers on a systematic basis as a source of innovation?

Paul Sloane