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%

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Suggestion Schemes are the engine for your Innovation

Does your organisation have an effective employee suggestions scheme? An increasing number of organisations in the both private and public sectors are finding that they can drive innovation and reduce cost by moving their suggestion box from the office wall to the intranet.

Siemens Automation and Drives is a good example. They employ 400 people [...]

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