This is an overview of some interesting open access papers published in the last two weeks!
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The University in 2040: 6 trends & an infographic.
On November 23, I had the honor of giving a talk at the NRC Live event for Education. I was scheduled immediately after Bert van der Zwaan, rector magnificus at the University of Utrecht. Van der Zwaan launched his book that day: the result of sabbatical he and his wife took in 2015. During that sabbatical they traveled the world and tried to speak with as many educational visionaries as possible. It led to the work: The University in 2040, does it still exist?
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Innovation Thinking Methods
A few weeks ago, a friend brought the book “Innovation Thinking Methods: disciplines of thought that can help you rethink industries and unlock 10x better solutions” from Osama A. Hashmi to my attention. I ordered it, read it and was impressed by the both the power and simplicity of the work.
The book is thin and comprehensible. In fact, it read like a weblog post enriched with interesting personal thoughts of the author and beautiful examples from his own perspective. What I most liked is the fact that it takes another approach then we’re used to see: the book is a random list of thinking methods that could be used when dealing with innovation as an entrepreneur. The list is not categorized, nor is there a structured process that guides you through the book, nor an analysis or an advice. And therefore it is mostly an inspirational book and a homage to disruptive, non-incremental or structured thinking; the fuzzy front-end of innovation. A non-methodological list of methods. Both an obeisance for the entrepreneurial-minded free-thinkers and experienced managers looking for a solution to create passion and change in an innovation team.
Read moreISPIM Conference Porto & ISPIM Grand Prize for Innovation Management Excellence
As a member of ISPIM, we’re proud to be part of the ISPIM 2016 Conference in Porto again.
Organised by ISPIM, and supported by ANI – Agência Nacional de Inovação (the National Innovation Office of Portugal), this event is for innovation researchers, industry executives, thought leaders and policy makers.
- Understand the latest innovation management thinking in 50+ workshops, keynotes, tours and discussions
- Broadcast your insights to 500 innovation experts from 50 countries
- Get feedback, get published and share understanding
- Deep dive into the Portuguese innovation scene
50+ Business Cases on Innovation & Entrepreneurship
During a course we developed at Avans University this winter, we asked students to gather relevant business cases on innovation and entrepreneurship in order to analyse them and prepare discussions around organization design. The course was based on the following model:
The Lean Scale-Up: Innovation & Entrepreneurship for New Ventures
Traditionally, organization design (OD) is an area of expertise focused on the roles and formal structures of organizations. The main goal of OD would be to design the organization in such a way that it makes it possible for the company to reach its vision and thus facilitates the growth.
Read moreThe Management of Creativity & Innovation
A short white paper of Dr Mahesh Dabre (University of Akola, India) about the human resource side of managing open innovation and creativity in organizations. Interesting reading.
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