As Tom Cruise sported the infamous “Vince” t-shirt, slamming sequential billiards balls to their rightful homes, Eric Clapton sang it oh so well… It’s in the way that you use it. Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing have arrived in the sense that we are no longer talking about theoretical strategy and the near-mystic wonderment of the ‘wisdom of the crowds’ miraculously solving a hard problem for you. Thankfully, the discussion is rotating to execution, innovation management of community platforms, and the like. We have said it before and we will continue to be non-shy about proclaiming that Open Innovation takes work! It is, without a doubt, a very different type of work – one that leads to scale and productivity unmatched by any traditional innovation methods – but, work for you to understand, scale, and master nonetheless. To play catch-up on this discussion, read these two select pieces linked below and we suggest you download the free TopCoder book; “10 Burning Questions”, also linked below.
To read the full, original article click on this link: The 5 Traits of Effective Open Innovation Leaders - TopCoder, Inc.
