{"id":1479,"date":"2026-08-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiinstitute.hbs.edu\/future-proof-with-ai\/?p=1479"},"modified":"2026-08-13T10:52:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T14:52:02","slug":"open-and-user-innovation-conference-2026-democratizing-innovation-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aiinstitute.hbs.edu\/future-proof-with-ai\/open-and-user-innovation-conference-2026-democratizing-innovation-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Open and User Innovation Conference 2026: Democratizing Innovation, Again?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The HBS AI Institute\u2019s co-founder explains how AI is redrawing the boundaries of economics, talent, and innovation.<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, July 27, the HBS AI Institute\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbs.edu\/faculty\/Pages\/profile.aspx?facId=240491\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Karim R. Lakhani<\/a> opened the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.cvent.com\/event\/12f1b5f5-7420-426a-8010-983d46df68c0\/summary?environment=P2&amp;_gl=1*1bn8k53*_ga*NjEzMjg2NDM2LjE3ODIyMzQxMTE.*_ga_VMCMMCWZW0*czE3ODQ1Nzc0MDUkbzM4JGcxJHQxNzg0NTc3NDEzJGo1MiRsMCRoMjE0NTAyODM5\">2026 Op<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/web.cvent.com\/event\/12f1b5f5-7420-426a-8010-983d46df68c0\/summary?environment=P2&amp;_gl=1*1bn8k53*_ga*NjEzMjg2NDM2LjE3ODIyMzQxMTE.*_ga_VMCMMCWZW0*czE3ODQ1Nzc0MDUkbzM4JGcxJHQxNzg0NTc3NDEzJGo1MiRsMCRoMjE0NTAyODM5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">e<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/web.cvent.com\/event\/12f1b5f5-7420-426a-8010-983d46df68c0\/summary?environment=P2&amp;_gl=1*1bn8k53*_ga*NjEzMjg2NDM2LjE3ODIyMzQxMTE.*_ga_VMCMMCWZW0*czE3ODQ1Nzc0MDUkbzM4JGcxJHQxNzg0NTc3NDEzJGo1MiRsMCRoMjE0NTAyODM5\">n and User Innovation (OUI) Conference<\/a> with a talk connecting the rapid evolution of AI to a deeper shift in how expertise is created, distributed, and combined inside organizations. The starting point of \u201cDemocratizing Innovation, Again?\u201d was a mismatch: AI capabilities have been improving exponentially, while most companies are absorbing them linearly. To understand the consequences, Lakhani and his collaborators have sought to treat AI almost like a new pharmaceutical, one whose efficacy, side effects, and conditions for best use require rigorous testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aiinstitute.hbs.edu\/open-and-user-innovation-conference-2026-democratizing-innovation-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link to the HBS AI Institute Insight Article<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/w2uav08zvuuo44j2k3glb\/ABjeQaQdRpjaVZNhFo_PdaA?dl=0&amp;e=1&amp;preview=Open+and+User+Innovation+A+Hyperdeck_0001.mp4&amp;rlkey=8clo2c22udmv0650a1suqjax4&amp;st=l3rzbnws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link to the Research Paper<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/aiinstitute.hbs.edu\/#join-our-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date with HBS AI Institute news and research<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HBS AI Institute\u2019s co-founder explains how AI is redrawing the boundaries of economics, talent, and innovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19452,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_trash_the_other_posts":false,"rkv_hide_featured_image":false,"rkv_hide_page_title":false,"rkv_hide_abstract_shapes":true,"rkv_reduce_header":false,"hbsd3_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1217100542","hbsd3_featured_media_url_autoplay":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"tax_cop":[],"rkv-people-shadow":[],"insight_type":[],"class_list":["post-1479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Open and User Innovation Conference 2026: Democratizing Innovation, Again? 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