The iconic toymaker LEGO Group faces a crisis in the mid-2000s as increased competition and changing consumer habits threaten its business. Turning to its passionate customers, LEGO uses open innovation to reimagine its product development process and catalyze radical change within the company.
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Power to the People: How the City of Boston is driving civic innovation through crowdsourcing
The public can help fill gaps in government capacity and drive newfound productivity – but only if the city has the means to turn data into action.
Open Innovation at the Bank of Canada
The Bank of Canada’s implementation of open innovation through PIVOT.
Dealing with Changing Consumer Preferences in Traditional “Big-Beer”: Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Foray into Innovation and Disruption
Over the past decade, consumer preferences around the world have steadily shifted away from traditional light beers towards liquor and stronger flavor, artisanal craft beers. Large scale beer brewers are forced to pursue radical innovation in regaining its consumer base. Anheuser-Busch Inbev ("AB-Inbev"), the world's largest brewer is using big-data, open innovation and acquisitions to better position itself against these headwinds.
Teaching an Old Bank New Tricks: Open Innovation at Barclays
Who would you trust more for financial advice: 100 randomly selected people or Barclays, a 300-year old bank?
Sidewalk Labs Crowdsources Citizen Input for New Toronto Waterfront Development
To create the smart cities of the future, Sidewalk Labs shows that the way forward is to ask citizens what they want, long before construction gets underway.
NIVEA: Leveraging Open Innovation to Drive Product Development in a Race to be the World’s Leading Skincare Company
Utilizing open innovation to drive product development at NIVEA
Open Innovation Leads to an Understanding of the Building Blocks of Humanity
Genome sharing through an open information sharing platform presents an unprecedented opportunity for the future precision of medicine and health for the worldwide community
Chariot: Changing Transit through Crowdsourced Co-Creation
Chariot offers an innovative, yet simple solution to designing city commutes: asking their riders where they want to go.
Crowdsourcing at Adidas – Be The Designer
Crowdsourcing designs, machine learning, and efficient manufacturing processes have all been a part of Adidas' strategy for the future. With the help of open innovation the company has managed to turn its fortunes around and will be aiming to narrow the gap with Nike.