The Different Types of External Collaboration for Innovation: Call for Authors

I am calling for co-authors and contributors to develop a white paper on the different types of external collaboration for innovation.

The idea:

External collaboration in the context of innovation can be many things with the most common approaches being labeled as open innovation, crowdsourcing and ecosystems. Let’s explore this field and identify the 5 most common approaches and provide a short guide on each so that we can help companies get better results and a higher impact when they work with external partners in their innovation efforts.

Some key questions:  

• What are the different types of external collaboration for innovation? What are the most common ones? What are the differences and similarities? When and why should which approach be used?

• What are the best cases on the most common approaches? What are the key learnings in these cases?

• What are the challenges for companies when they set out to build organizational capabilities for external collaboration? Internally and externally.

• How can companies get better results and a higher impact on their external collaboration efforts? What are our suggested actions for companies that want to improve their capabilities in this field?

This short description is just a discussion starter. Please share your thoughts and perspectives on the idea itself and the key questions so that we can all be aligned when we start writing this white paper.

Dates:

Early September: We are aligned on the short description. Contributors have stated their interest and how they can contribute. We start writing blog posts.

End of September: We have written 7-10 blog posts on the topic.

Early October: We extract the key elements from our blog posts and the comments on these. An editor – or a group of editors – work with Lindegaard to put the white paper together.

Mid October: First draft of white paper is presented. Changes are made. Graphic designer works on layout.

End of October: White paper is approved and published. Everyone helps on the promotion and marketing efforts.

Other notes:

This is an experiment to develop a process for our group. Please share your thoughts and perspectives on the process itself.

Get involved:

Read more about our initiative here: Authors and Organizers: Guidelines for Stefan Lindegaard & Friends

Apply to join here: Authors and Organizers – Stefan Lindegaard & Friends