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Where Open Innovation Stumbles

Harvard Business Review

A recent project we did for FVA, a branch of the German trade association VDMA for companies that provide drive-train systems and components, bears this out. Or: "the technology is close, but not quite developed enough." They're more fully developed, further along the R&D timeline, and often easier to modify for your application.

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Five Good Reasons to Champion Auto-Analytics in Your Organization

Harvard Business Review

Nike believes so strongly in the growth and profitability of the "auto-analytic" market that it it's about to launch a " FuelBand " that measures oxygen consumption, motion, steps taken per day, and more. However, using personal data (emails, calendars, etc) and spreadsheets, some practitioners are developing personal yield management tools.