Open Innovation

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Strategy

Foundational Lexiconoutside ideas
Executive Parlancedistributed R&D
Scholarly Discoursepermeable innovation
Babel ZenithOpen Innovation
Origin: Henry Chesbrough

Etymology & Meaning

Using external ideas alongside internal ones.

In the Boardroom

Partnering with startups instead of building everything in-house.

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