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Just a quick post that I thought might interest the more innovative or innovation hungry readers of this blog ...In a recent Economist technology quarterly, I found the list of this year's Economist innovation awards . Here, it is less a question of collective rather than individual innovation ...as the Economist states : " One of the chief ways in which intelligence presses forward is through innovation , which is recognised as one of the most important contributors to economic growth. Innovation , in turn, depends on the creative individuals who dream up new ideas and turn them into reality".
The awards are spread across various categories, from bioscience, to corporate use of innovation , via computing, energy & environment, business-process innovation , consumer products and no boundaries...To name but a few :
- Mike Lazaridis, founder of Research in Motion won the computing and communication award for the development of the Blackberry Mobile email device.
- Shigeru Miyamoto, of Nintendo , won the Consumer Products category for "his leading role in shaping the video gaming industry" (Donkey Kong to Wii...).
- NR Narayana Murthy, won the Business-process innovation award for his role leading Infosys into the forefront of India's computing services industry.
And the final winner I wanted to mention was for the Corporate use of innovation award. Procter & Gamble won this one for its 'pionneering use of the open-innovation model in its " Connect + Develop" programme to find ideas for new products outside the company '...
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Yes, at last, CACO , and a little outside the box innovation ...not dependent on one creative individual but many individuals being driven by a creative idea to produce Me² or We²...
For more insights into Collective Creatives, outside the box innovation and all that, check out Imagination 3.0 written by Brice Auckenthaler & Pierre d'Huy (www.experts-consulting.com )

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