Article Idea:
Problems of Driving Innovation with Outside Resources
suggested by Peter Gremett on 2006/03/20
Ever since the internet bubble burst in the late 1990’s technology companies have struggled to stay alive. The globalization of the market has also added pressure to be the best in a world where change and innovation is needed in order to survive. As a result, it seems companies pull out all the stops to be innovative. “Innovate” can mean different things to different people. True innovation does not follow trends of the day but creates new paths for others to follow. In order to create innovative products companies have many resources at their disposal, such as internal product design teams, R & D teams, or outside resources. Companies often turn toward outside resources who frequently fail to provide new insight and are ineffective.
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Donna Maurer
165 Reputation points
Posted 2006/03/21 @ 05:22AM with
Innovation and the way it happens is very interesting (I even have a friend who is an innovation consultant).
But I cannot tell what you are proposing from this paragraph. Are you going to provide an outline of ways that different companies approach innovation; ways for practitioners to approach innovation; ways for us to encourage innovation in our workplaces…or something else. Where would your material come from?
Peter Gremett
18 Reputation points
Posted 2006/03/23 @ 15:31PM with
I am proposing an article that describes some of the pitfalls when companies choose to use outside resources to create innovation for a product. Particularly as it relates to an in house design team. The material would come from direct experience and observation working as principal designer / ui lead and seeing some great opportunities being hired out and left to deal with the fallout.
Peter Gremett
18 Reputation points
Posted 2006/04/02 @ 22:25PM with
Another point I had not thought of until recently is off-shoring UI design. This will certainly be something to watch as off-shoring becomes more and more prevalent.