"Thought provoking atricle in summary:
"Sharing knowledge is not about giving people something, or getting something from them. That is only valid for information sharing. Sharing knowledge occurs when people are genuinely interested in helping one another develop new capacities for action; it is about creating learning processes.""
"BMW AG, through what it calls its Virtual Innovation Agency, invites ideas from "small and medium-sized innovative companies" on the Web site bmwgroup.com/via."
" "These days, more than ever, size matters in the innovation game," said John Kao, a former professor at the Harvard business school and an innovation consultant to governments and corporations.In its economic recovery package, the Obama administration is financing programs to generate innovation with technology in health care and energy....."
" Experienced based design (ebd) is a new way of bringing patients and staff together to share the role of improving care and re-designing services. It is being developed by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement as a way of helping frontline NHS teams make the improvements their patients really want."
" The service sector is growing at a fast rate and competitive advantage is gained mainly through development of innovative services. Understanding Service Innovation has become an imperative, a critical competence.
We have joined forces with our partner KnowledgeBoard to co-edit the publication: "Supporting Service Innovation through Knowledge Management - Practical Insights & Case Studies""