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How small innovation teams hit the nail

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‘Small Is Beautiful‘ comes from a collection of essays by British economist E. F. Schumacher, first published in 1973. Championing small organizations, believed to empower people, asserting that ‘people can be themselves only in small comprehensible groups’, it strongly contrasts … Continue reading

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“Leading creative units to success” by Patrick Le Quément, Renault Design creator

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Patrick le Quément is a world famous Car Designer. As SVP Renault Corporate Design, his team’s products have included brillant and bold designs such as Twingo, Mégane and Mégane II  Scénic; the Espace models of 1994 and 1998; Kangoo; Laguna … Continue reading

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“From solitary genius to holistic approach” by Patrick Le Quément, world-class Design Manager

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Patrick le Quément is a world famous Car Designer. As SVP Renault Corporate Design, his team’s products have included brillant and bold designs such as Twingo, Mégane and Mégane II  Scénic; the Espace models of 1994 and 1998; Kangoo; Laguna … Continue reading

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“When drawing is thinking”, by Patrick Le Quément, Renault Design creator

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How did Patrick Le Quément embrace the Car Design profession, moving from Bauhaus functionalism to “drawing is thinking” personal belief? This is the story Patrick tells us in his own words. Once upon a time… Patrick le Quément is a … Continue reading

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Designing for Rapid Innovation

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Setting-up an agile organization for innovation is not enough: one has to get his innovation accepted by the core business, and the market. To tackle this issue and preserve speed, ‘innovation by component’, based on modular and collaborative design, brings … Continue reading

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Stimulate creativity: open-ended objects for brainstorming

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Fast prototyping is a well-known approach to test new concepts through partial completion. “Fail often, fail early, fail cheap” is the rapid prototyping credo, as well as  “don’t fail fast , learn fast” . But what if the prototype were … Continue reading

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Turn your Connected TV to a Smart TV

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Going trough the rise of Collaborative Innovation we discovered how Intelligent Things embrace open innovation paths and collaborative design approach: actually Intelligent Things become clever by operating socially. Last mile in our journey brings us to Smart TV. If TV becomes … Continue reading

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Unleash creativity, combining Social Innovation with Intelligent Things

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There are many examples where Intelligent Things embrace open innovation paths and collaborative design approach. One might actually ask: does Intelligent Thing have Social Innovation in its DNA, and what are the reasons for this relationship? How can we make Intelligent … Continue reading

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The rise of Social Innovation

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Social Innovation is happening through many forms. Strong drivers are here to last: new partnerships and revised value chains, user integration since early stage. The reverse loop from the user to the technology is involving an active collaborative design: users … Continue reading

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Is modular design the key to rapid innovation?

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In recent years, many firms have sped up their innovation processes, seeking to set-up a rapid innovation model. But can we protect the meaning and relevance of innovation while accelerating and increasing its impact? This is exactly the issue challenged … Continue reading

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Towards a new model for innovation: “design inside”! An interview with Brigitte Borja de Mozota

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Brigitte Borja de Mozota believes that working with designers is what made her a better manager. Design in management is her life’s goal as she tries to prove, convince, and share with people the “joy of working with designers.” She … Continue reading

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Luminous design for a bright Smart TV experience! An interview with Dale Herigstad

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What is the future of Smart TV? How to create a luminous design that will enlighten TV experience across devices, and make it really consistently Smart? Who could tell us the way better than Dale Herigstad. Dale is Chief Interaction … Continue reading

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“What Street Golf has to do with innovative design?” by Rodolphe Rosier, Innovation Expert

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Rodolphe Rosier is a proven Innovation Professional: he actually combines theoritical work through an academic thesis with innovation work on the ground at Axane, Air Liquide subsidiary dedicated to innvation, and Efficient Innovation, a consulting firm. He kindly accepted to … Continue reading

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Is there a Model for Rapid Innovation?

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Sharp innovation stemms from constant knowledge exchanges between technology, the markets, an innovation team, as well as other departments of the firm. The bigger you are, the more difficult it is to share active knowledge: how can we set-up a … Continue reading

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The learning innovator (3/3)

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We have recalled some learning organization concepts and analyzed 3 innovation use cases in the two previous posts (The learning innovator 1/3 and 2/3). I would like now to unfold a draft “learning innovator’s” role, and the  way he could follow … Continue reading