Comments on: Why Challenges are Vital to Problem Solving in the 21st Century http://blog.innocentive.com/2009/11/18/why-challenges-are-vital-to-problem-solving-in-the-21st-century/ Highlighting Global Open Innovation Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:56:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Part 1 – Three Innovation Distinctions | Innovation Excellence http://blog.innocentive.com/2009/11/18/why-challenges-are-vital-to-problem-solving-in-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-216005 Part 1 – Three Innovation Distinctions | Innovation Excellence Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:27:54 +0000 http://blog.innocentive.com/?p=582#comment-216005 [...] Good challenges must adhere to the Goldilocks Principle. That is they can’t be too big (broad, novel, abstract – e.g., asking for new ideas) or too small (overly specific). They must be “just right.” As Dwayne Spradlin said in his InnoCentive blog entry on the topic: [...] [...] Good challenges must adhere to the Goldilocks Principle. That is they can’t be too big (broad, novel, abstract – e.g., asking for new ideas) or too small (overly specific). They must be “just right.” As Dwayne Spradlin said in his InnoCentive blog entry on the topic: [...]

]]> By: Numbers Scovell http://blog.innocentive.com/2009/11/18/why-challenges-are-vital-to-problem-solving-in-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-90273 Numbers Scovell Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:42:37 +0000 http://blog.innocentive.com/?p=582#comment-90273 Hello I enjoyed your article. I feel that it is crucial when talking about diabetes to at least mention natural remedies that have been shown to be efficient in controlling high blood glucose. Numerous natural herbs can be including in a diabetics treatment that can help maintain a healthy glucose level. Hello I enjoyed your article. I feel that it is crucial when talking about diabetes to at least mention natural remedies that have been shown to be efficient in controlling high blood glucose. Numerous natural herbs can be including in a diabetics treatment that can help maintain a healthy glucose level.

]]> By: Three Innovation Distinctions (part 1) | Business Innovation Speaker and Consultant Stephen Shapiro http://blog.innocentive.com/2009/11/18/why-challenges-are-vital-to-problem-solving-in-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-20954 Three Innovation Distinctions (part 1) | Business Innovation Speaker and Consultant Stephen Shapiro Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:52:41 +0000 http://blog.innocentive.com/?p=582#comment-20954 [...] Good challenges must adhere to the Goldilocks Principle. That is they can’t be too big (broad, novel, abstract – e.g., asking for new ideas) or too small (overly specific). They must be “just right.” As Dwayne Spradlin said in his InnoCentive blog entry on the topic: [...] [...] Good challenges must adhere to the Goldilocks Principle. That is they can’t be too big (broad, novel, abstract – e.g., asking for new ideas) or too small (overly specific). They must be “just right.” As Dwayne Spradlin said in his InnoCentive blog entry on the topic: [...]

]]> By: dave davison http://blog.innocentive.com/2009/11/18/why-challenges-are-vital-to-problem-solving-in-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-20213 dave davison Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:44:16 +0000 http://blog.innocentive.com/?p=582#comment-20213 Dwayne: Defining the Challenge is truly at the heart of the InnoCentive process and, in my experience, can greatly benefit from the inclusion of a master graphic facilitator in the design team. Because the diverse talent necessary to evolve an excellent challenge may be distributed geographically, the ability to convene the challenge design team virtually via the web and to include a master graphic facilitator ( a super whiteboarder) to support the Challenge design team offers an innovative way to address the Challenge Design process..The visualization of the Challenge Design process offers not only a real-time method for recording the thoughts of the design team, but also a post-facto archive for analyzing the Challenge design process and consistently improving it. I applaud your creation of TPRs to accelerate and enhance collaborative solution development. Here, too, integrating the support of a master visualizer could be as valuable to the solver teams as it is to Challenge designers. The other comments to this post reinforce the value of the Team concept for both Seekers and Solvers which, I believe, profoundly differentiates the InnoCentive process from "crowd sourcing" and the dependence on individual Solvers scattered across the web. Properly supported, teams composed of diverse talents will often do a better job than isolated individuals, however innovative they may be. I like your long form blogging method - and your active response to commentary I can see the benefit to InnoCentive and its clients that this continuing conversation provides. Dwayne: Defining the Challenge is truly at the heart of the InnoCentive process and, in my experience, can greatly benefit from the inclusion of a master graphic facilitator in the design team.

Because the diverse talent necessary to evolve an excellent challenge may be distributed geographically, the ability to convene the challenge design team virtually via the web and to include a master graphic facilitator ( a super whiteboarder) to support the Challenge design team offers an innovative way to address the Challenge Design process..The visualization of the Challenge Design process offers not only a real-time method for recording the thoughts of the design team, but also a post-facto archive for analyzing the Challenge design process and consistently improving it.

I applaud your creation of TPRs to accelerate and enhance collaborative solution development. Here, too, integrating the support of a master visualizer could be as valuable to the solver teams as it is to Challenge designers.

The other comments to this post reinforce the value of the Team concept for both Seekers and Solvers which, I believe, profoundly differentiates the InnoCentive process from “crowd sourcing” and the dependence on individual Solvers scattered across the web. Properly supported, teams composed of diverse talents will often do a better job than isolated individuals, however innovative they may be.

I like your long form blogging method – and your active response to commentary I can see the benefit to InnoCentive and its clients that this continuing conversation provides.

]]> By: Leon Benjamin http://blog.innocentive.com/2009/11/18/why-challenges-are-vital-to-problem-solving-in-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-19934 Leon Benjamin Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:09:44 +0000 http://blog.innocentive.com/?p=582#comment-19934 Dwyane - I think Innocentive is to be congratulated for this work because; "A company’s future depends less on the nature of its issues, and more about its capacity to invent social structures able to solve them" Jean Francois Noubel Enjoyed the GE story which reminds me of another quote; “Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought.” Albert Szent-Györgyi Nobel Laureate (1893-1986) On a slightly tangential note, years ago an executive coach told me he worked with a CEO of a Scandinavian biotech company who's mission statement went something like this; "We will discover a cure for diabetes and then go out of business". Winning by sharing? Dwyane – I think Innocentive is to be congratulated for this work because;

“A company’s future depends less on the nature of its issues, and more about its capacity to invent social structures able to solve them” Jean Francois Noubel

Enjoyed the GE story which reminds me of another quote;

“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought.” Albert Szent-Györgyi Nobel Laureate (1893-1986)

On a slightly tangential note, years ago an executive coach told me he worked with a CEO of a Scandinavian biotech company who’s mission statement went something like this;

“We will discover a cure for diabetes and then go out of business”. Winning by sharing?

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