Our friends at Hult International Business School are ramping up for their annual Innovation Olympics and are in search of new clients that would like to leverage the collective brain power of diverse teams of MBA students. These students will work with participating companies to develop breakthrough business plans as they compete for Innovation Gold to come up with the most impactful idea. It's a great program that allows companies to benefit from external perspectives and receive valuable innovation input. Previous participants include Levi's, Verizon, GE, P&G, and Pfizer.

For more information on the Innovation Olympics, watch this video. 

 

Paul Tran: [Brightidea] from Brightidea on Vimeo.

On December 11th the Maven Open2012 brought the Open Innovation community to Silicon Valley to discuss the opportunities and challenges presented by OI and bridge the chasm between the most innovative place in the world, Silicon Valley, and the most important innovation management development in the past fifty years. 

Attendees learned about the roots of the OI movement, heard case studies from some of the world's largest companies on their OI successes, saw product demonstrations from the leading companies delivering services to OI professionals, and found out about the massive opportunities available to entrepreneurs creating solutions to help enterprises connect, collaborate, and develop new products.

Paul Tran, Director at Brightidea, was there to deliver the Brightidea Open Innovation overview including the vision of Innovation OnDemand, the Brightidea Innovation Grid, and how large organizations are using OI to solve their biggest challenges. You can watch the 9 minute replay on Vimeo.