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Babak Forutanpour on how to start a grass roots innovation program in a big company

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babak forutanpourHow do you start a grassroots innovation program within your company?

On this episode of the Big Bang Podcast we interview Babak Forutanpour, Founder of Qualcomm’s FLUX employee-run open innovation program and creator of @TheAryaBall.

A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to interview Babak to find out the story behind FLUX. …

Q&A: Babak Forutanpour on how to start a grass roots innovation program in a big company

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How do you start a grassroots innovation program within your company? In the following interview, you’ll learn how simple it really is.

I had the opportunity to interview Babak Forutanpour, the Internal Innovation Lead of Qualcomm’s Flux, an employee run open innovation program. In a wide ranging interview he shared with me his experience in starting an innovation program inside Qualcomm, as well as the fantastic results they’ve achieved. What started as an 8 person experiment, four years later is a global initiative.

Below, I’ve summarized some of the answers. …

Innovation must reads of the week: What really blocks innovation

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Innovation must reads of the week: What really blocks innovation

Storified by Jorge Barba· Sat, Jan 05 2013 19:51:03

Addressing the critical issues that block #innovation often at leadership level http://bit.ly/UN0W8B #innovate #innochatPaul Hobcraft
This point by @ BradFeld is just enormously important: Small Experiments, Often http://buff.ly/TzqhCZTim Kastelle
What really blocks #innovation. A new acronym: CARL, standing for clarity, alignment, resources, leadership http://innovateonpurpose.blogspot.com/2013/01/what-really-blocks-innovation.htmlJeffrey Phillips
Prof. Bill Duggan: 99% of #Innovation Methods are Based on a Brain Model We Rejected a Decade Agohttp://www.businessinsider.com/innovation-methods-based-on-bad-neuroscience-2013-1 via @businessinsiderColumbia B-School
Be Competitively Unpredictable! – first case in this video on making open innovation work http://ow.ly/gz7qoStefan Lindegaard
Another good post by @100open: Oblique #Innovation Strategies – http://bit.ly/VwboCcRalph-Christian Ohr
Why Business Models No Longer Last http://p.ost.im/p/epuCVSGreg Satell

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Innovation must reads of the week: 40 examples of open innovation and crowdsourcing

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Innovation must reads of the week: 40 examples of open innovation and crowdsourcing

Storified by Jorge Barba · Sat, Nov 24 2012 14:04:35

In case you missed it: Stop designing products, start designing behaviour spaces – http://bit.ly/ScimL3 #designthinking #innovationRalph-Christian Ohr
Are we on the cusp of big breakthroughs in "deep learning"? Think of S curve ramifications 4 other industries! #imd_mit http://nyti.ms/T4iv0nbill_fischer
How to Build an Innovative Culture http://p.ost.im/p/dh7nUpGreg Satell
40 Examples of Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing http://ow.ly/fu5ox #innovation #crowdsourcingStefan Lindegaard
Ripping post by @stevedenning What Killed Michael Porter’s Monitor Group? The One Force That Really Matters http://buff.ly/Ug8TkV cc @niloferTim Kastelle
3 Big Insights From Today’s Top Design Thinkers http://trib.al/utG6UqCo.Design

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Innovation must reads of the week: Why focus groups kill innovation

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Innovation must reads of the week: Why focus groups kill innovation

Storified by Jorge Barba · Sat, Oct 20 2012 13:08:50

New post at the intersection of #innovation, #complexity and #socbiz: Business Model Innovation as Wicked Problem – http://bit.ly/R2iavfRalph-Christian Ohr
Spreading the practice of #innovation, beyond idea’s alone http://bit.ly/ONuhjo #innovate #innochatPaul Hobcraft
What Xerox PARC Learned About Executing on Open Innovation http://s.hbr.org/V1qyBdHarvard Biz Review
Why Focus Groups Kill Innovation, From The Designer Behind Swiffer http://trib.al/ipA0utCo.Design
Why environment matters to #innovation http://innovateonpurpose.blogspot.com/2012/10/why-environment-matters-to-innovation.html We are all creatures of our environment and habitsJeffrey Phillips

 

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