People who sponsor collaborative innovation challenges establish a quid pro quo with the contributors and collaborators who comprise their communities. They agree to “do something” with the ideas that resonate with the community.

What might “…

Industry Intelligence, Inc. will offer a webinar on May 15 with Chris Sherwin, head of sustainability at Seymourpowell. During the webinar Chris will aim to discuss emerging themes in design, brands, and innovation for packaging sustainability, as well as discuss some of the obstacles and barriers to overcome...

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The Creative Innovation Sum with gathered on 3 June 2013 thought leaders and pioneers of new digital Bauhaus in Weimar . Through inspiring lectures by renowned experts, lively panel discussions and joint workshops participants can selectively explore the prospects for their own companies, arising from the connection creative economy and technological innovations. Keynotes from Michael Conrad (President Berlin School of Creative Leadership ), John Howkins (Author , The Creative Economy: How…

“Innovate or die,” heralds the Digital Age. The wise leader, mindful of the limits of the latter, embraces the practice of collaborative innovation as a way for their organization to pursue the former. Organizations, too, have professional facilitators on staff and on call. Working as an adjunct to the human resources function, they have remained largely absent from the dialogue around the practice. Innovation happens…

The room was slowly filling up with the employees. One after the other they took their seats and didn’t look too pleased: the speech that I was about to be holding did interrupt the longed-for transition from their dinner to a well deserved drink at the bar! So this left me with the task to ensure that those snaring away during my talk would not animate the others to follow suit.…

What design trends stood out to you the most from your experience at Milan or from Seymourpowell’s report? Is the experience the people or the products? Does it work as an international club – and is this good or bad?

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There are many inventions whose origins we simply cannot trace. One glaringly obvious, yet equally elusive innovation is that of the spoken word. Before we had language, we made sense of the world through pictures, sounds, and smells. Humans estimated time…

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Seymourpowell team member Yana Zalesskaya talks about her favorite places around London.

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Depending on the people involved, their motivations, and the phase of the moon, you may or may not find fertile ground for the practice of collaborative innovation.

In this article innovation architect Doug Collins explores…

Seymourpowell design researcher, Sonia Wang, visited the city of San Francisco recently. She visited an array of companies including: Heath Ceramics, Sightglass Coffee Roasters, Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, …

As the information economy grows, 'Big Data' is seemingly the answer to all of our problems. Though a powerful tool to use, 'Big Data' requires an interpretation to decipher the 'why' behind the numbers.

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Seymourpowell's staff was photographed by Rosie Collins.

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Richard Seymour discusses his approach to design. He describes finding inspiration from components found everywhere, going so far as to design a brassiere based on the flexible yet durable sternum of a chicken.

Seymourpowell has finally revealed the…

Our world is a system that contains many sub-systems: the oceans, the forests, the climate – all are complex, fragile and well calibrated organisms with a system character. If one of the parts is not running well, the others will suffer as well: one weak spot will influences the overall performance. Systems can repair themselves, once they are not running well – unless the weak spot is getting larger than the…

The front end of innovation offers organizations engagement. Engaged people bring more of their gifts to the table. The back end of innovation offers organizations ideas that, when implemented, bring relative advantage. Each idea has its own story of relative advantage and risk. How do you tell the back end story in a valid, credible way?

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