I reviewed in this post the latest trends in innovation. Those suggest that the innovation process is much more than just a vertical one, internal to an organization.
Recent successes and failures tend to prove this theory. As an example, Google has just announced more "Spring cleaning" of projects; among the victims: Friend Connect, Google Gears, Google Wave, Knol, and others. This doesn't mean that the products were no good or not innovative, it just means that they haven't had the expected impact. Such an impact is difficult to predict and applying Open Innovation (OI) or User Innovation (UI) mitigates the innovation risk.
Is it also time for spring cleaning in your organization?
