Viewpoints about 'Collaboration'

Making Collaborative Development Real with PLM

March 6th, 2013 | by Horst Groesser and Joe Dury

In this webcast roundtable recording, Mike Page of LSI, John Kelley of Oracle, and Joe Dury and Horst Groesser from Kalypso share industry trends and leading practices for driving collaborative development with product lifecycle management (PLM) in the semiconductor industry. Read More

Topics: Alliances, Collaboration, Horst Groesser, Joe Dury, LSI, Oracle, Product Lifecycle Management, Semiconductor PLM

Open Innovation: Practical First Steps for B2B Companies

March 2nd, 2012 | by Michael Glessner

Considering an open innovation initiative? Don’t take it lightly. For B2B companies who face unique additional challenges, identifying and achieving value can be especially difficult. If your company sees the value and is ready to get started, here are four critical steps that will help ensure success. Read More

Topics: B2B Open Innovation, Co-create, Co-creation, Co-Development, Collaboration, Innovation, Michael Glessner, Open Innovation, Social Computing, Social Product Innovation, Spike

Predictions for Social Product Innovation in 2012

January 24th, 2012 | by Jim Brown and Amy Kenly

What predictions can we make for the use of social media and related social technologies to improve product innovation? To help answer that question, we turned
to the results of Kalypso’s annual Social Product Innovation surveys from 2010 and 2011. Read More

Topics: Collaboration, Innovation, Product Development, Social Computing, Social Innovation, Social Media, Social Product Innovation, Spike

Mick Broekhof, Tom Warren Contribute to New Innovation Book

December 6th, 2011 | by Kalypso

Kalypso Europe founding partner Mick Broekhof and Kalypso partner Tom Warren continue to add to their growing thought leadership repertoires with their contributions to the new book Innopreneur: 101 Chronicles on How Circumstance, Preparation and Brilliance Advance Innovation (available now in paperback and Kindle e-book). Read More

Topics: Blog, Collaboration, Collaborative Innovation, Innovation Articles, Innovation Authors, Innovation Books, Innovation Strategy, Mick Broekhof, Tom Warren

2011 SPIKE Award Announcements

Featuring videos of the winners!

October 18th, 2011 | by Amy Kenly

Did you miss the live 2011 SPIKE Award announcements? Don't worry, we recorded it for you! Watch the full presentation and hear from the winners themselves. Visit www.spikesummit.com any time to view all the presentations from the 2011 Social Product innovation Summit. Read More

Topics: Collaboration, Collaborative Innovation, Consumer Goods, CPG, Innovation, Product Development, Social Computing, Social Innovation, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Product Development, Social Product Innovation, Spike, Spike Awards, Strategy

Collaboration and Innovation in CPG and Retail

August 17th, 2011 | by Helayne Angelus and Jenna Dudevoir

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers and retailers are gaining an increase in sales and profits by working together. To better understand the impact of collaborative innovation in CPG and retail, Kalypso collaborated with the Network of Executive Women (NEW) to conduct a survey with their executive membership base. This eBook reveals the results. Read More

Topics: Collaboration, Collaborative Innovation, Consumer Goods, Consumer Goods Solutions, Consumer Packaged Goods, CPG, CPG Innovation, ebook, Innovation, Network of Executive Women, Retail, Retail Innovation, Retailers

How Can Companies Set the Stage for Success with Social Innovation?

July 12th, 2011 | by Amy Kenly

In this clip from the webcast Five Steps to Create a Social Innovation Culture, Amy Kenly discusses how companies can create a culture for using social media in product development and innovation. Sound like something you're doing? Check out the 2011 Spike Awards and tell us your story! Read More

Topics: Amy Kenly, Collaboration, Collaborative Innovation, Cross-functional Teams, Culture, Innovation, Marketing, Product Development, Social Computing, Social Innovation, Social Media, Social Media Events, Social Networking, Social Product Innovation, Social Technology

The Need for Portfolio Management in the Co-Creation Process

June 28th, 2011 | by Zach Friedman

I think Michael Norton, Jack Nickell, and Zach Smith said it best when they collectively claimed that co-creation is "opesociacollaberaticreatinnovatcrowdsourccommunitengagementifaction". Read More

Topics: Co-create, Co-creation, Co-Development, CoCreatePDMA, Collaboration, Collaborative Innovation, Innovation, Innovation Strategy, Open Innovation, Portfolio Management, PPM, Product Innovation, Social Computing, Social Innovation, Social Product Development, Social Product Innovation, Social Technologies, Social Technology, Spike, Strategy

How Will You Create a Social Innovation Culture?

June 27th, 2011 | by Amy Kenly

Like any new business initiative, incorporating social product innovation strategy and technology into existing innovation and product development processes is likely to encounter resistance and lack of support. Read More

Topics: Amy Kenly, Co-create, Co-creation, Co-Development, CoCreatePDMA, Collaboration, Collaborative Innovation, Culture, PDMA, Social Computing, Social Innovation, Social Innovation Culture, Social Media, Social Media Articles, Social Media Events, Social Networking, Social Product Development, Social Product Innovation, Social Technologies, Social Technology, Spike, Spike Awards

Social Media and Product Development: What’s Stopping Us?

April 18th, 2011 | by Amy Kenly | 1 comment

Many of us have seen those “Did You Know?” videos on YouTube. With millions of views, these compelling videos give facts and stats on globalization in the information age, demonstrating the pervasiveness of social media as a medium for collaboration, knowledge sharing, open discussion and relationship building. Read More

Topics: Amy Kenly, Blog, Co-create, Co-creation, Co-Development, Collaboration, Collaborative Innovation, Enterprise 2.0, Innovation, Kalypso Research, Kalypso Spike, PDMA, Product Development, Product Development Teams, Product Innovation, Social Computing, Social Media, Social Media Events, Social Product Development, Social Product Innovation, Spike, Spike Awards, Web 2.0

Top 10 Innovation Viewpoints of 2010

January 3rd, 2011 | by Jenna Dudevoir

Kalypsonians had a lot to say about innovation in 2010 - we published close to 100 viewpoints, blogs, podcasts, and videos on everything from R&D management to social media to packaging and artwork management. Here, we count down the top 10 most read/watched viewpoints of 2010. Read More

Topics: Blog, Collaboration, CPG, Innovation, Innovation Articles, Kalypso Blog, Kalypso Viewpoints, Medical Device, PPM, Product Development, Product Lifecycle Management, Top 10 Innovation Viewpoints, Viewpoints

Winning with Collaborative Innovation: Transforming the Manufacturer-Retailer Partnership

October 19th, 2010 | by Mike Friedman and Helayne Angelus

This panel recording from the 2010 Argyle Retail & Consumer Products Forum explores leading practices for developing a successful collaborative partnership while addressing common challenges and barriers between manufacturers and retailers. Read More

Topics: Collaboration, Collaborative Innovation, Consumer, Consumer Goods, Consumer Products, CPG, Helayne Angelus, Innovation, Innovation Culture, Innovation Leadership, Innovation Strategy, Innovation Teams, Manufacturers, Manufacturing, Mike Friedman, Podcast, Retail, Retailers

Achieving Unified Product Development and Commercial Launch

Four Leading Practices for Healthcare Product Companies

September 29th, 2010 | by Greg Adkins

Many healthcare product companies today struggle to drive effective collaboration across functions in product development and launch. If marketing and R&D can’t work together internally, how can we expect them to effectively collaborate with external partners in a more advanced and open development process? Read More

Topics: Collaboration, Commercialization, Greg Adkins, Healthcare, Marketing, Perspective, Phase-Gate, Portfolio Management, PPM, PPM Software, Product Development, Product Innovation, Product Launch, R&D, R&D Leadership, R&D Management, Roadmap, Roadmapping

Innovation Leadership: How to Reignite Innovation in Your Organization

June 29th, 2010 | by Ken Parekh

Reigniting the innovation engine after a turbulent two years of layoffs, cutbacks, mergers and consolidations will prove to be difficult, especially for those companies left with limited resources for innovation. This Supply & Demand Chain Executive article discusses four leading practices that executives can apply to their organizations and their supply chains. Read More

Topics: Article, Collaboration, Innovation, Innovation Culture, Innovation Leadership, Innovation Teams, Leadership, Learning, Supply Chain

CPG Innovation: Increase Collaboration, Avoid Collisions

June 21st, 2010 | by Mike Friedman

“Avoiding a Consumer Products and Retailer Collision" by Steve Steutermann and Kevin Sterneckert of Gartner shows that “companies are not utilizing scorecards to measure new product launch (NPL) success or pre- and post-launch execution, despite the importance of innovation and NPL in the marketplace” which, unfortunately, is not surprising. Read More

Topics: Collaboration, CPG, Innovation, Measuring Innovation, Metrics, New Product Introduction, New Product Launch, Perspective, Product Innovation, Product Launch, Products

Forget Cooperation, Let’s Talk Collaboration

Beverage Spectrum

May 27th, 2010 | by Mike Friedman and Helayne Angelus | 2 comments

This Beverage Spectrum article by Debbie Wildrick interviews Kalypso's Mike Friedman and Helayne Angelus on collaborative innovation in the beverage market. Read More

Topics: Article, Coca Cola, Collaboration, Collaborative Innovation, F&B, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, Helayne Angelus, Manufacturing, Mike Friedman, Private Brands, Private Label, Retail, Retailers

Client Snapshot: 5 Practices for Successful Co-Development

April 28th, 2010 | by Noel Sobelman | 1 comment

Moving away from DIY (“do it yourself”) innovation and collaborating with development partners outside an organization’s four walls is nothing new. Today’s companies are proactively teaming up with customers, suppliers, and universities to develop new products and solutions, and this trend is continuing to grow.  However, too many companies are approaching this “co-development” with an ad hoc or opportunistic approach, and as a result, are only achieving pockets of success. Read More

Topics: Co-Development, Collaboration, Collaborative Innovation, Cooperative Development, Healthcare, Innovation, Perspective, Quality Management, R&D, Supply Chain

Collaborative Innovation: How to Partner For Profit With Retailers

March 2010 Food Manufacturing column

March 15th, 2010 | by George Young

This March 2010 Food Manufacturing column examines four actionable steps food and beverage manufacturers can take to implement a successful collaborative innovation strategy with retailers. Read More

Topics: Article, Collaboration, Collaborative Innovation, Consumer Goods, Consumer Insights, Consumer Products, F&B, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, Innovation, Innovation Strategy, Joint Business Planning, Open Innovation, Organizational Alignment, Retail, Retailers

Collaborative Innovation: How CPG Manufacturers & Retailers Can Partner for Profit

October 29th, 2009 | by Mike Friedman and Helayne Angelus

Kalypso conducted a research study with thirty global consumer goods manufacturers, retailers, and brokers to better understand how manufacturers and retailers are working together to drive profitability and deliver innovative products. Read More

Topics: Collaboration, Collaborative Innovation, Consumer, Consumer Goods, CPG, Food and Beverage, Food Manufacturing, Go to Market, Innovation, Innovation Strategy, Joint Business Planning, Open Innovation, Organizational Alignment, Partnerships, Perspective, Retail, Retailers