U.S Government and more specifically Obama administration has been especially active in tapping into the knowledge and abilities of citizens reaching beyond the usual experts to expand and diversify the talent pool tackling a problem. The Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) program is an initiative to particularly pay attention to.
An increasing number of people feel a growing disengagement from public administration affairs. More and more citizens see themselves as mere spectators of government projects while methods and ways for participation are so scarce and limited and have not essentially changed in many decades. More collaboration and co-innovation between governments and governed will be a key component for a needed new type of more engaging democracy.
We have mentioned several times in this blog the need for “match.com-like” tools to foster collaboration. So it wouldn’t be fair not to point out a meaningful collaboration initiative where Match.com itself plays a main role and is a good example to prove a powerful storytelling is a must for any co-branding to be successful. Besides, it is springtime and love is in the air…
Interaction between cosmetic and biotechnology has already produced some success cases. But these can be thought as exceptional, most probably ignited by an uncommon management intention, or maybe even pure chance, a more or less unplanned chain of events or circumstances. But considering the potential involved, for the Spanish Bioindustry Association (ASEBIO) serendipity is not an option…
Considering the kind of issues healthcare deals with, the idea of looking for solutions outside an area of expertise has been especially counterintuitive in this sector. But an increasing number of cases are demonstrating that healthcare is now embracing co-innovation, seeking potential partners and fresh perspectives everywhere, looking for people able to look at things differently from those who have been in the field for a long time…