Future of Lightweight Innovation
Keeping with Institute for the Future's commitment to share our research with public, throughout 2010 this blog will explore our forecasts and impacts of the future of lightweight innovation. Around the 15th of each month, we'll share the next section of the report, as well as signals and trends from the world around us that showcase how lightweight innovation models are evolving.
Microsoft: Not Lightweight Innovator
From today's Good Morning Silicon Valley:
"Microsoft has become a clumsy, uncompetitive innovator. Its products are lampooned, often unfairly but sometimes with good reason. ... What happened? Unlike other companies, Microsoft never developed a true system for innovation. Some of my former colleagues argue that it actually developed a system to thwart innovation. Despite...
Spaces of Lightweight Innovation: What Can Companies Learn From Coworking?
Last night, I had the opportunity to participate in an informal workshop on "What Can Companies Learn From Coworking?" held at New Work City, one of the biggest and oldest coworking spaces in Manhattan. The workshop was organized by Shift, a workplace consultancy loosely based out of Austin, Texas but with team members around the world. Shift is...
How new models for building the Web will reshape R&D
Just a few years ago, launching an Internet startup typically entailed making the rounds on Sand Hill Road, pitching venture capitalists an idea and a business plan illustrated by a handful of slides. Today, PowerPoint decks are replaced by working prototypes and the business plans by waiting lists for beta test accounts. Even the venture capitalists are being replaced by angels and self-...
