JavaZone 2009 - Open Innovation
Many great companies fail to understand technological change and how it might affect them. Their current customers and existing business models that have served them so well in the past can turn into a curse in the light of disruptive innovation. Moving from closed to open innovation will help companies to get the most out of both their own inventions and the inventions of others as well. Can companies remain innovative over time?
Per Mengshoel
I work as a manager in BEKK, and have been working with Java technology for 10+ years. On projects I tend to take on roles as a team leader and/or developer. In BEKK I also work with knowledge management and have had various roles managing our technology groups.
I spend the Spring 2009 semester at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, where I followed a course on Managing Innovation and Change with Henry Chesbrough - one of the key proponents of Open Innovation.