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Intellectual Cross-Pollination Cross-pollination of Ideas – Modern Technology of Idea, Knowledge and Innovation Management |
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By: Vadim Kotelnikov, Inventor, Author, and Founder of:
Ten3 Business e-Coach – Innovation Unlimited, Fun4Biz.com – Entrepreneurial Creativity Paradise, VVV1 – Global Virtual Venture Valley #1
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"Cross-pollination approach is a kind of alchemy of innovation." – Tom Kelley |
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Inspiring Innovative Solutions In the new economy driven by systemic innovation, new ideas arise from cross-pollination – complex interactions between many individuals, organizations and environmental factors. Winning innovative solutions are inspired and developed in the process of cross-pollination of ideas, rather than narrowly focused search. How To Break Down Barriers To Communication Within larger organizations one of the biggest obstacles to innovation is poor internal communication. A silo mentality develops so that departments guard information and ideas rather than share them. People work hard – but in isolated groups... More Steve Jobs' 12 Rules of Success
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Cross-pollinate Within Your Organization To face today's complex challenges, you need to incorporate a wide range of styles, skills, and perspectives, and build knowledge communities. In the new era of systemic innovation, it is more important for an organization to be cross-functionally excellent than functionally excellent. Firms which are successful in realizing the full returns from their technologies and innovations are able to match their technological developments with complementary expertise in other areas of their business, such as manufacturing, distribution, human resources, marketing, and customer relationships. To lead these expertise development efforts, cross-functional teams, either formal or informal, need to be formed. These teams can also find new businesses in white spaces between existing business units... More
Cross-pollinate with People Outside Your Organization Sharing ideas and observations with an outside board of directors, consultants, lawyers, accountants, bankers, and peers will help you to build your cross-functional excellence, to broad your perspective in a complex environment, and keep solutions on-target. Exchange of ideas among peers, e.g. within networking groups, such as executives organizations, is not only useful within an industry; it is also a means of learning about best practices in related industries. Sharing company information once protected as proprietary has become a common practice – in strategic alliances, partnerships, joint ventures and other linkages that may involve even your competitors. Today, it is difficult for one business to have all answers, but when you network and link with multiple companies to bring total solution to your customers, you become a much more valuable supplier... More
Case in Point GE General Electric (GE) Work-Out "Town Meetings" gave the corporation access to an unlimited resource of imagination and energy of its talented employees. "Nobody wears a tie at our quarterly two-days meetings," says Jack Welch." We take a coffee breaks for almost an hour sometimes so people can swap ideas. We bring in an outside speaker to every meeting – the heads of Wal-Mart, Pepsi-Cola, and Compaq. We have dinner together and drinks after eating. We run this place like a family grocery store."2
How To Make Cross-Pollination an Integral Part of Your Workplace... Managing Creativity... Idea Management... Cross-functional Teams... Managing Innovation by Cross-functional Teams... Cross-functional Management... Letting the Best Idea Win... Six Thinking Hats... Case in Point IDEO... Case in Point Silicon Valley Firms... Case in Point Microsoft... Case in Point GE... s Case in Point British Petroleum...
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