Book

Description

This book describes research by the authors on how organizations work with their communities to create solutions that meet community needs. Increasingly organizations are use platforms and processes to include communities through open innovation and design thinking to create solutions. It describes platforms that capture community needs, identify major community issues and develop innovative solutions. Ways platforms are integrated into organizations and the techniques and methods used to analyze community inputs, involve communities in identifying main issues and provide innovative solutions. The book focuses on open innovation but then describes how design thinking is integrated with open innovation to provide acceotable solutions. Some real example of platforms are included. The book begins by describing work practices found in todays business and communities and thr growing importance of developing innovative solutions.