Tag / co-creation

by YannigRoth

Lessons from the failure of social product development-platform CrowdSpirit

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When I read the German book Marke Eigenbau (Do-It-Yourself brand) about a year ago, I claimed that it was a fascinating and eye-opening book about the revolution of consumption going on currently. Mass-customization, co-creation, crafting and 3D-printing are symptomatic movements towards tailored consumption and/or production initiated by the the consumer. Seth Godin said it in 2005 already:  Small is the new Big. Someone who recognized and wanted to build on this revolution is Lionel David, founder and former CEO of CrowdSpirit, an innovation community based on the idea of crowdsourcing the whole product development process, from ideation to marketing (and even distribution). The platform is not online anymore, and here’s why… Continue reading →

by YannigRoth

What brings better innovation: Competition or collaboration?

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Today, when you talk about innovation, you’ll probably discuss open innovation as well. Keeping the corporation closed and hoping that visionnary geniuses come up with ideas is possible (Apple does this!), but more potential lies in opening the innovation funnel to get inspiration from outside. One of the most popular ways to access innovative ideas and solutions is to set up a contest. Popular examples are Pepsi’s Refresh Project (PepsiCo) or the Co-Creation Lab (Hyve for BMW). But are we talking co-creation or crowdsourcing here? In other words, do consumers collaborate or do they compete to win? Recent research suggests that output is better when you combine competitive and collaborative aspects. Continue reading →

by YannigRoth

Crazy presentation about augmented research !

This presentation by Face‘s Director of Research Francesco d’Orazio kicks ass ! Several things make me say that : the pitch “Plugging brands into the fabric of society” is completely in line with the concept of societing that I’ve discovered recently, which basically recommends brands to propose themselves to society instead of imposing themselves to markets. In the future, we’ll “wear data like we wear clothes“, and this massive amount of data represents a tremendous opportunity for those who will be able to harness and analyze it !

+ it’s a beautifully designed presentation and… the main example is bikes !

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Who participates in co-creation, and what do participants expect ?

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One of the most brilliant answers I’ve read is given by Johann Füller, CEO of Hyve, in his research paper Refining Virtual Co-Creation from a Consumer Perspective. He highlights that a lot has been written about the empowerment of the consumer, the capabilities provided by the web or the benefits of collabporative innovation, but “our understanding about who participates and what those participants expect from their engagement in virtual co-creation projects is limited“. In his paper, he explores how heterogeneous participants are and how co-creation focused companies should handle these different personnalities. Continue reading →

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Un exemple de co-création communautaire : Tchibo-Ideas.de

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La co-création communautaire (social co-creation) fait référence à la capacité des entreprises à fédérer une communauté de consommateurs pour co-créer avec eux des produits ou des services. Il s’agit d’un domaine qui n’est pas spécifique au web, mais qui est quand même très fortement corrélé avec les plateformes sociales qui pullulent sur la toile. Il y a quelque temps, Francis Gouillart critiquait les deux initiatives de co-création les plus connues : Dell IdeaStorm et MyStarbucksIdea. Selon lui, c’est bien beau de collecter des idées sur une plateforme centralisée, encore faut-il pouvoir les mettre en œuvre ! Ce billet vise à présenter un exemple très intéressant de co-création communautaire, celui de la chaîne de café  allemande Tchibo et son site Tchibo-Ideas.de. (et merci à Volker Bilgram pour l’indice) Continue reading →

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Comment Aïcha et Georgette ont contribué à l’innovation au Crédit Agricole et à La Poste

logos-stamp-approvedJ’ai récemment lu le livre The Power of Co-Creation, un livre référence sur la co-création de valeur en entreprise. Ce terme désigne en fait le fait d’impliquer un maximum de parties prenantes dans les processus d’entreprise pour créer (co-créer!) une offre proche de leurs réalités. J’ai déjà cité quelques exemples de co-création sur ce blog et sur le blog d’eYeka, mais ce billet a pour objectif de détailler les deux exemples français du livre: La Poste et Prédica, la filiale assurance-vie du Crédit Agricole. Chacune de ces deux entreprises ont su impliquer des collaborateurs, employés et des consommateurs dans leurs processus d’innovation et de changement. Continue reading →

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Those who embrace co-creation are savvy innovators

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I just read The Power of Co-Creation, a reference book gathering various example of how companies used strategies of co-creation to innovate, manage or get products to the market. I was offered this book by eYeka, the company in which I’m currently doing an internship, and I really enjoyed reading it. Here are some impressions as well as interesting examples – other than Starbucks, Nike or Apple ! Continue reading →