From performance to sense

Looking at our most read stories over last week, it seems that messages shared online intend to address smart, global change makers looking to challenge complex, systemic issues through technologies. Technologies themselves have grown complex, and systemic. But global change makers seem to commonly understand the key to make sense of this complexity: focusing on human sense based on human… Read More From performance to sense

Block chain: crystallizing the revolution ahead

Among strategic angles developed by this blog, the Innovation Index consolidates a wide variety of technical and marketing views around a specific innovation trends. Following the assessment of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and the Internet of Things, we are now analyzing the innovation impact of blockchain. The three-dimensional approach of this tool enables to observe differing approaches… Read More Block chain: crystallizing the revolution ahead

Rethinking legal frameworks – Is smarter agriculture better agriculture?

The systemic analysis impact for innovation always brings up interesting discussions and questions with regards to legal and environment frameworks. There are so many recurring and new initiatives taking place, experts prioritizing and visualizing pain points, you can actually picture the system wondering where to go. How do our regulatory and environmental frameworks manage the technological… Read More Rethinking legal frameworks – Is smarter agriculture better agriculture?

10 systemic innovation trends fueled by startups

The Daily Pick highlights innovation stories that matter to you, as most shared and reached publications on WAI social networks.  As a growing number of startups have now had time to achieve a journey towards business success and failure, they are able to spread best practices on a systemic basis through clusters, hubs and connections with other company type,… Read More 10 systemic innovation trends fueled by startups

“Fix it. You’re a reader”: 7 ideas to fix our social models

The Daily Pick highlights innovation stories that matter to you, as most shared and reached publications on WAI social networks.  In this new collection of articles, we understand that change can only come from ourselves for the most critical situations and issues we face. It requires to smartly select, develop and grow the technological as well as human… Read More “Fix it. You’re a reader”: 7 ideas to fix our social models

Society and Technology: how horizontal are we?

As communications over social networks become mainstream, experts intend to analyze their impact on politics and business driven conversations. Within citizens communities, social platforms already generate activities and businesses that highlight a generational difference in our approach to defining solutions, as well as our perception of disruptions and continuity. While globally created links open new… Read More Society and Technology: how horizontal are we?

Social Innovation: beyond better

Inside and outside their walls, cities, towns and communities witness a rise of socially driven initiatives going beyond business priorities, placing local people concerns at the heart of their missions. With disruptive creativity tools they share with their startup peers, those public-private partnerships are able to build their own dynamics and rules to generate a local creative ecosystem.… Read More Social Innovation: beyond better

InnoMetrics: The environment under state of emergency

InnoMetrics brings together key figures and trends shared by innovation experts on WAI social networks.  As they question the “green promises” of new business models, experts and analysts list the more or less successful initiatives that show a tangible willingness to drive environmental friendly policies and strategies. By doing so, they also remind the lack… Read More InnoMetrics: The environment under state of emergency

Daily Pick: 12 adaptive behaviors for change

Daily Pick outlines most popular posts and tweets on innovation from WAI social networks. By developing the appropriate customer focused thinking processes, innovation can help anticipate drastic  and unforeseeable changes by opening access to knowledge and learning lessons from past. Driven by emotions and care, new strategies allow innovation experts to develop adaptive design as… Read More Daily Pick: 12 adaptive behaviors for change

Innovation as an open dialogue

“Connecting dots” is a weekly consolidation of top ten articles read on weareinnovation.org, combining experts’ thoughts with readers interests. Although innovation impacts a vast diversity of topics and projects, building an intelligent conversation between experts and initiatives enables to closely listen to how change takes place across sectors and organizations. Such an exchange of ideas… Read More Innovation as an open dialogue