Point: Innovators can use various tactics to evaluate (Manitowoc), protect (J&J), bridge (Whirlpool), and ferry (J&J) innovations across inevitable organizational gaps.
Story: Innovation in large organizations often faces obstacles due to the natural divisions within the firm. Gaps can occur between risk-taking vs. risk-avoiding groups, diverse business units, and functional silos. Open innovation adds a fourth type of division: that between the investor/buyer of an innovation and the inventor/seller of an innovation. Presenters at the 2nd Annual Open Innovation Summit discussed these four different types of gaps and some methods for carrying innovation across the gap.
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