Innovation Insights

Bringing customised IoT solutions to the industry masses  For many companies, designing an Internet of Things (IoT) solution from scratch can be a time-consuming process, but an off-the-shelf solution is often too pricey. Lynxemi’s plug-and-play modular platform strikes a balance between the two. Its Chief Executive Officer, Paymon Rasekhy, discusses the importance of open innovation.     1. What is...

How design thinking fuels meaningful innovation  From empathising with the user to prototyping and iteration, the key processes in design thinking can help innovation teams create desirable product for the market.    Desire is a visceral emotion—a sense of yearning that marketers and advertisers want to tap into when promoting a product or service. One could argue that at heart...

Fuelling the future with open innovation  Cleaner energy sources are needed now more than ever before, and Adec Thng of EnergyNova is confident that hydrogen fuel can provide for society's energy needs.   As far as climate change is concerned, one greenhouse gas has a particularly bad rap—carbon dioxide. Produced in vast quantities from the burning of fossil fuels and...

Spotlight on the IoT Innovation Challenge 2018  Experts from Aztech and Singtel weigh in on how innovation challenges spark creativity and broaden the scope for open innovation.    Ideas are in abundance if you only know where to look. As companies seek to gain a competitive edge in their respective industries, they are becoming more receptive to ideas that originate...

Driving open innovation with clear problem statements  Learn how to craft useful and practical problem statements for challenge-driven innovation at IPI's next Open Innovation Workshop in October 2019   It’s been said that “necessity breeds innovation”. Yet, defining necessity can be a challenge in itself. For companies keen on executing a strategy of open innovation, figuring out what needs to...

The insider view on technology commercialisation  Explore the possibilities for industry-academia collaboration (and more) at IPI's Technology Commercialisation Workshop    Business-as-usual no longer cuts it as a viable corporate strategy in a world of technological disruption. Constant innovation is now viewed as a critical strategy for growth, so companies are increasingly looking beyond their four walls for ideas that add...