About two years ago I "fell in love" with open innovation. I had been thinking about different aspects in public transport that was going on, for example Travel hack. I had been on a conference and tried speed innovation (which by the way didn´t go very well). All these activities were quite confusing for me. Then suddenly someone mentioned open innovation and Henry Chesbrough and all pieces fell into place like a puzzel. And I was in love with a theory.
Open innovation is a wonderful concept but there seems to be several limitations, especially in private sector. In public sector it could really be a shift of paradigm, and it already is in many cases. In public sector we don´t have to worry som much about sharing and negative consequences. For us it is much easier to collaborate, open up our data and involve users, and other relevant stakeholders.
I also love the concept om smart cities. If we use the basics of open innovation and combine that with smart cities we could lay a foundation of a sustainable development and a smart system om mobility.
