Did you hear the one about the automotive sensor manufacturer who found oil-level sensor technology from the dairy industry? How about the time we connected a candy manufacturer with enabling dispenser technology to impact an appliance manufacturer? Or the one where the crash sensor radar/imaging technology was applied for inspection of heat-sealed pouches for food products to detect a failed seal?
Storytelling is the life blood of Open Innovation (and NineSigma, too), and cross-boundary/cross-industry connections not only make fantastic stories but validate day after day how powerful a structured Open Innovation program can be towards delivering results. This comes to mind today, because during my staff meeting this morning, we spent part of it filming our technical team in order to capture and document just a handful of the amazing project stories among the 1600+ client engagements. This is always a tricky exercise to showcase an interesting outcome, while protecting client confidentiality, but the passion surrounding the stories engaged everybody, and the excitement was infectious. We look forward to finding better ways of sharing success and stories with the NineSigma community... What other stories are out there?