What InnerSource Offers to Open Innovation, and Vice Versa
summary
Open innovation grows from a claim that knowledge must flow across boundaries and now returns 15 million pages in a search; a practical 2x2 origin/application matrix distinguishes outside-in, inside-out, inside-in and outside-out. InnerSource maps to the inside-in problem, offering adapted open‑source tools, mentoring and pull‑based adoption to cross business‑unit silos; corporate‑venture examples show startups failing to connect to business units unless introduced via customers, certifications, standards or using corporate operations as test beds to drive uptake.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and motivation
- 1:56Defining open innovation
- 5:30Knowledge flow in innovation
- 8:04Inner source and internal silos
- 10:57Outside-out innovation strategies
- 13:32External validation and adoption
- 16:06Learning from each other
- 18:16Resources and closing
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