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title: "#OpenInnovation and #CoCreation"
date: 2012-02-14
url: https://learningischange.com/2012/02/14/openinnovation-and-cocreation/
author: Ben Wilkoff
categories: ["Blog"]
tags: []
---

# #OpenInnovation and #CoCreation

I have been researching two terms that are heavily used in the development and innovation communities to speak about their processes and ways in which to include the user in development: Open Innovation and Co-Creation. These terms have been around for a little while, but they are more recently being taken seriously by small and large organizations. Anyway, I thought I would share the research in case you should want to take a look as well. I think that both of these terms and ideas can help to influence our own processes, no matter what they may be. It is a pretty extensive reading list, so please don’t feel like you have to read it all!

- A co-creation primer: [http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/02/co-creation.html](http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/02/co-creation.html)
- Open Innovation: Facts, Fiction and the Future: [http://www.innovationtools.com/PDF/open-innovation-nerac.pdf](http://www.innovationtools.com/PDF/open-innovation-nerac.pdf)
- Co-Creation and the New Landscapes of Design: [http://www.maketools.com/articles-papers/CoCreation_Sanders_Stappers_08_preprint.pdf](http://www.maketools.com/articles-papers/CoCreation_Sanders_Stappers_08_preprint.pdf)
- Experience Co-Creation: [https://ssl.instantaccess.com/bscol/articles/docs/5.pdf](https://ssl.instantaccess.com/bscol/articles/docs/5.pdf)
- New Pathways to Value through Co-Creation: [http://personal.lse.ac.uk/samsona/CoCreation_Report.pdf](http://personal.lse.ac.uk/samsona/CoCreation_Report.pdf)
- Open Innovation: A New Paradigm – [http://www.emotools.es/static/upload/files/Openinnovationparadigm.pdf](http://www.emotools.es/static/upload/files/Openinnovationparadigm.pdf)
- How to implement Open Innovation: [http://bit.ly/QkmLvt](http://bit.ly/QkmLvt)
- Living Labs for User Driven Open Innovation: [http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/livinglabs/docs/brochure_jan09_en.pdf](http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/livinglabs/docs/brochure_jan09_en.pdf)
- 9 Ways to get your team ready for Co-Creation: [http://www.fronteerstrategy.com/uploads/files/FS_Whitepaper-9_Ways_to_get_your_team_ready_for_co-creation-February_2011.pdf](http://www.fronteerstrategy.com/uploads/files/FS_Whitepaper-9_Ways_to_get_your_team_ready_for_co-creation-February_2011.pdf)
- The spirit of Cocreation: [http://www.senseworldwide.com/downloads/SWW_The_Spirit_of_Co-creation.pdf](http://www.senseworldwide.com/downloads/SWW_The_Spirit_of_Co-creation.pdf)