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Why Corporate – Startup Collaborations are Crucial During These Unprecedented Times
- May 13, 2020
- 1 min read
Carrie Earle Allen sits down with Shawn Murphy, for a virtual fireside chat to discuss the importance of collaboration with outside partners to leverage existing technology to create new products or finding creative ways to breathe new life into existing ones.
How the priorities of corporate innovation teams are changing this spring and how they are adapting their approach to deliver value to their organizations?
Speakers: Carrie Earle Allen, Managing Partner at Captains of Innovation & Co- Founder of Agency.
Shawn Murphy, Founder & CEO/CTO at Titan Advanced Energy Solutions, former Founder & Director of Shell’s Innovation Center (Shell TechWorks) and former Head of Space Science and Technology for Draper Labs
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The fireside chat with Shawn Murphy really highlighted how leveraging existing tech for new products is a key point right now. It makes sense for companies to look outward for that kind of creative renewal. I found the imposter game generator to be a useful starting point for thinking about these partnerships.
The virtual fireside chat between Carrie Earle Allen and Shawn Murphy highlights how corporate innovation teams are adapting their priorities to leverage existing technology through outside collaborations. It's interesting to hear from Shawn Murphy, given his background at Shell TechWorks and Draper Labs, on how these partnerships can breathe new life into products. For anyone looking to build similar collaborative frameworks, a grid maker could be a useful tool for visualizing the process.
The point about breathing new life into existing products really struck me—it’s so easy to get caught up chasing shiny new ideas instead of looking at what’s already working. For anyone digging deeper into how this plays out in the gaming space, Neverness to Everness Wiki has some solid case studies that tie back to these same innovation themes.
Really enjoyed the point about breathing new life into existing products through outside collaboration—it’s something a lot of teams overlook when they’re focused on building from scratch. I found some great examples of this kind of partnership on Bizarre Lineage Wiki.
I really appreciated the point about using outside partners to breathe new life into existing products—it's something a lot of teams overlook when they're in a rush to innovate. If you're looking for more practical frameworks on how to structure these collaborations, I'd recommend checking out ScopeQuill.