June 23, 2022

Simon Hill, an Enabler: In open innovation you don’t race toward the solution

37 minutes

Hello solvers,

Welcome to The Solvers Edge Podcast, the podcast that takes you on a journey of why, how, and when does open innovation matter.

I’m your host, Iliriana Kacaniku and today I am talking to Simon Hill, the founder and CEO of Wazoku, Wazoku is an innovation software company that enables problem solving at scale, all with the mission to change the world one idea at a time. To date, Wazoku has hosted over 2,500 open innovation challenges and inspired over half a million solvers from 195 countries to solve challenges sponsored by globally recognized seekers.

In this interview, Simon shares his insights about the current state of affairs of open innovation, challenges to its further adoption, and what the future holds for it.

My three key takeaways from this conversation include:

Open up to the new talent - remember that 80% of solvers would never meet the hiring criteria.

Be agile and break your problem into specific bits of the bigger piece you’re trying to solve - for it will allow you to succeed faster and cheaper, and

Frame the problem statement differently - this way you will make your it relevant to the solvers in other and adjacent industries

What about yours? What learnings did you take from this conversation? Feel free to share them with us at [email protected]. We at Kaptivate would love to hear from you. In the interim, follow us on Spotify, or Apple Podcast, or Google Podcast and subscribe to our newsletter so you do not miss out on our next episodes.

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June 23, 2022

Simon Hill, an Enabler: In open innovation you don’t race toward the solution

37 minutes

Hello solvers,

Welcome to The Solvers Edge Podcast, the podcast that takes you on a journey of why, how, and when does open innovation matter.

In this interview, Simon shares his insights about the current state of affairs of open innovation, challenges to its further adoption, and what the future holds for it.

My three key takeaways from this conversation include:

Open up to the new talent - remember that 80% of solvers would never meet the hiring criteria.

Be agile and break your problem into specific bits of the bigger piece you’re trying to solve - for it will allow you to succeed faster and cheaper, and

Frame the problem statement differently - this way you will make your it relevant to the solvers in other and adjacent industries

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