Open European Innovation Network

Dear all – in Germany we have a phrase describing what happens when pieces of something come together – we call it “making a shoe”. The image from https://www.swadesi.com/news/an-insight-into-shoe-making/ exemplifies this picture and aptly describes what workpackage 9 does as it connects all of our previous thinking with the intent of the Erasmus+ Knowledge Alliance program.   This implementation workpackage applies the results of all previous workpackages across the network to create a launch the career framework as a specialisation of the “Responsible and Flexible Career Development Framework for Researchers”. The aim of the workpackage is to not only provide all relevant learning content in accordance with the OpenEdu Framework, but also to ensure that the learning content is made available through certified courses jointly provided by higher education partners at various relevant levels (i.e. Master level or continuous professional development levels). While the es...

Dear all – this single page high level overview of ADI-HVM has developed out of many discussions in the last days and seems to work well to share the journey we are on. The slide is available in the LinkedIn group (plus circulated via email and needs to be viewed in presentation mode in Powerpoint please. The first “sequence” of animations shows the 6 whole product life cycle steps from ideation through to maintenance/repair/overhaul (MRO) which is sort of product focused. The second “sequence” of animations then shows the diffusion of innovations stage with a market focus. We then see that investments are primarily made on the right, and profits are primarily made on the left (the deeper into the market we get the greater those are). The variables determining the rate of adoption of innovations in the market (as discussed by Everett Rodgers) is then present – they have a strong product focus). We then suggest that the speed of diffusion is primarily dependent on the intercon...

Dear all - this post shares a first draft of the complete workpackages, activities and deliverables. We are in the process of formalizing / agreeing workpackage ownership and those owners will be working on finalizing their activities / deliverables, estimating the time needed, estimating the workdays needed, determining the worst / most likely / best time requirements plus any risks associated with those. PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT (DURATION: 36 MONTHS / 1000 DAYS) Day-to-day project organization Day-to-day project marketing and communications Day-to-day management of project technology platforms Day-to-day management of project financial activities Day-to-day data management based on project website content management system (incl. Stakeholder communications) Coordination of project meetings (incl. documentation of activities and results) Coordination of regional workshops and events (incl. documentation of activities and results) Change management of projec...