NASA open government team broadens focus to innovation

NASA open government team broadens focus to innovation

Popularized by “The Lean Startup“ author Eric Ries, the concept of the pivot centers around an organization’s ability to adapt its focus based on the realization of new market potential or service need.At the beginning of fiscal year 2013, NASA’s open government group did just that, formally adopting new nomenclature to emphasize innovation, and now serves under the banner of “open innovation.”But to NASA Open Innovation Program Manager Nick Skytland and his team, this isn’t about semantics. It’s about better serving the agency in an era of crowd-generated ideas and contributions.Openness, including open innovation platforms, open data and open

What the influencers are saying

  1. Alice Lipowicz

    139.0 days ago

    NASA open government team broadens focus to innovation, via @lukefretwell http://t.co/4zr902Al #opengov #NASA #innovation

  2. Sara Cope

    139.0 days ago

    RT @digiphile: The @NASA @OpenGov team is now the "open innovation" team: http://t.co/4BnQYTSS Context: http://t.co/BMDIk3R1 #opengov #gov20

  3. CGI Collab Gov

    139.0 days ago

    NASA open government team broadens focus to innovation http://t.co/VgaQXHu9

  4. Goldy Kamali

    139.0 days ago

    RT @sjohnson123: Why we love NASA!! #NASA open gov team broadens innovation focus http://t.co/IDtbRl3O @skytland #opengov

  5. Goldy Kamali

    139.0 days ago

    .@NASA #opengov team broadens focus to innovation http://t.co/IDtbRl3O

  6. Luke Fretwell

    139.0 days ago

    .@NASA #opengov team pivots to innovation: http://t.co/NfxYgKkR w/@skytland

  7. Alex Howard

    139.0 days ago

    The @NASA @OpenGov team is now the "open innovation" team: http://t.co/4BnQYTSS Context: http://t.co/BMDIk3R1 #opengov #gov20



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