How do you access skills externally?

“Innovations happen at the intersection of disciplines…  Open source collaboration is a very different model for innovation and product development than most firms are used to”.  Karim R Lakhani, Harvard Business School

Another way of developing capability is by accessing skills externally through partnerships, collaborations and exchanges.  Often, an innovative solution to a problem will come from those with expertise at the periphery of a problem’s field.  They may not have the skills that are core to your business but they may have complementary skills and be more likely to find answers from other disciplines and do so quickly.

Both the Commonwealth and Queensland Governments offer support to businesses wishing to engage a researcher to work collaboratively on a project through the Researchers in Business Program (Commonwealth) and the Researcher in Residence and Entrepreneur in Residence programs (Queensland).

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How do you find and hire skilled people?
How do you develop the skills of your people?
How do you access skills externally?
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