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Innovation Opens Up
IBM's Global Innovation Outlook - identifying and harnessing innovation opportunities and enabling the collaborations that matter.
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In 2005 and 2006, the GIO 2.0 gathered 248 thought leaders from nearly three dozen countries and regions, representing 178 organizations across four continents for 15 “deep dive” sessions to discuss three focus areas and the emerging trends, challenges and opportunities that affect business and society:
- The future of the enterprise
- Energy and the environment
- Transportation and mobility
Rather than thinking of these topics in terms of established sectors or vertical markets, the deep dive sessions approached them as broad, horizontal issues that could affect virtually every enterprise and organization on the planet.
The fascinating insights from these discussions were released throughout 2006 at nine GIO Innovations Salons held worldwide.
This initiative represents something that is uniquely IBM: A combination of world-class technology leadership and deep expertise in business and industry. Deep relationships with a broad range of clients, governments, universities and other ecosystem members around the world. A willingness to elevate the dialogue around important issues and examine the broad implications for the world.
To learn more about GIO 2.0, read the GIO 2.0 report, listen to the GIO podcast series, or ask your IBM contact for a copy and begin a conversation about what the changing nature of innovation means for you and your organization.
GIO 1.0
In 2004, over the course of 10 meetings in 24 days on 3 continents, more than 100 leaders from business, academia, government, and other organizations joined with IBM's top researchers and consultants to examine three areas that affect broad swaths of society and are ripe for innovation:
- The future of healthcare
- The relationship between government and its citizens
- The intersection of work and life.
The results were summarized in the GIO 1.0 report.