Cross-Industry Innovations–Systematic Identification of Ideas for Radical Problem Solving

Creativity is often based on an unorthodox recombination of knowledge; in fact: 80% of all innovations use given knowledge and put it into a new combination. Cross-industry innovations follow this way of thinking and bring together problems and solution ideas from different industries. Therefore analogies and search strategies have to be developed. Taking this path, the questions where to search, what to search and how to search have to be answered. Afterwards, the gathered information can be used within a planned search process. Identified solution ideas have to be assessed and analyzed in detail for the success promising adaption planning.

Authors:

• Niklas Echterhoff
• Benjamin Amshoff
• Jürgen Gausemeier

Keywords:

• analogy building
• cross-industry innovations
• knowledge transfer
• solution adaption.

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