Collaborative Innovation: Big Ideas Together

Temasek Polytechnic Final Year Project Client: SICC

More and more organizations today find themselves having to find and exploit new

ideas and opportunities in order to adapt to the growing competitive pressure and the

changes in customers’ needs.

Successful innovation has been and will always be a collaborative process between

people and rarely the work of a single person.

In most organisations, ideas undergo a constant process of review and refinement. It

is the end goal for the best ideas to surface. Through collaborative innovation,

people get to work hand closely with one another and possibly spot flaws or

mistakes that one can’t. Working together opens the space for constructive feedback

and allows for more creativity. As the saying goes, two heads really are better than

one.

New perspectives are also brought out when working together. Organisations can

harness and make full use of the insights and energy of all their people to get the

spectrum of thoughts and opinion – possibly affecting and improving the initial idea.

Through innovation, ideas go through a process of examination and improvisation.

Encouraging companies to come together to collaborate in order to innovate, SICC

strongly believes that the fastest way to innovate is to collaborate. Through SICC’s

Collaborative Innovation Interest Group, we aim to champion fresh initiatives that will

help uplift the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore.

“I attended my first Collaborative Innovation Interest Group meeting in July 2019

where the discussion and presentation were on a collaboration between Bosch and

UIB on Smart Buildings. In this instance, Bosch provided the building while working

with UIB to “smarten” it so that Bosch folks can work and interact more effectively

and efficiently.

“I was intrigued and impressed by the technological advancement made and it led

me to ponder upon how else such AI-driven technologies can enhance not just our

industry and company, but also for folks in their everyday routine activities.

“Where possible, I look forward to participating in the discussions in this Interest

Group with the intent to learn how other companies and organizations are

collaborating and innovating to make the lives of their stakeholders better,” said

Bernard Chua, Managing Director, CYC Movers (Commercial) LLP, a member of

SICC’s Collaborative Innovation Interest Group.

This collective effort truly enables greater productivity and is key amongst

businesses. Through this ongoing effort, we can all look forward to constant

improvements and fresh ideas.