An MIT/Sloan School of Management article delving into the question of do innovations come from individuals or teams. Though we are agnostic, we work a team approach in that one member of the team may originate the germ of the idea, but to develop it is an iterative process within the team.
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/breakthroughs-and-the-long-tail-of-innovation/
Good overview of using open innovation and the roles of intermediaries; the article discusses comments conference guest speakers Andy Zynga (NineSigma) and Letizia Mortara (University of Cambridge)
http://www.innovationmanagement.se/2014/11/12/open-innovation-intermediaries-are-they-valuable/
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