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Process Development Disruption in the Oil & Gas industry: Open Innovation to Drive Value in UK Under-Explored Areas
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Posted on November 13, 2018 at 2:25 pm
In 2015 and 2016 the UK Government took a new approach to attract interest to its oil & gas resources, adopting an open innovation model as a short and long term value driver in the country’s energy sector. First steps [...]

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On November 15, 2018, Jane commented on The Missing Piece: How Lego Found Open Innovation at a Critical Time :

I love Lego! It is interesting to see how a traditional company is embracing this new trend to deliver more value to customers.
Regarding your question, I think that several industries are perceiving this tension between its traditional workforce and the rising product development trends. However, I definitely believe this can be a win-win situation for the designers and for the company. The way I see it, Lego fans are contributing to the pipeline of ideas, giving more possibilities to de designers to develop. I believe this trend will allow designers to develop more successful products.

On November 15, 2018, Jane commented on Amazon Studios’ experiment in crowdsourcing scripts: were they right to abandon open innovation in developing new content? :

Wow, great article! I had no idea that Amazon had used this approach to create new content. Is interesting to see how a transformative trend (open innovation) did not work this time for Amazon.
Regarding your questions, I think that Amazon could have maintained the program and extract value. I think that if the process became more efficient, crow-sourcing could provide value to develop new ideas.

On November 15, 2018, Jane commented on Leveraging Technology for Global Health: 3D printing in Rwanda :

This is very interesting, thank you for sharing your previous work experience and your perspective.
I agree that 3D printing will play an important role in reducing poverty and it seems that the Rwandan Government is doing an amazing role in promotion science & technology in the country. However, I question if that is the role that a government should be playing. Is the Rwandan Government the appropriate institution to drive this innovation?
I do believe that the government plays a crucial role in attracting innovation and creating the right set of conditions for its development. But I believe that the innovation and implementation should be done privately. I think this directly relates to your second question.

On November 15, 2018, Jane commented on Metal Additive Manufacturing at General Electric (GE) as future Competitive Advantage across Business Units :

Very interesting! I think your analysis highlights a broader problem across different industries: how should companies develop the skills to capture the value that new technologies offer? And to your question, I don’t see how in-house efforts will allow GE to accomplish this goal.
Large organizations, as GE, are bureaucratic, slow, and resilient to change. These characteristics are opposite to those that characterize the revolutionary trend of 3D printing. For that reason, I believe that M&A is the best way to take advantage of these new technologies.

On November 15, 2018, Jane commented on Unlocking Efficiency Gains Through AI: Shell and Machine Learning :

 Great job! Machine learning is transforming the energy industry, it is curious that it took this long to the sector to start leveraging the massive amount of data that they generate.

Regarding your question, I don’t think that AI is a core competency in oil & gas industry. However, with declining costs in other sources of energy (especially renewables), I believe that the oil & gas sector will need to find new ways to become more efficient, and AI can be a great source.
I think it is difficult to develop this capabilities with the current workforce though, I think that the sector will need to attract people with these skillsets and from that point start developing the knowledge in-house.

On November 15, 2018, Jane commented on Iberdrola, machine learning and the future of offshore wind :

This is very interesting, thank you. I also believe that ML is transforming the energy industry, it is curious that it took this long to the sector to start leveraging the massive amount of data that they generate.
Regarding your first question, I believe that the role of engineers will definitely change. The way I see it, ML will facilitate data analytics and will allow engineers and experts to spend more time thinking, rather than doing a manual job. However, I don’t believe that ML will totally replace human capabilities. In the end, human criteria is important, especially in risk issues related to context or to other aspects that ML cannot capture.

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On November 15, 2018, Jane commented on Iberdrola, machine learning and the future of offshore wind :

This is very interesting, thank you! I also believe that AI is transforming the energy industry, it is curious that it took this long to the sector to start leveraging the massive amount of data that they generate.
Regarding your first question, I believe that the role of engineers will definitely change. The way I see it, AI will facilitate data analytics and will allow engineers and experts to spend more time thinking, rather than doing a manual job. However, I don’t believe that AI will totally replace human capabilities. In the end, human criteria is important, especially in risk issues related to context or to other aspects that AI cannot capture.