open innovation in
  digital science
       kaitlin thaney
  @kaythaney ; @digitalsci
   #openoxford ; oxford
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“ traditions last not because they are
  excellent, but because influential
  people are averse to change and
  because of the sheer burdens of
    transition to a better state ... “
                          Cass Sunstein
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avoid reinventing
square wheels.
the best minds are usually
   outside of your walls.
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encourage, support
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our definition of
“information” is evolving.
     as are the containers ...
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protocols
parameters
calibration
  misc. lit
wasted ...
  $$$
  time
resource
T[citable, sharable, discoverable]
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                                again.
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a smarter, open alternative
coauthorship, insights
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our practices
   are limiting us.
... and in some ways, harming.
changing models of
authority, community
?
“ What Des-Cartes did was a good step.
  You have added much several ways, &
   especially in taking ye colours of thin
  plates into philosophical consideration.

  If I have seen further it is by standing on
            ye shoulders of Giants. “
                      - Isaac Newton, 1676
we’re locked in old mechanisms.
existing system is imperfect




we can/need to do better.
think before you (re)invent.
 design decisions are key.
   plan for the irrational.
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   digital-science.com

kaitlin@digital-science.com
 @kaythaney ; @digitalsci

Open Innovation in Digital Science