A GLOBAL ENGINE OF INNOVATION

Innovative ideas demand innovative ways to find them. Assist 2 Develop combines a global talent pool with real-world challenges to discover new solutions and technologies with real-world applications.

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Assist 2 Develop's open innovation platform helps you leverage a wide range of experts that will take your product development process to the next level. Launch a challenge and our community will help you solve problems, discover new ideas, and get the job done.

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In the age of skills shortages, companies that access diverse knowledge and skills have a competitive advantage. Let us show you how.

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"Government organizations and some large corporations may have trouble generating truly different potential approaches or design ideas. Making use of open innovation takes consistent time from a point of contact, but pays off in innovation inspiration and usable products for little investment."

We couldn’t have done any of this in the amount of time this Assist 2 Develop challenge took, especially with difficulties in finding resources at the agency and competing with other mainline programs.

Samantha I. Infeld, Ph.D Project Manager from NASA Langley Research Center.

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Assist 2 Develop · Episode 6 part 1: How NASA leverages the crowd to drive innovation