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Enjoy Patty's storytelling.
  This book tells the stories of dozens of outside innovation pioneers:

  • BBC
  • Charles Schwab
  • Cisco
  • Flickr
  • GE
  • Hallmark
  • Karmaloop
  • Koko Fitness
  • Kraft
  • LEGO
  • Mozilla
  • National Instruments
  • Snap-On
  • Staples
  • Unilever
  • Zopa






  • Outside Innovation
    How Your Customers Will Co-Design Your Company’s Future

    Press and reviews.

    “...companies urgently need to identify their most important customers and engage deeply with them about what they want.”
    - The Economist, November 16, 2006 [full article]



    “[Seybold] offers intriguing insights throughout her new book.”
    - New York Times, October 8, 2006 [full article] (subscription required)


    “A lot has been written about wikis, blogs, open source software, etc., but Seybold does a good job of showing and explaining the practical uses of this stuff for businesses.”
    - BusinessWeek, August 17, 2006 [full article]


    “Seybold provides much more than just anecdotes and happy endings. Her insights and suggestions regarding which types of businesses would benefit from the methods and practices she describes are pretty powerful, too.”
    - Miami Herald, December 4, 2006 [full article]


    “Seybold's examples are noteworthy for their innovations and financial returns.”
    - CIO Magazine, October 15, 2006 [full article]


    “Seybold goes way beyond soliciting customers' input and choosing what to listen to. She sees the customer as an essential, ground- floor component of product development and customer service staffs.”
    - Chicago Daily Herald, October 16, 2006 [full article] (subscription required)


    “If you are a customer-centric CIO and want to create company change through greater customer involvement, Patricia Seybold's Outside Innovation
    is for you.”
    - CIO Decisions, October 12, 2006 [full article] (subscription required)


    “Patricia Seybold sees the customer as an essential component of product development and service.”
    - Dallas Morning News, October 19, 2006 [full article]