Personal Update: Open Innovation Kahuna at Mozilla, Home of Firefox
This - for once - will be a rather personal posting…
Those of you who have known me for a while, know that I strive to work in areas which tend to be real challenges and where I aim to somehow make a dent (if not in the universe than at least in the area I work in). A dear friend of mine once described this as “choosing the stony path”. It is just so much more satisfying and fun.
Now - after a rather long search - I found a new calling: Since a few days I work with Mozilla (home of the Firefox browser) on creating their Open Innovation program (to get a glimpse of the things to come check out Mozilla Labs’ Concept Series). This is a tremendously exciting opportunity - working with some of the smartest people around (Chris Beard, Mozilla’s Chief Innovation Officer or Aza Raskin, Mozilla’s Head of User Experience to name just a few) on a topic which hasn’t been done before and which has the potential to change the way innovation is done on the Open Web.
This is - hands down - one of the most exciting jobs in my life (it actually reminds me a lot to those nights we worked through, while being part of the Transaction Services Group at eBay - oh, good times!). And for those in the know: Yes, I will once again work with Jane. Something I am really looking forward to.
Great times…
