Knowledge Inclusivity at the Perkins+Will Research Labs

by Mallory Budy | March 7th, 2016

  In a time of big data, seemingly unlimited resources, and a culture of knowledge sharing, research has become available to organizations in many fields that did not previously have it. While generating original research is not a possibility at every firm level, large firms are now filling the gaps and making their findings available to the public, including competitors, on a larger scale. One of the easiest ways to become a thought leader in any industry is to make your findings available to everyone – set competition aside, and let the research do the talking. Perhaps the most shining example of this anywhere the world over is electric vehicle company Tesla Motors, and more specifically, its co-founder and CEO, Elon Musk. Mr. Musk chose in 2014 to release all of Tesla’s electric car patents to anyone who wanted to use the technology. Now, technology and research are two very …