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Resource Honda: Driving Open Innovation
September 24, 2016
How Honda’s Silicon Valley Lab is engaging with startups, including providing test vehicles, funding, mentorship, and collaborative workspace.
Resource Sherwin-Williams: How Our Global External Innovation Team Works
July 26, 2016
How the open innovation team at Sherwin-Williams, the paint and coatings giant, scouts new technologies in academia and the startup world; evaluates promising technologies; and forges partnerships.
Resource Lean Startup in Large Organizations
June 28, 2016
Overview of the results from our May 2016 survey on how the lean startup methodology is being used in large companies, including benefits and challenges; software being used and training programs being run; key allies and supporters to cultivate; and general advice.
Resource Tata Communications: Innovation Engine
April 25, 2016
Overview of the challenges facing the $3 billion Indian telecom firm, and the “Shape the Future” program that Tata runs to solicit and cultivate employee ideas. Program includes an “immersion week” in Silicon Valley.
Resource W.L. Gore: Innovator Competencies
April 5, 2016
A one-page outlining the competencies required for innovation — including technical knowledge, disciplined execution, and others. From the Delaware-based materials company W.L. Gore & Associates.
Resource Viacom18: The ‘Big Belly’ Innovation Portal
April 5, 2016
A document outlining how the Indian media company company implemented an idea management system, including vendor selection, promotion to employees, outcomes, and future challenges.
Resource Thomson Reuters: Meet the Innovators Questionnaire
April 5, 2016
A questionnaire given to employees who have been nominated by their peers for an innovator’s award.
Resource Seyfarth Shaw: Idea Submission Form
April 5, 2016
A four-page form for employees at the international law firm to submit ideas to the innovation committee.
Resource NRG Energy: Idea Dash
April 5, 2016
A document outlining NRG’s idea challenge, called Idea Dash, including a 10-week timeline, key activities, and idea submission form.
Resource Mercer: Internal Innovation Newsletter
April 5, 2016
A newsletter designed to inform the company’s workforce of innovation efforts, including how to work with the team and soliciting people to participate in innovation workshops. Mercer is a human resources consulting firm.
Resource Intel: Work Practices Innovation Team
April 5, 2016
A one-page outline of the goals, challenges, and guiding principles for the chipmaker’s Work Practices Innovation Team.
Resource HCA Healthcare: InnovationLink Site Overview
April 5, 2016
An overview of the company’s “InnovationLink,” a web site open to all full-time employees that allows them to post, search, find and collaborate on projects and ideas that address their problems. HCA operates hospitals, clinics, and surgical centers and is headquartered in Nashville, Tenn.
Resource FirstEnergy: Products Operating System
April 5, 2016
A one-page flowchart showing the systems and process for the Ohio-based utility’s product development and innovation teams.
Resource ExxonMobil: #Innovation Team Roles
April 5, 2016
A one-page outline of the roles on the energy company’s “#innovation” team, including roles geared to strategy, catalysts, and franchisees.
Resource CSAA Insurance: Measuring Insight & Innovation
April 5, 2016
How the California-based insurer CSAA measures its innovation efforts, including a scorecard, key drivers, and a maturity model.
Resource CSAA Insurance: Building a Disruptive Innovation Capability
April 5, 2016
A nicely-illustrated document outlining the company’s efforts to build a disruptive capability — including flow-charts and graphs.
Resource CSAA Insurance: The Defining Characteristics of a Culture of Innovation
April 5, 2016
A 41-page PDF document outlining the California-based insurance company’s thoughts on the defining characterstics of an innovative culture, and how they hope to achieve that goal.
Resource CSAA Insurance: Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer Job Description
April 5, 2016
A job description for the insurance company CSAA’s chief strategy and innovation officer, including a position summary, key duties and responsibilities, and the impact the position is expected to have on the organization.
Resource Clorox: Agile Development for Innovation
April 5, 2016
An outline of the CPG company’s migration to a more agile innovation process, from a long, five-gate process to a new, shorter, three-gate process with “hard stops.”
Resource Aon: Model for Innovation
April 5, 2016
A guiding innovation model for Aon Health & Benefits, including guiding principles, flowcharts, and an illustrated R&D process.

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