A graphical overview of an anonymous company’s innovation lab efforts, including an “Innovation Ambition Matrix” and models of corporate entrepreneurship.
Overview of how Houston-based ExxonMobil created an online “virtual café” where company IT employees can share ideas for improvements and cost-savings, and get funding and mentoring to move them forward.
MasterCard Labs is MasterCard’s global Research and Development division, focused on the evolution of technological and consumer trends and the implication of these evolutions on the payments and commerce industries. This document offers an overview of their programs (as of Oct. 2015).
Presentation focuses on how Intel Labs is seeking to create technology that is relevant to society by working with four outside constituencies: government, academia, citizens, and other companies. Includes slide on how company works toward making innovation “predictable, probable and profitable,” rather than occasional and project-based.
An overview of how the home goods manufacturer and retailer collects consumer insights, runs hackathons, and uses an innovation space in Copenhagen to explore future living trends. Includes video.
Overview of how the Spanish bank runs its “Open Talent” competition for startups focused on the financial services industry, which generated 653 applications in 2015.
Presentation on how United has created an “intrapreneur-friendly” environment; the scorecard it uses to evaluate ideas; and how the innovation program is structured
A twenty-six slide overview of Chief Innovation Officer Ben Brenton’s approach, with a special focus on “driving innovation through customer connection” at the publicly-traded tool manufacturer.
The company’s “Advanced Concept Ideation Template,” outlining its brainstorming process and idea development. MTD is a manufacturer of outdoor power equipment.
An overview of the insurance provider’s competitive landscape and strategy to thrive in the face of uncertainty, as well as the role that the foresight function plays.
Presentation from MetLife Chief Innovation Officer John Geyer that offers an overview of the insurer’s innovation program, process, tools, and five keys to surviving the “innovation danger zone,” when projects have gotten underway but haven’t yet delivered results.
This 15-page PDF overview of how GE used its FirstBuild community makerspace in Louisville, Ky. to develop a countertop icemaker that was successfully launched on the crowdfunding site Indiegogo.