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Article Pointers: Upgrading Your Innovation Initiative
November 19, 2019
For this edition of Pointers, we gathered advice and insights from our Strategic Partners about upgrading and expanding programs that have been in place for a year or more.
Q&A Innovation Mentorship
November 15, 2019
“What types of mentoring programs do other corporate innovation centers offer?” We gathered the best pieces of advice from the InnoLead network…
Resource Graphic: Four Stages of Commercial Innovation
November 1, 2019
In this PDF graphic, former BNY Mellon exec Rob Erman defines four stages that he has seen successful projects go through on their way to the market…
Resource Bosch: How We Set Up an Innovation Pipeline
October 25, 2019
Presentation from the German engineering and tech company Robert Bosch GmbH on some of the dynamics that make innovation challenging in established companies, and how the company created an accelerator program that enables employees to form teams and validate opportunities. The accelerator “enables evidence-based investment decisions” and has significantly reduced...
Resource Worksheet: How Are You Spending Your Time?
October 10, 2019
This worksheet shows some of the common activities that executives responsible for innovation engage in, as well as the benefits and possible risks of each activity.
Article Our Podcast Recommendations for Corporate Innovators
September 19, 2019
Our podcast, Innovation Answered, is back for its third season! Looking for more shows to binge? Here are five podcast recommendations for corporate innovators.
Resource Play the Game of Urgency Bingo
July 10, 2019 | By Scott Kirsner
How much urgency is there surrounding innovation in your organization? You may not win fabulous prizes playing the game we call “Urgency Bingo,” but it can help you understand some of the dynamics at play when it comes to getting sufficient resources, allies, and momentum behind an innovation effort. It...
Resource Clorox: Open Innovation Expert Request Form
March 13, 2019
Single page form used by Clorox employees who need to request help from the open innovation team.
Resource Home Depot: Building the Culture of Design Thinking
December 10, 2018
The Design Sprint framework is a problem-solving methodology used to identify, understand, and validate business opportunities. Download this short presentation on Home Depot practices design thinking.
Resource Six Steps to Strong Relationships with Colleagues in Legal, Compliance, and InfoSec
November 30, 2018
This worksheet highlights the six steps of creating productive working relationships with your legal, compliance, and information security departments, and invites you to evaluate and continually update your status. Where do you stand on each step?
Resource XRC Labs: The Right (and Wrong) Ways to Engage with Accelerator Programs
October 25, 2018
Presentation given by Pano Anthos of XRC Labs at Impact 2018 on the right and wrong ways for corporates to engage with accelerator programs. Includes a slide outlining the signs or hallmarks that a corporate culture has set up the proper structure for working with startup companies.
Resource Org Charts for Innovation Groups
August 24, 2018
There are two ways to set up and structure innovation teams, and both approaches have benefits and drawbacks. In this two-page PDF resource, a former VP of Product Management and Innovation outlines the pros and cons of each scenario.
Resource Amsurg: Our Journey Into Innovation
July 17, 2018
Six-page presentation covering the creation of an Enterprise Investing Group within the healthcare firm, lessons learned, and remaining challenges.
Resource Piloting and Scaling New Ideas in Healthcare: Challenges and Advice
April 30, 2018
These slides were presented as part of an April 2018 webcast on sourcing, piloting, and scaling new ideas that is also available on InnoLead. You can register for upcoming InnoLead live calls here.
Resource How Startups Can Work With Our Company
March 28, 2018
A single slide that provides a template for explaining to startups, venture capitalists, accelerators, etc. how your company wants to work with them and who the key point of contact is.
Article Innovation Illustrated: Measuring Innovation
March 1, 2018
Here’s Innovation Leader’s look at how you can design an effective “Mission Control” for your innovation work, along with questions to discuss with your team and senior leadership.
Resource ResMed: Radar Method for New Business Discovery
February 26, 2018
A model for thinking about how new technologies and therpies can be applied to health disorders — yielding new business for the medical device maker ResMed.
Resource What People Hear When the CEO Says ‘Innovate!’
February 23, 2018
What do the different groups think when the CEO announces the company will be more innovative? This resource can help different groups understand a definition of innovation which is accessible.
Resource Wawanesa Insurance: Technology Activation Model
February 14, 2018
Excel spreadsheet that provides a visual and quantitative way to evaluate the applicability and potential impacts of emerging technologies on the insurance company.
Resource Scouting: Key Questions, Participants, Indicators of Success
February 14, 2018
The goal of this editable worksheet is to help you think through some of the key questions, participants, risks, and indicators of success when you are setting up or seeking to improve a scouting operation. This worksheet is a component of our 2017 research report, “Scouting Trends & Emerging Tech,”...

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