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Resource The Innovation Imperative
January 17, 2017
Ideal for someone just getting started in an innovation role, making the case for sufficient resources, or working to get a program off the ground. This presentation collects some of the best advice we’ve heard on getting an initiative going; some of the choices that you’ll face; some of our...
Resource 2015 Innovation Benchmarking Report
January 16, 2017
Highlights from our 2015 Benchmarking Report, produced in collaboration with Innosight. Includes data on program focus, maturity stage, team size, tools being used, why projects get killed, and more.
Resource Best & Worst Practices in Measuring Innovation
January 16, 2017
Presentation from Front End of Innovation 2015 covering some of the ways companies do (and should) track innovation — and where metrics are headed.
Resource Getting Connected Products Right
January 16, 2017
Highlights from our 2016 Connected Products Survey, emphasizing investment levels, challenges, and success factors. Produced in collaboration with Altitude.
Resource Vodafone: The Catalyst for Change
November 9, 2016
Overview of the innovation program at the British telecommunications company, with a special focus on how they created a global network of innovation champions; the impact so far; and best practices in setting up a similar champion network. Includes a chart summarizing comments from the employees who have participated.
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.