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.
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.
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.”
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.