All Frameworks & Models

Resource Options for Innovation Org Structure, Process, and Measurement
July 21, 2022
Created inside publicly-traded companies, this PowerPoint deck lays out various options for setting up innovation organizations; defining roles; creating processes and pipelines for moving projects forward; and measuring outcomes.
Resource SAIC: Accelerating ROI by De-Risking Investments
March 13, 2022
Single PowerPoint slide detailing the technology integrator SAIC’s process for determining whether new ventures deserve additional resources.
Resource Matrix: Should You Watch, or Experiment With, an Emerging Technology
October 14, 2021
Submitted anonymously in 2021, this slide looks at how one organization thinks about important and not (yet) important emerging technologies. How would you fill out this matrix for your organization today? Does everyone agree?
Resource Dunkin’ Brands: What Happens in an Internet Minute?
December 24, 2019
Why do you need to move fast? This graphic lays out all of the things that happen on the Internet every minute, from Amazon sales to Netflix movies viewed.
Resource LogMeIn: The Innovation Journey
December 24, 2019
Explores how the collaboration software companies thinks about horizons; lean startup; training; and scaling projects that work.
Resource Technology Trends Radar
December 24, 2019
Submitted anonymously in 2018, this slide looks at technology trends that apply to a company’s core business — or could be relevant to adjacent or white space projects. Includes blockchain, quantum computing, AI, and drones as examples.
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 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 Anthem: Flavors of Innovation
August 21, 2017
Two slides lay out a great way to think about various initiatives, or “flavors of innovation,” that a company might pursue, from a cultural initiative to a workshop series to a venture fund to a spin-out company.
Resource Medtronic: Innovation Framework
May 2, 2017
A one-page overview of the company’s innovation framework, from “Needs Definition / Idea Submission” through to “Transfer to Program Development.”
Resource Altria: Ideas to Impact Framework
May 2, 2017
A short presentation identifying how the publicly-traded tobacco products company uses its insights to imagine, identify, and capitalize on business opportunities.
Resource LinkedIn: 6-Thon Framework
April 28, 2017
An open framework for executing innovation and measuring success at the social networking company.
Resource Optum: Startups and Innovation
April 5, 2017
A look at the company’s approach to working with startups, told with a humorous “pac-man”-style narrative. Optum is a healthcare services company that is part of UnitedHealth Group.
Resource Staples: Applied Innovation Overview
April 5, 2017
A structured framework of the retailer’s Applied Innovation program, guided by senior leaders.
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.
Resource Thomson Reuters: Innovation Strategy Framework
December 5, 2015
An overview of the media company’s frameworks, including an innovation landscape map and a “sustained innovation capability maturity model.”
Resource Assurant: Benefits of Foresight
December 5, 2015
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.
Resource Garlock: Driving Innovation
September 9, 2015
A 27-page PDF detailing the company’s approach to innovation and its goals. Garlock is a manufacturer of seals and gaskets, and is a subsidiary of EnPro Industries.
Resource Dun & Bradstreet: Innovation Framework
September 9, 2015
A one-page overview of the data and analytics company’s approach to the “5-Ps Framework for Innovation.”
Resource American Greetings: Storytelling 101
September 9, 2015
A really well-written treatise on the company’s approach to innovation, centered around telling stories. American Greetings, based in Ohio, makes greeting cards, party supplies, gifts, and operates a chain of retail outlets.