All Processes & Methodologies - Page 2

Resource Optum: Overview of Optum Garage
April 28, 2017
A full overview of the Optum Garage training program, which helps teams build new products, establish new businesses and expand customer value through an immersion training program. Optum is a provider of healthcare services that is part of UnitedHealth Group.
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 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 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 Clorox: Agile Development for Innovation
April 5, 2016
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.”
Resource Telefónica: Lean Product Development in a Very Big Organization
March 28, 2016
Overview of how the Spanish telecommunications company has been deploying the lean startup approach with consumers and business customers.
Resource IKEA: Looking at the Edge to Understand the Future
December 23, 2015
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.
Resource MetLife: Surviving the Innovation Danger Zone
December 4, 2015
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.
Resource GE FirstBuild: How We Built a Fully-Functional Ice Maker Prototype
November 20, 2015
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.
Resource Ericsson: Guiding Principles for Lean Enterprise Teams
September 9, 2015
A well-illustrated guide to the Swedish networking and telecommunications company’s innovation philosophy.
Resource EnPro Industries: Innovation System — Commercial Overview
September 9, 2015
A flow document outlining the diversified manufacturer’s innovation processes.
Resource Constant Contact: Design Sprint Kit
September 9, 2015
An incredible document presenting the company’s flexible product design framework. Constant Contact sells marketing software to businesses.
Resource Biogen: From Ideation to Production
September 9, 2015
Flowchart and accompanying slide describing how the biopharma company creates a channel for innovation in IT.
Resource Kimberly-Clark: Crowd Innovation Pipeline Process
March 31, 2015
An outline of the CPG company’s “What If?” pilot program for internal crowdsourcing of innovation ideas.
Resource Autoliv: Idea Crowdsourcing Challenges
March 31, 2015
A map of the company’s process for running internal idea crowdsourcing challenges. Autoliv is a publicly-held Swedish company that supplies safety systems and components to automakers.
Resource Associated Press: Continuous Delivery Pipeline
March 31, 2015
A 12-page technical document outlining the news organization’s “Proteus” CD (continuous development) process.
Resource Alaska Airlines: Product Development Process
March 31, 2015
A brief and informative overview of the company’s product development process, including support functions and relationships, provided by the customer innovation R&D team.
Resource Vodafone and Thomson Reuters: Co-Creation Methodology Graphic
February 3, 2015
Printable process graphic that shows the process that Vodafone and Thomson Reuters went through, from discovery to executive commitment to validation, on a recent co-creation project.
Resource Goodyear: Process Framework for Customer Centered Innovation
October 29, 2014
A one-page look at the processes and skill sets required to spur innovation at the tire manufacturer.
Resource Goodyear: Business Model Innovation
October 29, 2014
A one-page chart showing the process for business model innovation at the venerable tire and rubber company.