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.
Short presentation from December 2014 about the team behind Eastern Bank’s new Eastern Labs initiative, and what they’re focusing on. Eastern is the oldest and largest mutually-owned bank in the US.
Collected from 15+ innovation execs in early 2015, this captures what innovation leaders are doing when they are setting strategy; trying to change company culture; building capabilities for cultivating and testing new ideas; and investing in promising startups.
Deborah Arcoleo has spent more than a decade as a senior innovation executive at Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, Johnson & Johnson, Campbell Soup, and now The Hershey Company. These slides share her “credo” on the six elements that must be in place to make true innovation happen inside a big company.
Overview of how the Governance Council that oversees the company’s innovation group works. Also slides on creating an innovation culture — traits and practices. Kennametal is a manufacturer of tools and industrial materials.
Short PowerPoint presentation that covers Owens Corning’s market intelligence and brainstorming tool; capabilities mapping; measuring the return on innovation; and the company’s various awards for innovative and high-performing teams.
Booklet that includes an agenda from Catalyst, a day-long innovation event held at Intuit; an overview of the innovation mechanisms in place at the company, like 10 percent unstructured time and idea jams; and a section on tools and methods like “customer safaris,” storyboarding, and empathy maps.
The organizational flowchart of the coffee chain’s innovation teams, including the flexible headcount, and an outline of the competencies common to all team members.
Slide deck from a fun internal Nike event called “Attack from Left Field,” which includes disruption exercises for a number of the company’s industries as well as an agenda. Key question: “Could a competitor attack from left field and take ownership of the athlete in the future?”
The agenda for a one-and-a-half day innovation workshop at the medical device maker, including sessions on journey mapping, problem statements, and concept refinements.
A worksheet that evaluates an innovation team member on concepts such as project work, “outside-in perspective,” idea generation, and more. From the New York-based company that operates businesses in insurance brokerage, risk management, reinsurance services, talent management, investment advisory, and management consulting.
This unique employee handbook for the semiconductor giant is called “Freelance Nation,” and discusses the company’s culture around the concepts of freedom and flexibility.