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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A two-page overview of the educational testing firm’s Design Thinking approach and a look at the goals of the company in developing new products and services.
A five-page document outlining the evolution of the design thinking framework at Clorox, along with questions to ask during the process and the concept of “connective thinking.”
Includes “the nine principles of agile innovation,” and visually explains EY’s “innovation flight map.” Partially a sales pitch, but includes nice research data and more.