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• ResourceResMed: 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.
• ResourceWhat People Hear When the CEO Says ‘Innovate!’

  February 23, 2018

  What do the different groups think when the CEO announces the company will be more innovative? This resource can help different groups understand a definition of innovation which is accessible.
• ResourceWawanesa 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.
• ResourceScouting: Key Questions, Participants, Indicators of Success

  February 14, 2018

  The goal of this editable worksheet is to help you think through some of the key questions, participants, risks, and indicators of success when you are setting up or seeking to improve a scouting operation. This worksheet is a component of our 2017 research report, “Scouting Trends & Emerging Tech,”...
• ResourceMars Wrigley: Breakthrough Packaging Development

  February 13, 2018

  Trends and customer dynamics driving the need for breakthrough packaging ideas at the Chicago-based candy company.
• ResourceEQT: External Innovation

  February 7, 2018

  How the Pittsburgh-based natural gas producer is seeking value “through expanded relationships with innovators” outside the company.
• ResourceBest Practices in Scouting Trends and Emerging Tech

  February 5, 2018

  Survey data from 2017 on how large organizations structure their scouting activities, and some of the challenges they encounter. These slides were presented as part of a February 2018 webcast on scouting that is also available on Innovation Leader.
• ResourceList of Corporate-Supported Startup Accelerators

  January 12, 2018

  A spreadsheet describing 25 startup accelerators either run by corporations or with substantial corporate involvement, across industries like aerospace, retail, and tech. Includes a shorter list of corporate accelerators that are defunct or on hiatus.
• ResourceHome Depot: Actual Intelligence Built on A.I.

  January 7, 2018

  Overview of how Home Depot is approaching artificial intelligence, given the complexity of many home improvement projects. Includes three lessons learned so far.
• ResourceWorksheet for Scouting Trends and Emerging Technologies

  December 19, 2017

  The goal of this worksheet, a component of Innovation Leader’s 2017 research report on scouting trends and emerging tech, is to help you think through some of the key questions, participants, risks, and indicators of success when you are setting up or seeking to improve a scouting operation.
• Resource11 Major Barriers to Innovation, with Proposed Solutions

  October 23, 2017

  Building a successful and enduring innovation program requires that you identify the barriers that may inhibit progress — ideally, before you smash into them at full speed. Working to predict and mitigate the key barriers can make the business more accepting of new ideas. Below are eleven of the most...
• ResourceCEOs & Innovation: Four Archetypes

  September 6, 2017

  From the Fall 2017 issue of Innovation Leader’s magazine, this one-pager captures the different kinds of CEO personalities when it comes to innovation, including the Visionary, the Cheerleader, and the Advocate. 
• ResourceIdea Evaluation Scorecard

  August 23, 2017

  This offers a complete system for logging, screening, classifying, and scoring ideas that an innovation group might devote resources to. Developed by Aaron Proietti, former SVP of Innovation at Transamerica, it’s an Excel spreadsheet that can be easily adapted for your own use.
• ResourceAnthem: 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.
• ResourceInnovation Maturity Guide: Five Stages of Innovation Evolution

  August 15, 2017

  What does progress look like when you’re the team tasked with doing the new stuff? It’s a question that comes up at most of our in-person gatherings. What are the characteristics of each stage of innovation, the things you ought to be focusing on, and the risks that you may...
• ResourceSix Types of Innovation Lab & the Pros and Cons

  June 22, 2017

  This one-page PDF lays out the six primary types of innovation labs we’ve seen, as well as the pros and cons of each and examples of companies that have launched them.  
• ResourceBNY Mellon: Global Innovation Centers Overview

  May 19, 2017

  Short overview of BNY Mellon’s network of innovation centers, their approach, and focus.    
• ResourceMaking the Case for Innovation

  May 17, 2017

  Annotated presentation to help you define the vision for innovation; create a financial justification for investment; detail the benefits; discuss the competitive landscape; set up success milestones; and more. Developed for Innovation Leader by Aaron Proietti, former SVP/Innovation at Transamerica.
• ResourceSample Monthly Progress Report

  May 16, 2017

  This “straw man” report is designed to provide holistic, near-continuous feedback to stakeholders so that the organization can ensure that the best innovation investment decisions are being made. You can use this template to fit various types of work, from experiments to bigger projects to cultural work to business unit-specific...
• ResourceAnthem: Innovation Studio

  May 2, 2017

  An overview of Anthem’s innovation approach, team and process. Anthem, based in Indiana, is is the largest for-profit managed health care company in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.