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• ResourceVodafone: The Catalyst for Change

  November 9, 2016

  Overview of the innovation program at the British telecommunications company, with a special focus on how they created a global network of innovation champions; the impact so far; and best practices in setting up a similar champion network. Includes a chart summarizing comments from the employees who have participated.
• ResourceHonda: Driving Open Innovation

  September 24, 2016

  How Honda’s Silicon Valley Lab is engaging with startups, including providing test vehicles, funding, mentorship, and collaborative workspace.  
• ResourceSherwin-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.
• ResourceLean Startup in Large Organizations

  June 28, 2016

  Overview of the results from our May 2016 survey on how the lean startup methodology is being used in large companies, including benefits and challenges; software being used and training programs being run; key allies and supporters to cultivate; and general advice. 
• ResourceTata Communications: Innovation Engine

  April 25, 2016

  Overview of the challenges facing the $3 billion Indian telecom firm, and the “Shape the Future” program that Tata runs to solicit and cultivate employee ideas. Program includes an “immersion week” in Silicon Valley.
• ResourceW.L. Gore: Innovator Competencies

  April 5, 2016

  A one-page outlining the competencies required for innovation — including technical knowledge, disciplined execution, and others. From the Delaware-based materials company W.L. Gore & Associates.  
• ResourceViacom18: 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.
• ResourceThomson Reuters: Meet the Innovators Questionnaire

  April 5, 2016

  A questionnaire given to employees who have been nominated by their peers for an innovator’s award.  
• ResourceSeyfarth Shaw: Idea Submission Form

  April 5, 2016

  A four-page form for employees at the international law firm to submit ideas to the innovation committee.  
• ResourceNRG Energy: Idea Dash

  April 5, 2016

  A document outlining NRG’s idea challenge, called Idea Dash, including a 10-week timeline, key activities, and idea submission form.  
• ResourceMercer: Internal Innovation Newsletter

  April 5, 2016

  A newsletter designed to inform the company’s workforce of innovation efforts, including how to work with the team and soliciting people to participate in innovation workshops. Mercer is a human resources consulting firm.
• ResourceIntel: Work Practices Innovation Team

  April 5, 2016

  A one-page outline of the goals, challenges, and guiding principles for the chipmaker’s Work Practices Innovation Team.  
• ResourceHCA Healthcare: InnovationLink Site Overview

  April 5, 2016

  An overview of the company’s “InnovationLink,” a web site open to all full-time employees that allows them to post, search, find and collaborate on projects and ideas that address their problems. HCA operates hospitals, clinics, and surgical centers and is headquartered in Nashville, Tenn.
• ResourceFirstEnergy: 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.  
• ResourceExxonMobil: #Innovation Team Roles

  April 5, 2016

  A one-page outline of the roles on the energy company’s “#innovation” team, including roles geared to strategy, catalysts, and franchisees.  
• ResourceCSAA Insurance: Measuring Insight & Innovation

  April 5, 2016

  How the California-based insurer CSAA measures its innovation efforts, including a scorecard, key drivers, and a maturity model.  
• ResourceCSAA Insurance: Building a Disruptive Innovation Capability

  April 5, 2016

  A nicely-illustrated document outlining the company’s efforts to build a disruptive capability — including flow-charts and graphs.  
• ResourceCSAA Insurance: The Defining Characteristics of a Culture of Innovation

  April 5, 2016

  A 41-page PDF document outlining the California-based insurance company’s thoughts on the defining characterstics of an innovative culture, and how they hope to achieve that goal.  
• ResourceCSAA Insurance: Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer Job Description

  April 5, 2016

  A job description for the insurance company CSAA’s chief strategy and innovation officer, including a position summary, key duties and responsibilities, and the impact the position is expected to have on the organization.
• ResourceClorox: 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.”