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Resource Generative AI Tools and Resources
June 15, 2023
Generative AI is a big buzzword right now. But what are the tools you and your team should be exploring? Download our new spreadsheet, which lists a number of tools and resources to help you get started with generative AI.
Resource A Beginner’s Guide to Innovation Spaces
January 25, 2023 | By Tyler Smith
Our latest PDF download offers help defining innovation spaces; understanding the pros and cons of virtual and physical spaces; and gives experts' advice about setting up an innovation space.
Article Plugging in to the Startup Ecosystem: An Illustrated Guide
November 14, 2022
No one would deny there’s a lot happening in the world of startups. But how can large companies tap into it, in a way that aligns with their objectives and creates real value? In this large-format illustration, we've laid out seven of the most common approaches to plugging in to...
Resource Scorecard: Create a Baseline Set of Innovation Metrics for Your Org
August 23, 2022
This spreadsheet, created with input from a group of a dozen corporate innovators at a recent event, encourages you to focus in on the areas of measurement that matter most to your executive sponsors, and will help you assign a score to each of those areas. The spreadsheet also gives...
Resource Data on Sustainability and ESG Initiatives
August 18, 2022
How are companies setting, communicating, and pursuing goals related to sustainability and sustainable development? Here’s survey data from mid-2022.
Resource Scoping Opportunities, Fleshing Out Concepts, and Doing Customer Research
July 27, 2022
Created inside publicly-traded companies, this short PowerPoint deck collects worksheets, templates, and “cheat sheets” related to evaluating opportunities, fleshing out concepts, and conducting customer research.
Resource Options for Innovation Org Structure, Process, and Measurement
July 21, 2022
Created inside publicly-traded companies, this PowerPoint deck lays out various options for setting up innovation organizations; defining roles; creating processes and pipelines for moving projects forward; and measuring outcomes.
Resource Pitch Deck: Designing a Corporate Venturing/Startup Engagement Strategy
July 18, 2022
Created inside a publicly-traded insurance firm, this PowerPoint deck makes the case for committing resources to the startup ecosystem, venture funds, accelerators, and universities.
Resource List of Small Innovation Consulting Firms, Workshop Leaders, and Speakers
May 27, 2022
Here’s our list of 60+ small innovation consulting practices that do everything from facilitate design sprints to train innovation catalysts to assess innovation maturity. They have experience working at firms like UnitedHealthCare, Nike, the Gap, Transmerica, Starbucks, Pepsico, Lululemon, and Pfizer. And they’re based in the US, Australia, Canada, Germany,...
Resource SAIC: Accelerating ROI by De-Risking Investments
March 13, 2022
Single PowerPoint slide detailing the technology integrator SAIC’s process for determining whether new ventures deserve additional resources.
Resource Data on Open Innovation Usage
February 22, 2022 | By Alexander MacDougall
How often do companies source ideas externally — from customers, entrepreneurs, inventors, and academics? Explore this data visualization to find out.
Resource Data on Outcomes Senior Leaders Expect from R&D Groups
February 18, 2022 | By Alexander MacDougall
This data visualization shows the outcomes that senior leaders expect from R&D groups, sortable by industry.
Resource Data on Why Organizations Kill Emerging Technology Projects
February 1, 2022 | By Alexander MacDougall
This data visualization shows the reasons why innovative organizations sometimes want to abandon new technology opportunities.
Resource Data on How Organizations Identify Important Emerging Technologies
February 1, 2022 | By Alexander MacDougall
This data visualization shows the methods in which innovative organizations look for and identify new emerging tech.
Resource PTC: Comic Book About Augmented Reality
February 1, 2022
This comic book lays out how augmented reality may be used in the workplace — both on tablets and on glasses. Shows how future visions can be communicated, outside the realm of PowerPoint.
Resource Data on Organizational Support for R&D and Innovation
January 27, 2022 | By Alexander MacDougall
This data visualization shows how much support R&D and innovation-oriented groups receive from other parts of the company, and from specific executives.
Resource The Role of Design and UX on an Innovation Team
January 7, 2022
Five-page PowerPoint document created to help an innovation group define roles related to design, including UX (user experience), and assess the skill sets of individuals.
Resource Matrix: Should You Watch, or Experiment With, an Emerging Technology
October 14, 2021
Submitted anonymously in 2021, this slide looks at how one organization thinks about important and not (yet) important emerging technologies. How would you fill out this matrix for your organization today? Does everyone agree?
Resource Data on How Corporates Interact with Startups, by Experience Level
September 20, 2021
What resources do other corporates have in place for interacting with the startup ecosystem? What do they find most challenging? Explore the answers in these five data visualizations.
Resource Survey Data: The Role Design Plays in Large Organizations
August 23, 2021
PowerPoint deck of charts and qualitative comments from our 2021 survey on the role that design plays in large organizations.