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Downloadable Document Library
Here you’ll find actual documents used by our members — including templates, spreadsheets, powerpoint slides, project documents, and more — from innovation executives at large companies like Coca-Cola, ExxonMobil, Fidelity, GE, Nike, Starbucks, Procter and Gamble, and many others.
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- Strategy Presentations
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Three Stages of Collective Problem Solving With Regulatory or Compliance Partners
In this one-page guide, former Pfizer Head of Worldwide Innovation Dan Seewald details three stages of collective problem solving with colleagues in the regulatory and compliance departments.
Graphic: Four Stages of Commercial Innovation
In this PDF graphic, former BNY Mellon exec Rob Erman defines four stages that he has seen successful projects go through on their way to the market…
Worksheet: How Are You Spending Your Time?
This worksheet shows some of the common activities that executives responsible for innovation engage in, as well as the benefits and possible risks of each activity.
Culture, Personnel, and Org Structure
Tactics and Timelines for Changing Culture
What does it mean to try to change the culture to drive innovation, and how can you make your goals specific? Gary Getz and Michel van Hove of Strategos explain.
DevDiv Culture
A presentation that reviews the company’s cultural values and behaviors as discovered at a recent “devdiv” event.
Grassroots Innovation and Senior Leadership, Tying it all Together
How the company bridges the gap between what senior leadership wants and how the company executes grassroots innovation.
Events, Contests, and Competitions
Innovation Day Pitch Deck
A slide deck template for participants in Boeing’s Innovation Day competition.
The Innovator’s Voice
A guide to the company’s “Innovator’s Voice Competition,” which enables individuals and teams to spend some of their time innovating and creating new, novel products and services for customers.
Idea Dash
A document outlining the company’s idea challenge, called Idea Dash, including a 10-week timeline, key activities, and awards.
Frameworks & Models
Flavors of Innovation
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.
Innovation Framework
A one-page overview of the company’s innovation framework, from “Needs Definition / Idea Submission” through to “Transfer to Program Development.”
Ideas to Impact Framework
A short presentation identifying how the company uses its insights to imagine, identify, and capitalize on business opportunities.
Innovation Leader Resources
Three Stages of Collective Problem Solving With Regulatory or Compliance Partners
In this one-page guide, former Pfizer Head of Worldwide Innovation Dan Seewald details three stages of collective problem solving with colleagues in the regulatory and compliance departments.
Graphic: Four Stages of Commercial Innovation
In this PDF graphic, former BNY Mellon exec Rob Erman defines four stages that he has seen successful projects go through on their way to the market…
Worksheet: How Are You Spending Your Time?
This worksheet shows some of the common activities that executives responsible for innovation engage in, as well as the benefits and possible risks of each activity.
Job Descriptions
Director of Innovation Job Description
A short description outlining the responsibilities of the company’s director of innovation.
Innovation Manager Job Description
Official job description for the company’s R&D Innovation Manager.
Entrepreneur in Residence Job Description
A detailed job description for the company’s Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) program.
Labs & Centers
Global Innovation Centers Overview
Short overview of BNY’s network of innovation centers, their approach, and focus.
Life Science iHub Overview
An overview and photos of the company’s Life Science iHub center and team.
Driving Open Innovation
How Honda’s Silicon Valley Lab is engaging with startups, including providing test vehicles, funding, mentorship, and collaborative workspace.
Metrics & Scorecards
Measuring Insight & Innovation
How the company measures its innovation efforts, including a scorecard, key drivers, and a maturity model.
Innovation for Value Creation
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.
Innovation Scorecard
Scorecard for ideas proposed as part of Adobe’s internal Kickbox Innovation Workshops. Considers factors like customer value, company fit, and risk level. Good, clear definitions of things like “addressable market size” and “fit with brand.”
Processes & Methodologies
Innovation Studio
An overview of Anthem’s innovation approach, team and process.
Front End and New Product Development Process Flow Charts
A one-slide document mapping out Armstrong’s processes around front-end and new product development.
Front End of the Pipeline Exploration
A one-page flowchart describing how the company identifies, defines, and prioritizes problems & opportunities.
Strategy Presentations
Building the Culture of Design Thinking
The Design Sprint framework is a problem-solving methodology used to identify, understand, and validate business opportunities. Download this short presentation on Home Depot practices design thinking.
The Right (and Wrong) Ways to Engage with Corporate Accelerators
Presentation given at Impact 2018 on the right and wrong ways for corporates to engage with accelerator programs. Includes a slide outlining the signs or hallmarks that a corporate culture has set up the proper structure for working with startup companies.
Actual Intelligence Built on A.I.
Overview of how Home Depot is approaching artificial intelligence, given the complexity of many home improvement projects. Includes three lessons learned so far.
Templates
Scouting: Tracking Trends and Emerging Technologies
The goal of this worksheet, a component of our 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.
Idea Disclosure Form
A template used by the company to collect information about an idea and to capture the key value and potential opportunity of ideas.
Meet the Innovators Questionnaire
A questionnaire given to employees who have been nominated by their peers for an innovator’s award.
