All Strategy Presentations

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 Clearly Defining Your Innovation Strategy, Vision, and Mission
January 23, 2022
This short PowerPoint deck, developed inside a publicly-traded manufacturing company, was created to make sure that everyone is on the same page with the “What, Where, When, Why, How” of innovation. It includes explainer slides with annotations, followed by slides that can be easily adapted for use with your company.
Resource Medtronic: Meaningful Innovation Brief
December 24, 2019
Short overview of how the medical device maker defines “meaningful innovation,” along with some examples of successful projects. Breaks innovation down into “therapy innovation,” “system innovation,” and “procedural innovation.”
Resource Exelon: Driving a Culture of Innovation
December 24, 2019
Overview of trends and digital transformation strategy at the $33.5 billion energy company — as well as the challenges of pursuing innovation in the nuclear power industry.
Resource Black & Veatch: Growth Accelerator Overview
December 24, 2019
Slide deck outlining the growth accelerator at Black & Veatch, a $3.2 billion engineering firm based in Kansas City, Mo. The accelerator “works both outside our core business and with our core businesses. In either case, we seek to discover new opportunities for clients and the global communities in which we work.” Offers...
Resource NBA: Developing an Innovation Strategy
December 24, 2019
Five steps to creating an innovation strategy. Just one slide, but captures the key questions to ask.
Resource Bosch: How We Set Up an Innovation Pipeline
October 25, 2019
Presentation from the German engineering and tech company Robert Bosch GmbH on some of the dynamics that make innovation challenging in established companies, and how the company created an accelerator program that enables employees to form teams and validate opportunities. The accelerator “enables evidence-based investment decisions” and has significantly reduced...
Resource XRC Labs: The Right (and Wrong) Ways to Engage with Accelerator Programs
October 25, 2018
Presentation given by Pano Anthos of XRC Labs 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.
Resource Amsurg: Our Journey Into Innovation
July 17, 2018
Six-page presentation covering the creation of an Enterprise Investing Group within the healthcare firm, lessons learned, and remaining challenges.
Resource Mars Wrigley: Breakthrough Packaging Development
February 13, 2018
Trends and customer dynamics driving the need for breakthrough packaging ideas at the Chicago-based candy company.
Resource Home 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.
Resource Chamberlain Group: Global Innovation Overview
May 2, 2017
A well-designed and informative presentation outlining the company’s innovation efforts. Chamberlain manufactures residential garage door openers and gate entry systems
Resource Medtronic: Innovation Briefing
May 2, 2017
A general overview of the medical device company’s innovation efforts entitled “Meaningful Innovation for the 21st Century.”
Resource Turner Classic Movies: Innovating the Brand
April 11, 2017
Document that offers a way of thinking about how to innovate with (and within) a well-established brand. “As we seek more transformative opportunities that can scale to fill financial gaps created by industry change, how do we remain authentic to who we are as a brand? And how do we innovate for...
Resource Reliance Industries: Innovation at Reliance
March 21, 2017
Overview of the innovation programs at the $43 billion Indian conglomerate. Includes seven innovation habits, and a slide about the company’s “innovation DNA.”
Resource Innovation Process, Culture & Strategy at 3M
December 5, 2016
48-page slide deck covering the seven elements of innovation; the innovation process at 3M; and strategy and areas of interest at 3M’s Corporate Research Materials Laboratory. From 2010.
Resource Tata 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.
Resource CSAA 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.
Resource MasterCard: Innovation Programs Overview
February 11, 2016
MasterCard Labs is MasterCard’s global Research and Development division, focused on the evolution of technological and consumer trends and the implication of these evolutions on the payments and commerce industries. This document offers an overview of their programs (as of Oct. 2015).
Resource United Airlines: The Story of Innovation at United
December 16, 2015
Presentation on how United has created an “intrapreneur-friendly” environment; the scorecard it uses to evaluate ideas; and how the innovation program is structured