Strategies That Scale
Spark Ideas
Minimize the friction necessary to share, pitch and collaborate on ideas across a global organization.
Event viewers
Participants
Innovation ideas
Continents
Business Challenge
How might we collect and share ideas when our particpants are in separate business units and departments across four continents.
How might we provide ideation space for people outside of our product teams where those type of tools are less accessible.
Let's Talk Innovation
Synthesize Pod Ep 1.4
My Partner Ben Wasson and I shared our experience in building a corporate innovation program and running global hackathons.
Our Requirements
Solution
After months of research we made the decision to partner with the Brightidea innovation platform. It provided us with the resources we needed to remove the barrier of entry for any employee to participate.
Central Platform
We now had a central repo for any information in regards to our innovation initiative. Everyone had access from day one.
Ideation Space
Digital white boards were basically limited to product / design teams in the company. Collaborating on project online was difficult unless you were on one of those teams. Additionally it was easy to lose an idea with no central space to capture and share it.
Managing Events
Event management became easier with our ability to quickly spin up EVENT MICROSITE’S.
We now had the ability to customize the event with specific branding. Create custom forms and pipelines for managing the event.
Innovation Challenges
We host both Hackathons and Market Challenges where we consult with teams across the organization to understand their goals and where crowd sourcing ideas would benefit their business.
Regardless of the challenge my team consults directly with business leaders to ensure a successful outcome.
Results
2022
2023
Business Outcomes
2024 set record numbers for engagement in Innovation across the organization. Teams leveraged AI technologies, introduced new integration ideas, expanded product features and collaborated across business units.
