How technology enables companies to connect with customers
Do you have proven success measures for your corporate innovation programs? If so, we’d like to interview you for an upcoming Crowd Companies report that I’m working on with Jaimy Szymanski The report will showcase how companies are measuring success for each of the 10 corporate … Continue readingCall for Insights: Innovation Success Measures Report
By Jeremiah Owyang and Jaimy Szymanski Blockchain technology has the potential to upend the way every industry manages its information and data, not only financial services.Imagine being able to track shipments through your supply chain with ease, down to the individual package or even component … Continue readingInfographic: Blockchain Opportunities for Every Industry
By Jeremiah Owyang and Jaimy Szymanski Corporations are struggling to keep pace with technology trends, but the real innovation challenge lies in their internal culture. In other words? The “tech issue” isn’t an issue! According to our recent survey, the top challenge companies face in … Continue readingCorporate Innovation Talent Strategy: Intrapreneurship, Universities, and Acquisitions
I’ve visited many a region that’s interested in creating its own “Silicon Beach/Mountain/Cliff/Island/Plane/Desert,” and that is truly wonderful. Along the way, I’m often asked what makes Silicon Valley successful. The elusive recipe need not be hidden in a vault or passed down from Nana to … Continue readingRecipe: How to Bake Your Own Silicon Valley
In our research on corporate innovation, we found the most advanced companies allow competitors to innovate in their own buildings. Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS enables outside innovation inside the company. As a result, they’re improving the entire industry, including efforts of competitors, in order … Continue readingHow Advanced Corporations Innovate: Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS
Our recent research on Corporate Innovation Programs (download the high level version) found that companies are attempting to act more nimble and agile by deploying a combination of these innovation programs. Frequency varies, and budgets are skewed around Startup Acquisition, being the bulk of the … Continue readingCorporate Innovation Programs Come in Ten Flavors
Though there are many ways to approach innovation, the majority of companies focus on building innovation teams or “Innovation centers of excellence,” as well as fostering internal education, before moving toward external deployments. In Crowd Companies’ recent report, The Corporate Innovation Imperative (download here), we … Continue readingCorporate Innovation Programs Focus on Teams and Empowering Internal Innovation
By Jeremiah Owyang, with co-contributor Ryan Brinks Corporations are approaching innovation processes and methods in different manners, we’ve seen catalogs of over 70 examples. Here’s a sample of the most common methods that we’ve commonly heard in our interviews from our recent report on the … Continue readingYour Guide to Innovation and Design Methods
Most large corporations have a wide range of customer types. It often spans many countries, languages, and cultures. To help create the right product solutions for your customers, savvy companies are activating their employees (not just the dedicated product team) to unleash innovation from all … Continue readingIntrapreneurship Programs: Engage your Employees, Activate Diverse Ideas, Satisfy Customers
Corporate innovation programs are primarily measuring revenue to show success –but that’s a risk, it a small incubated program is being compared to the primary billion dollar business lines. ROI is a fallacy metric of corporate innovation. Basing program success on ROI too early, rather … Continue readingHow Corporate Innovation Programs are Measuring Success
