Corporate Innovation: No One Size Fits All
Companies are not waiting to be disrupted by startups, leading to the push of corporate innovation. 68 of the world’s largest companies on the Forbes Global 500 List have interacted with startups with in the form of hackathons, accelerators, partnerships and venture funds. Our analysis of a dozen recent initiatives, including The Coca-Cola Founders accelerator, […]
How Adobe Drives Employee Engagement Towards Customer Centricity
In 2012, Adobe was making headlines. The company was undergoing a revolution in its performance management system while introducing a subscription-based service for their customers. Our team interviewed Sarah Dunn, Head of People Resources, Asia Pacific at Adobe to share on this change in the organization. She explains how it has encouraged employees to pursue innovation […]
DTAC Accelerate is strengthening the Thai startup ecosystem
Growing startups has grown as a big topic this year in Thailand when the Thai government announced a new US$570 venture fund in April to fund and grow local startups to number 10,000 by 2018. But before these developments, DTAC Accelerate was already on the scene investing and incubating startups. Created in 2013, the program […]
Mazars, an innovation challenge to kick-start the transformation of the company culture
When David Nosibor, Social Media Specialist at Mazars Paris, an audit/accounting consultancy company, resigned to look for a new adventure, he didn’t expect that Mazars would call him back one month later to become an advocate for innovation and kick-start the transformation of the company culture in Singapore. “I have been put in a […]
Corporate innovation @ InnovFest Unbound: of survival and growth
Visiting InnovFest Unbound, a technology conference, was again a great way to gain insights on how large companies entered, or re-entered, the field of innovation. The theory is now well established: multi-national companies have long been lazy to change their minds, and by sticking to the good old, long, process ridden R&D, they let open […]
GenNext Innovation Hub case study: a corporate accelerator program launched by Indian's largest conglomerate in partnership with Microsoft Ventures
In 2014, Reliance launched GenNext Innovation Hub (GIH), an accelerator program in partnership with Microsoft Ventures, based out of Mumbai. Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is India’s largest conglomerate with business interests in hydrocarbons, retail, telecom, media and healthcare. RIL is also in the process of launching the largest pan India 4G network based telecom […]
What impact will Fintech have on the banking industry in 2016?
According to Accenture’s recent report, investment in Fintech in APAC has more than quadrupled in 2015 compared to 2014. Fintech startups have popped up in the financial landscape with an estimation of 5000 to 6000 of them around the world. Will they disrupt the banking industry, like Amazon disrupted the retail industry or Uber disrupted the […]
The Innovation Mixer wrap-up: Disrupt or be disrupted
Before the internet, innovation used to be called R&D and was in the hands of large companies. But the digital has created a big bang in the business world, transforming all industries. None of them is safe from being disrupted by the young and inspired startups mushrooming around the world. How can corporates innovate like […]
Leading the way in Online to Offline: Leyou’s Success Story
Leyou is one of China’s leading speciality retailers and the largest for baby products. We interviewed Larry Kung, Chief Operating Officer at Leyou. He shares insights about how Leyou uses big data analysis, omnichannel marketing and community interaction to enhance the mothers experience. Leyou : 30 seconds summary 150 physical stores, a catalogue and a web store serving all […]
Swire Properties and Blueprint case study: adapting to the future of work
We analyze today the Swire Properties’ open innovation project in Hong Kong: Blueprint, a tech-focused co-working space combined with a B2B startups accelerator and a multipurpose events venue. A project which makes a lot of sense for one of the largest property empire in Asia, owning several business office hubs such as the famous Taikoo […]
