How United Way Served Community Needs During the COVID-19 Crisis
Stories and information about the coronavirus pandemic have been all over the news – on our social media feeds, newspapers, and TV. In order to see the problems in United Way's communities before they hit the news, United Way [...]
How The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Recognizes Emerging Innovators
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with protecting public health and safety related to nuclear energy. And when they decided that they wanted to diversify their approach to innovation, they decided [...]
Davidson College
Davidson College is a prestigious liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. It enrolls approximately 1,800 students from 48 states and 47 countries. In 2017, led by Kristen Eshleman, Director of Innovation Initiatives, the college decided that although they had [...]
2021 IM Awards: TriHealth
When Mark Clement joined TriHealth as CEO in 2015 one of his first priorities was to improve employee engagement across its community of 11,000 team members by launching an incremental innovation program titled Bright ideas built on the IdeaScale [...]
2021 IM Awards: Grant Thornton
In 2020, Grant Thornton created the global 'Innovation Exchange' to collect innovative products that their network of member firms have developed to raise awareness for them and facilitate their adoption by other member firms across the world. When an [...]
2021 IM Awards: Graybar
In order to foster a culture of innovation at Graybar where ideas are openly shared, evaluated, and promoted throughout the company, Graybar introduced the “NEXT” Innovation Program. While there are several goals of NEXT, the ultimate goal is to [...]
The Rollercoaster of Improvement and Innovation in Healthcare
Northern Health is the key provider of public health care in Melbourne’s northern region, one of the fastest growing communities in Australia, with the busiest Emergency Department in the state. Historically not a well-funded or “sexy” health service, NH has [...]
The Journey of Agile Transformation
Agile Transformation isn’t a destination. It is the experience of the journey where behaviors evolve, decisions improve, and acting on learning becomes the precipice of success. What happens along the journey of an Agile Transformation? It isn’t all roses [...]
Infographic: Five Crowdsourced Solutions from Surprising Places
Crowdsourcing allows us to find new ideas in places we hadn't thought to look. Here are five examples of great ideas and the ideators that believed in them that are from across the government, private enterprise, and nonprofit world. [...]
Winpak
Winpak is a global packaging corporation with twelve manufacturing facilities in North America. They manufacture and distribute high-quality packaging materials and innovative packaging machines, primarily used for the protection of perishable foods, beverages, pharmaceuticals, medical and personal care. Manuel [...]
