Co-Workout Challenge

We exchange our talent for a week to learn from one another

ICoN will create an annual competition to mobilize teams from different corporations to create practical and scale-able solutions to tackle the social issues of the 21st century

We tackle member innovation center challenges together in collective workshops

Our Solution

ICoN will create an annual competition to mobilize teams from different corporations to create practical and scalable solutions to tackle the social issues of the 21st century

Working in parallel to their full-time job in another center employees can gain and exchange experience and insights from their employer and the innovation center they work for as an exchange employee.

Leverage insights, skills, and resources of the ecosystem to tackle the challenges faced by your company, innovation center. Teams work in parallel offering various solutions to the same pressing issue, and provide a presentation at the end of the workshop on their progress, gained insights, lessons learned.

Co-Working Process

Apply

Send resumes of the talent for the exchange

1 month

Open Doors

Give an introduction to incoming interns

Every 4 months

See & Share

Open participation in meetings, presentations

1 week

Insights

Share in a meeting with the host center

1 - 3 hours

Challenge Options

Healthcare for All

Challenge Giver: President Obama

Challenge: Digital solutions to decrease the cost of healthcare by 10x and increase the access by 10x in a world facing an increasingly large aging population

Reversing Climate Change

Challenge Giver: United Nations

Challenge: Systemic solutions for climate control and renewal of carbons to reverse the effect of climate change

Growing Food in Hostile Environments

Challenge Giver: NASA

Challenge: Growing food in deserts, mountains, underwater or other non-ambient environments to target food security on earth and sustainability for the colonization of Mars

25 Innovation Centers

5 Teams per Innovation Center

> 100 Potential Solutions

25 Prototypes

Competition Process

Apply

Deadline: 03/2019

Ideate

100 teams

4 weeks

Prototype

20 teams

12 weeks

Create

5 teams

24 weeks

Celebrate

Final Event

1 Day

Challenge

Post your challenge

Team up

Gather teams from innovation centers

Work out

Work out potential solutions in teams

Implement

Implement solutions in your center

Be a Host Organization

  • Gain insights from people with similar background, different work experience
  • Learn about the methods, tools used in other innovation centers
  • Find out about market trends in your and other industries
  • Get an extra pair of helping hands and a fresh outlook

Go on Exchange

  • Get new ideas for your projects
  • Learn about different working methods, solutions, tools
  • Get additional work experience in a globally acknowledged company

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