Innovation Olympics

IXL INNOVATION OLYMPICS

The Innovation Olympics is a Global 8 week consulting competition started in 2009. It is co-sponsored by IXL Center, and the non-profit Global Innovation Management Institute.

Objectives

  • Identify organization’s next strategic growth opportunities
  • Get new and robust business concepts on where to focus innovation efforts to get results
  • Generate “quick wins” on innovation by sourcing new ideas and opportunities

You receive

  • Business opportunity map of 100+ new insights
  • 20+ new growth opportunities
  • 5 robust Business Cases on new opportunities
  • Excited and energized leadership around innovation and new opportunities

Approach

  • Identify company challenge
  • 5 teams from top universities around the world solve it
  • Tackle innovation challenges according to a robust framework in an 8-week program
  • Executed in 4 cycles per year

Innovation Intent

Strategic Innovation Focus

Opportunity Insights

Business Opportunity Map

Fields - of - Play

Business Concepts

Business Case

Implementation Plan

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Your involvement

  • Meeting to define the ideal challenge
  • 4 student presentations
  • Follow up meetings throughout the program
  • Option for follow up work on implementation