Innovation Olympics

Crowdsourcing 6-Feet apart solutions world-wide across industries

What is it?

A 4-week competition where 10 teams from top global graduate schools worldwide get together to crowdsource 6-feet apart solutions for 10 different industries

Recruiting talent from top-schools around the world

Assign 10 teams to 10 different industries to crowdsource 6-feet apart solutions for 10 different companies

Capture at least 20 solid 6-feet apart solutions per industry and creating an implementation plan

How does it work?

Teams will crowdsource and get smart about the 6-feet solution opportunities in different industry sectors using GIMI Innovation methodology in a diverge and converge framework

The Program is runned completely remote with the use of 3 main platforms to learn, apply, and deliver the program

Learn

LMS, Learning Management System

The Learning Management System is an online tool for educational/training purposes for GIMI certification and to submit and download presentations

Apply

EUREKA

A collaborative open innovation platform. This is a unified platform that combines individual with collaborative work. This platform invites you to collaborate to create inputs individually first and then as a team to develop better and bolder outputs.

Deliver

GoToMeeting/GoToWebinar:

Are used to deliver the key client presentations, GIMI webinars and recordings to teach the teams and show to the client

Who has been impacted by this program?

The Innovation Olympics program has been running for over 10 years helping companies across industries, identify solutions to survive, grow, or become more competitive

DR. Peter Tippette- Chief Innovation Officer, Verizon

“IXL Center’s motivating and practical speeches along with the actionable diagnostic

helped us design a breakthrough innovation program for what’s next.”

Victor Fernandez- R&D Director, Natura

“IXL Center helped us embed innovation practices across the organization with real world skills and capabilities. The guidance we received from world-class innovation experts enabled us to generate breakthrough ideas and approach business challenges with such energy that the impact is still here today.”

Michael Warsaw-Vice President Global Innovation & Design, Johnson Controls

“IXL Center’s simple diverge-converge process, coaching and facilitation has enabled us to drive bigger and faster results across all of our businesses.”