Who do European companies innovate with?
The current environment of disruption requires companies to be in constant transformation if they are to avoid being left behind, and to set themselves apart from the competition. In this…
3 steps that will take your organization from ideas to innovation
Fighting Temeraire, old pride of the British Royal Navy, is sailing to the dockyards for scrapping. In this 1839 painting, Turner reflects on the decline of the sailing ship, towed…
Silvia Heras (Zurich Insurance): “With ‘Imagina’ we have placed all employees on the same level”
Building a common space where Zurich Insurance employees and agents can contribute and build ideas to improve any aspect of the company and, more specifically, improve customer service. That is the aim…
Have a bad idea to arrive at a good one, and don’t hesitate to involve your team
This technique is commonly used as a tool for innovation. Known as "Erroneous or reverse thought", the concept is to intentionally think of the worst possible idea or solution for…
If you want your employees at the forefront of innovation, let them fly free
Flying freely without hindrance is a desire most companies share. Being quick and innovative is a demand they also share, because it isn’t just the client at stake: technology has…
Innovation through intrapreneurship
Facebook’s Likebutton. The Post-It. The Playstation. All these inventions have something in common: behind them is a privileged mind and a company. And they are all usually mentioned when speaking of corporate…
Lay the foundations and think in the long term (as a radical innovator would do)
You won’t be more innovative simply by being more disruptive, and you won’t necessarily be ahead of your time, either. In fact, sometimes disruption can drive you to the edge…
innovationHUB 2018 places innovation at the center of corporate and social innovation
Main points: – innovationHUB 2018 highlighted the central importance of innovating with clients and analyzed the state of innovation in Spain with COTEC and Fundación I+E – Held on two…
innovationHUB 2018: meet the players and their innovation strategies
Two cities, Madrid and Barcelona, and two important headquarters, KPMG and Zurich Insurance, connected by a common need applicable to all sectors: innovating with all available resources, internal or external,…
“From employees to customers”: Zurich Insurance extends its innovation coverage to its stakeholders
For a complete transformation that allows an organization to face and adapt to the challenges of the future, it seems reasonable to think that such challenges will not only be…