innovation, inside and out

Innovation, inside and out

Mary Keough, ManagerChristopher Wyble, Program ManagerIBM CIO Innovation Programs

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Mary KeoughManagerIBM CIO Innovation [email protected]

Christopher WybleProgram ManagerIBM CIO Innovation [email protected]


Innovation landscapeBrainstorm, share ideas

Incubate and collaborate

Validate and iterate

Extreme Blue

BizTech

Emerging business

opportunities

TAP

alphaWorks

Lotus Greenhouse

First of a Kind(FOAK)

Jams

Global Innovation

Outlook

Global Technology

Outlook

IBM lines of business

Identify the challenge

IBM internal stakeholders

Partners

Clients

Implement, go to market

Communities of practice

ThinkPlace

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Inside IBM, we are all innovators.

Technology Adoption ProgramTAP is the singular, global destination for pilots and prototypes at IBM. We make it fun and easy to adopt new technology!

ThinkPlaceThinkPlace fuels innovation across the ecosystem by being IBM's global idea marketplace. It enables every IBMer to be an innovator by providing a common forum for sharing, refining and recognizing ideas.

Innovators Early Adopters Successful innovation+ =Create and share

innovative technology

Try Innovators’ creations and provide feedback to

improve them

Reduce the time, cost and risk to transfer successful ideas into IBM’s products, services and internal tools

Ideas Collaboration Innovative solutions+ =Open, 24x7 system for submission of

ideas

Ideas discussed and refined by communities

Deliver financial benefits to IBM, and grow a culture of innovation

by recognizing innovators


We want to innovate with our clients.JamsA platform for innovation through enterprise-wide brainstorming, connecting a large population of individuals across boundaries to develop ideas around business-critical or urgent societal issues.

Lotus GreenhouseA live community website where clients can try out new Lotus collaboration products. IBMers and clients exchange ideas, collaborate with others, and share information on innovation and collaborative products.

First of a Kind (FOAK)A collaboration among Research, Sales, Clients and Partners to test innovations on real business problems and growth opportunities. Seventy-five percent of projects drive or influence additional business.

Global Innovation OutlookOpenly sharing IBM’s business and technology forecasting processes for the first time, to collaboratively pursue opportunities with clients and the world.

Global Technology OutlookEarly identification of significant, disruptive trends, offering the potential to create new businesses. Attempts to understand how technology can impact customers, and directly influences IBM’s strategy.

alphaWorksMakes promising software that is not yet commercialized available to the early adopter audience outside IBM. Forty percent of technologies on the site graduate into IBM products or industry standards!


TAP is reducing barriers to innovation.


hardware advertising discovery feedback+ + +


It all starts here … w3.ibm.com/tap

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TAP’s influence is visible throughout IBM.TAP Early Adopters (more than 1 in 4 IBMers)

156K

TAP Innovators (roughly 1-2% of total community)

1,728

TAP innovations, graduates and transfers

31 transfers121 graduates

591 innovations

TAP participation by geography

TAP communityIBMers


Ultimately, it’s about delivering value for the business.



What’s hot?Awareness and insight: trends for decision makers

TAP Top 10 Downloads (by volume, March 2009 to date)


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