Please have a short video explaining GE, Alaska Airlines and Kaggle business case. A brief summary of what you can find in the video: A short introduction of Alaska Airlines and Kaggle; How it works and what Kaggle is. What challenges have GE and Alaska...
In this post I want to share with you what I learned regarding the project where a big global company (its branch in the Central Eastern Europe region) needed to properly set up collaboration with startups that the company's headquarters has...
I am a great supporter of the concept of startups swarm. How do I understand it? You are sitting by the lake and drinking coffee. Maybe a wine with a girl or a group of friends. You are watching the surroundings. You are relaxed. Suddenly, mosquitoes...
Large companies are reaching the world of startups more often. As I mentioned in the article published at https://arekskuza.com/startups-for-increasing-the-income-or-cost-effectiveness-of-a-large-organization/, they mainly do so in order to give...
What does kill large companies chance to discover new revenue through innovative effort? According to the PwC Innovation Benchmark report, managers in large organizations expect from innovative projects mostly impact on sales (source:...
You can clearly see in the world of large organizations the interest in building added value together with startups. 68% of companies on the TOP 100 Forbes list are involved in relations with startups (source: 500...
There is one single thing any large organization can do to dominate its industry. This is not easy. This is not simple but it exists. I had a chance recently to present K2 Digital Ventures to Board of Directors of global, retail company. My friend and...
Large organizations and their teams can invest time into many innovative activities including speed dating with startups, meetups, design workshop, inspirations sessions etc. Usually a goal is to find an inspiration, to spot great startups for further...
Good thing is, we know what stops large companies from acting like startups. The more important to me is, why large companies want to be like startups? From my personal experience, because startups can quickly evaluate if something works or not from...
This post is pretty clear with its message. It tries to classify paths which large companies can take to move forward with their innovative projects. So here it is, how large companies can build innovations in 4 ways: Starting Proof of Concept with an...
This post. I hope, gives concise information about simple but effective rules which large organisations can implement to make sure employees have space for experiments. The rules are general, without instructions. They are more like directions than...
Large companies may assume that innovation needs a different approach in control of finances than old fashioned projects where the budget was clearly defined. Innovative projects are usually lean focused, free task flow focused and creative space...