Applicability to Executive Function

This completed Ask the Thought Leader webcast shows how sales and R&D at IBM
co-developed and implemented a collaborative innovation program to test early stage innovations and speed the innovation commercialization process

Featured Thought Leaders: Mary Jo Frederich, Director, Industry Solutions Labs (ISL) and First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) program, and Alexis Bantel, Program Manager, FOAK, presented Key Lessons and answered audience questions during the live webcast.

The webcast shows how IBM:

• Utilizes a multi-stage process to filter innovation ideas to those most viable

• Evaluates innovation ideas against a set of criteria to make funding decisions

• Selects innovation incubation partners that fit identified attributes that lead to success

• Develops and implements a project plan that achieves identified program goals

Profiled Company: IBM is a top 5 global computer products and services company headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA.

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