9 Corporate Innovation Ecosystem Examples
A single accelerator is not an innovation ecosystem. Nine companies here run several units at once, from internal labs to venture studios to CVC, and make insight flow between them. This report places each on maturity and scores it on four things.
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18 pages · PDF and online- Nine corporate innovation ecosystems, placed on a common maturity scale
- A score for each on strategic balance, network diversity, interaction and alignment
- A matrix showing which units explore and which exploit, inside and outside
Most companies have innovation units. Few have an ecosystem.
An ecosystem is not a count of programmes. It is coverage from idea to scale, tools and assets the units share, a pipeline that reaches beyond the company, and a link to a stated corporate priority that the C-suite actually owns.
The units are rarely the problem. What does not flow between them is.
Nine ecosystems, placed and scored.
Each one is assessed the same way, so the comparison is about how the parts work together rather than how many there are.
Know how far along your ecosystem really is
- 1NascentTwo units or fewer, under three years, no exits
- 2ScalingThree to five units, first exits or integrations
- 3InstitutionalisedFive or more units, a decade in, a dedicated budget
Score it on the four things that decide whether it works
- 4Strategic balanceHow internal and external effort are weighted
- 5Network diversityThe breadth of partners and collaborators
- 6Strength of interactionsHow well insight moves between the units
- 7Strategic alignmentWhether the activity serves a stated priority
Know what to build towards
- 8Full-quadrant coverageIdea to scale, internal and external
- 9Shared tools and assetsValidation that does not start from scratch
- 10Global pipelinesStartups, universities and VCs from everywhere
- 11Proven impactStandout ventures, not just standout structures
Built to place your own ecosystem.
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