Innovation can kill companies’ business
models.
At Enel we are aware of that
In 1997 mobile leaders were…
Innovation is a great opportunity
2012
2.4 $ mln
raised on Kickstarter
2014
2,000 $ mln
sold to Facebook
How to turn a threat into an opportunity?
Can we do it on our own?
NO!
Who can help us?
Microsoft corporation, 1978
Small
companies,
with BIG
ideas
Innovative
universities
and
research
centers
Venture
capital
Startups
Pipe Line
Technical
Specification
Prototype Test Phase
Commercial
Pilot
Market Phase
1.200 startups screened
20 ongoing projects
14
Partners104 running innovation partnerships
13 Partnerships executedin the last year
Innovators
Customers
Colleagues
E. Chesbrough
“Firms can and should use external ideas as well as internal ideas,
and internal and external paths to market,
as the firms look to advance their technology”
outside
Enel
People inside
Spreading the open innovation
culture for the Group’s benefit…
19
My Best Failure
69 posts, 379 votes and
comments,
+5000 visitors
Do you have an idea
113 ideas since Aug ‘15
Innovation World Cup
398 Teams competing
805 colleagues
11 Countries
Makers lab, innovation sandbox
Innovation based induction
program designed with HR
2 editions in 2015
Innocentive Enel Pavilion
7 challenges published
1 preparation ongoing
1 under definition
Project portfolio
Dashboard and monitoring tool
online
290 projects
41 project dissemination cards
Open Innovability plafform
Design ongoing
GP ideation space
43 ideas since Oct ’15
Innovation by vendors
60 participants
21 proposals, 9 selected
19
…boosting ideas generation to solve
markets’ and business lines’
challenges
23
Creative
brainstorming
sessions
446
Ideas generated
Creative Problem
Solving
and
LEGO®
SERIOUSPLAY®
500
Participants
7Projects resulting
81External
Participants
(in addition to
the 500 internal)
4Creative Problem
Solving
disseminations
6
Countries
25
Departments
Involved
Enel Idea Factory main numbers
We have set up a new process that turns the ideas
collected into real projects and partnerships
Enel Innovability:
a step beyond Open Innovation
#InnovationAndSustainability
« We aren’t sustainable unless we innovate..
to innovate we have to be sustainable, since the
best minds out there aren’t doing it for money…
They’re doing it to be part of a bigger project to
better mankind..»
23
&
Kumi Naidoo
Greenpeace's International Executive Director
Nov 2009 - Dec 2015
Backup diesel
Mini Wind
Ropatec
Solar PV Plant
Batteries
More than 200 people getting energy access from RES in
a remote location
Just one, clear Example of innovation for people’s benefit
Ollagüe - Chile
We got structured to work as
an Innovability Hub
Innovation Managers and Sustainability managers
in all the Business lines and Countries
Is this enough?
NO!
29
It’s up to us to innovate as much as we can
to let Enel being sustainable
in an ever changing world
Enel seems to be on the right path…
30
Among the Top 5 “Change the
World” Companies
Listed in the guide “Winning
together” as example of
successful collaboration model
with startups
Listed in Bloomberg’s list “50
Companies to Watch in 2016”

Explore Talks on "Open Innovation" | Rome Edition - Open Innovability in Enel

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    Innovation can killcompanies’ business models. At Enel we are aware of that
  • 3.
    In 1997 mobileleaders were…
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    Innovation is agreat opportunity
  • 5.
    2012 2.4 $ mln raisedon Kickstarter 2014 2,000 $ mln sold to Facebook
  • 6.
    How to turna threat into an opportunity?
  • 7.
    Can we doit on our own?
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    Startups Pipe Line Technical Specification Prototype TestPhase Commercial Pilot Market Phase 1.200 startups screened 20 ongoing projects
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    Partners104 running innovationpartnerships 13 Partnerships executedin the last year
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    Colleagues E. Chesbrough “Firms canand should use external ideas as well as internal ideas, and internal and external paths to market, as the firms look to advance their technology” outside Enel People inside
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    Spreading the openinnovation culture for the Group’s benefit… 19 My Best Failure 69 posts, 379 votes and comments, +5000 visitors Do you have an idea 113 ideas since Aug ‘15 Innovation World Cup 398 Teams competing 805 colleagues 11 Countries Makers lab, innovation sandbox Innovation based induction program designed with HR 2 editions in 2015 Innocentive Enel Pavilion 7 challenges published 1 preparation ongoing 1 under definition Project portfolio Dashboard and monitoring tool online 290 projects 41 project dissemination cards Open Innovability plafform Design ongoing GP ideation space 43 ideas since Oct ’15 Innovation by vendors 60 participants 21 proposals, 9 selected 19
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    …boosting ideas generationto solve markets’ and business lines’ challenges 23 Creative brainstorming sessions 446 Ideas generated Creative Problem Solving and LEGO® SERIOUSPLAY® 500 Participants 7Projects resulting 81External Participants (in addition to the 500 internal) 4Creative Problem Solving disseminations 6 Countries 25 Departments Involved Enel Idea Factory main numbers
  • 21.
    We have setup a new process that turns the ideas collected into real projects and partnerships
  • 22.
    Enel Innovability: a stepbeyond Open Innovation #InnovationAndSustainability « We aren’t sustainable unless we innovate.. to innovate we have to be sustainable, since the best minds out there aren’t doing it for money… They’re doing it to be part of a bigger project to better mankind..»
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    23 & Kumi Naidoo Greenpeace's InternationalExecutive Director Nov 2009 - Dec 2015
  • 24.
    Backup diesel Mini Wind Ropatec SolarPV Plant Batteries More than 200 people getting energy access from RES in a remote location Just one, clear Example of innovation for people’s benefit Ollagüe - Chile
  • 25.
    We got structuredto work as an Innovability Hub Innovation Managers and Sustainability managers in all the Business lines and Countries
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    29 It’s up tous to innovate as much as we can to let Enel being sustainable in an ever changing world
  • 30.
    Enel seems tobe on the right path… 30 Among the Top 5 “Change the World” Companies Listed in the guide “Winning together” as example of successful collaboration model with startups Listed in Bloomberg’s list “50 Companies to Watch in 2016”