We ran an online competition for innovative ideas at TE connectivity. These are the results and conclusions.

1. Innovation through gaming
Stephane Berghmans

2. TE is a World Leader enabling Connectivity
Serving Large Attractive Markets
Transportation Consumer Communications Energy Industrial Aerospace Medical
Products Equipment & Defense
Offering a Wealth of Technology Platforms
Connectors Fiber Optics Touch Systems Circuit Protection Sealing Wireless Precision Cable
Having Extensive Global Resources around the globe
7,000 Engineers 5,000 Salespeople 150 Countries 97 Manufacturing Sites
Close to our Customers Advising our Customers Served & Supported Serving Every Region
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3. Telecom Networks End-to-end Fiber Connectivity
Streaming
1 Video / VoD
2
1
3
Data/
Gaming
5 4 Multi-Dwelling Units
Data Center/Enterprise 6
Central
Office 11
6
9 11
Landing site Landing site
12
10
7 Telecom Carrier
11
Central Office /
Head End Stadium / Public
Mobile voice 8 11
Location
and data users
Streaming Video / VoD
6
Wireless Base Station
Concentrated base of 3G
video, data and voice users
11
1 Structured Cabling Solution 7 Fiber to the Antenna
10 2 Fiber Management System 8 Fiber Backhaul Accessories
Single Family Homes 3 Active Optical Cable* 9 Optical Distribution Frames
with FTTH Data/ Gaming 4 Fiber to the Chip (in R&D)* 10 Fiber Enabled Outdoor DAS
5
Fiber Enabled Indoor DAS 11
Closures & Terminals
Concentrated base of 3G video, Fiber Distribution Node Subsea Communications
Stadium / Public Location data and voice users 6 12
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4. Telecom Networks Market
Fiber-To-The-Home
Broadband rollout
Wireless networks
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5. Why Innovate when you’re a world leading Company?

6. TE invests in Technology
• R&D budget ~5% sales/jaar
• 26% sales = nieuwe producten (>3 jaar)
• 14,000+ patenten ‘issued’ of ‘pending’
(US$ in millions)
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7. Innovation @ TE
External
Networking
Gaming
Internal Networking

8. Gaming
Image of the competition – connecting minds

9. Entrepreneurs
Investors Talents
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10. Goal?
Two parallel competitions
New business generation
Productivity improvement
Winning teams
Implementation
&
25000 $
Worldwide for TE Telecom Networks

11. Who?

12. Timing

13. “Awareness” campagne
Posters Popup Leaflets
Intranet
Mailings
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14. Dynamics of the investments
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15. We worried when people were going to “play the game”
Innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways
or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea,
or because they realized something that shoots holes in how
we've been thinking about a problem.
Steve Jobs

16. Variety of the ideas

17. Evolution over time - Ventures

18. Geographical Spread
Spread over Disciplines

19. 571
paticipants
89
ventures 57
2500
messages sent
investors
150,000,000
2
virtual cash invested
Winners

20. Lessons Learned
Monitor
Regions = Cultures
Language
Taal
Idioma Sprache

21. Conclusions
Timing is key Reward participants
Great ideas will bubble up Create a continuum