Key Case Studies
More than 100 companies have used Imaginatik’s software. We have helped more than 400 organizations design and implement their Collective Intelligence, Innovation, and Idea Management programs.
Below you find a selection of PDF and video case studies that illustrate some of the many different ways in which our customer are using Imaginatik's solutions.
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PDF Case Studies
The case studies often cover only selected aspects of the engagements with our clients. Additional information regarding these and other customers is available via the Customer Overview page.
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(show Allianz/Fireman's Fund details)
The Company: A premier property and casualty insurer, providing personal and commercial insurance products across the US.
The Goal: To identify the best ideas implemented and share them across the company, and to embed innovation into its culture and practices. Additionally create opportunity for virtual idea generation sessions to solve business challenges.
The Results: In the first year, Fireman’s Fund achieved a 58% participation rate among all employees, collecting nearly 2,200 implemented ideas with an estimated business value in the millions.
“Fireman’s Fund’s goal is to make innovation a part of our culture – our everyday way of doing things. It can’t be just the flavor of the day. We’re on the path to achieving that now and Imaginatik has been an important partner on that journey.”
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company Taps into a Deeply Rooted Culture of Innovation (790kb)
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The Company: 11th largest property and casualty insurer in the U.S.
The Goal: Within three months, identify viable new revenue opportunities from all parts and levels of the organization
The Results: 35% of Chubb’s 10,000 employees participated, generating significant new revenue opportunities.
“Given the wide range of business issues we face, the flexibility of the Idea Central solution suits our needs and helps us get the most from our employees. Perhaps most important, our experience with Imaginatik has strengthened our innovation capability by giving us the means to collaborate more efficiently as a company.”
Chubb Engages its Employees to Chart a Path to Future Business Growth (125kb)
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The Company: A leading consulting, systems integration and outsourcing company
The Goal: Create a platform to leverage collective intelligence—and make the best ideas a reality
The Results: Closer, faster and more fruitful collaboration across account teams and business units.
“We see Idea Central as a perfect complement to our approach of working closely and collaboratively with customers.”
CSC Looks to Collaborative Problem Solving to Get Closer to its Customers (740kb)
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The Company: A world leader in tire manufacturing
The Goal: To take better advantage of the technical knowledge and research advances of its strategic suppliers
The Results: An Open Innovation event achieves 100% participation and jump starts a new channel for Goodyear’s collaboration with suppliers.
“Goodyear’s success lies in creating a productive, efficient and secure environment for solving complex problems collaboratively within the supply chain. We see Imaginatik as an important part of that success.”
Goodyear Strengthens Bonds with Suppliers Through Collaborative Innovation Efforts (244kb)
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The Company: A patient-centric global biopharmaceutical leader focused on severe diseases with operations in more than 40 countries and global revenue of € 3.1 billion in 2009.
The Goal: To put research groups together that otherwise do not collaborate with each other and identify strategic steps they can take to enhance their research.
The Results: UCB’s strategy event involved 180 people with a 90% participation rate, yielding 86 productive and complex ideas.
"You can’t hear from everybody at the same time, even if you can get them all in the same room. This tool gave everyone the ability to all be heard, and absolutely revealed things that would have never come up in a traditional brainstorming session."
UCB Harnesses Scientists' Brainpower to Improve Research (511kb)
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The Company: One of the world’s technology leaders
The Goal: Increase the number of top quality research ideas, provide measurable results, and fit well within the corporate culture
The Results: An Idea Central event generated 10 times the amount of high quality ideas compared to the face-to-face approach, many of which were integrated into the company’s research portfolio almost immediately.
“For our application, we found Idea Central to be the best, most integrated, and most comprehensive idea management software available on the market.”
“We were really impressed with the energy of the people at Imaginatik, and the openness of the community. We felt they were committed to making us successful.”
Why Did Xerox Innovation Group Choose Imaginatik as Its Idea Management Partner? (524kb)
How Xerox Innovation Group Successfully Developed Its First Ideation Event (73kb)
(show Zebra Technologies details)
The Company: A provider of state-of-the-art printer technologies and solutions to identify, track, and manage the deployment of critical assets for improved business efficiency.
The Goal: To motivate employees to become involved in their company’s innovation efforts, and to encourage them to consistently put their best ideas forward.
The Results: Employees are driven to continue partaking in the innovation program at Zebra; in the process they “earn their stripes” as the company’s most prolific, effective innovators.
"The program we put together with Idea Central is right – we’re not monetarily incentivizing because that’s a political nightmare. We’ve created an incentive that recognizes people, not necessarily rewards them."
Zebra Technologies Promotes Engagement with Unique Incentives (1.2mb)