Bruce Power - Big Ideas

Open Innovation

An Idealink OpenTM system designed, configured, tested and implemented in 21 days — staggered rollout of certain operational, communication and reward components in order to synchronize with socialization of process and tasking take-up across the workflow.

Six levels of process open to all with dedicated support team:
  • Executive management
  • Organized labor management
  • Operational management
  • Process management
  • Process advocates
  • Idea Champions and Idea submitters
Communications:
  • 6 week high-intensity pre-launch teaser campaign
  • Follow-up Campaign #1 announced Rewards structure - Follow-up Campaign #2 announced start date for Reward redemption
  • 3 global highly-visible Idea Challenges
  • Ongoing program visibility, regular metrics dissemination and milestone celebrations
Rewards:
  • Participation and collaboration points
  • Contribution and tasking points
  • Merchandise reward catalogue
Results & Metrics:
  • 10,000+ participants
  • Seven divisions
  • Over 125 ideas submitted on the first day
  • 2,700+ ideas in 18 months
  • Verified Financial Benefit - Year One $5,628,000 - New Revenue 12% / Cost Savings 88%
  • Projected Financial Benefit - Year Two $17,868,000 - New Revenue 27% / Cost Savings 73%
  • Average of 11.34 days per completed task turnaround
  • Average of 146.27 days per approved idea turnaround