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XNode worked with OSRAM China BUs to scope and identify business opportunities. Together, 5 innovative ideas with clear pain points and opportunities were defined.
The goal of the X-Pioneer acceleration was to rapidly generate business impact for OSRAM. It also aims to leverage the speed and agility of startups in combination with the existing client network and resources of OSRAM to experiment with new business models.
XNode organized an ideation workshop with multiple BU teams to identify business challenges and opportunities for OSRAM.
At the end of the ideation session, outputs were:
On May 27th 2020, X-Pioneer demo day was held in Shanghai with over 40 participants from different business units including smart lighting, automotive, and smart city.
XNode worked with Scania internal BU and support teams to map out problems and issues that Scania want to tackle for current daily work and for future planning.
After problems and solutions are scoped, we co-picked 5 topics that can be further scouted after. The final goal is Scania BU will work closely with selected startups to co-create a PoC/ MVP for new market share acquisition and finance incremental. This will leads to real business impact generation in the end.
XNode plays the role as executor, facilitator and guider during the process of innovation strategy planning, program scoping, scouting and collaboration among startups and corporate.
1 month scouting in China
- From pre-A round to C round startup
58 startups are either being selected or showing interests
Only 3 startups are interviewed and picked to enter the 3-month acceleration program
- 3 startups collaboration model brief :
XNode worked with X5 Retail Group’s Innovation Department to scout 100 top-notch Chinese startups. The aim was to co-develop innovation solutions to automate and robotize retail processes, as well as the testing of new technologies, products, and services.
In December 2019, a total of 100+ startups were scouted with 20+ brief reports delivered.
Among the shortlisted 20+ startups, successful pilots are already underway in the scenarios of ADAS, biogas and AGV.
Pilots have the potential to roll out across X5 Retail Group’s various formats that cover 14,400 stores and comprise the brands: Pyaterochka, Perekrestok, and Karusel.
12 executive managers
L'Oréal China R&I (Research and Innovation)
3-day learning expedition in Shenzhen & Guangzhou
An inspirational starting point to trigger the L'Oréal management team as industry leaders. How we can create a customer experience or lead new lifestyle / lifestyle shifts through L'Oréal products. Look for forward-thinking, innovative approaches, and fun experiences.
Management team from L'Oréal China R&I covering all product lines, HR, finance and communication.
NIPA | National IT Industry Promotion Agency, https://www.nipa.kr/
XNode worked with the 2 selected Korean startups on their business model localization and business partner meetings, helping them fully embedded in the market and accelerating their entry to China.
Article Recap: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/PKjhmXHBFNl56NpZJt_dKg
Adopt and apply a completely new entrepreneurial process and mindset;
Help internal teams validate their innovative ideas with real customers and leads to more launching opportunities;
Accelerate the process of prototyping and building Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to go to market faster.
A multitude of BU’s and markets all with its own dynamics and interests;
Time-consuming and costly process for idea and concept development;
The challenge to quickly learn from the market feedback and improve iteratively.
Lean Startup Methodology:
Entrepreneurs-in-Residence:
Stakeholder Engagement:
50+ brand managers
Kering China and APAC
2-day innovation workshop in Shanghai (powered by Fabernovel and XNode)
To gather in-depth knowledge on pre-determined topics relevant to Kering group’s strategy and get inspired by best innovation practices in different fields and industries
Various brand managers from China and the APAC region, as well as innovation team from the group
Active exploration of 3 new business opportunities for Oney, Achieving Problem/Solution fit through rapid iteration and customer interaction, building a bankable business case to gain HQ support for follow-on investment.
Oney Incubation Program: a tailor-made incubation program to rapidly explore the 3 business opportunities through a rigorous process of validation and customer interaction. After the program, 1 proposition was turned into a compelling business case with customer traction, while the other 2 proposition proved not to be viable in the market.