We help companies 
like startups.
48 Innovate is a proven platform for generating employee-driven innovation and problem solving by empowering your talent through nimble entrepreneurial practices in just 48 hours. The secret is to engage your employees and short-circuit the business-as-usual process to deliver smart speed and actionable results.
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You and your peers will unite, pitch, vote, team up, create and present in less than 48 hours. We are taking the bureaucracy away, short-circuiting the usual planning process and giving you a startup environment to answer the challenge question and THRIVE.
You will be provided with REAL data. Before the event you will receive a data packet that offers all you need to create the winning plan. Prep your 60-second pitch.
Imagine this is YOUR startup. How are you going to meet investors’ growth expectation? How are you going to solve customer needs in one year? Clock is ticking, resources are waiting, and pressure is on! Besides the 60-second pitch prep everything else happens onsite: Pitch, Vote, Form Teams and Create your plan to solve the challenge. Judges review and select the winning presentation. Winning team gets its plan incorporated into overall company plan.
How 48 Innovate Solved Two Problems for Cisco Commercial South Sales
Save time, energize and inspire your workforce while getting measureable results from thinking outside the box How 48 Innovate Solved Two Problems for Cisco Commercial South THE CHALLENGE Annual sales planning with a geographically scattered and busy leadership team took almost 6 weeks of scheduled and rescheduled meetings—too long to be efficient and meet market demand. Also, the process involved leadership [...]
How Cisco Commercial West System Engineering Managers Used 48 Innovate AGAIN to Keep the Momentum Going
"Startup mindset, seemingly instant buy-in and a lot of fun too." How Cisco Commercial West System Engineering Managers Used 48 Innovate AGAIN to Keep the Momentum Going THE CHALLENGE After a highly productive 48 Innovate planning session in 2014, Cisco Commercial West System Engineering Managers, a management level technical team, exceeded their lofty, double-digit growth goals. Looking for new ideas [...]
48 Innovate Helps Lancope Define a Means to Achieve Skyrocketing Growth and Goals
"Well-run...Practical...Well worth it!" 48 Innovate Helps Lancope Define a Means to Achieve Skyrocketing Growth and Goals THE CHALLENGE In a word -- GROWTH!! Fourteen-year-old start-up, Lancope, wanted to make the most of its success (and venture funding) with a plan that would fuel 50% growth per year over the next five years. The top 25 global network security firm [...]
What Clients Say
The term innovation is often tossed about, but we wanted to activate. We focused our top performers to create our next sales plan to capture enormous growth. A high energy, robust process that short circuits the norm, inspires actionable innovation and harnesses the best of the startup culture.
Annette B.Director of Sales Strategy & Planning - Cisco
