Empowering organisations to create collaborative and impactful ecosystems for innovation
HRx
Redefining Employee engagement through gamified appreciation
Problem
New needs and wants of Gen Z generation in relation to appreciation and social engagement
Solution
Blockchain-based web application that enables employee-to-employee appreciations in a gamified manner
Swiss Smart Farming
Sustainable Agriculture for climate friendly food
Problem
Rising global population, climate change and unsustainable farming practices put an enormous pressure to come up with paradigm-shifting ways to produce our food in the near future.
Solution
Making the pathway to sustainable climate friendly farming and food production. Hereby producing healthy food with positive impact on nature and climate for everybody, everywhere, all the time!
4T-DLT
4 Elements of Trust
Problem
The full potential of the distributed ledger technology (DLT) for all market participants has not been reached yet.
Solution
Creating an open repository for the technical and legal information, definition and standards for a secure, interoperable and reliable Swiss DLT infrastructure.
Digital Infrastructure for Mobility
Creating the Internet of Mobility
Problem
Innovative customer solutions in the inter-/multimodal mobility sector are currently only possible for fragmented and local solutions and lack a standardized environment to scale effectively.
Solution
The #digitalInfrastructureForMobility provides an open and standardized digital ecosystem for mobility players and accelerates the digitalization in the mobility sector.
Smart Way
your intelligent travel assistant for smarter mobility
Problem
How can we meet the demand for more mobility with less environmental impact?
Solution
The SmartWay test app combines together diverse transport modes onto a single digital mobility platform to handle more traffic with less environmental pollution.
Health Dude
Help people improve their quality of life
Problem
The direct and indirect costs for non-communicable diseases is over 70B CHF annually in Switzerland.
Solution
We build an ecosystems that enable stakeholders to identify individuals that will benefit from a dedicated programme and can improve their health.
Digitalise Founding Process
using Blockchain
Problem
Founding a business in Switzerland is a hassle.
Solution
A blockchain-enabled founding process enables easy and fast incorporation.
Topic
Explore opportunities, unmet needs and areas to innovate for you and your organisation. What challenges exist in a given industry? Through shared knowledge, collaboration and courage you will be given the opportunity to identify challenges which, if resolved, shall lead to a more sustainable economy and society.
How it works
Design solutions with a team of like-minded people, once you have decided what kind of challenge you want to tackle! Through an iterative process that includes both physical meetings and a digital exchange space, different solutions will be ideated and prototyped.
The Bets
Validate your ideas and prototypes and build scalable solutions by launching a Bet. A Bet is an ambitious and concrete goal that translates the identified solution to your challenge into an implementation-oriented, fast-paced project which delivers measurable impact.
News
GETKICKBOX | Building an Open Innovation Ecosystem
8. July 2020
When the Kickbox program was established at Swisscom 5 years ago, my task was not to build and run an intrapreneurship program. I was responsible for identifying start-ups that could collaborate with Swisscom. The agile start-up culture collided strongly with the mentality of a large corporation. A new approach was needed to provide opportunities for […]
Kitaclub.ch | Let’s solve childcare
17. June 2020
In its ‘Progress Barometer’, Credit Suisse identified childcare as one of the most important issues to be addressed and resolved. More recently, the Covid-19 crisis has proved more than ever: childcare is not only nice to have, but that it is systemically relevant to our modern society. Kitaclub.ch Regardless of their work model – from […]
PRIMA SANA – The Swiss Case Management App set to revolutionize the Swiss healthcare system for good
4. June 2020
The rising costs of the current healthcare system in Switzerland add up to an alarming CHF 100 billion per year. At the individual level, the cost of mandatory medical insurance already represents an enormous burden for the majority of the population and their household budget. The Swiss Case Management App At the same time – […]
Impacting lives by teaching how to code
18. May 2020
Over 70.5 million refugees in the world. Millions of vacant IT jobs due to digitalisation. Two problems, one solution: A coding academy for refugees. This has been Powercoders’ mission since they recruited their first class of refugees in 2017. Powercoders programme The Powercoders programme is open to refugees with high potential for a career in […]
Take a Leap of Faith
12. May 2020
d Globally scholars estimate that the current pandemic will change the world profoundly and permanently (read here Yuval Noah Harari’s assessment). In spite of the drastic measures introduced by governments around the world, the spread of COVID-19 will most likely cause vast economic, social, technological, political and environmental consequences which will last. Cybersecurity threats, global […]
Swiss Romande Sweeps Season 3 Challenge
18. April 2019
The third Challenge race season climaxed on Monday with a clear win for Swiss Romande. Geneva-based, ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross), was named 1stplace winner and canton Valais Office of Economy, Tourism and Innovation, was also declared 1st place winner. The unusual split decision, announced by Jury Chairwoman, Claudia Bienentreu, Head Open Innovation […]
Open Challenge Bets Ready To Race
14. April 2019
Dreamers, schemers or believers Waiting at the starting gate for Season Three challenge race are eleven new contestants. Call them dreamers, schemers or believers. Or call them courageous. Each of these eleven individuals believe innovation is key to Switzerland’s future and are betting their idea can move the needle towards making Switzerland a global hub […]
Betting Pictograms Can Simplify Terms and Conditions
8. April 2019
Despite the Swiss Data Protection Act or GDPR, few of us know how our personal data is used by companies who collect and store our personal data. Most of us wish the terms and conditions (T&C) and privacy policies of companies processing our data was easier to understand. The lack of effective standardization makes data […]
ICRC Bet Pivots to ‘Do No Harm’
2. April 2019
Challenge bet, “Digitalization as Enabler to Re-Connect Families in Time of War,” has pivoted. But far from dashing hopes, its decision is likely to have an even bigger impact than if it had continued uninterrupted. Ten months ago, bet Captain, Charlotte Lindsey-Curtet, Director of Digital Transformation and Data at the International Committee of the Red […]
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