Open innovation has the potential to unlock vast global resources, but success depends on the ability to integrate these approaches effectively into organizational strategy and culture. In this session, Kyle Basler-Reeder, Global Open Innovation Lead at ExxonMobil, will share how the company has designed and scaled a corporate-wide open innovation program. Participants will learn how ExxonMobil leverages open talent models, external crowdsourcing, and global requests-for-proposal to accelerate problem-solving, broaden access to expertise, and uncover new opportunities.
The session will also highlight key lessons learned from building these processes into a large, technically complex organization, including strategies for overcoming adoption barriers and aligning incentives. Kyle will discuss practical KPIs that ExxonMobil uses to measure impact, and will share examples of how open innovation has contributed to solving some of the company’s most challenging technical and commercial problems.
