Challenge
For over 60 years customers have been coming to McConnell Dowell (MCD) with complex projects that require innovative solutions, that’s why they’re known as the Creative Construction company. From remote resources and energy projects to city-shaping infrastructure, MCD built thousands of quality assets and facilities. When MCD required an innovation solution that could scale up with their business they chose Consulcad and edison365ideas to turn innovation initiatives into executable and measurable projects.
How we solved it
Consulcad successfully delivered an Innovation Framework and edison365ideas platform a key MCD project, see WPA case study for more details. The approach was simple, leverage the work done and lesson learned from this project to scale up to support the organisation wide Innovation Initiative, this included:
- Planning and scoping.
- Development if implementation approach.
- edison365ideas deployment and configuration.
- Training.
The outcome
With edison365ideas MCD, the creative construction company, can:
- Quickly onboard team members with minimal training.
- Deliver innovation at scale by capturing and organizing creative ideas from talented teams right across the business.
- Create a transparent and clear process for evaluating, nurturing, and implementing the best ideas.
- Manage the innovation pipeline by prioritising and progressing the best innovation initiatives.
