IDEAS WANTED - The Clorox Company
IDEAS WANTED - The Clorox Company
IDEAS WANTED - The Clorox Company
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<strong>IDEAS</strong><br />
<strong>WANTED</strong><br />
OPENING THE DOORS<br />
OF INNOVATION TO<br />
DRIVE GROWTH<br />
BY ALISON OHLHOFF,<br />
DIAMOND CORRESPONDENT<br />
mother of six and grandmother of four goes online to share<br />
A product ideas with <strong>Clorox</strong> that she believes will make a mom’s<br />
job easier.<br />
A <strong>Clorox</strong> scientist asks an online network of suppliers for their<br />
ideas about a problem he’s having in the lab.<br />
<strong>Clorox</strong> employee teams from around the world pitch business<br />
proposals — as selected by their peers — to the <strong>Clorox</strong> Executive<br />
Committee.<br />
Increasingly, we’re opening the doors of innovation at <strong>Clorox</strong>.<br />
And in the process, we’re fundamentally changing the way we<br />
conceive growth ideas.<br />
We’re dreaming bigger with outside input<br />
“Historically, we’ve tended to hunker down and not always<br />
connect with one another,” says Greg Piche, Idea Network<br />
lead. “But that’s changing. People understand that we need to<br />
grow, and that our survival depends on stepping back from<br />
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