Driving Organic Innovation and Global Scale through Intentional Collaboration at Roche
Nearly two years ago, multinational healthcare company Roche began focusing on enhancing team effectiveness. The goal was to increase geographic and cross-functional collaboration across its more than 100,000 employees in the 89 countries in which the Swiss-based biotech company operates.
To help advance projects and scale faster, they created an Opportunity Marketplace—a platform where employees can post challenges they want to address and recruit team members to work on what they informally term a “gig.”
Read their case study to learn the impact and how Roche has successfully driven organic innovation and global scale through intentional collaboration.
Katheryn Brekken, Ph.D., is a senior research analyst with the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp). Prior to joining i4cp, she served as an assistant professor of research with the MGM Resorts Public Policy Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Public Policy and Leadership, where she continues to lecture. She has worked closely with government and corporate leaders to develop and evaluate education and training programs and as a policy advisor. She has over 15 years of experience in public affairs and has testified before legislative bodies on matters of higher education and workforce policy. She is published in various academic journals including Politics & Policy, Community College Journal of Research & Practice, and State and Local Government Review. She received her Ph.D. in Public Affairs from UNLV.