Kurt Scherer, Director Innovation Center, Booz Allen Hamilton

1. CROWD
MATTERS
The Value Of Crowd Yesterday, Today, And Tomorrow
JUNE 2017

2. CROWD IS HERE

3. CROWD IN THE USG
By June 2016, Challenge.gov featured more than 700 prize competitions and challenges over 100 Federal agencies,
departments, and bureaus.

4. WHAT DOES CROWD MEAN?
sourced distributed workers from on-demand, cloud-based talent market | ad-hoc micro-tasking | idea generation |
surveys

5. CROWD AT BOOZ ALLEN
SELECT
CLIENTS:
PARTNERS:

7. Booz Allen Offices
Locations Engaging Across the Network
Seattle
• Hub focuses on Life Sciences,
Unmanned Systems, Big Data, Clean
Tech, Space Flight, Digital/B2C/B2B
San Francisco Bay
Area
• Engaged with
Galvanize
• Hub focuses on
Social Media, Big
Data, Cyber,
Medical
Informatics,
Digital/B2C/B2B
Los Angeles
• Hub focuses on Clean tech,
Aerospace, Space Flight,
Media
San Diego
• Hub focuses on Biotech, Biometrics,
Nanotechnology
Boston
• Office relocation to
neighbor CIC and
collaborate on co-
branded event space
(April 2016)
• Hub focuses on Big
Data, Health, Artificial
Intelligence, Robotics
Washington, DC
• Innovation Center opened
March 2016 (previously at
1776)
• Hub focuses on Policy,
Regulated Industry, Cyber
Austin, TX
• Present at Capital Factory since 2014
• Hub focuses on Big Data, Energy/Clean Energy, Artificial
Intelligence
St Louis
• Present at CIC since January 2016
• Hub focuses on Fintech,
Manufacturing, Agtech, Health
Booz Allen IHUB
(Periphery)
Booz Allen IHUB (Core)

9. FLOW

10. Organization’s
Need for
Innovation
Organization’s
Ability to Manage
Innovation
Individual’s Ability
to Generate
Ideas
ENTERPRIS
E
NETWORKS
AND
SHARING
RESOURCE
ALLOCATIO
NS
ENVIRONM
ENT
TEAMS
INDIVIDUAL
S
+ Degree to which individuals have courage to voice ideas
+ Extent to which personnel have the ability to observe
+ Quality of collaboration and interactions
+ Cross functional teams’ engagement in innovation process
+ Existence of incentives and protection policies for those who propose new ideas
+ Criteria for project selection
+ Existence of clear, formalized decision rights
+ Budgeting process for innovation efforts
+ Degree to which IP protection, confidential mission, etc. affect sharing across
business units
+ Policies on privileged non-public information
+ Organization’s place in the industry lifecycle
+ Intensity of market pressures and competitive rivalry
INNOVATION MATURITY

11. WHERE ARE WE GOING
Problem
Deconstructio
n
Ideation
Tech &
Opportunity
Assessments
Business
Selection
Development
& Prototyping
Testing &
Validation
Go To Market
& Launch
Post Launch

12. NON-OBVIOUS CONNECTIONS

13. INCREASING EFFICIENCY

14. MINDSHIFT

15. “It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out nor more
doubtful of success nor more dangerous to handle than to initiate a new order of
things; for the reformer has enemies in all those who profit by the old order, and
only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order; this
lukewarmness arising partly from the incredulity of mankind who does not truly
believe in anything new until they actually have experience of it.” - Machiavelli