美敦力公司
公司總部所在地：美國明尼蘇達(dá)州明尼阿波利斯
2010年公司收益：158億美元
入選理由亮點(diǎn)：草根創(chuàng)意平臺(tái)

????美敦力（Medtronic）加拿大分公司總裁尼爾?弗雷澤在節(jié)假日時(shí)親筆為員工撰寫信件，贊揚(yáng)他們?nèi)〉玫某删停瑢γ恳粋€(gè)人表達(dá)謝意，感謝每個(gè)人所做的貢獻(xiàn)。

????這家醫(yī)療科技公司的愛爾蘭分公司還啟動(dòng)了鼓舞人心的創(chuàng)新計(jì)劃“‘我的創(chuàng)意’系統(tǒng)”。該計(jì)劃可與谷歌公司的“20%時(shí)間”計(jì)劃比肩，它鼓勵(lì)各個(gè)崗位的員工貢獻(xiàn)自己的創(chuàng)意、建議和意見，最終將由一支跨職能團(tuán)隊(duì)對這些創(chuàng)意的可行性進(jìn)行評估。該計(jì)劃自啟動(dòng)之后已經(jīng)收到了1,500多個(gè)創(chuàng)意點(diǎn)子，其中有40%已經(jīng)付諸實(shí)施。

Medtronic
Headquarters: Minneapolis, MN, USA
2010 Revenue ($ millions):15,800
What makes it so great?

????At Medtronic Canada, president Neil Fraser writes his employees a personal message during the holiday season, acknowledging individual accomplishments and letting the staff know that he appreciates each and every one of their contributions.

????The medical technology company's Ireland division also has a take on inspiring innovation -- one that could rival Google's 20% time. The "myIdeas system" allows employees, no matter their function, to propose ideas, suggestions, and options, which are then evaluated by a cross-functional team for feasibility. More than 1500 ideas have been submitted since the program's founding -- and 40% of them have been implemented.