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

????美敦力（Medtronic）加拿大分公司總裁尼爾?弗雷澤在節(jié)假日時親筆為員工撰寫信件，贊揚他們取得的成就，對每一個人表達謝意，感謝每個人所做的貢獻。

????這家醫(yī)療科技公司的愛爾蘭分公司還啟動了鼓舞人心的創(chuàng)新計劃“‘我的創(chuàng)意’系統(tǒng)”。該計劃可與谷歌公司的“20%時間”計劃比肩，它鼓勵各個崗位的員工貢獻自己的創(chuàng)意、建議和意見，最終將由一支跨職能團隊對這些創(chuàng)意的可行性進行評估。該計劃自啟動之后已經(jīng)收到了1,500多個創(chuàng)意點子，其中有40%已經(jīng)付諸實施。

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.