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Vincent Cheng

Innovation Advisor, Social Entrepreneur, Impact Investor.

Former Co-Leader of OpenIDEO / OIEngine / Innovation Platforms Practice at IDEO, Catalyzing Communities to Innovate Better Together.

Stints at IDEO, Bain, Procter & Gamble, Harvard Business School in innovation, strategy consulting, brand management, marketing, corporate social responsibility, social enterprise.

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Vincent donates to DonorsChoose.org ($167.60)

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Innovation Platforms

Objective counsel on cultivating and harnessing the innovative potential of your communities (employees, customers, public at large) to tackle key challenges.

Co-Led OpenIDEO ( www.OpenIDEO.com ), an award-winning global social innovation community collaboratively creating new solutions to pressing social impact challenges, in partnership with:

* Governments: European Union, United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, CIOs from 35+ Countries...
* Companies: Sony, Nokia, Unilever, General Mills, Coca Cola Enterprises, UnitedHealth, Barclays, Steelcase, Itaú...
* Foundations/NGOs: Amnesty, Grameen, Oxfam, Mayo Clinic, YMCA, Stanford, World Wildlife Fund, Clinton Global Initiative, YMCA, AARP Foundation, Stanford...

Also, through OI Engine ( www.OIEngine.com ) helped bring innovation platforms to companies & other organizations to create new opportunities, by breaking through silos & hierarchies; engaging their internal and external communities from employees to the public at large; and catalyzing communities of collaborative innovation at scale.

* Global clients across industries: consumer, energy, finance, education, nonprofit, etc.

Our innovation engagements have led to new products/services/businesses/organizations/strategies/processes; sparked engagement, mindset, & behavior change among hundreds of thousands around the world; and boosted financial returns, customer satisfaction, & social impact.

Previous stints in strategy, innovation, brand management, marketing, corporate social responsibility, social enterprise, nonprofits, & education with organizations like Bain & Company, Procter & Gamble, and Harvard Business School, on projects including:

* Innovation Strategy, Product Lineup, & Launch Marketing Development: Consumer Products
* Product Development Strategy & Process Redesign: International Fashion Brand
* Geographic, Services, Delivery, & Business Model Growth Plan: Diversified Healthcare Provider
* Merger Integration: technology research, advisory, & consulting firms
* Online Channel Expansion: National Public Radio programs
* Acquisition Diligence & Growth Strategies: in industries including healthcare, food & beverage, direct sales, retail, telecom, manufacturing, cosmetics

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Vincent gave not just great advice leveraging his breadth of experience across organizations, but importantly, actionable insights that I can put to use immediately. A great listener, he was really expert at providing counsel from my perspective. Fantastic!

Kaii Tu Source: Clarity

Vincent was incredibly helpful and insightful sharing his experiences with innovation at IDEO and beyond. It was awesome to speak with him.

Christopher Chon Source: Clarity

Vincent was a smart and enthusiastic contributor to Open IDEO. He understands the potential for open systems to promote new types of innovation. He is a good communicator and great collaborator.

Tim Brown Source: LinkedIn

Vincent and I partnered on a few OpenIDEO and OI Engine projects.
He is a critical thinker, resourceful and great to work with.

Grace Dean Source: LinkedIn

Vincent is a very inspiring person to work with. He has brilliant ideas, and is always willing and able to help others develop their ideas into meaningful, actionable and impact-rich concepts and projects. Vincent brings great value to any team by himself, but also brings out the best in others.

Arjan Tupan Source: LinkedIn

Vincent is a detail-oriented manager and is deeply committed to positive social impact - he's well suited to managing structured teams to solve complex social challenges

Tom Hulme Source: LinkedIn

Vincent is one of those people that just knows how to put ideas and people together to collaborate and create amazing new concepts. At OpenIDEO he was one of the first people to welcome me, introduce me to other members, build on my ideas, and encourage me to keep pushing. In addition, Vincent was one of the best people at taking a raw concept, structuring it, and refining it in order to take it to the next level. Vincent is passionate about creating impact and I highly recommend him as a friend and a colleague.

Sarah Fathallah Source: LinkedIn

Vincent and I partnered on a few OpenIDEO and OI Engine projects.
He is a critical thinker, resourceful and great to work with.

Grace Dean Source: LinkedIn

I met Vincent during the period he spent at IDEO New York in December 2012. Vincent came to New York as Ambassador and Evangelist for OpenIDEO co-creation platform. Vincent has done a great work in presenting to the whole studio the success stories of OpenIDEO, the achievements and the potential for future developments, included the O.I. Engine. He also took time for in-depth discussions in 1-to-1 meetings with several colleagues - included me. The main highlight about working with Vincent has been, ultimately, the engagement and active involvement in OpenIDEO community. After he left New York, I had other conversations with Vincent to discuss the opportunity to use OpenIDEO Engine as a platform to support internal projects.

David Boardman Source: LinkedIn

I worked with Vincent on OpenIDEO platform during a number of challenges. I was always impressed by the wealth of creativity he brings, which manifested in well thought-out inspirations and concepts. Vincent was one of the OpenIdeators who wrote the first lines of encouragement on my inspirations and concepts when I was a new comer to OpenIDEO. Super inspirational, exceptionally collaborative and always positive, he made the platform a great place to work on challenges for social good.

Krassimira Iordanova Source: LinkedIn

Vincent played an essential role in the growth of OpenIdeo by inspiring others including myself to contribute to the platform through his consistently innovative comments and collaborations attached to a wide range of ideas.

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