SOC 2168 OUTLINE
1. Introduction
• Objective: Introduce the goal of the report and emphasize on the experience of Enel in
implementing sustainable impact by innovation.
• Overview: Introduce Enel providing information about its evolution for a former
conventional power company into a renewable energy giant and its sustainable
development policy.
2. Background and Enel’s Transformation
Company History: Describe Enel’s agency of change, key moments and achievements
towards sustainability and innovation.
Organizational Structure: Examine the matrix structure exhibited by Enel and explain
how business lines and regions work together to create innovation.
3. Innovation Strategy at Enel
Innovability Approach: Define what is Innovability (from innovation and sustainability)
and its relevance for the Enel company.
Open Innovation: Explain why Enel decided to change from closed culture of R&D in the
company to open innovation model that implies cooperation with external partners.
4. Internal Innovation Processes
Challenge Identification: Explain how Enel goes about identifying operation or strategic
issues/ The methods described here are:
Prioritization and Execution: Explain how the Enel Company identifies which projects
are strategic focusing on impact and innovation and the KPIs and decision criteria.
5. Engagement with the External Innovation Ecosystem
Innovation Hubs and Partnerships: The present a case of Enel and analyze how it has
been implementing innovation hubs and partnerships, such as openinnovability.com.
Academic and Corporate Partnerships: Explain how each of the partnerships in Enel, at
the university and corporate technology levels, contributed to the organization.
6. Case Studies of Collaborations with Startups
Nozomi Networks: Use this partnership as an example, share how it was done, the
challenges encountered and the results garnered.
Scalability of Innovations: Explain how Enel sustains and extends innovation worldwide
through the use of proof of concept (POC) and pilot testing.
7. Measuring and Sustaining Innovation Impact
KPIs and Success Metrics: Analyze the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that Enel has
established specific for innovation management and how the results of the above
initiatives impact the company’s EBITDA and sustainability targets.
Continuous Improvement: Consider how Enel has been assessing and improving the state
of innovation in the company (for instance through Innovation Portfolio Group Review
annually).
8. Challenges and Recommendations
Operational and Cultural Challenges: Determine threats that might be there in the
environment of Enel and several key issues including change management, risk
management in innovations, and management of resources.
Recommendations: Make suggestions to Enel on how to continue building and
strengthening the innovation presence (i.e. impute innovation culture, increasing the
metrics of innovation).
9. Conclusion
Finally, restate the most relevant outcomes of the research focusing on how Innovability
helps Enel to become an industry innovator and outlines the significance of sustainable
innovation as the major approach to the long-term company’s development.
