PwC Innovation

The mission of the US Innovation Team is to accelerate innovation by inspiring new ideas and reducing barriers to their implementation at PwC. Led by Chief Innovation Officer, Sheldon Laube, the team facilitates the inspiration of ideas from around the firm through messaging and communications, promotes dynamic ideation with our people and clients, removes rigid barriers to implementation at PwC, and engages and invests in robust dialogue with our people, clients and communities.

The PwC Center for Advanced Research (CAR) creates competitive advantage for the firm by applying advanced technology and thinking to important practice problems. The Center employs researchers and subject matter experts from all over the globe who develop innovative solutions not yet available in the marketplace. The Center pioneered the use of social networking and search to create Ask a PwC Colleague; developed a revolutionary solution for document review called Magic Lens; designed the firm's flagship audit performance support system with innovative technology tools; and is currently in development with several other exciting projects. Software delivered by the Center provides PwC professionals with distinctive tools that differentiate us in the marketplace.

The PwC Center for Technology and Innovation (CTI) provides leading-edge research and analysis of technology trends and their effects on companies, industries, and markets. CTI comprises technology veterans who have extensive experience in advanced applications of existing technologies, and knowledge of potential uses of emerging technologies. CTI is widely known for its Technology Forecast publications and for delivering insightful briefings on technology trends to PwC clients and industry leaders around the world. Current areas of research include: Enterprise architecture and agility; Next-generation ERP; Business Intelligence; and Blending owned and rented infrastructure. www.pwc.com/cti

Health Research Institute (HRI) is a dedicated research group that provides new intelligence, perspective, and analysis on major health-related business issues. PricewaterhouseCoopers pioneered the establishment of a dedicated global healthcare research unit. The Institute enables our practice leaders to participate in a collaborative exchange among a network of more than 4,000 professionals with day-to-day experience in the health industry.

The US IT Innovations team identifies and evaluates business-aligned, emerging technologies, processes, and concepts. The output of team activities and deliverables assists a wide audience of IT and business stakeholders in making both tactical and strategic decisions. The team evaluates around 100 new technologies each year and selects a subset to test and elicit feedback from small communities of business users. The results of experimental work inform IT strategy, business leadership, client engagement teams, and other interested parties.

Members of the team often assist with client engagements where emerging technology insight is requested. Partnerships with internal and external academic, thought leadership and analyst organizations ensure that a comprehensive point-of-view can be formed.

Genesis Park brings together high performing PwC staff from around the world who demonstrate clear leadership potential, and then immerses them in an intense, sixteen week residency program, during which participants are freed from all client obligations. The Park takes our most promising people to the next level -- developing them into business leaders capable of creating significant value for PwC and its clients.

PwC's senior leaders remain actively involved in the program as mentors, providing a senior-level perspective on the most pressing issues facing the Firm. Genesis Park has been featured in the "Financial Times" and "Harvard Management Update," and cited as an innovative approach to leadership development by "HR Executive," and other leading HR publications.

Corporate Responsibility can be defined as businesses incorporating social, environmental and economic considerations into their decisions and processes. But it is also about creating and applying innovative solutions to the challenges our society and environment face. Fulfilling this mandate requires that all parts of an organization work together, in collaboration with other organizations, stakeholders and sections of the community to ensure the best possible outcomes.

PwC approaches Corporate Responsibility from four perspectives, which we call the "four quadrants" - Community, Environment, People and Marketplace. By considering the wider impacts of our decisions in these four quadrants we are better able to develop a comprehensive strategy that embeds Corporate Responsibility into all our business planning and processes.

The Corporate Responsibility Office and the people of PwC are committed to playing a leading role in achieving a sustainable future: We take responsibility for our actions and promote responsible business practices; support the growth and development of our people and communities; and seek to minimize our impact on the environment.

Ulysses is a global leadership development program for future leaders of PricewaterhouseCoopers. The Ulysses program builds a global network of responsible leaders who are committed to developing quality, trust-based relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders. These leaders understand our responsibility as a firm, and as individuals, to integrate stakeholder collaboration into the role of high performing business to create sustainable success for communities and markets across the world.