美敦力公司
公司总部所在地：美国明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯
2010年公司收益：158亿美元
入选理由亮点：草根创意平台

    美敦力（Medtronic）加拿大分公司总裁尼尔•弗雷泽在节假日时亲笔为员工撰写信件，赞扬他们取得的成就，对每一个人表达谢意，感谢每个人所做的贡献。

    这家医疗科技公司的爱尔兰分公司还启动了鼓舞人心的创新计划“‘我的创意’系统”。该计划可与谷歌公司的“20%时间”计划比肩，它鼓励各个岗位的员工贡献自己的创意、建议和意见，最终将由一支跨职能团队对这些创意的可行性进行评估。该计划自启动之后已经收到了1,500多个创意点子，其中有40%已经付诸实施。

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.