The $200 Million Innovation Culture: Nestlé’s Blueprint for Scalable, Sustainable Innovation
- Toria Frederick
- Oct 1
- 1 min read
In this episode, Doug Munk, Senior Director of Innovation at Nestlé USA, reveals how Nestlé unlocked nearly $200 million in new growth by reimagining what innovation looks like at scale. He shares Nestlé’s blueprint for building a culture where every employee can contribute, from factory floors to procurement teams, and how democratizing innovation led to some of their biggest breakthroughs.
Doug reveals the principles, discipline, and leadership mindset behind Nestlé’s scalable, sustainable innovation culture—and how empowering people, embracing failure, and matching ambition to scale creates not just products, but transformative growth.
YOUR LEADERSHIP SETS THE TONE FOR INNOVATION—how strong is it, really?
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