Finanical Holding Conglomerate
Designing an AI-Powered Open Innovation Model
Innovation
Organization Structure
AI

Challenge
A [Leading Financial Holding Conglomerate in LATAM], is facing organizational silos, fragmented design teams, and underutilized AI and data intelligence across its subsidiaries.
Solution
Outcome
Improved Organizational Efficiency
Eliminated redundant innovation efforts across subsidiaries, enhancing operational alignment. AI-driven intelligence accelerated opportunity identification and decision-making, reducing strategic execution time from months to weeks.
Revenue Generation Through AI-Enabled Design
Monetized internal design and AI capabilities, transforming design from a cost center to a profit-generating function. Subsidiaries licensed AI solutions (e.g., Micro-Finance’s CREDIX), creating additional revenue streams.
AI-Powered Growth & Market Expansion
AI-enhanced strategic decision-making identified high-value investment and acquisition opportunities. The Growth Board AI platform enabled faster resource allocation, improving investment efficiency by 30%.
Stronger Cross-Subsidiary Synergies
Shared intelligence tools enabled subsidiaries to capitalize on each other’s strengths, reducing inefficiencies. The Second Brain AI facilitated proactive market entry strategies, supporting the conglomorate's regional expansion.






Credits
Closing Thoughts
The [Financial Holding Conglomerate in LATAM] Organizational Innovation Model showcases how AI, design intelligence, and structured knowledge-sharing can transform a conglomerate’s ability to scale innovation.
AI is a Critical Enabler for Scaling Innovation
Design Must Be a Business-Critical Function
Cross-Subsidiary Collaboration Requires Structural & Incentive Alignment
Learnings
Building Open Innovation Models
AI & Collective Intelligence
Dynamic Capabilities Frameworks
Tools
Figma
Figjam
team
Professor
Carlos Teixeira
Client
Financial Holding
Conglomerate in LATAM
VP of Design - Contact
Design
Samantha Chandra
Ahmed Shaikh
Class
Organizational
Models of Innovation