The IMA, Innovation Makers Alliance, is the main French-speaking technological consortium, bringing together the technological and innovation departments of the vast majority of large French companies and administrations. Organized as an association under the 1901 law, the IMA brings together all digital leaders to accelerate and federate technological projects between major accounts, ETIs and administrations
The board of directors and all members of the IMA are Digital Decision-Makers. All content as well as the majority of events are reserved for members. It is the assurance of authentic points of view and sharing
The IMA produces deliverables and content all year round: 15 white papers published per year, dozens of working group meetings, collections of inspiring use cases, dozens of questions asked on the mutual aid forum or new startups referenced each month, and multiple additional content (videos, webinars, etc.)
After creating CRiP in 2008, an association bringing together IT infrastructure and production managers, which now includes 350 organizations and 10,000 members, I realized that there was still no group that was truly independent of suppliers allowing all strategic and operational managers of technological transformation Major Groups, ETI and French-speaking Administrations to come together to share their best practices, accelerate their innovative projects and federate collective intelligence in favor of technological innovation.
So I created The Innovations Makers Alliance (IMA) in 2015, technological consortium, to meet the following challenges:
1. Bringing together all strategic and operational managers of technological innovation in business (Directions: DSI, Innovation, Digital, Data, Data, Data, Transformation, R&D, Jobs) in a circle of trust, independent of suppliers
2. Federate initiatives between Member Organizations to accelerate Time-to-Market, reduce engagement risks and optimize technology budgets
3. Open minds and allow inspiration of our members by introducing them to the work of their peers and the global ecosystem of tech partners, evaluated and recommended by their peers
4. enable access to all digital decision-makers member organizations, regardless of their department (DSI, innovation, professions, etc.), to the services of the IMA thanks to a single and modest contribution (for such a large consortium), a “no brainer”
5. Organizing the collective work of members on technological developments and new uses so that they can be a source of proposals for professions
The IMA immediately joined forces with ITIforums, our historical and strategic partner (in charge of managing the consortium, content, events, and partner relationships), our historical and strategic partner., based on a simple concept and a “Win Win” model that still exists today. It is thanks to this partnership that the IMA can organize quality events and always produce more added value for its members.
As you know, there are a lot of private and public initiatives around innovation and technologies... Especially to help startups: by incubating them, by helping them to benefit from public funding...But the IMA is unique, because the IMA focuses on the contrary on helping large companies and administrations, and this in a non-thematic way (we deal with all tech topics) and open to all tech departments and professions. I think we are bringing Something different and complementary, both for companies and administrations as well as for tech partners, by accelerating technological projects within our member organizations, and by helping them in their selection of partners.
This tremendous summary of collective intelligence did not exist and still does not exist elsewhere. that can be found at the IMA, produced by more than 8307 decision-makers in charge of the technological transformation of their companies, or initiatives which allows, as we do, to co-experiment and co-produce between large groups, nor platforms allowing the honest sharing of successes but also failures, so that everyone can benefit from the past experiences of others.
These are the ingredients that make the IMA successful and allow it to constantly grow and make its members ever more efficient in their jobs. Today, with more than 8307 members and more than 121 member organizations, including 3/4 of the CAC 40 and most major ministries, the IMA is now a incredible driver of the French digital and technological ecosystem, an extremely efficient consortium providing all its members with sharing high value-added content and allowing its ecosystem of partners direct access to the key decision-makers of the largest groups and administrations.
Thank you for your loyalty and your contribution!
Welcome to the IMA website,The association 'Innovation Makers Alliance', the main French consortium of digital departments, brings together all the players in technological innovation in companies and administrations. Our association is here to bring you inspiration, acceleration of your projects, risk reduction and optimization of budgets of experimentation.At the IMA, we are convinced that the value lies in bringing new technologies together with the ambitions of the company's businesses. It is important to make this connection in both directions:
1. Let's continue to adopt cutting-edge technologies, by involving businesses very quickly to optimize their implementation and performance.
2. Let's work creatively with users to imagine the services of tomorrow and then find the technologies that allow us to turn these ideas into reality
Businesses are facing numerous challenges related to technology: competition with GAFAs, digitalization of processes, partnerships with startups, etc. IT departments often take a defensive approach to these changes. : avoid Shadow IT, manage Legacy, budget and production while supporting business demands.
I am convinced that all those responsible for the technological transformation of their company have a major role as agents of change to help their company adapt. to this new competitive environment and move towards an offensive advantage mode.
However, the IMA is perfectly in line with this perspective: not only we help the success of innovative technological projects, but we also have an impact on the innovative culture of the entire company, from the director to the expert. And it is through this long-term paradigm shift that we will move from incentive innovation approaches to intrinsic innovation at all levels of the organization.
The IMA must help you in this transformation. Our philosophy is based on exchanges between peers around concrete cases:
• The network allows innovation peers to meet, on our social network, or during our events
• Agnostic, high value-added content is produced at each event and working group, and available 24 hours a day on our digital platform
• The mutual support forum allows you to benefit from advice from your peers, to be inspired by their use cases and to learn from their successes and failures
• The consortium also makes it possible to pool monitoring, joint projects, and experiments between member organizations
The IMA was tailor-made to meet the needs of actors ('Makers') in technological innovation, wherever they are in their company.
I want our services — available to all employees of member companies at a single membership cost — to make you more effective in your daily roles and activities.
I wish you a pleasant visit to our site and full of success in the innovative transformation of your businesses.
Representative members undertake to:
Accélérer et Accompagner le Développement Technologique des Entreprises et Administrations Françaises
Dans un monde en mutation rapide, où les avancées technologiques redéfinissent sanscesse les modèles économiques et organisationnels, l’Innovation Makers Alliance sepositionne comme le catalyseur stratégique de l’innovation et de la transformationnumérique des grandes entreprises et administrations francophones. Nous croyons en une technologie au service du progrès collectif, où l’innovation nese limite pas à une quête d’excellence technique, mais devient un levier de compétitivité,de résilience et de souveraineté pour les entreprises et les institutions.
• Transformer les organisations en facilitant l’adoption des nouvelles technologies, en alignant l’innovation avec les enjeux stratégiques et opérationnels, et en accélérant la montée en compétences des décideurs et des équipes métiers.
• Connecter un écosystème technologique unique où se rencontrent grands groupes, startups, acteurs académiques et institutionnels, pour favoriser des collaborations fructueuses et structurer un élan d’innovation commun.
• Anticiper les disruptions technologiques en développant une veille stratégique, en identifiant les usages porteurs de valeur et en apportant une lecture éclairée des tendances émergentes afin d’orienter les décisions et stratégies technologiques.
L’IMA défend une approche de l’innovation qui conjugue efficacité, éthique et impact sociétal. Nous nous engageons à promouvoir des technologies qui respectent des principes de transparence, de sécurité, de respect des libertés individuelles et de responsabilité environnementale et sociétale.
• Devenir un référent du dialogue entre entreprises, startups et institutions publiques sur les enjeux technologiques.
• Contribuer à la mise en place de référentiels technologiques pour garantir une innovation alignée avec les valeurs et les intérêts des organisations adhérentes.
• Être à l’origine de projets collectifs structurants, favorisant la mutualisation des efforts et la co-construction de solutions innovantes pour l’industrie, les services et es administrations.
• Structurer la communauté technologique pour influencer les orientations stratégiques de l’innovation en France et en Europe.
Grâce à son positionnement agnostique, son indépendance vis-à-vis des partenaires technologiques, sa large diversité des organisations et des populations représentées, et sa transversalité des sujets technologiques traités, l’IMA a pour vocation de :
1. Faciliter le partage de connaissances, d’expériences et de bonnes pratiques sur les sujets technologiques en organisant des groupes de travail et de réflexion, en publiant des livres blancs et des recueils de cas d’usage, en organisant des événements axés sur le partage et l’apprentissage, et en facilitant des démonstrations technologiques
2. Créer un pont entre startups, partenaires innovants et organisations adhérentes pour encourager la collaboration et dynamiser le développement technologique
3. Favoriser les synergies, les initiatives communes, et la création d’actifs communs numériques, par le partage et l’entraide entre organisations adhérentes
4. Aider les organisations adhérentes à maximiser le retour sur investissement de leurs projets technologiques, et la réduction de leurs risques et coûts de développement
5. Accompagner l’adoption des nouvelles technologies dans les métiers en analysant les tendances, en identifiant les meilleures pratiques et cas d’usage à fort impact business, et en accompagnant les dirigeants et les équipes dans le déploiement des technologies dans leurs organisations
6. Établir des recommandations stratégiques afin de guider les décisions autour des nouvelles technologies
7. Anticiper les nouvelles tendances et vagues technologiques pour préparer les organisations aux transformations encours et futures et leur donner les moyens de construire leur vision stratégique
8. Privilégier une innovation responsable contribuant à un futur pérenne, éthique, fiable, guidé par des valeurs démocratiques, et sensible aux besoins sociaux, sociétaux et environnementaux
9. Représenter les décideurs technologiques de l’IMA auprès de l’écosystème technologique et des instances publiques
10. Promouvoir la richesse technologique et innovante de ses organisations adhérentes.
