Case Studies

Case Studies

With our proven approach, you can place trust in the fact that your innovation initiatives will not merely succeed but will thrive, adding substantial value to your business.

With our proven approach, you can place trust in the fact that your innovation initiatives will not merely succeed but will thrive, adding substantial value to your business.

UOB created RM8.28 MILLION in 3 Months

RM 8,280,374

in innovation value

29

leadapreneurs

307% Growth

from previous cycle

The Goal

UOB wanted to build a culture where employees could identify challenges, come up with impactful solutions, and confidently pitch those ideas for support. They partnered with Leadapreneur a second time to run the Innovation Accelerator 2.0—a 12-week program focused on building innovation skills.

Learnings:

Over 3 months, participants were trained to:

  • Spot real problems in their daily work

  • Design bold ideas that could improve KPIs

  • Build strong business cases using simple visuals and storytelling

  • Clear business cases and early stakeholder alignment are key

UOB created RM8.28 MILLION in 3 Months

RM 8,280,374

in innovation value

29

leadapreneurs

307% Growth

from previous cycle

The Goal

UOB wanted to build a culture where employees could identify challenges, come up with impactful solutions, and confidently pitch those ideas for support. They partnered with Leadapreneur a second time to run the Innovation Accelerator 2.0—a 12-week program focused on building innovation skills.

Learnings:

Over 3 months, participants were trained to:

  • Spot real problems in their daily work

  • Design bold ideas that could improve KPIs

  • Build strong business cases using simple visuals and storytelling

  • Clear business cases and early stakeholder alignment are key

OCBC Created RM5.17 Million in 16 Weeks

OCBC Created RM5.17 Million in 16 Weeks

RM 5,170,591

in innovation value

27

leadapreneurs

RM 191,503

average value per product

OCBC partnered with Leadapreneur to launch the OCBC Rebel Accelerator (ORA)—a 16-week program designed to help employees develop MVPs that solve real business problems and deliver measurable results.

Learnings:

27 employees from departments like Treasury, Compliance, Operations, and Marketing learned to:

  • Identify pain points in their daily work

  • Design solutions using agile innovation tools

  • Build MVPs and test them with users

  • Win buy-in from leaders to support deployment

AXA Created RM8.37 Million in Just 6 Weeks

AXA Created RM8.37 Million in Just 6 Weeks

RM8.37 million

in innovation value

20

leadapreneurs

3 MVPs

officially launched to market

AXA Insurance Malaysia partnered with Leadapreneur three times to accelerate innovation through the Axapreneur program. For Accelerator Level 1, the goal was to empower employees to identify problems, design solutions, and pitch projects with measurable business value.

Learnings:

Over 6 weeks, more than 20 employees learned to:

  • Spot key challenges in operations and customer experience

  • Design and build MVPs with measurable value

  • Pitch to senior leaders at the Palace of Champions

  • Compete for the title of Primus, celebrating innovation leadership

How Smart Axiata Scaled Innovation

How Smart Axiata Scaled Innovation

$214,000 USD

in innovation value

20

leadapreneurs

1,757% ROI

from innovation initiatives

Smart Axiata, Cambodia’s top mobile telecom provider, partnered with Leadapreneur to launch a year-long transformation journey: the Corporate Innovation Accelerator. Spanning three 3–4 month cycles, this execution platform helped middle managers and senior leaders drive innovation that scaled across the business.

Learnings:

Smart Axiata teams were trained to:

  • Identify real problems and align innovation with KPIs

  • Create MVPs with measurable value across revenue, CX, and digital

  • Pitch and deploy scalable solutions across the organisation

  • Build upon each cycle’s success to embed a culture of execution

5 SEASONS OF SUCCESS WITH DBS

5 SEASONS OF SUCCESS WITH DBS

$79 Million+

With an average project

valuation of $ 374,986

368 Leadapreneurs

Covering 6 markets: Singapore, Indonesia,

Taiwan, India, HongKong and China

180 Deployments

S$1.3 Million accepted by auditors

In the Age of AI, only one kind of organisation will win those that innovate faster, smarter, and at scale. DBS Bank is doing just that.

By embedding Leadapreneur’s Warriors of WOW into its talent strategy, DBS has equipped over 300 high-potential employees to innovate at speed, using real-time challenges to drive measurable business value. With each season, more people became leadapreneurs. More ideas turned into action. And more results hit the bottom line.

Acheivements:

Digital transformation is no longer a goal. It’s a baseline. To stay ahead, DBS needed more than just new tools or processes they needed people who could adapt, lead, and innovate across functions, geographies, and complexity.

That’s where Warriors of WOW came in. Each participant was challenged to:

  • Solve a real business problem tied to KPIs

  • Design and deploy a working solution within 40 weeks

  • Deliver quantifiable value to their department.