Welcome to the 2025 Deloitte Innovation Competition!
The Deloitte Innovation Competition is your chance to showcase your critical thinking and problem-solving skills, learn about public sector consulting, and interact directly with Deloitte practitioners on-campus! We encourage EVERY & ANY WFU student to participate, regardless of year, major, or previous experience.
Let’s break down “Innovation Competition”
We call Innovation the practice of identifying a unique, migraine level problem and developing a novel solution. We call it that because that’s what innovation is! We’ll help guide you through the process, providing guardrails and expertise to help generate your best ideas.
We call it a competition because your pitches will be probed and evaluated by senior leaders at Deloitte. They’ll then select winners from there. We like the competition format because the mix of team collaboration and mild competitiveness can bring out the best in people.
Next Steps
You’re interested? Great! Here are some next steps:
1 - Find some friends or be open to meeting new people. You will participate in teams between 3 and 5 students. You're welcome to create your own team or sign up individually and we will add you to a team.
2 - Confirm your / your team's availability. We prefer all team members join each session. However, we understand school and life are busy. We’ll require that at least 2 of your team members can make each session. Please check below and confirm that the timing of these sessions works for your team.
- Virtual Problem Identification and Solutioning Workshop: February 19th at 5:00 – 6:00 PM
- Virtual Storytelling Workshop and 1:1 Office Hours: February 24th at 5:00 – 6:00 PM
- In Person Lunch and Mentorship: February 26th at 3:30 – 5:30 PM [Drop-In, attendance not needed for the entire session]
- In Person Live Pitches: February 27th at 7:00 – 9:00 PM [Entire Team Mandatory}
3 - Prioritize Problem Topics. Coordinate with your team to rank the 3 problem topics from most interested in working on to least. See the registration below for the Problem Topics.
Register Here! Find the registration below. If registering as a team, one person should register on behalf of your entire team. Registration is due on Monday February 17th at 1:00 PM.
If you have any questions, please reach out via email to BOTH Riley Herriman (rherriman@deloitte,com) and Grace Lyons (grlyons@deloitte.com). We look forward to having you join us.
Problem Topics
We use problem topics to help you refine to a specific, narrow problem statement. Please read the options below and preference the problem topics. We will try to give you your first or second preferred topic.
Workforce Development: How might we elevate the workplace experience for TSA agents to enhance morale, retention, and career growth, with the goal of fostering a positive and engaging work environment that empowers agents to thrive both personally and professionally?
Transportation: How might we effectively detect and prevent fare evasions on the New York City Subway, utilizing advanced AI technologies and innovative strategies, to ensure a reduction in fare losses and the protection of the financial health of the transit system?
Housing: How might we enhance the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s grant management system for Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery and Mitigation, to ensure grantees can better meet the needs of disaster survivors?