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Article Pfizer Exec on Creating Transformative Change
December 28, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Wendy Mayer of Pfizer explains the need to separate incremental innovation work from transformational efforts and why its important to have “a process to guide you.”
Article How Anthem Thinks About Innovation Structures & Timeframes
October 2, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Two slides lay out how David Crean of Anthem's Innovation Studio views the different innovation options that a company might pursue...
Article Healthcare Exec Robin Glasco on ‘Going Where the Love Is’
September 27, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Robin Glasco of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts discusses why internal corporate innovation groups should “go where the love is” when pursuing new projects.
Article Vertex CEO on Innovation: The Challenge is Avoiding Complacency
August 27, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Vertex’s CEO talks about the importance of investing in R&D — and the three pitfalls for companies that have attained success in the marketplace, including complacency.
Article XTuit CEO: ‘Connect Scientists with the Outside World’
August 26, 2017
“Making sure that the scientists are connected to the external world is just so critical, to refresh and challenge their thinking,” says XTuit CEO Deborah Dunsire.
Article athenahealth CEO: ‘Make It Clear How You’ll Change the World’
August 26, 2017
athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush discusses what his company is doing and how they partner with startups through an initiative called “More Disruption Please.”
Article Medtronic’s Innovation Lab on Working with Business Units
August 9, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
The Applied Innovation Lab helps Medtronic evolve from being simply a maker of medical devices to one thinks more broadly about improving health and patient outcomes.
Article Where Design Thinking Breaks Down—and How to Avoid It
August 9, 2017 | By Daniel Seewald, Contributing Columnist and CEO, Deliberate Innovation
Pfizer's Daniel Seewald discusses design thinking, and what you can do to use effective techniques to build an appropriate foundation for customer insight.
Article Inside J&J’s New Initiative to ‘Intercept’ Diseases
May 12, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
The pharmaceutical industry often develops drugs to manage diseases. But Johnson & Johnson posits a different model: What if you could identify people at risk and stave disease off?
On Demand Live Call Getting Buy-In, ‘No Time Syndrome,’ and Premature Scaling
March 24, 2017
Executives from Humana, GE, Intuit discuss why do employees and executives in large organizations resist participating in innovation efforts, and how to solve the problem.
Article Connecting Corporate Venture Capital to Business at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
February 7, 2017
Zaffre Investments, a part of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has a clear objective: Finding startups solve problems in the company’s ecosystem.
Article How Business Units Work with J&J’s Innovation Centers
January 24, 2017
When J&J makes a new investment in a startup, “50 percent of the deal funding [comes] from J&J Innovation, and the business unit provides the other 50 percent…”
Article How Pfizer Works to Foster a Culture of Innovation
January 18, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
What happens if lots of divisions in a global company come up with their own approach to innovation? Learnings and slides from Pfizer inside…
Article Cardinal Health SVP Offers a Look Inside Customer-Focused Fuse Lab
January 6, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
“When you come to Fuse, it’s all about the customers. It’s customer-in,” says Cardinal Health SVP and CTO Brent Stutz. Find out more about Fuse here...
Article Merck Exec on Fostering Innovation in a Global Business
September 9, 2016 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
When it comes to innovating across the globe, Merck’s head of commercial innovation is adamant about streamlining processes and paperwork...
Article Advice from Cambia Health’s Chief Innovation Officer
June 15, 2016 | By Mohan Nair, Contributing Columnist and Founder/CEO of Emerge Inc.
Five years after starting the innovation team, Cambia Health Solutions' Mohan Nair shares what he learned about different innovators, including some you may want to avoid.
On Demand Live Call Open Innovation at $25 Billion AstraZeneca
May 18, 2016
Scott Wilkins of AstraZeneca and his colleague Rob Albert discuss the roots of the open innovation program at AstraZeneca and more.
On Demand Live Call Hearst Health’s CIO on Lab Funding, Staffing, and Focus
March 1, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
In our Live Call with Justin Graham of Hearst Health, we talk about the innovation lab he oversees in San Francisco, including staffing, funding, and the focus of the lab.
Article Humana’s Chief Innovation Officer: ‘Co-Creation is the New Way’
February 9, 2016 | By Alicia Kelso
Chris Kay of Humana discusses how the insurer is collaborating and co-creating with startups, and outlines his process for going from ideation to market.
Article So You’re Trying to Innovate in a Heavily-Regulated Industry…
February 8, 2016 | By Naomi Fried, Contributing Columnist & Former Chief Innovation Officer, Boston Children’s Hospital
There are even more barriers to innovation in industries that are heavily regulated. Legal requirements can loom large and can stifle innovation — if you don’t address them. Here’s how…

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