All Ideation, Prototyping & Pilots - Page 7

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  ArticleHow MasterCard Adapted the Adobe Kickbox Innovation Kit

  April 19, 2016 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager

  Participats receive an Orange Box containing a $1,000 pre-paid card and tools to help them explore an idea and develop a pitch in 60 days. Find out more…
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  ArticleHow Telefónica Uses Lean Startup without Risking Reputation

  March 30, 2016 | By Steven Melendez

  The Spanish telecom company has been embracing the lean startup practices. Here’s how they make it work in an organization obsessed with reliability…
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  ArticleHow Companies Use Indiegogo to Assess Consumer Demand

  March 16, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Indiegogo SVP Jerry Needel explains how companies like GE and Hasbro have been using crowdfunding as a way to gauge consumer demand for new products.
• ArticleAchieving Impact: Advice from Your Peers

  February 25, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  We gathered twenty senior innovation, product, and strategy executives, in collaboration with our partner Mindjet. The goal: to discuss how to create sustainable innovation programs.
• ArticleOperationally-Focused Innovation at ExxonMobil

  February 22, 2016

  The innovation team at ExxonMobil provides a look at their Grassroots Innovation Forum, focused on sourcing and testing operational innovations.
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  ArticleUniversal Orlando Exec on Deploying Tech to Theme Parks

  February 3, 2016 | By Stephen Ellison

  Talking about ideas is great, but it’s just vapor. Al Callier of Universal explains how his team takes ideas from “vapor to paper to brick,” and what technology they explore.
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  ArticleAlex Osterwalder: ‘Business Models Expire Like Yogurt in the Fridge’

  January 13, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Alex Osterwalder, one of the developers of the Business Model Canvas, discusses how companies use the tool; its relationship to lean startup; and the challenges companies face.
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  ArticleHow the Accelerator at Daimler Trains Intrapreneurs

  January 11, 2016 | By Steven Melendez

  A three-month long accelerator program at Daimler Trucks North America gets employee teams talking to customers, cultivating ideas, and then pitching the board…
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  ArticleHow IKEA Explores the Future of Furniture & Home Design

  January 6, 2016 | By Steven Melendez

  To test ideas, IKEA built a model apartment in southern Sweden. It invites local families to move in and document their experiences with the experimental furnishings.
• ArticleHow Customer Interactions Guide Innovation at Toolmaker Snap-on

  December 14, 2015 | By Steven Melendez

  Bennett Brenton explains how the company gathers input from its franchisees and end-users to shape new products. Includes slides and audio...
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  ArticleWeight Watchers on Changing a Relationship-Based Business

  December 7, 2015 | By Alicia Kelso

  Global VP of Innovation Dondeena Bradley talks about driving multiple new initiatives aimed at transforming Weight Watchers into a holistic, community-driven company.
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  On Demand Live CallGeneral Mills VP on Getting to the First Dollar, Failure, Key Metrics

  November 30, 2015

  Jim Kirkwood, Chief Science and Technology Development Officer at General Mills, explains how the company “gets to the first dollar fast” with pilot tests.
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  ArticleHow GE uses Crowdfunding to Test New Ideas

  November 23, 2015 | By Steven Melendez

  The story of the Opal ice maker shows how a large organization leveraged crowdfunding to get a concept to consumers fast.
• ArticleVisa Explores Future of Buying without Plastic

  November 16, 2015 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager

  When people talk about connected products, they mean devices that communicate with each other wirelessly. But what if devices could buy stuff? Here’s what Visa is working on…
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  ArticleHow Taco Bell Accelerated Progress on Digital and Mobile Initiatives

  November 10, 2015

  When Taco Bell tried to deliver new technologies, the restaurant chain felt like it wasn't moving fast enough. A 20-person team focused is changing that...
• On Demand Live CallHow Appliance-Maker Jarden is Testing New Business Models

  November 4, 2015

  Asoka Veeravagu of Jarden Consumer Solutions, discusses exploring new subscription business models and co-creation. The company owns Mr. Coffee, Aerobed, and Sunbeam.
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  Q&AElements of Lean Innovation

  November 2, 2015 | By Scott Cohen

  We’re about to embark on a “lean innovation” journey at our company, and I was wondering if you’d seen any studies or best practices that large corporations should consider?
• ArticleHow Grocer Ahold Experiments with Smaller Stores

  October 26, 2015 | By Alicia Kelso

  A new small-format grocery store from $36 billion Ahold that is integrated into a neighborhood streetscape may be the key to attracting a young, urban shopper…
• ArticleDefining Problems with Design Sprints, with Exercises

  October 15, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner

  “Design Sprints” wants to teach you how to clarify the problem at hand; identify the needs of potential users; distill your ideas into one or two solutions…
• Q&AA Guidebook to Successful Hackathons

  October 12, 2015 | By Scott Cohen

  “I wonder if you have a kind of ‘guidebook’ or ‘top 10’ list of things to do to (a) get started; and (b) succeed.” Get the guidebook and best practices here…