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  ArticleNilofer Merchant: 30% Weird is a Good Target

  January 24, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner

  We sat down with the author and former Apple exec Nilofer Merchant to talk about why corporate cultures can be so hostile to ideas that are a bit off-kilter…
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  On Demand WebcastWhy Innovation Teams Get Stuck, and How to Break Free

  January 15, 2018

  How can sophisticated organizations can be so committed to innovation — but still get stuck? Mike Maddock of Maddock Douglas offers strategies to get “unstuck.”
• ArticleHow the Marines are Accelerating Tech Acquisition

  January 12, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner

  Capt. Christopher Wood discussed some of the key inflection points in the Marine Corps’ history of innovation, and how the Corps is looking to foster the spirit of innovation today.
• ArticleHow the USPS is Linking Mail to the Digital World

  January 8, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner

  “The postal service for years was a very operational culture,” says Gary Reblin of USPS “We’ve got to change with the times.” 
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  ArticlePixar’s Founder on Failure and Risk

  January 1, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner

  “Our job is not to prevent mistakes and errors,” says Pixar President and Founder Ed Catmull. “It is to respond when things go wrong…”
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  ArticleHow the Boston Celtics are Upgrading the Fan Experience

  December 28, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  Matt Griffin of the Boston Celtics shares how the team leverages technology and data analytics to improve the fan experience. Watch the full video...
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  ArticlePfizer 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.”
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  ArticleAmerican Express Exec on the Customer-First Mindset

  December 28, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  Andres Ricuarte, Head of American Express’ B2B Platform and API, discusses partnerships, APIs, and innovating with your customer. More advice from Ricuarte inside…
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  ArticleThe Highlights (and Lowlights) of Corporate Innovation in 2017

  December 15, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  From Ford to Walmart, GE to Amazon, here's our run-down of the 10 most interesting corporate innovation happenings of 2017.
• Q&AWho Should We Be Benchmarking Against?

  November 3, 2017

  Last week, we asked the InnoLead community about how they approach benchmarking. Here are their answers/advice/insights…
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  ArticleCEOs on Disruption, Culture & Executive Support

  November 1, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  How should you be thinking about the impact of disruption in your industry? CEOs of Bose, TripAdvisor, and Eastern Bank weigh in...
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  ArticleFour Pillars for Winning at Business Model Innovation

  October 31, 2017 | By Rick Waldron, Contributing Columnist & Former VP of Innovation Strategy, Nike

  “The typical three-year corporate innovation cycle…has become all too common,” writes former Nike and Intel executive Rick Waldron. Get advice on escaping that fate.
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  Q&AHow Should You Budget for Your Innovation Program?

  October 27, 2017

  Last week, we asked the Innovation Leader community about how they budgeted for the launch of their innovation programs. Here are their answers/advice/insights…
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  ArticleOvercoming Barriers to Innovation in Large Companies

  October 24, 2017 | By Aaron Proietti

  We share 11 common barriers to innovation, present a list of the symptoms for each barrier, and provide questions that can help your colleagues and better understand the barrier.
• ArticleWhat’s a Minimum Viable Innovation Team?

  October 24, 2017

  How do you put a strategic innovation strategy in place if you’ve got a shoestring budget, and you’re surrounded skeptics? Zeeshan Sheikh of Everbridge offers a blueprint...
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  ArticleHow Do You Increase Your Odds of Success? Five Tips for Innovators

  October 23, 2017 | By Renee Dye

  Renee Dye, the former Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at Navigant Consulting, shares five keys to success, useful for new and more established innovation leaders.
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  ArticleSetting Up the Innovation ‘Shop’: Ex-Starbucks VP Shares Her Advice

  October 10, 2017 | By Rachel Antalek, Contributing Columnist and Former VP of Concept Innovation at Starbucks

  Former Darden Restaurants and Starbucks exec Rachel Antalek says getting started was the hardest part of responding to the instruction to “set up a disruptive innovation team.”
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  On Demand WebcastBest Practices in Innovation Governance

  October 9, 2017

  InnoLead’s Scott Kirsner presents high-level findings from our Q2 report, joined by executives from the healthcare, insurance, and media industries.
• ArticleHow 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...
• ArticleHow Retailers Can Position Themselves for the Future

  September 25, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  Pano Anthos of the retail accelerator XRC Labs discusses five roles that the store can play in the future — and the importance of new trends in the industry.