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• ArticleFast Company Founder on Corporate Innovation Challenges

  February 4, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner

  Twenty years after the launch of Fast Company magazine, Bill Taylor shares the challenges that face innovators in large organizations today...
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  ArticleHow can You Move the Needle?

  January 23, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner

  We worked with a group of innovation executives to develop this list of “Innovation Approaches.” It endeavors to capture what innovation leaders are doing when they set strategy.
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  ArticleHow Pfizer Disrupted the Traditional Innovation Conference

  January 14, 2015

  A senior R&D leader at pharmaceutical giant Pfizer raved to us last November about the innovation gathering he'd just been to. "It was like TEDMED meets 'The Apprentice...'"
• ArticleWho Wields the ‘Power of No’ at Your Company?

  January 12, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner

  Stuart Jenkins of Deckers Outdoor, says it's near-impossible to innovate if any one person can shoot down a good idea. Find out more about the power of no here...
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  ArticleChanging Culture at BNP Paribas Cardif

  January 6, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner

  Héloïse Lauret of BNP Paribas Cardif discusses the three main culture-change initiatives the French insurance firm has launched — and the importance of building trust.
• ArticleGovernment Exec on Quick Hits & Innovating Procurement

  December 15, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts' first Government Innovation Officer talks about the importance of quick hits and implementing a crowdsourcing initiative...
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  On Demand Live CallKelly Services Exec on Impact Payments and Disruptive Ideas

  December 5, 2014

  Kelly Services’ Rolf Kleiner talks about his CEO’s expectations; developing a process for collecting ideas; and one high-potential idea Kelly Services is preparing to roll out.
• Article12 Interview Questions to Set You Up for Success

  November 5, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  An innovation leader from financial services shared the questions he uses in conversations with people who sponsor or collaborate with the innovation team.
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  ArticleGoogle Execs Share Slides on Innovation, Culture & Hiring

  October 16, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  Slides from Google executives. Among their insights: “Most companies today are run to minimize risk, not maximize freedom and speed.”
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  On Demand Live CallHumana Exec on Consultants, Mix of Projects, Reporting to CEO

  September 19, 2014

  Nate Bellinger of Humana  talks about the 15-year history of Humana’s innovation initiatives and some of the lessons they’ve learned as it has evolved.
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  ArticleWhat are You Focused on This Fall?

  September 10, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  We asked about the issues, challenges and opportunities you’re focused on this fall. Here are the ten most interesting — and representative — answers we got.
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  ArticleSetting Innovation Goals at American Cancer Society

  August 20, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  The American Cancer Society's new Managing Director of Product Innovation talks about building an innovation team, setting goals, and collaborating within a large non-profit...
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  Q&AAdvice: Should Innovation Teams Strive to Impact Revenue/Costs?

  July 25, 2014

  A new innovation leader in the utility industry asks: "Should our team aim to quantify the impact we have on revenues, or reducing costs, at our company?"
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  ArticleInnovation Matures from Skunkworks to True Partner

  July 2, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  Aaron Proietti explains how his group’s mission has evolved, shifting from an isolated “skunkworks”s to more of a consultancy to the business units…
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  ArticleWhy Lowe’s Innovation Lab Hired Sci-Fi Writers to Guide Strategy

  July 1, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  Kyle Nel of Lowe’s Innovation Labs explains why the home improvement retailer created a comic book to help executives evaluate possible future scenarios.
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  ArticleGoogle Execs Explain How the Company Spurs Innovation

  June 25, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  Google executives offer an inside look at how the company hires, why reasonable goals are not good enough, and how internal projects gain or lose momentum.
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  ArticleInside Moen’s Prototype-Driven Product Development Strategy

  June 23, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  Moen’s SVP of Global Strategic Development describes the customer-focused innovation process behind a new line of motion-sensitive faucets…
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  ArticleeBay Innovation Vice President: ‘Evangelize Early & Often’

  June 17, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  Steve Yankovich talks about how his team “graduates” its projects to business units, and why it’s so important to be able to kill low-potential projects. Get more insights…
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  ArticleNancy Shea: Turning Your CEO into a Fully-Vested Partner

  June 5, 2014

  "You really have to be careful what you wish for when you talk about getting your CEO involved with innovation," says Nancy Shea of Kraft Foods, Ashland Inc., and World Kitchen...
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  ArticlePuma Exec on Keeping Score of Innovation

  May 27, 2014 | By Julie Donnelly

  "If someone on the team is not a little uncomfortable," says Global Director of Innovation and Strategy Louis Joseph, "then it’s probably a little too safe.”