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Article At Hearth & Home Technologies, Exploring Where AI and the Smart Home Intersect
March 27, 2024 | By Kate Katz
We talked to Hearth & Home Technologies, manufacturer and supplier of fireplaces and stoves, about AI and innovation for our research initiative, "How AI is Influencing Corporate Innovation in 2024.”
Article Inside a Generative AI Tournament for Employees
January 9, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner
The VP of Innovation and Strategy at Black & Veatch explains how the company's first Gen AI Tournament came together, and shares some slides detailing its structure.
Resource Generative AI Tournament Overview
January 7, 2024
The construction and engineering firm Black & Veatch launched an internal tournament in 2023 to spur employees to explore potential ways they might employ generative AI. This slightly-genericized PowerPoint deck provides and overview of the tournament's objectives; rules; and judging process.
Article How Suffolk Construction is Boosting ‘Built Environment’ Startups
December 6, 2021 | By Alexander MacDougall
We talk to Suffolk’s Chief Data and Innovation Officer about how the Boston construction is investing in startups focused on AI, robotics, and green building technologies.
Article Member Spotlight: Heather Wishart-Smith, Jacobs
January 14, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
Heather Wishart-Smith is the SVP of Technology and Innovation at Jacobs. We sat down with Heather as part of our IL Member Spotlight series.
Article Why Stanley Black and Decker Isn’t ‘Following the Herd’ During the Pandemic
October 26, 2020 | By Lilly Milman
We sat down with Mark Maybury, Chief Technology Officer at Stanley Black and Decker, to learn more about the company’s recent growth initiatives, its “exteme innovation ecosystem,” technology investments, and more.
Article How One Accelerator Program Pivoted to COVID-19 Solutions
September 14, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken
When COVID-19 took the world by storm, the engineering firm Black & Veatch’s IgniteX Growth Accelerator program pivoted in a matter of weeks…
Article How One InnoLead Grew His Team During COVID-19
August 12, 2020 | By Lilly Milman
One innovator from Stanley Black & Decker shares insights on how COVID-19 has impacted his innovation strategy in 2020 and how his team has managed to secure key wins during the pandemic.
Article Six Tips for Getting ‘Customers’ to Buy What You’re Selling
February 6, 2020 | By Chris Mayer, Contributing Columnist and Independent Consultant at CMayer Consulting
“One way to ensure alignment,” writes Chris Mayer, “is to think of the innovation initiative as a consumer-oriented business with colleagues as customers.” Mayer, who served as the first Chief Innovation Officer at a large construction company, offers guidance on how to do that.
Article How Haskell Uses VR to Keep Construction Sites Safe
November 22, 2019 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Get an inside look at Haskell’s VR safety simulation, which seeks to train employees on potentially dangerous situations…
Podcast Inside the Supply Chain
November 19, 2019 | By Kaitlin Milliken
How can supply chain innovation deliver serious value? Guests from Retail Business Services, J&J, and MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics discuss.
Article How Construction Giant Bechtel is Building the Future
June 4, 2019 | By Scott Kirsner
David J. Wilson of Bechtel says, “It’s becoming…a necessity to find ways to improve construction productivity…” Wilson explains what Bechtel is doing, including its “Future Fund.”
Article Why Suffolk’s Chief Innovation Officer is Investing in VR
May 16, 2017 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
“Active visualization” has been a big emphasis for Suffolk Chief Innovation Officer Chris Mayer, creating new ways to envision projects, whether using AR or VR.
Article AECOM’s Innovation Video It Uses with New Hires
April 22, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
How do you get new hires to contribute to a culture of innovation from Day One? Warwick Absolon of industrial giant AECOM shares a video the company produced...