All articles by Meghan Hall

Article A New Book from Stanford’s d.School Has a Strong Take on Generating (and Testing) Fresh Ideas
October 24, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
Innovators often struggle to find the right metrics. In the new book Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric that Matters, the authors contend that “the most useful measure of creativity we’ve found is as follows: the number of novel ideas a person or group can generate around a given problem in...
Article How Piaggio’s Fast Forward Lab Has Evolved Its Approach
April 17, 2024 | By Hadley Thompson, Meghan Hall
In an exclusive conversation, we talked with Greg Lynn, co-founder & CEO Piaggio Fast Forward. He unveiled the inner workings of Piaggio's Fast Forward (PFF) and what their plans are for the eclectic company.
Article How Nestlé Thinks About New Ventures, from Pizza Vending Machines to Probiotic Bars
April 1, 2024 | By Hadley Thompson, Meghan Hall
We talked with Doug Munk, the Senior Director of New Business Ventures for Nestlé USA, about his insights about his time navigating the complexities of building and sustaining new ventures within large organizations.
Article Six Areas of Concern from the ‘Godfather of AI’
June 29, 2023 | By Meghan Hall
Geoffrey Hinton, the computer scientist and cognitive psychologist sometimes referred to as the “Godfather of AI,” shares six areas of concern for society and individuals.
Article Pernod Ricard Innovation Exec on Moving Fast in New Product Development
June 9, 2023 | By Meghan Hall
Kate Pomeroy, Head of Innovation North America for Paris-based alcohol giant Pernod Ricard, shares how her innovation team goes about creating new products for consumers quickly, while also including key stakeholders in decision-making processes.
Article Sony Innovation Exec on Finding Use Cases for New AI Tech
February 7, 2023 | By Meghan Hall
Mark Hanson, Vice President of Innovation at Sony, explains how the company's new edge AI platform came to be; how it's partnering with Microsoft and startups; and the use cases the technology allows for.
Article McGraw Hill Exec on Building the ‘TikTok for Studying’
October 31, 2023 | By Meghan Hall
When he first proposed building Sharpen, McGraw Hill’s app that has been called “the TikTok for studying,” Justin Singh didn’t know whether it would play well with the company’s target audience for the product — students looking for a new way to study that was more aligned with their lifestyle.
Article PepsiCo’s Chief Design Officer on ‘The Age of Startups’ and Why Incremental Innovation Isn’t Enough
September 21, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
Mauro Porcini, Chief Design Officer of PepsiCo, is releasing a new book, The Human Side of Innovation: The Power of People in Love with People, in October. We caught up with Porcini to talk about the book, what he calls “unicorns,” and the importance of integrating breakthrough innovation into organizations.
Article PwC CTO Explains the Firm’s Approach to Upskilling Employees for AI
September 6, 2023 | By Meghan Hall
Joe Atkinson, PwC's Chief Products & Technology Officer, explains the firm's hybrid upskilling strategy for generative AI, and what those fearing job loss due to AI can do to help with those anxieties.
Article Nihon Kohden Innovation Center CEO on the ‘Negative Stage Gate’ Process
August 21, 2023 | By Meghan Hall
As part of our latest research report, Building a Productive Innovation Portfolio, we spoke with Weisner, Nihon Kohden Innovation Center's President and CEO, to get his advice on engaging the necessary stakeholders for innovation activities, hear about what he calls "the negative stage gate system," and understand how his team's...