All articles by Scott Kirsner

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  ArticleAligning Innovation to Top Priorities at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

  January 22, 2025 | By Scott Kirsner

  "I find that the best way to get strong leadership support is to be the first person to welcome people to the organization, to be the first person to educate them on what innovation is, to be the first person that sees eye to eye with them on how innovation...
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  VideoMarc Raibert on the Converging Fields of AI and Robotics

  January 15, 2025 | By Scott Kirsner

  "We want to really figure out what are the big problems that are that are holding robots back. And believe me, robots are held back," Marc Raibert said at Impact 2024. "They're not the success that other technologies are yet." Watch the video...
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  VideoVideo: Former Disney Exec Bob Weis on Innovating Over Decades

  January 15, 2025 | By Scott Kirsner

  One of the things Weis discusses in this video from Impact 2024 is the relationship between the creative and design teams at Imagineering, and the operators who run Disney's theme parks, hotels, and cruise ships.
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  ResourceCorporate Innovation: 14 Essential Concepts Defined

  January 10, 2025 | By Scott Kirsner

  This deck, assembled by InnoLead, highlights the 14 most essential concepts in corporate innovation to help organizations foster creativity, agility, and leadership. We define each concept, provide a visual or framework that helps make it concrete, and recommend books, articles, or online resources to learn more.
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  VideoNTT Corp.’s Vito Mabrucco on the Difference Between Invention and Innovation

  January 7, 2025 | By Scott Kirsner

  Trevor Anulewicz of Launch by NTT DATA and Vito Mabrucco of NTT Corporation were featured mainstage speakers at this past fall's Impact conference in Cambridge. They discussed the importance of differentiating invention from innovation.
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  VideoUnited Airlines’ Chief Customer Officer on Cutting Red Tape to Innovate in a Regulated Industry

  December 23, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner

  "If innovation is about batting 100 percent, people aren't going to innovate enough," says Linda Jojo. Watch highlights from her conversation with Abbie Lundberg from the 2024 Impact conference.
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  PodcastThe AI Experiment: How Corporate Innovation Will Change in 2025

  December 9, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner

  For this ep, we looked at all of the AI tools that could possibly help us create a podcast episode — and then leveraged a handful to summarize some of our best content from 2024, and also hone in on some of the important dynamics that will impact corporate innovation work...
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  VideoDemo: The Gen AI Card Deck

  November 21, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner

  In this video, Curtis Michelson and Scott Kirsner explore the Gen AI Card Deck, and how it can be used by teams to think through Gen AI opportunities — and risks.
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  ArticleMastercard R&D Chief on AI, Spatial Computing, and Quantum

  November 13, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner

  For our latest research report, we spoke with Mastercard's EVP and Global Head of Research and Development, Rahul Deshpande. Deshpande discussed topics like addressing cybersecurity issues, leveraging AI for fraud prevention, and exploring trends shaping the future of commerce.
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  VideoImpact 2024: 10 Takeaways and Visual Notes

  November 5, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner

  In this short video, Alex Slawsby and Scott Kirsner of InnoLead share 10 takeaways from the Impact 2024 conference held in Boston. You can download the slides they share at the link below.