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Article Ex-DreamWorks Animation CTO: How the C-Suite Can Foster Innovation
April 13, 2020 | By Scott Kirsner
”In my experience, the most powerful motivator to encourage innovation was peer recognition,” says Ed Leonard, Co-Founder of Bred Ventures and former CTO at DreamWorks Animation. Leonard shares more on what senior leaders do at companies like DreamWorks Animation and Disney to shape a culture of innovation…
Article At NASA, Introducing a New Openness to Innovation
April 10, 2020 | By Scott Kirsner
In a safety-obsessed culture, how do you suggest new ways to innovate? Omar Hatamleh, the first Chief Innovation Officer for the engineering group at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, shares.
Article Six Ways to Integrate Startups Without Crushing Their Spirits
February 19, 2020 | By Scott Kirsner
Raphael Guillet was a co-founder of the first startup that the $4 billion hospitality company Accor acquired. Since then, Accor has bought about a dozen other startups…
Article Connecting Startups in a Portfolio with Business Units
January 3, 2020 | By Scott Kirsner
Ayal Somech, Director of Portfolio Development, Boeing Horizonx Ventures, shares how his team executed a quick win.
Article How Disney’s Philosophy on Failure Drives Growth
January 27, 2020 | By Scott Kirsner
“I have always tried to make everyone aware that failure is not a corporate death sentence,” says former Disney CEO Michael Eisner. Here are some of the biggest failures Disney has experienced in the last 20 years — and how the entertainment giant has bounced back.
Video ‘Loonshots’: How to Support Crazy Ideas That Just Might Work
February 13, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken, Scott Kirsner
Ideas that have the potential to reshape industries may end up stuck in the corporate basement. So how can companies embrace risky ideas? Authors Safi Bahcall and Hugh Molotsi serve up answers in this video.
Article Getting Scientists Thinking More Like Businesspeople
January 2, 2020 | By Scott Kirsner
Alex Byelashov, VP of Innovations & Brewing Solutions at John I. Haas, shares some insights on quick wins.
Article The PGA’s First Chief Innovation Officer on His 2019 Agenda
May 17, 2019 | By Scott Kirsner
The PGA of America represents 29,000 golf professionals and runs top golf championships. The PGA’s Chief Innovation Officer discusses his plans for catalyzing innovation.
Article Top 15 Global Hotspots for Corporate Innovation
July 1, 2019 | By Dave Sebastian, Scott Kirsner
For our list of the top cities for corporate innovation around the world, we examined an array of factors that create a constructive context for big companies that want to engage in ecosystems outside of their home turf.
Resource Play the Game of Urgency Bingo
July 10, 2019 | By Scott Kirsner
How much urgency is there surrounding innovation in your organization? You may not win fabulous prizes playing the game we call “Urgency Bingo,” but it can help you understand some of the dynamics at play when it comes to getting sufficient resources, allies, and momentum behind an innovation effort. It...