All articles by Scott Kirsner - Page 13

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...
Article How TeakOrigin Survived the Death of Two Innovation Labs
November 7, 2019 | By Scott Kirsner
It’s rare that a project survives the death of the innovation lab that hatched it. But a handheld scanner that could analyze the freshness of a piece of fruit or fish created in the Hong Kong offices of the multinational grocer Tesco, survived not one but two near-death experiences.
Article What Can Go Wrong with Corporate Venture Capital Initiatives
November 29, 2019 | By Scott Kirsner
Hunter Ashmore, co-founder of IndustrialML, laid out nine things that can go wrong when companies decide to set up a corporate venture capital group.
Article 15 Slide Presentations from Big Company Innovation Executives
December 13, 2019 | By Scott Kirsner
These 15 slide presentations offer insights into innovation strategy at organizations like NASA, Google, Nike, Mastercard, and Procter & Gamble. Get them all here…
Article ExxonMobil Exec on Getting Your Innovation Program Started
June 1, 2019 | By Scott Kirsner
Starting in 2014, Christopher Bailey helped to create a new Digital Ventures team and new innovation programming within ExxonMobil’s IT organization, under an umbrella group that was known as #innovation. Here’s his advice on getting a program started.