All articles by Scott Kirsner - Page 14

Article Advice on Innovation Governance, Budgeting, Metrics
January 15, 2019 | By Scott Kirsner
In his new book, former Transamerica exec Aaron Proietti talks about innovation not as an outcome, but as a competency that helps organizations escape the status quo.
Article How Management Systems Can Support Innovation
January 29, 2019 | By Scott Kirsner
How do companies become innovative for the long haul? Nancy Tennant, an adjunct professor at Notre Dame and UChicago, addresses this question in her new book.
Article Target CEO on Making Bricks-and-Mortar Stores Work Harder
January 15, 2019 | By Scott Kirsner
Read edited highlights from Target CEO Brian Cornell’s speech and onstage Q&A session with NRF CEO Matthew Shay.
On Demand Live Call Building a Culture of Innovation at Turner Classic Movies
January 27, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
As part of our IL Live series, we spoke with Shannon Clute, Director of Business Development and Strategy at TCM, about the channel’s “bottom-up” innovation strategy.
Article These are the 14 Things That Kill Once-Great Companies
April 3, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
These are the 14 of the common things we at InnoLead see companies doing, thinking, and saying that lead to decline and eventual irrelevance.
Article The Ex-Files: On The Front Lines of Corporate Innovation
May 1, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
What it’s really like on the front lines of corporate innovation, according to those who’ve been there.
Article Pixar’s Founder on Failure and Risk
January 1, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
“Our job is not to prevent mistakes and errors,” says Pixar President and Founder Ed Catmull. “It is to respond when things go wrong…”
Article Three Roles That USAA Labs Plays
January 15, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
Zachary Gipson explains how his USAA Labs team engages employees and members; experiments with new technologies; and works to build new businesses.
Article How Dow Jones is Innovating in an Era of ‘Fake News’
March 21, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
Edward Roussel of Dow Jones discusses the company’s relationship with new gatekeepers like Facebook, and how the company explores new technologies.
Article Testing Emerging Tech in a 12,000-Employee Hospital System
April 13, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
How do you innovate in an environment where everything is legitimately an emergency? John Halamka of Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center shares his advice.