All articles by Scott Kirsner - Page 17

Article NRG’s Portable Power Kiosks from Concept to the Super Bowl
February 1, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
NRG Go’s automated kiosks rent out fully-charged battery packs so that people can recharge their phones and tablet on the go. Find out more.
Article What Google, Genentech, and Facebook Have in Common
February 9, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
We talk to MIT instructor Luis Perez-Breva, author of the new book “Innovating: A Doer’s Manifesto,” about hunches, testing ideas, collecting feedback, and getting ready to scale.
Article The Corporate Innovation Roadmap: Vision to Impact
March 1, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
We put together this roadmap to help you think through some of the elements you’ll need to put in place to ensure that projects make it to the finish line. Download it here…
Article Why Italian Vehicle-Maker Piaggio Set Up a New Lab to Design Robots
March 7, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Michele Colaninno is emphatic about what he didn’t want from a new lab that the vehicle-maker Piaggio Group set up in 2015.
Article How Tech Scouting Ties in to the Business at Goodyear
April 10, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Goodyear’s Chris Varley supports managers tasked with developing “‘something new’ on a five- or ten-year roadmap.” Get his advice on bringing ideas into a $15 billion company…
Article Inside the Hatchery, the Innovation Lab at AARP
May 1, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
AARP is not only one of the largest nonprofits, but also one of the biggest insurers and magazine publishers. Take a look inside the Hatchery…
Article Inside J&J’s New Initiative to ‘Intercept’ Diseases
May 12, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
The pharmaceutical industry often develops drugs to manage diseases. But Johnson & Johnson posits a different model: What if you could identify people at risk and stave disease off?
Article 19 Clear Signs Your Company is Under-Investing in Innovation
June 8, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Do executives at your company use the word "innovation," but hate committing budget to it? Members sent us indicators that your company is under-investing in innovation.
Article Medtronic’s Innovation Lab on Working with Business Units
August 9, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
The Applied Innovation Lab helps Medtronic evolve from being simply a maker of medical devices to one thinks more broadly about improving health and patient outcomes.
Article ‘When You’re Trying to Achieve Big Things, You Will Sometimes Fail’
August 22, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
In this interview, Google leaders Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg discuss the role of failure when working on groundbreaking projects.