All articles by Scott Kirsner - Page 23

Article Lego Executive Chairman: Create a Separate Structure
November 3, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Lego executive chairman and former CEO Jorgen Vig Knudstorp talks about Future Lab, a separate team the company set up to explore new avenues for growth.
Article Changing Culture at BNP Paribas Cardif
January 6, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Héloïse Lauret of BNP Paribas Cardif discusses the three main culture-change initiatives the French insurance firm has launched — and the importance of building trust.
Article Who Wields the ‘Power of No’ at Your Company?
January 12, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Stuart Jenkins of Deckers Outdoor, says it's near-impossible to innovate if any one person can shoot down a good idea. Find out more about the power of no here...
Article How can You Move the Needle?
January 23, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
We worked with a group of innovation executives to develop this list of “Innovation Approaches.” It endeavors to capture what innovation leaders are doing when they set strategy.
Article Fast Company Founder on Corporate Innovation Challenges
February 4, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Twenty years after the launch of Fast Company magazine, Bill Taylor shares the challenges that face innovators in large organizations today...
Article Steve Blank: Are You Having Impact, Is It ‘Innovation Theater’?
April 1, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
"Lean startup" proponent Steve Blank focused on several things necessary to take pilot experiments and turn them into significant new products. Listen here...
Article Former Microsoft, PayPal Execs on Connecting with Startups
May 21, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
What's the right approach for big companies that want to plug into the startup world? Invest? Acquire? Be a customer? Get insights here...
Article Lowe’s Exec on Innovating in a Time of Exponential Change
June 1, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
In the 1920s, the average time companies spent in the S&P 500 was 67 years. Today, it's 15. Find out how Lowe's is working to stay ahead of the curve....
Article Florida Hospital Exec on ‘Internet of Things’ Learnings
June 11, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Florida Hospital has been deploying “Internet of Things” technologies — including RFID locator tags attached to equipment and worn by employees — since 2010...
Article How Corporations are Supporting the ‘Maker Movement’
August 17, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
How can a makerspace benefit a big company? That was the question asked of Google, Chevron, Saint-Gobain, and SolidWorks at an MIT panel...