All articles by Scott Kirsner - Page 27

Article Why Delphi Planted an Innovation Lab in Silicon Valley
April 16, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Delphi Labs director John Absmeier explains how the automotive components giant is partnering, investing, and plugging into the Silicon Valley ecosystem…
Article AECOM’s Innovation Video It Uses with New Hires
April 22, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
How do you get new hires to contribute to a culture of innovation from Day One? Warwick Absolon of industrial giant AECOM shares a video the company produced...
Article GE’s Chief Marketing Officer Talks Innovation, Partnerships
April 29, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
GE's marketing chief Beth Comstock discussed the company's views on crowdsourcing, the Internet of things, the lean startup movement, and more. Quick bullets inside...
Article Why You Should Kill Off ‘Zombie Projects’
May 1, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Innosight managing partner Scott Anthony says the problem could be too many "zombie projects" — and an organizational inability to kill them...
Article Who Should ‘Own’ Innovation? Eight Models
May 7, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
The co-author of the new book "Innovation Governance" shares descriptions of eight major ways to structure a large organization's innovation leadership...
Article From Disney: Consumer Insights and the Seven Dwarfs
May 14, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Karen Kricorian explains how Disney's parks and resorts group approaches research: "When you think you know something that's when you need to shake up your thinking."
Article Fidelity VP: Pick the Right Innovation Tools for Your Trip
May 19, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Rick Smyers of Fidelity Investments likens running a successful innovation program to planning a mountaineering expedition. Details, slides, and video inside...
Article How Vodafone unites VC, New Products & Marketing
May 20, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Fay Arjomandi talks about the "xone" initiative to help Vodafone identify and work with startups that can improve its network and customer experience...
Article Google Execs Explain How the Company Spurs Innovation
June 25, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Google executives offer an inside look at how the company hires, why reasonable goals are not good enough, and how internal projects gain or lose momentum.
Article How Constant Contact Blends Lean Startup & Design Thinking
June 18, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Andy Miller, Chief Innovation Architect at the digital marketing company, shares slides and a video that offer a look at Constant Contact's approach to developing new offerings.