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Article Is Your Innovation Program (and Your Job) at Risk?
September 12, 2023 | By Scott Kirsner
These are challenging times for teams focused on the future, long-term R&D, and culture change within big organizations. Are there risk factors appearing in your organization that your team and your program could be under scrutiny — or getting the axe? Try this assessment.
Video How AI Will Remake Corporate Innovation
December 30, 2023 | By Scott Kirsner
It has been one year since the launch of ChatGPT — and since then, we've seen a Cambrian explosion of new AI tools and platforms. How will AI remake corporate innovation in 2024? InnoLead convened a group of experts to discuss.
Video What Just Happened to Corporate Innovation?
December 22, 2023 | By Scott Kirsner
In this video, Rachel Gordon of the consultancy Triple Agent joins Alex Slawsby and Scott Kirsner of InnoLead to wrap up 2023 — and talk about how AI will change the job of corporate innovators in 2024.
Article Harvard University’s Chief Sustainability Officer on Pursuing ‘Goal Zero’
October 17, 2023 | By Scott Kirsner
With 600 buildings, nearly 20,000 employees, 25,000 students, and a fleet of vehicles, Harvard University oversees a vast amount of infrastructure. And the university is working to ensure that infrastructure ends its use of fossil fuels by 2050. We talk with Chief Sustainability Officer Heather Henriksen.
Article Former LEGO Exec: 5 Habits of Successful Corporate Intrapreneurs
January 23, 2020 | By Scott Kirsner
David Gram, formerly a leader at LEGO Ventures and LEGO Creative Play Lab, outlines five habits that set corporate intrapreneurs up for success. The first one: Accept that people will hate your project.
Article Dear Boss: Here’s How to Manage our Team
May 12, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Phil Swishe of Brown Brothers Harriman shares the one-page guide he put together for the partner who was taking over management of his team in 2013.
Article Dartmouth’s Vijay Govindarajan on Innovation Strategy
April 18, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
How can organizations create the future when all their energy is spent on the present? That challenge is at the center of Vijay Govindarajan book “The Three Box Solution."
Video Data Insights: The Top Challenges of Corporate-Startup Collaboration and Investment
December 15, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner
These challenges are well worth paying attention to, discussing with your team, and creating strategies to address if your work involves generating value in the world of corporate-startup partnerships.
Video Video: How Big Companies Plug in to the Startup Ecosystem
January 6, 2023 | By Scott Kirsner
Learn about seven ways large companies and organizations can participate in the startup ecosystem — with data to support what percentage of companies use each strategy.
Article 5 Generative AI Reports Worth Reading — May 2023
May 29, 2023 | By Scott Kirsner
How are you staying up-to-date on generative AI? In such a fast-moving space, it's important to have recent data, information, and insights. InnoLead CEO Scott Kirsner provides five worthwhile reads in the gen AI space.