All articles by Scott Kirsner - Page 4

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  VideoWhat 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.
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  ArticleHarvard 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.
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  ArticleFormer 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. 
• ArticleDear 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.
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  ArticleDartmouth’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."
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  VideoData 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.
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  VideoVideo: 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.
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  Article5 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.
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  ArticleWhat is an Innovation Leader? Three Definitions

  August 22, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner

  When people talk about innovation leaders, there are three definitions: the individual, the company, and the community of corporate innovators.
• ArticleClay Christensen: Why Most Innovation Leaders Will Fail

  January 3, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  Christensen, author of the seminal business book “The Innovator’s Dilemma,” warns that too many executives don’t understand the “corporate laws of physics” in enough detail — and think they can simply will the organization to change how it works.