All articles by Scott Kirsner - Page 8

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  ArticleCampbell’s Soup VP on What’s Changing in Research and Development

  January 24, 2022 | By Alexander MacDougall, Scott Kirsner

  R&D Vice President Judi Mondelllo talks about tasting new products in a hybrid world, the company’s academic relationships, and tuning in to what Milennials and Gen Z consumers want.
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  VideoVideo: Kimberly-Clark’s Chief Scientist on Virtual Prototyping and R&D’s Future

  January 21, 2022 | By Collin Robisheaux, Scott Kirsner

  Transcript Scott Kirsner: Hey, I’m Scott Kirsner, CEO and Co-Founder of InnoLead, and really glad to have Pete Dulcamara with us today from Kimberly-Clark. Pete, I’d love to just hear a little bit about your role at the company, and the team that you oversee. Pete Dulcamara: Yeah, absolutely. Hey...
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  ArticleHow Dell’s CTO Assesses New Technologies to Drive Future Growth

  January 12, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner

  Once a company is approaching $100 billion in revenue, creating substantial growth gets a lot harder. “You need to find some new areas to play in,” says Global CTO John Roese. Here’s how he does that…W
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  ArticleInside MetLife’s Relationships with VCs and the Startup Ecosystem

  January 18, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner

  Since 2014, the $68 billion insurer MetLife has run more 160 experiments with startups — 70 of which later developed into contractual relationships. Vice President of Innovation Terrence Luciani has created a structured process for collecting requirements from around the company, and then working with venture capital firms, accelerators, and other parties to...
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  ArticleFidelity Labs SVP: ‘The Only Success Metrics That Really Matter are Financial Metrics’

  January 4, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner

  How do you avoid winding up in the “danger zone” as an innovator inside a big company? Mona Vernon, the head of Fidelity Labs at Boston-based Fidelity Investments, says it’s all about making sure your metrics are aligned with your CEO and CFO.
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  ArticleDisney CEO Bob Chapek Shares His Vision for the ‘Metaverse’

  November 17, 2021 | By Scott Kirsner

  Disney CEO Bob Chapek is looking beyond theme parks and video streaming services toward building an immersive digital “metaverse” — a kind of virtual reality environment that might enable Disney fans to take part in games and theme park-like experiences without hopping on a plane to Orlando, Anaheim, or Tokyo. 
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  VideoData Insights: Which Emerging Technologies Matter Most to Large Companies?

  November 23, 2021 | By Scott Kirsner

  Which emerging technologies are large companies learning about…investing in… and actually rolling out? This short video serves up three different lists of specific technologies, based on a recent IL survey.
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  ArticleHow Delta Airlines is Charting a Course to Net Zero Emissions

  November 23, 2021 | By Alexander MacDougall, Scott Kirsner

  Delta’s Managing Director of Sustainability Amelia DeLuca sits down with InnoLead to discuss electric airplanes, carbon offsets, biofuels, and communicating sustainability objectives to employees and customers.
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  ArticleHow Best Buy’s CTO Assesses New Technologies for Strategic Business Value

  December 13, 2021 | By Scott Kirsner

  We spoke to Brian Tilzer, Best Buy’s Chief Digital and Technology Officer, a few weeks ahead of Black Friday 2021. The starting point for our discussion was how Tilzer and his team evaluate emerging technologies that could impact Best Buy’s business. “Ninety percent of what we do is about what’s...
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  ArticleHow a $19 Billion Truck Maker Scouts Relevant Startups in Silicon Valley

  October 21, 2021 | By Scott Kirsner

  Paul Konasewich is a key player at the PACCAR Silicon Valley Innovation Center, which helps the $19 billion truck maker connect to relevant startups. ”You need to get honest about whether [your startup scouting activity is about] cultural enrichment,” he says, “or actually creating new products.” More of Konasewich’s advice...