All articles by Scott Kirsner - Page 9

Article How 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...
Video Data Insights: Allocating Resources Across the Three Horizons
November 22, 2021 | By Scott Kirsner
How are companies allocating resources across the so-called “three horizons” of innovation — incremental, adjacent, and transformational projects? This short video serves up the answer, based on IL data.
Article What’s Changing in the Wine Business? Gallo’s Innovation Director Explains
September 13, 2021 | By Scott Kirsner
Michele Sandoval, Director of Innovation at the winemaker E. & J. Gallo, says the past 18 months have been an interesting time for the wine and spirits industry, with consumers spending less time at social gatherings and in restaurants, more time at home, and unable to visit some of Gallo’s...
Article 4 Pieces of Advice for Corporates and Startups on ‘Baking the Cake’ Together
October 6, 2021 | By Scott Kirsner
”From the corporate side, a lot of times, a [startup engagement] program gets started, but the people who have to do the physical work of integrating the startup’s technology view the startup as just any other vendor, and they don’t understand that it’s a three-person company,” says Ken Durand, a...
Article How Intel Gets New Tech Ready for the Olympics
June 29, 2021 | By Scott Kirsner
How do you teleport two years into the future, and determine what will still seem cutting edge? That was the mandate given to the Olympic Technology Group at Intel…
Article Building the Brand of Your Innovation Team: Advice & Tactics
May 21, 2021 | By Scott Kirsner
How do you make sure your colleagues, and people outside the organization, are aware of your initiative and what you’re trying to achieve? Get from executives in pharma, financial services, transportation, and luxury goods
Article How Moderna’s CDO Leverages Software & Automation for Speed
April 13, 2021 | By Lilly Milman, Scott Kirsner
Moderna’s Chief Digital and Operational Excellence Officer shares insights on how the company’s digital infrastructure supported the design and production of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Article How Companies Think About Innovation Budgets in 2021
March 22, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken, Scott Kirsner
In a recent virtual gathering for members of the InnoLead network, executives shared their approaches to budgeting and funding in 2021.
Article Should You Be on Clubhouse? 5 Benefits (and 3 Risks) for Professionals in Large Organizations
March 16, 2021 | By Scott Kirsner
Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Gayle King are already on the Clubhouse app. Should you be? If you work inside a big organization, there are a different set of risks to weigh…
Video What Matters in Innovation — Feb. 12, 2021
February 12, 2021 | By Alex Slawsby, Kaitlin Milliken, Scott Kirsner
In this installment: the launch of a disruptive new innovation consulting firm; Clubhouse starts attracting more than just Silicon Valley cool kids; and traditional automakers playing catchup on electric vehicles.