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Article At Hearth & Home Technologies, Exploring Where AI and the Smart Home Intersect
March 27, 2024 | By Kate Katz
We talked to Hearth & Home Technologies, manufacturer and supplier of fireplaces and stoves, about AI and innovation for our research initiative, "How AI is Influencing Corporate Innovation in 2024.”
Article Electrolux on Fostering Cross-Functional Collaborations and Using Data for Better Alignment
September 20, 2023
Pamela Everett, Product Planning and Innovation Manager for home appliance manufacturer Electrolux, shares her thoughts on how data can help with alignment; gives insights on how staying close to a project after the handoff can yield better results, and more.
Article Member Spotlight: Dan Bull, Rockwell Automation
April 18, 2023
As part of our member spotlight series, Dan Bull, Innovation Program Lead at Rockwell Automation, shares how he transitioned from roles in sales to innovation; gives insights on his biggest learnings from innovation; and gives advice for those new to innovation.
Article How W.L. Gore Looks to Partnerships, R&D, and Acquisitions to Accelerate Progress
February 19, 2022
The privately-held company’s Chief Technology Officer, Greg Hannon, talks about metrics, AI, and healthcare as a growth industry.
Article How 3M Reorganized R&D — and How the Company Tracks R&D Impact
February 16, 2022
In early 2020, 3M decentralized its operating model to give the presidents of its four business groups more autonomy over R&D. We talk to SVP Cordell Hardy about how it started, and how it’s going.
Article Member Spotlight: Pascale Wautelet, Avery Dennison
January 3, 2022 | By Kate Katz
Pascale Wautelet is Vice President of Global R&D for Label and Graphic Materials at Avery Dennison Corporation. We spoke with Pascale as part of our IL Member Spotlight series.
Article How Manufacturer Leviton Found Opportunities to Innovate Amidst the Pandemic
July 8, 2021 | By Curtis Michelson
During the pandemic, sessions where engineers would sit down on-site with key customers and better understand their use cases for Leviton’s products had to change. Here’s how the lighting and wiring giant addressed that challenge.
Article How W.L. Gore Stays Agile by Celebrating Failure
June 15, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
In a recent interview with InnoLead, Linda Elkins, Head of W.L. Gore’s Innovation Center in Silicon Valley, shares insights on how she prioritizes innovation opportunities.
Article Why Shelf Space is One of the Most Important Metrics at Rust-Oleum
April 14, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
Bedri Erdem, VP of R&D and Corporate Quality at Rust-Oleum, shares insights on why shelf space is such an important metric in his company, why it sometimes causes challenges within the organization, and why it makes a good rule of thumb for killing projects.
Article Bosch VP: Create a ‘Diverse Funnel’ of Experiments
March 31, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
Uwe Kirschner of Bosch Innovation Consulting shared his team’s biggest accomplishments from 2020, as well as advice he wished he knew sooner…
Article Inside the Innovation Pipeline at Fortune Brands
March 18, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
Moises Noreña, VP of Innovation at Fortune Brands, shares insights on the metrics that his team uses to gauge innovation. He also discusses overcoming challenges in identifying and reporting the right metrics…
Article Member Spotlight: Jeremy Tole, Azbil Corporation
March 18, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Jeremy Tole discusses his team’s biggest accomplishment and best practices for working at an outpost across the ocean from headquarters.
Article Three Services Bridgestone is Testing to Drive the Future of Car Maintenance
February 10, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
While car companies are always releasing new models, the way our vehicles get serviced has largely remained the same. But Bridgestone is working on several high-potential projects to modernize car maintenance.
Podcast Trek Exec on Tackling a Bike Shortage and Early R&D
December 15, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Chad Manuell, Director of Engineering at Trek Bicycle, discusses the surge in demand for bikes and how his team approaches early innovation.
Article There Is No ‘Workplace of The Future,’ Says Knoll VP
December 8, 2020 | By Lilly Milman
Tracy Wymer, VP of Workplace Strategy at design firm and manufacturer Knoll, shares predictions for how the office will change in 2021 and beyond.
Article Why Stanley Black and Decker Isn’t ‘Following the Herd’ During the Pandemic
October 26, 2020 | By Lilly Milman
We sat down with Mark Maybury, Chief Technology Officer at Stanley Black and Decker, to learn more about the company’s recent growth initiatives, its “exteme innovation ecosystem,” technology investments, and more.
On Demand Webcast 5 Emerging Megatrends & What To Do About Them
October 20, 2020
In this Master Class, Ashish Basuray of PreScouter discusses five megatrends, including digital twins, third-wave AI, smart materials, and more.
Article How One CEO Gets Innovation Initiatives Over the Finish Line
October 19, 2020 | By Lilly Milman, Scott Kirsner
Jason Field, CEO and President of W. L. Gore & Associates, shares how he encourages a culture of innovation and gets all levels of employees involved.
Podcast Running High-Performance Innovation Labs
May 19, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken
How have innovation labs shifted during this period of remote work? What sets labs up for success? Linda Elkins, Chief Technical Officer of W.L. Gore’s Silicon Valley Innovation Center, shares.
Article Counter-Intelligence: Lessons from Whirlpool’s WLabs
November 20, 2019 | By Steven Melendez
Brett Dibkey knows what he shouldn’t be doing at Whirlpool’s WLabs: delivering incremental improvements to the refrigerator. Instead, his 4-year-old incubator, located in Benton Harbor, Mich., is tasked with something a whole lot harder: creating new kinds of appliances in categories that aren’t yet well-established.