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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.
Podcast Inside the Supply Chain
November 19, 2019 | By Kaitlin Milliken
How can supply chain innovation deliver serious value? Guests from Retail Business Services, J&J, and MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics discuss.
Article Racing the Calendar: Inside New Balance’s Test Run Project
November 13, 2019 | By Kelsey Alpaio
The traditional process for creating a shoe takes 18 months. New Balance’s new record, as a result of their Test Run program, is seven months…
Video Inside Autodesk’s SF Technology Center
August 13, 2019 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Autodesk’s San Francisco Technology Center is an innovator’s paradise, equipped with a wide array of tools and a skilled staff to help with the prototyping process…
Article ‘Culture Matching’ with the Right Startups
July 3, 2019
“Corporate innovation…teams spend little time assessing culture’s role in…[working] with startups,” writes W.L. Gore’s Paul Campbell. Get advice on how to avoid that fate…
Article How Piaggio Fast Forward Brings Engineering Cultures Together
January 30, 2019 | By Kaitlin Milliken
How do you ensure that an innovation lab takes advantage of the engineering smarts of the core business? Find out how Piaggio Fast Forward tackled the challenge.
On Demand Live Call Finding the Right Mix of Internal and External Innovation
January 17, 2019
Rob Martens of security company, Allegion, discussed how his team uses venture capital to balance internal and external innovation. Elliot Parker of venture firm High Alpha also shared his experience.
Article How Corning Focuses R&D Efforts and Sources Ideas
November 26, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
Christie McCarthy of Corning’s life sciences division, discusses the 345 Model, the importance of patience, scalability, and where ideas come from.
Article Hasbro CEO on Resistance, Toys ‘R’ Us, and Game Evolution
September 26, 2018 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner shares how Hasbro navigates the changing retail landscape and why changing things as fast as the market demands can often run counter to human nature. Part three of three...
Article Hasbro CEO on Idea Generation & How Innovation is Structured
September 19, 2018 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner shares how the company navigates the changing retail landscape; how they managing Wall Street’s expectations; and more. Part two of three…
Article Innovating in Physical & Digital Realms at Hasbro
September 12, 2018 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
In the decade since Hasbro Chairman and CEO Brian Goldner took charge, the company has begun to take a “digital-first” approach to everything it does. Read our three part interview…
Podcast Former Pirelli Exec on Digital Transformation as a Team Sport
September 11, 2018 | By Kaitlin Milliken
What role should digital transformation play at your company? Former Chief Innovation Officer Marcelo De Santis shares advice in this podcast bonus episode...
Article GE VP: ‘The Way We Sold in the Past Isn’t Going to Work’
March 26, 2018
GE VP Cate Gutowski discusses how the company approaches innovation and the importance of weaving the digital thread. Listen to the full call…
Article Inside Stanley Black and Decker’s ‘Futures Innovation Factory’
November 22, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken, Kelsey Alpaio
Stanley Black and Decker's “Futures Innovation Factory" works on new products like smarter security cameras, automated doors, and more. Take a look inside the space...
Article What Open Innovation Impact Looks Like at Electrolux
September 29, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Lucia Chierchia of Electrolux discusses how she seeks out the "hidden innovators," the "ambassadors" program she launched, and more. Includes slides...
Article Lessons from Whirlpool’s Internal Hackathons
August 31, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Whirlpool Corporation has been working hard to get hackathons to generate real value. Subho Moulik, Head of Global Innovation, explains what they've learned so far...
Article Photos: Inside W. L. Gore’s Silicon Valley Innovation Center
August 18, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Take a look inside W.L. Gore's new Silicon Valley Innovation Center. In May, the company held the first public event in the space, bringing in startups in to pitch their ideas.
Article Medtronic’s Innovation Lab on Working with Business Units
August 9, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
The Applied Innovation Lab helps Medtronic evolve from being simply a maker of medical devices to one thinks more broadly about improving health and patient outcomes.
On Demand Live Call Creating Iconic Advantage: Soon Yu Talks Innovation at VF Corp
April 24, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Creating an iconic brand requires more than great design. Find out what makes a brand iconic from Soon Yu the former Global VP of Innovation at VF Corporation.