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Article Organizational Generative AI Readiness Assessment
December 1, 2023 | By Alex Slawsby
Is your organization moving beyond talk toward action when it comes to generative AI tools and use cases? This 10-question assessment will give you an instant readiness readout — from minimal to moderate to complete readiness.
Thought Leadership Make the Leap to Innovation Hyperspace in 2024
November 27, 2023 | By Doug Williams, SmartOrg, Inc.
Innovation leaders have a choice, writes Doug Williams of SmartOrg. You can be the Millenium Falcon: float through the year surrounded by garbage, hoping to get away safely and without harm. Or you can be the Star Destroyer: dump all the dead weight that is slowing you down, set a...
Thought Leadership 2024: A Corporate Innovation Odyssey
November 27, 2023 | By Ludwig Melik, HYPE Innovation
It's time to redefine the role of innovation within organizations, writes Ludwig Melik of Planbox. No longer can it be an isolated entity; it must be intricately woven into the very fabric of the company's strategy, vision, and policy.
Thought Leadership Innovations of the Past and the Imperative of Moving Forward
November 27, 2023 | By Michael Goldstein, SwitchPitch
Collaboration when it comes to innovation is imperative, writes Michael Goldstein of SwitchPitch. Corporations should foster environments where individuals feel empowered to share ideas regardless of hierarchical boundaries.
Thought Leadership Innovation Teams vs. Innovative Teams: Which Will Take Your Company to the Next Level?
November 27, 2023 | By Sandra Miller, Foundry 415
Ask yourself: do I want an Innovation Team or a team that is innovative? Find areas of innovation beyond product specs and markets. When working with our partners we ask three key questions: Who is empowered to make change, How are you measuring innovation, and Are you prepared to succeed?
Thought Leadership Ideal Ideation: Four Crowdsourcing Best Practices from History to Drive Innovation in 2024
November 27, 2023 | By Charlie Lloyd, Qmarkets
It’s easy to think of crowdsourcing as something relatively new, writes Charlie Lloyd of Qmarkets. After all, the term itself has only been around since 2006. Yet the reality couldn’t be more different.
Thought Leadership Rethinking Innovation: Navigating the Road Ahead in 2024
November 27, 2023 | By Simon Hill, Wazoku
Let's recalibrate our metrics to reflect the shifting dynamics of our business environment, writes Simon Hill, CEO of Wazoku. Traditional measures of success no longer suffice.
Thought Leadership Why Generative AI is the North Star for Corporate Innovators
November 27, 2023 | By Sean Sheppard, Managing Partner, U+
Companies that embrace and experiment with AI solutions are experiencing a five-fold increase in the number of venture ideas and are twice as selective in their decisions. Sean Sheppard of U+ serves up examples in this piece.
Article A New Model for Understanding How Generative AI Will Impact Your Organization
November 27, 2023
WINS work involves manipulating and interpreting Words, Images, Numbers, and Sounds (WINS). Generative AI, the authors contend, is "a power tool for WINS work." They provide models for thinking about your organization and industry will be impacted.
Thought Leadership The AI-Enabled Explosion of Organizational Creativity and Innovation is Here
November 20, 2023 | By Erik Noyes, Babson College
Innovation won’t come from AI alone, writes Erik Noyes of Babson College, but from your best people with their respective human superpowers now augmented by AI. How will your top innovators leverage AI to explore, imagine, prototype, and create?
Article How Generative AI Customer Service is Saving One Insurance Firm $4M a Year
November 15, 2023
This is a excerpt from the new Corporate Buyers’ Guide to LLMs, published this week by GAI Insights. In producing the report, the analyst firm interviewed consultants and vendors, as well as chief technology officers, chief digital officers, chief innovation officers, and other company leaders at 40 prominent organizations. • • •...
On Demand Webcast Innovation Metrics: What You Measure is What You Get
October 13, 2023
This October 2023 webcast replay covers what people are currently getting wrong when it comes to innovation metrics, how to put it right (including how best to answer that thorny ROI question), and why innovation data you can trust is so critical in today’s dynamic business environment.
Video Babson College Prof Gina O’Connor on Getting Innovation Started
October 11, 2023
In this short video, Professor of Innovation Management Gina O'Connor serves up advice about creating a solid foundation for an innovation program.
Video Babson College Prof Gina O’Connor on Innovation Metrics
October 11, 2023
In this short video, Professor of Innovation Management Gina O'Connor shares her advice on overcoming the challenges of measuring innovation outcomes.
Article Announcing the Winners of InnoLead’s 2023 Impact Awards
October 10, 2023 | By Hadley Thompson
Here's an overview of our 2023 Impact Award winners, working on everything from fusion power to a new kind of make-up applicator for people with limited motion.
On Demand Webcast How Generative AI is Transforming the Innovation Process
October 4, 2023
Watch as Sean Sheppard and Jan Beranek of U+ discuss use cases for generative AI in innovation process; share insights on the prompt to give you better productivity; and more.
On Demand Webcast Stop Generating Ideas, Start Generating Growth
September 15, 2023
Watch as Paul Heller and Mike Bauer of Sopheon discuss why the importance of a proper innovation management strategy could lead to better growth in our recent webcast.
Article Is Your Innovation Program (and Your Job) at Risk?
September 12, 2023 | By Scott Kirsner
These are challenging times for teams focused on the future, long-term R&D, and culture change within big organizations. Are there risk factors appearing in your organization that your team and your program could be under scrutiny — or getting the axe? Try this assessment.
Article 2023 Impact Awards: Finalists and Judging Panel
September 5, 2023
We’re excited to announce the finalists for our 2023 Impact Awards, which celebrate teams, initiatives, and individuals making a difference inside large organizations — and for their customers.
Article Book Excerpt: What Problems Can the Metaverse Actually Solve?
August 30, 2023
In this exclusive excerpt, Nokia's Head of Trend and Innovation Scouting writes about what makes new technologies successful, and lays out a case for why the Metaverse will get there.