Perry Hewitt joined Harvard University in 2009. The mission, as she describes it, was to help the university “be relevant and relatable in the digital world.”
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts' first Government Innovation Officer talks about the importance of quick hits and implementing a crowdsourcing initiative...
As startups deliver services like transportation, home cleaning, and errand-running with the click of an app, here's how the playing field is changing.
Without the rights kinds of people on a project team, says Mike Duke, the Chief Innovation Architect at Wells Fargo, progress can stall. "Diversity of thought is critical," Duke says.
In March, the $9 billion videogame retailer created the GameStop Technology Institute to help it develop new experiences and offerings for the "empowered consumer."
Companies are experimenting with Glass apps for airline check-in personnel, oilfield workers, and assembly line workers. The hoped-for benefits are better service and more productivity...
Beth Comstock talks about how GE pursues speed and growth through partnerships: investing in startups, crowdsourcing, & inviting inventors to use patents…
Mary Cullinane of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, talks about breaking down walls between print and digital products and hacking away at hierarchies, and being customer-centric.