February 16, 2024
This recent Master Class featured Anna Veatch, Managing Director at Innosight and Erez Agmoni, Global Head of Innovation at Maersk, the Danish shipping conglomerate. Includes slides...
All Ideation, Prototyping & Pilots
If asked where ideas come from and how they’re prototyped, most companies would admit that at least two of these are true:
Too few people in the organization are invited to come up with ideas.
The standards for evaluating ideas are inconsistent, or overly political.
Working with startups oroutside firms to explore high-potential possibilities.
It takes too long to build a prototype that can be tested with customers.
Our coverage of ideation and prototyping focuses on how companies are inviting employees to develop ideas, sifting those ideas for the best ones, and getting to MVP.
On Demand WebcastYour Random Acts of Innovation Aren’t Working- VideoHow Executives Should Think About Working with Venture StudiosFebruary 5, 2024 | By Alex SlawsbyIn this short video, Elliott Parker of High Alpha Innovation explains what a venture studio is; various structures; and how to measure success.
- Research ReportDriving Growth Through New Ventures and Corporate VCJanuary 10, 2024For this research project, more than 25 corporations in the US and EU spoke to InnoLead or completed our survey to share their advice — and the challenges they face — related to new venture creation and corporate venture capital initiatives.
- VideoWhat’s Changing in Corporate VC and Internal New Venture Creation?January 8, 2024 | By Scott KirsnerThis one hour video explores what has been changing in the realms of corporate venture capital and incubating new ventures — and how those activities can be linked. Featuring guests from KPMG, Johnson & Johnson, Allegion, and TDK.
- Research ReportBenchmarking Innovation Impact 2023February 6, 2023Get InnoLead's definitive report on innovation inside big organizations, with survey data, interviews, and advice from your peers related to innovation budgets, teams, reporting structure, activities, and more.
- ArticleAssessment: Does Your Organization Value Ideas?January 3, 2023 | By Scott KirsnerThis 18-question assessment was designed to help leaders understand how effectively their organization collects, assesses, and manages ideas from the employee base. You'll get an instant score at the end.
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- ArticleGoogle Innovation Lead and Harvard Researcher on Overcoming the Challenges to Design ThinkingSeptember 27, 2022 | By Meghan HallPrapti Jha, a Design Strategist and Researcher at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Harsh Wardhan, an Innovation Program Lead at Google Cloud Solution Studio, spoke with us about what design thinking actually entails, how it can be valuable for innovation and design in large organizations, and misunderstandings...
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- On Demand WebcastWhat It Takes to Build a Successful New VentureMay 9, 2022Building and launching new ventures inside large organizations is no easy task. In this Master Class replay, Sean Sheppard of U+ unpacks the most powerful lessons and insights that he has gained after over 20 years of experience bringing new products to market.
- ArticleBeneath the Buzz: What are Venture Studios and Builders, and How Do They Work with Corporates?May 4, 2022A growing number of big company leaders like the idea of hiring a firm like this to help them develop that elusive “next big thing.” But it’s a confusing landscape. There are hundreds of organizations of different shapes, sizes, and capabilities that call themselves venture studios, or say that they...
- ArticleMember Spotlight: George Dunning, Canada PostApril 27, 2022 | By Kate KatzGeorge Dunning is Director of Innovation at Canada Post, a federally-owned Crown corporation and the primary postal service in Canada. We spoke with him about his open innovation framework, and the challenges of innovating inside a large corporation and as part of our IL Member Spotlight series.
- On Demand WebcastIdeas Aren’t Enough. What’s Your Innovation ROI?April 12, 2022In this Master Class replay, Suzan Briganti and Mary Ann Bianco of Swarm Vision discuss the importance of delivering measurable results through innovation and examine the mindsets of consistently successful innovators around the world.
- On Demand WebcastCenters of Excellence: How Companies Like LEGO, GlaxoSmithKline, and Bang & Olufsen InnovateMarch 24, 2022In this Master Class replay, Jay Peters discusses the success factors that drive innovation; examined the keys to creating a “center of excellence”; and highlighted lessons from companies such as Lego, GlaxoSmithKline, and more.
- VideoHow Do You Move From Thinking to Doing? IKEA Shares Best Practices for Pilot TestsMarch 22, 2022 | By Scott KirsnerHow do you move from thinking to doing? IKEA Co-Creation and Matrix Manager Cindy Soo shares best practices.
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