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Q&A Advice: Sorting Ideas to Focus on the Winners
October 29, 2014
What are the best approaches to sorting and prioritizing ideas so that you can focus resources on those with the highest potential? We’ve got input from executives at Kraft Foods, Allstate, Intuit, Brown Brothers Harriman, and more.
Article Why Adobe Gives Employees a Red Box with $1,000 Inside
October 20, 2014 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
Nearly 1,000 employees of Adobe Systems have participated in the company's Kickbox Innovation Workshop, where they learn how to develop ideas and collect feedback...
On Demand Live Call Marriott Exec: How We Prototype, Crowdsource, Measure
October 10, 2014
Marriott executive Brian King discussses rapid prototyping, collecting ideas from employees and customers, and why naivete is crucial to innovation.
Article Why GE Created the FirstBuild Maker Community
October 9, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
GE's Lou Lenzi explains how the company's new co-creation initiative, launched this summer, allows GE to "take little bets and do things fast." Includes video and slides...
Article Is This the Fate of Employee Idea-Sourcing Initiatives?
October 7, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
You launch an innovation initiative and cast a wide net for employee ideas. What happens next? This slide from Thomson Reuters' Mona Vernon predicts it with accuracy.
Article How Sargento Created a Product with $50M in First Year Revenue
September 2, 2014 | By Judy Quinn
Rod Hogan of privately-held Sargento Foods, explains how a dialogue with consumers helped the company create a product that produced $50 million in revenue...
Article Lessons from AGCO: Successful University Collaborations
August 26, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Ravi Godbole, from the agricultural equipment manufacturer, explains how university relationships fits into AGCO’s growth strategy and what pitfalls to avoid.
Article How Heathrow Airport Clears Emerging Tech for Take-Off
August 18, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
London’s Heathrow Airport handles 72 million passengers a year. Amidst the need for operational efficiency, Richard Harding explains what the innovation team has achieved.
Article How DuPont’s Innovation Centers Bring It Closer to Customers
August 15, 2014 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
Karen Weining of DuPont explains how the pioneering materials company has been collaborating with customers at its network of 12 innovation centers around the world.
Article Why Intuit Says ‘You Never Know’ about Ideas until You Test ‘Em
August 7, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Executive Bennett Blank explains how Intuit is creating infrastructure that encourages teams to test ideas in the market to help determine which ideas hold real promise.
Article How Roche Pursues Patient-Centric Innovation
July 22, 2014 | By Julie Donnelly
Sheila Babnis offers an inside look at how the Swiss pharma giant’s innovation function was created and how it operates today, including tight partnerships with business units.
Article Why Lockheed Martin Bet Big on Large-Scale 3D Printing
July 18, 2014 | By Judy Quinn
Execs at Lockheed Martin are demonstrating that 3D printing isn’t just for prototypes — they’re already producing parts for real-world projects like NASA’s Juno spacecraft…
Article How Beech-Nut Innovated Within a ‘Category in Decline’
July 16, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
In 2012, Beech-Nut acknowledged that it had a problem. Moms were no longer relying on supermarket baby food, and they regarded homemade food as the gold standard…
Article Innovation Matures from Skunkworks to True Partner
July 2, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Aaron Proietti explains how his group’s mission has evolved, shifting from an isolated “skunkworks”s to more of a consultancy to the business units…
Article Google Execs Explain How the Company Spurs Innovation
June 25, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Google executives offer an inside look at how the company hires, why reasonable goals are not good enough, and how internal projects gain or lose momentum.
Article Inside Moen’s Prototype-Driven Product Development Strategy
June 23, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Moen’s SVP of Global Strategic Development describes the customer-focused innovation process behind a new line of motion-sensitive faucets…
Article How Constant Contact Blends Lean Startup & Design Thinking
June 18, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Andy Miller, Chief Innovation Architect at the digital marketing company, shares slides and a video that offer a look at Constant Contact's approach to developing new offerings.
On Demand Live Call How Ingersoll Rand Hires, Trains, Tests and Prioritizes Innovation
June 11, 2014
Michael Wynblatt of Ingersoll Rand discuses the complexities of his role; how he creates and tests innovation hypotheses; training and capability-building; and more.
Article How Autodesk “Looks to the Edge” for Emerging Trends
June 2, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Autodesk’s Jon Pittman talks about 3D printing, synthetic biology, programmable matter, and other trends he’s tracking. Pittman also shares the software giant’s new IdEx program…
Article Fidelity VP: Pick the Right Innovation Tools for Your Trip
May 19, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Rick Smyers of Fidelity Investments likens running a successful innovation program to planning a mountaineering expedition. Details, slides, and video inside...