Why Lowe’s Innovation Lab Hired Sci-Fi Writers to Guide Strategy

Kyle Nel of Lowe’s Innovation Labs explains why the home improvement retailer created a comic book to help executives evaluate possible future scenarios.

By Scott Kirsner · July 1, 2014 · 1 min read

How’s this for a daring career move? Kyle Nel , the Executive Director of Lowe’s Innovation Labs, hired a team of science fiction writers, asked them to envision the future of home improvement, and then turned their ideas into a comic book. He brought the book to a meeting of…

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