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Article How Generative AI Supercharges the Six Key Corporate Innovation Skills
December 14, 2023 | By Alex Slawsby
Generative AI-based tools are proving useful across these applications because their capabilities align well with some of the most important skills that innovators must develop and deploy. Let’s start with five and, with a particular nod to corporate innovators, add a sixth. Alex Slawsby lays it out in this piece...
Video How Executives Should Lead into the Age of AI
December 11, 2023 | By Alex Slawsby
In this short video, Innosight partner Ned Calder shares advice about how leaders should be approaching opportunities, risks, and organizational change dynamics related to artificial intelligence.
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.
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.
On Demand Webcast Three Things Companies Can Do to Win with Generative AI in 2024
November 20, 2023
This November 2023 webcast replay covers what companies should be doing with regard to generative AI. Presenter Elliott Parker of High Alpha Innovation called generative AI a "clasically disruptive technology" — something that makes things that were previously difficult or expensive accessible to the masses. "It's going to create massive opportunities,"...
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. • • •...
Research Report Getting More from Corporate-University Partnerships
November 13, 2023
In today’s fast-paced world, the synergy between universities and corporations can play a powerful role in driving meaningful technological and business advancements. Universities can bring new ideas and approaches to the practical problems of industry, and industry can provide faculty and students with learning opportunities they simply can’t get in...
Video Data Insights: How Big Organizations Identify Relevant Startups and Partners
October 12, 2023
InnoLead CEO Scott Kirsner shares some data highlights from our latest research about how large organizations search for relevant partners outside their walls.
Research Report Smarter Scouting: Best Practices
September 25, 2023
How are large companies doing the work of scouting in 2023? What's their advice about getting the right resources — and building the right relationships so you can take advantage of what you find? This new InnoLead research inititiave provides input from your peers on those questions.
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.
Article CSAA Insurance: Making Build-Buy-Partner Decisions for AI
July 21, 2023 | By Steven Melendez
"Insurance companies are one of the original, very data-centric industries," says Debbie Brackeen, CSAA's Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer. Brackeen describes how they're investing in, and deploying, AI technology.
Article WEX: A Spectrum of AI Experimentation
July 17, 2023 | By Steven Melendez
Karen Stroup joined the $2.4 billion company in 2022 as its first Chief Digital Officer. She explains how the company is using AI to assess creditworthiness and sniff out fraud, and some of the committees involved in encouraging experimentation — with guardrails.
Article DraftKings: Generative AI is Moving Faster Than Anyone Could’ve Expected
July 12, 2023 | By Steven Melendez
DraftKings, the Boston-based sports betting company, has long used AI technology in taking bets and targeting advertising to consumers. Now, the company is exploring ways to use generative AI technology for routine automation and code reviews.
Article Wayfair: Driving AI Progress, Without Everyone ‘Dropping Their Day Jobs’
July 7, 2023 | By Steven Melendez
Wayfair, the online furniture retailer, has long used artificial intelligence and machine learning to optimize its online marketing and the way it presents products to site visitors. CTO Fiona Tan explains how they're researching how generative AI technologies like GPT can assist with customer service, crafting code, and more.
Article Eventbrite: Deploying Generative AI to Help Its Hosts
July 7, 2023 | By Steven Melendez
Chief Product Officer Ted Dworkin talks about Eventbrite’s experience with generative AI, and the company’s philosophy on rolling out new features and empowering engineers to use AI.
Article Duolingo: Partnering with OpenAI for More Personalized Language Learning
July 7, 2023 | By Steven Melendez
Klinton Bicknell, head of AI at the learning tech company Duolingo, discusses what the company has learned from both in-house AI developments and work with GPT-4.
Video Blue Cross Blue Shield on Using AI to Accelerate Pre-Approvals
July 6, 2023 | By Meghan Hall
Sim Kahlon, Director of Innovation at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, explains how the company used artificial intelligence to speed up prior authorizations in healthcare.
Video How Wayfair Leverages AI to Make Customer Care More Efficient
July 6, 2023 | By Meghan Hall
As part of our recent event, Leveraging AI in Business, Chandra Ganduri, Director of Data Science & ML at Wayfair, and Vaidy Raghavan, Director of Technology at Wayfair, explained how the company uses artificial intelligence to help map the customer journey and enhance the experience of a consumer.
Article Six Areas of Concern from the ‘Godfather of AI’
June 29, 2023 | By Meghan Hall
Geoffrey Hinton, the computer scientist and cognitive psychologist sometimes referred to as the “Godfather of AI,” shares six areas of concern for society and individuals.
Article Google Speakers Hone in on AI at Collision Toronto
June 28, 2023 | By Meghan Hall
Cassie Kozyrkov, Chief Decision Scientist at Google, and Colin Murdoch, Chief Business Officer of Google DeepMind, each took the stage at Collision 2023 in Toronto to share thoughts on the AI revolution, give insights on responsibility with AI; and more.