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Article Entergy VP: You Can Drive ESG Progress and Financial Growth
December 7, 2023 | By Hadley Thompson
John Weiss, VP of sustainability and environmental policy at Entergy, the Fortune 500 company is chasing an ambitious sustainability goal. They're targeting net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Article Panera Brands Chairman: Innovation Needs to Improve the Business Model
December 6, 2023
"I'll give you an important definition of innovation: I think innovation is meaningful only if it improves and strengthens the business model," says Panera chairman Niren Chaudhary. More insights from a recent talk inside...along with video.
Thought Leadership Make the Leap to Innovation Hyperspace in 2024
November 27, 2023 | By Doug Williams, SmartOrg, Inc.
Innovation leaders have a choice, writes Doug Williams of SmartOrg. You can be the Millenium Falcon: float through the year surrounded by garbage, hoping to get away safely and without harm. Or you can be the Star Destroyer: dump all the dead weight that is slowing you down, set a...
Thought Leadership 2024: A Corporate Innovation Odyssey
November 27, 2023 | By Ludwig Melik, HYPE Innovation
It's time to redefine the role of innovation within organizations, writes Ludwig Melik of Planbox. No longer can it be an isolated entity; it must be intricately woven into the very fabric of the company's strategy, vision, and policy.
Thought Leadership Innovation Teams vs. Innovative Teams: Which Will Take Your Company to the Next Level?
November 27, 2023 | By Sandra Miller, Foundry 415
Ask yourself: do I want an Innovation Team or a team that is innovative? Find areas of innovation beyond product specs and markets. When working with our partners we ask three key questions: Who is empowered to make change, How are you measuring innovation, and Are you prepared to succeed?
Thought Leadership Ideal Ideation: Four Crowdsourcing Best Practices from History to Drive Innovation in 2024
November 27, 2023 | By Charlie Lloyd, Qmarkets
It’s easy to think of crowdsourcing as something relatively new, writes Charlie Lloyd of Qmarkets. After all, the term itself has only been around since 2006. Yet the reality couldn’t be more different.
Thought Leadership Rethinking Innovation: Navigating the Road Ahead in 2024
November 27, 2023 | By Simon Hill, Wazoku
Let's recalibrate our metrics to reflect the shifting dynamics of our business environment, writes Simon Hill, CEO of Wazoku. Traditional measures of success no longer suffice.
Thought Leadership The AI-Enabled Explosion of Organizational Creativity and Innovation is Here
November 20, 2023 | By Erik Noyes, Babson College
Innovation won’t come from AI alone, writes Erik Noyes of Babson College, but from your best people with their respective human superpowers now augmented by AI. How will your top innovators leverage AI to explore, imagine, prototype, and create?
Article How AI Will Alter the Innovation Role
November 7, 2023 | By Alex Slawsby
Generative AI-based tools are going to radically reshape how corporations generate growth — whether that growth is linked to the core business, or to further-out adjacent and transformational opportunities. Here's what that means for corporate innovators....
Video Babson College Prof Gina O’Connor on Getting Innovation Started
October 11, 2023
In this short video, Professor of Innovation Management Gina O'Connor serves up advice about creating a solid foundation for an innovation program.
Video Babson College Prof Gina O’Connor on Innovation Metrics
October 11, 2023
In this short video, Professor of Innovation Management Gina O'Connor shares her advice on overcoming the challenges of measuring innovation outcomes.
Video Why You Need Three Tiers of Innovation Metrics
October 11, 2023
In this short video, Professor of Innovation Management Gina O'Connor describes the three tiers of necessary innovation metrics.
Video Why a ‘Stop and Start’ Mentality Undercuts Innovation Outcomes
October 11, 2023
In this short video, Professor of Innovation Management Gina O'Connor talks about the importance of persistence — and why it's hard for organizations to stay the course.
Article Electrolux on Fostering Cross-Functional Collaborations and Using Data for Better Alignment
September 20, 2023
Pamela Everett, Product Planning and Innovation Manager for home appliance manufacturer Electrolux, shares her thoughts on how data can help with alignment; gives insights on how staying close to a project after the handoff can yield better results, and more.
Article Is Your Innovation Program (and Your Job) at Risk?
September 12, 2023 | By Scott Kirsner
These are challenging times for teams focused on the future, long-term R&D, and culture change within big organizations. Are there risk factors appearing in your organization that your team and your program could be under scrutiny — or getting the axe? Try this assessment.
Article PwC CTO Explains the Firm’s Approach to Upskilling Employees for AI
September 6, 2023 | By Meghan Hall
Joe Atkinson, PwC's Chief Products & Technology Officer, explains the firm's hybrid upskilling strategy for generative AI, and what those fearing job loss due to AI can do to help with those anxieties.
Article 2023 Impact Awards: Finalists and Judging Panel
September 5, 2023
We’re excited to announce the finalists for our 2023 Impact Awards, which celebrate teams, initiatives, and individuals making a difference inside large organizations — and for their customers.
Article Nihon Kohden Innovation Center CEO on the ‘Negative Stage Gate’ Process
August 21, 2023 | By Meghan Hall
As part of our latest research report, Building a Productive Innovation Portfolio, we spoke with Weisner, Nihon Kohden Innovation Center's President and CEO, to get his advice on engaging the necessary stakeholders for innovation activities, hear about what he calls "the negative stage gate system," and understand how his team's...
Article What is the ‘Love Metric’? Advocate Health’s VP of Enterprise Innovation Explains
August 7, 2023 | By Hadley Thompson, Meghan Hall
Todd Dunn, VP of Enterprise Innovation for Advocate Health, dives deep on standing up an innovation program while including perspectives from other business units; what he calls the 'love metric'; and more as part of an interview for our new research report, Building a Productive Portfolio.
Article Peloton’s PMO Head on Supporting the Business’ Goals
July 31, 2023 | By Meghan Hall
Rick Paster, VP of M&A Operations & Head of the PMO at Peloton, shares insights into Peloton's program management office, the challenges a PMO faces, and best practices to help mitigate those challenges.