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Article SVB Exec on Overcoming the Challenges of New Venture Creation
December 22, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
Boris Pluskowski, Head of New Ventures for SVB, shares the two-pronged structure of his innovation team; shares why it's important to build ventures in a large company; and gives his input on a new "Golden Age of Startups" that may be coming.
Article Open Innovation Veteran on Working with Startups and Using Exploration Teams
December 21, 2022 | By Tyler Smith
Navigating the startup ecosystem can be difficult. Open innovation veteran Maureen Rinkunas discussed accelerator programs, what she calls "exploration teams," and best practices for working with startups.
Article Coca-Cola Reveals its Startup Strategy — And How it Tracks Opportunities for Collaboration
December 8, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
As part of our recent research, Successful Startup Engagement and Corporate Venture Capital, we spoke with Molun Zhang, Coca-Cola's R&D Senior Manager for Experimentation & External Technology. She gave insights on how to begin collaborating with startups; share Coca-Cola's strategy for tracking collaborations; and explained the power behind Coca-Cola's participation...
Article How Innovators Can Prepare for Tough Times
December 1, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner
To help you plan for (and survive) challenging times, we sought advice from seven people who have guided innovation, insights, and incubation groups through difficult stretches, at companies like Starbucks, Whirlpool, Intel, and Levi Strauss & Co. What can you be doing to put yourself and your team in the...
On Demand Webcast Master Class: Linda Yates on Setting Up a Venture Factory
November 18, 2022
Linda Yates, CEO and Founder of Mach49, joined us for a Master Class on building a venture factory inside a large organization. She discussed the factors that go into that process, took audience questions, and shared valuable insights from her book, The Unicorn Within.
Article Collected Advice: How Can Corporations Become a Magnet for High-Quality Startups?
November 16, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner
What are the tactics that can help corporates attract the very best startups to a hackathon, accelerator, pitch competition, or open innovation challenge? We asked a group of corporate leaders who have run these kinds of programs. Here’s what they said.
Article Plugging in to the Startup Ecosystem: An Illustrated Guide
November 14, 2022
No one would deny there’s a lot happening in the world of startups. But how can large companies tap into it, in a way that aligns with their objectives and creates real value? In this large-format illustration, we've laid out seven of the most common approaches to plugging in to...
Article How Bayer Crop Science Scaled its Global Academic Partnerships
November 10, 2022
Phil Taylor, Director of Open Innovation and Outreach at Bayer Crop Sciences, shares how he leveraged the digital platform Halo to increase engagement with external sources, like university researchers and startups.
Article Verizon 5G Labs Director on Predicting When Emerging Technologies Go from Buzz to Business Impact
November 4, 2022 | By Meghan Hall, Scott Kirsner
As part of our recent research report, "Shaping Your Strategy for Web3 and the Metaverse," we spoke with Verizon's Director of 5G Labs and Innovation Centers, Christian Guirnalda. In his interview, he explained how he sees the technologies playing out and how Verizon has begun dipping its toe.
Article Announcing the Winners of InnoLead’s 2022 Impact Awards
November 1, 2022
Our 2022 Impact Award winners have demonstrated that innovation can deliver extraordinary outcomes, for customers and society at large. Among the winners in this year's class: Airbnb, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, NASA, and Walmart.
Article What Robin Hood and the Lone Ranger Teach Us About Innovation
October 31, 2022 | By Mohan Nair, Contributing Columnist
Mohan Nair, CEO of Emerge, Inc. and a regular guest columnist for InnoLead, examines the parallels between his favorite childhood television shows and strategies for innovation.
Resource Metrics and Communication Best Practices
October 27, 2022
Notes from a January 2024 InnoLead Executive Group meeting, featuring guest speaker Richard Entrup, a KPMG Managing Director. The meeting covered four topics: Generative AI, quantum computing, blockchain, and the metaverse.
Article How Hyundai is Working to Bring its ‘Ultimate Mobility Vehicle’ Vision to Life
October 20, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
We spoke with John Suh, Founding Director of Hyundai's New Horizons Studio, to hear about the development of Ultimate Mobility Vehicles; the team's new facility in Montana; and how the team balances digital and physical prototyping.
Article 2022 Impact Awards: Finalists and Judging Panel
October 18, 2022
We’re excited to announce the 16 finalists for our 2022 Impact Awards, which celebrate teams, initiatives, and individuals making a difference inside large organizations — and for their customers.
Article eXp World Holdings CFO Discusses the Advantages of an Office in the Metaverse
October 14, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner
As part of our recent research initiative on Web3 and the metaverse, we spoke to Jeff Whiteside, CFO & Chief Collaboration Officer of eXp World Holdings. He shared his company’s strategy for using the Virbela metaverse for training, meetings, and work activities; shared his thoughts on blockchain; and discussed why moving...
On Demand Webcast Preparing Your Organization for Breakthrough Venture Building
October 13, 2022
In our recent webcast, we had the chance to hear from Sean Sheppard, Managing Partner at U+, and Martin Tarlie, a Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst at GMO, a Boston-based investment firm. Alex Slawsby, InnoLead’s Chief Growth Officer, moderated.
Article Recording Academy President on the Metaverse, TikTok, and Experimenting with New Platforms
October 7, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
As part of our most recent research report, Shaping Your Strategy for Web3 and the Metaverse, we spoke with Panos Panay, President of the Recording Academy and the Grammys, to hear about the Academy’s partnerships in emerging technology, what stage Panay believes emerging technologies are at, and his expectations going...
Article Spotify’s VP of Personalization on ‘Making a Bet’ on New Ideas
October 3, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
Personalization of products and services has become a major desire for many consumers across a variety of industries. We spoke with Ziad Sultan, VP of Personalization at Spotify, the music streaming platform famous for its customized user interface, to learn more about its personalization practices, get advice on how to...
Article Google Innovation Lead and Harvard Researcher on Overcoming the Challenges to Design Thinking
September 27, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
Prapti 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...
Article Mach49 and Schneider Electric: Building a Growth Engine for Clean, Renewable Energy
September 26, 2022
As part of our venture studios and builders initiative, Mach49 shared details of its successful collaborations with Schneider Electric, and the company’s corporate venture fund, SE Ventures. The firm has helped launch and invest in a number of companies focused on sustainability and renewable energy.