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Article Top 10 Movie Moments That Illuminate the Innovation Process
August 4, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner
As part of our most recent Impact conference, we put together an innovation movie night — and asked the InnoLead community to nominate their favorite movie scenes that best capture the highs and lows of the innovation process. Their suggestions came from Apollo 13, Ford Vs. Ferrari, Moneyball, and more.
Article How Avery Dennison Scouts New Technologies — and Cuts Through the Hype
July 29, 2022 | By Collin Robisheaux, Meghan Hall
We spoke with Collin Moore, Avery Dennison’s Director of Open Innovation Studio and Strategic Innovation, about how his organization scouts important new technologies, as well as how to filter out hype. This is part of our series exploring the “fourth industrial revolution.”
Video Video: What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
July 20, 2022 | By Collin Robisheaux
We talk with five executives about how they define the term “fourth industrial revolution” — and what some of the key drivers are.
Article Venture Studios and Venture Builders: Understanding the Landscape
July 13, 2022
We’re witnessing the rise of the “venture studio” and the “venture builder” — new entities that seek to create startups with corporate partners or on their own. But it’s a confusing landscape. Our goal is to better detail who some of the key players are; how they interact with corporates; and what...
Video Video: Key Questions to Ask About Venture Studios
July 13, 2022 | By Nora Swidey
As part of our Venture Studio Series we spoke with Dave Drach, Founder and CEO of Range Development. He answers questions about how corporations can interact with venture studios to solve internal corporate problems.
Video The Evolution of Venture Studios: Alper Celen of Enhance Ventures
July 12, 2022 | By Nora Swidey
As part of our venture studio series, we spoke with Alper Celen. He is a Founding Partner at Enhance Ventures, a venture studio based in Dubai. He discussed the evolution of venture studios, including possibilities for the future.
Video Investing in Venture Studios: Sarah Anderson of Vault Fund
July 12, 2022 | By Nora Swidey
We spoke with Sarah Anderson, a Founding Partner at Vault Fund, as part of our venture studios series. Anderson gave an overveiw of what venture studios are and how they can help corporations.
Article Assessment: How Sophisticated is Your Startup Engagement Strategy?
July 9, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner
Are you ready to engage with the startup ecosystem? How comprehensive is your startup strategy? Answer these 15 questions to find out.
Article How One VC Firm is Spotting Opportunities in Sustainability
July 7, 2022 | By Christa Avampato, Contributing Writer
Bay Bridge Ventures, founded this year, is a venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs and impactful technology companies. Kim Kolt, a General Partner at the firm, shares advice for incorporating sustainability into metrics and discusses upcoming sustainability trends.
Article New Research Shows How Zoom Can Stifle Innovation
July 6, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
Melanie Brucks, an assistant professor at Columbia Business School, recently studied how Zoom can negatively affect idea generation. She shares why that is, and how companies can build effective strategies for creative brainstorming.
Article Tips on Communicating Innovation from Bloomberg’s Chaim Haas
July 1, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
Chaim Haas, who helped Bloomberg get better at communicating — internally and externally — about its innovation activities, shares his top three tips.
Article Book Excerpt: Trust is Vital to Resilient Innovation Organizations
June 30, 2022
In the new book 6Ps of Essential Innovation, author Michael McCathren outlines how organizations can build innovation capability for the long haul. That starts with the people inside the organization. So how can you reimagine the way trust and communication work inside your organization? This excerpt from McCathren’s book will...
Article What’s the Level of Innovation Urgency at Your Organization?
June 28, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner
How much urgency is there around innovation at your company? Check the answers that describe your organization, and get an instant assessment of where you stand.
Article Kickstarter Enables Sustainability — With Help from its Creators
June 28, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
Jon Leland, Chief Strategy Office at Kickstarter, shares how sustainability became a priority inside the company and explains how buy-in from creators on the platform has advanced sustainability.
Article Q&A: Setting Up a New Innovation Function from Scratch
June 23, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner
Jim Suchara joined The Doctors Company, a $1.2 billion malpractice insurance carrier, in September 2021. We spoke with Suchara, the company’s Chief Innovation Officer, about entering a new organization to spur innovation.
Article Goodyear Executive Shares a Roadmap for Company’s Sustainability Goals
June 21, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
Ellis Jones, Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer at The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, explains how the company’s Global Sustainability Team does its work and highlights how metrics have helped move progress forward inside the organization.
Article Innovating to Meet Sustainability Goals
June 18, 2022
ESG? Agenda 2030? Whatever language your organization is using, it’s likely you’ve set goals related to sustainability. However, there may not yet be a defined team in place, or sufficient resources. Here’s what other companies are doing.
Article Mapping Three Years of Innovation Activities at TIAA
June 15, 2022 | By Meghan Hall, Scott Kirsner
A single slide captures three years of innovation activity at TIAA, the $40 billion financial services firm. We asked creator Howard Manzon to explain what’s on the slide; what worked; and what he might do differently in the future.
Article 7 Tips for Introducing Ideas to Leadership
June 14, 2022 | By Mohan Nair, Contributing Columnist and Founder/CEO of Emerge Inc.
“Remember that one person’s idea is another’s cost,” writes veteran entrepreneur and executive Mohan Nair. Here are his tips on how to bring new concepts and ideas forward to leadership — even in non-traditional ways.
Article How Ag Provider Nutrien is Making Sustainability Goals Core to the Business
June 10, 2022 | By Christa Avampato, Contributing Writer
Mark Thompson, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer at multinational crop nutrient company Nutrien, shares how embedding sustainability into the core business and ethos of the company can create platforms for growth.