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Article How Carmaker BMW is Developing Strategy for Blockchain, AI, and the Metaverse
May 16, 2022
How do emerging technologies get evaluated, tested, and rolled out in Munich-based BMW Group? We talk to Andrew Luckow, Head of Innovation and Emerging Technologies to get the details.
Article How $1.5 Billion Materion Set Up Sustainability Governance and Reporting
May 10, 2022 | By Christa Avampato
The reporting structure of Materion’s six-member sustainability team was set up with the intention of embedding sustainability into company’s strategic planning, decision-making, and core operations. We talk to Jon Newton, the Cleveland company’s Global Director of Sustainability.
Video Cartoonist Lisa Rothstein Teaches Better Communication Through Doodling
May 10, 2022
Even if you think you can’t draw — at all — this two-part workshop will help you become dramatically better at doodling in less than two hours. Your instructor is noted meeting facilitator, New Yorker columnist, and former ad agency copywriter Lisa Rothstein.
On Demand Webcast What It Takes to Build a Successful New Venture
May 9, 2022
Building and launching new ventures inside large organizations is no easy task. In this Master Class replay, Sean Sheppard of U+ unpacks the most powerful lessons and insights that he has gained after over 20 years of experience bringing new products to market.
Article How to Make Ethnographic Interviewing Your Superpower: 5 Tips
May 9, 2022 | By Matt Mueller, Contributing Columnist
Learning how to do ethnographic interviews takes a lot of practice — and time. But if you are eager to learn more about what customers say vesus what they actually do, here are five tips to help you get started, from contributing columnist Matt Mueller.
Article Beneath the Buzz: What are Venture Studios and Builders, and How Do They Work with Corporates?
May 4, 2022
A growing number of big company leaders like the idea of hiring a firm like this to help them develop that elusive “next big thing.” But it’s a confusing landscape. There are hundreds of organizations of different shapes, sizes, and capabilities that call themselves venture studios, or say that they...
Article At Enviva Biomass, Focusing on Four Goals to Achieve Net-Zero by 2030
May 4, 2022 | By Christa Avampato
Founded in 2004, Eniva Biomass set out to create a renewable, low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels. It is now the world’s largest producer of industrial wood pellets, used to generate heat and electricity. Its goal: operating as a net-zero emissions company by 2030. We talk to Kim DuBose, Director of Commerce...
Article Member Spotlight: George Dunning, Canada Post
April 27, 2022 | By Kate Katz
George Dunning is Director of Innovation at Canada Post, a federally-owned Crown corporation and the primary postal service in Canada. We spoke with him about his open innovation framework, and the challenges of innovating inside a large corporation and as part of our IL Member Spotlight series.
Article The 9 Myths of Measuring Innovation
April 26, 2022
In the new book Innovation Accounting, authors Dan Toma and Esther Gons lay out nine of the common innovation myths of measuring innovation.
Article How AT&T is Setting Sustainability ‘Stretch’ Goals and Driving Progress
April 22, 2022 | By Christa Avampato
AT&T is not waiting on government regulation to make its sustainability goals and reporting transparent. Shannon Carroll, AT&T’s Assistant Vice President of Global Environmental Sustainability, shares his advice for companies that want to jumpstart their sustainability efforts or enhance their existing work.
On Demand Webcast Ideas Aren’t Enough. What’s Your Innovation ROI?
April 12, 2022
In this Master Class replay, Suzan Briganti and Mary Ann Bianco of Swarm Vision discuss the importance of delivering measurable results through innovation and examine the mindsets of consistently successful innovators around the world.
Article How to Change an Innovation Skeptic’s Mind
March 30, 2022 | By Matt Mueller, Contributing Columnist
While it’s tempting to ignore skeptics, they can improve your idea if they feel included from the beginning. Innovation strategist Matt Mueller shares a techique to help shift perspectives and propel innovation foward.
Article Mobile Apps, NFTs, and the Metaverse: How FIFA is Innovating its Way to the 2022 World Cup
March 25, 2022 | By Collin Robisheaux
“Innovation is a word that can mean everything – and nothing,” says Benjamin Stoll, Director of Strategic Alliances & Innovation at FIFA, football’s governing body. Unless, he adds, innovation activity can be tied to tangible value creation for FIFA and its constituents. We talked to Stoll in advance of this...
On Demand Webcast Centers of Excellence: How Companies Like LEGO, GlaxoSmithKline, and Bang & Olufsen Innovate
March 24, 2022
In this Master Class replay, Jay Peters discusses the success factors that drive innovation; examined the keys to creating a “center of excellence”; and highlighted lessons from companies such as Lego, GlaxoSmithKline, and more.
Podcast Podcast: Who are the Unsung Persistent Innovators?
March 22, 2022 | By Collin Robisheaux
In this bonus episode of the Persistent Innovators miniseries, InnoLead covers six more persistent innovators in various industries – including food and beverage, manufacturing, and telecom.
Video How Do You Move From Thinking to Doing? IKEA Shares Best Practices for Pilot Tests
March 22, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner
How do you move from thinking to doing? IKEA Co-Creation and Matrix Manager Cindy Soo shares best practices.
Video CSAA Insurance & Fidelity: Building Innovation Muscles for the Long Haul
March 21, 2022 | By Alexander MacDougall
CSAA Insurance’s Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Debra Brackeen, talks with Mona Vernon of Fidelity Investments about building lasting innovation structures.
Article Buying Coffee in the Metaverse: How Fiserv Thinks About the Future of Payments
March 18, 2022 | By Alexander MacDougall, Kate Katz
Alvin Cho is Vice President of Product & Engineering for Digital Innovation and Transformation at Fiserv, and he oversees the company’s Developer Studio, a set of APIs and tools that make it easy to integrate Fiserv’s offerings into all sorts of new and existing products. We spoke with Cho about the objectives...
Video TripAdvisor CEO: The Role That Leaders Play in Fostering Innovation
March 18, 2022 | By Alexander MacDougall
TripAdvisor CEO Stephen Kaufer and best-selling author Rita McGrath discuss how the travel site has developed new offerings since its 2000 birth, above a pizza shop in the Boston suburbs.
Video How Augmented Reality Will Change Our Lives — at Home and at Work
March 16, 2022 | By Alexander MacDougall
Author David Rose talks about augmenting how we see with LaForge Optical CEO Corey Mack and Mike Quigley of Niantic, the company behind the game “Pokémon Go.”