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Article Making Corporate Accelerators Work: Lessons for Sustained Innovation and Longevity
July 9, 2024 | By Felipe Negritto, Corporate Accelerator Forum
Corporate accelerators can effectively serve as a continuous mechanism for testing assumptions, writes Felipe Negritto, allowing firms to capitalize on new external opportunities. In this piece, Negritto shares the key findings from his recent research on accelerators.
Thought Leadership The Human Side of Innovation: Four Hallmarks of Innovation Leaders
July 8, 2024 | By Brian Miske, KPMG
Brian Miske of KPMG writes that organizations that are consistently innovative recognize that the best innovations are born from human curiosity and creativity. Learn about his "four hallmarks" of innovation leaders.
Podcast Steve Blank on Why ‘Innovation Heroes’ are a Bad Sign
July 1, 2024 | By Hadley Thompson
In this episode, we talk with Steve Blank about why celebrating innovation heroes is symptomatic of a problem in large organizations. Blank also talks about the significance of AI: "I think this is as important as anything we've seen in tech in probably the last 50 years."
Article Inside a $5B Health System’s ‘AlphaLab’: Structure, Priorities, Metrics and More
June 25, 2024 | By Scott Cohen
We talk with Dr. Jeffrey Cohen, Chief Physician Executive for Community Health and Innovation at Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network, a $5 billion medical system that operates 14 hospitals and more than 200 primary- and specialty-care practices.
Article New Data on Generative AI Budgets, Challenges, Use Cases, and Impact on Innovation
June 13, 2024 | By Alex Slawsby
Two sessions at a recent conference in Boston explored the ways that generative AI is changing — and may continue to change — innovation work inside large organizations. Here are seven key takeaways...
Resource The Next Priorities for Corporate Innovators and Changemakers: June 2024
June 12, 2024
Slides from a June 2024 LinkedIn Live discussion about the top 10 priorities for corporate innovators and changemakers, with representatives of InnoLead, Innosabi, Peer Insight, and Territory.
Resource What Does It Take to Make Strategic Innovation Stick?
June 10, 2024
Short but specific slide deck from a June 2024 InnoLead members meeting. Covers what must be in place to build capability for strategic innovation, as well as key lessons from trying to ensure the capability survives and thrives over time.
Resource Generative AI and the Future of Corporate Innovation: Data
June 10, 2024
Slides and video from a June 2024 presentation by Alex Slawsby and Scott Kirsner of InnoLead, covering recent data on how generative AI is impacting corporate innovation work, along with recommendations for what large organizations should be doing.
Podcast GenAI Hits the Road with Mercedes-Benz
June 10, 2024 | By Hadley Thompson
In this episode, we connect with James Liu, the Head of MB.OS Customer Experience at Mercedes-Benz. Liu oversees a team responsible for human-machine Interface concepts, UX design, front-end engineering, speech, and AI platforms. That includes prototypes that leverage generative AI technologies like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion.
On Demand Webcast How to Prevent AI from Becoming the Next Round of Innovation Theater
June 3, 2024
Artificial intelligence is the shiny new object poised to accelerate the "front end of innovation" process. A critical success factor in delivering real value, however, is a robust "back end of innovation" process. Catch the webcast replay or summary...
On Demand Webcast Escape the Efficiency Trap and Unleash Transformative Innovation
May 15, 2024
Corporations are better managed than ever, but they're also less capable of delivering the breakthroughs that change our world for the better. They are too often focused on efficiency instead of resiliency. Their focus on capital efficiency leads them to engage in an illusion of innovation: activity that feels like...
Article Four AI Questions Organizations Need to be Discussing
May 7, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner
Author and business school professor Ethan Mollick says that there are four questions to be discussing inside organizations right now, as they look to understand how AI will impact them — and how they can benefit.
Podcast ‘AI Springs,’ Automotive Futures, and Silicon Valley Innovation Labs
May 6, 2024 | By Hadley Thompson
Evangelos Simoudis, author and investor, delves into the future of cars, what has happened to Silicon Valley innovation labs, and the latest "AI spring."
Article Testing the AI Enhancements in Six Widely-Used Productivity Apps
April 29, 2024 | By Curtis Michelson
We look at several common office productivity and collaboration tools, including Zoom, Notion, and Microsoft Office, and put their recently added GenAI enhancements through their paces.
On Demand Webcast Harnessing the Power of AI to Transform Corporate Innovation
April 15, 2024
The majority of corporate innovation leaders and teams have begun to experiment with generative AI – and realize its potential. This webcast featured Jan Beránek, Group CEO of U+ and Founder of FifthRow, discussing how generative AI is already dramatically transforming corporate innovation.
Podcast Innovating Coffee, with Starbucks Veteran Mesh Gelman
April 15, 2024 | By Hadley Thompson
In this podcast episode, we talk with Starbucks veteran Mesh Gelman about coffee trends; developing a new product from scratch; the difference between big organizations and start-ups; and his past work as an innovation consultant.
Article The Most Useful Resources for GenAI Planning and Policy-Making
April 8, 2024 | By Curtis Michelson
The challenge for most corporate leaders today isn't whether or not to engage with genAI, but how best to prepare for, manage, and communicate this enterprise transformation. Here are the best resources...
Article How Lowe’s is Renovating the Customer Experience with AI
April 3, 2024 | By Daniel Pereira
We talk to the Senior Vice President of Product & Technology at retail giant Lowe's about AI and their 2024 innovation agenda. Generative AI can create new types of experiences for customers looking for home improvement inspiration, he says.
On Demand Webcast Getting to Yes: Building and Sustaining Senior Leadership Support for Innovation
March 28, 2024
If you’re chartered with “innovation beyond the core,” it's crucial that you deliver quick wins…right now…to protect your senior leadership support and budget. This webcast with Disruptive Edge lays out how to do that.
Article At Hearth & Home Technologies, Exploring Where AI and the Smart Home Intersect
March 27, 2024 | By Kate Katz
We talked to Hearth & Home Technologies, manufacturer and supplier of fireplaces and stoves, about AI and innovation for our research initiative, "How AI is Influencing Corporate Innovation in 2024.”