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Article Book Excerpt: Think Like a Privateer, Not a Pirate
May 15, 2020
Steve Jobs once said that it’s better to be a pirate than to join the Navy. Pirates refer to startups that churn out innovative ideas. Jobs likens large organizations to the bureaucratic Navy.
Article Harvard Business School Prof: You’re Probably Over-Using Zoom
May 14, 2020 | By Lilly Milman
Harvard Business School Professor Tsedal Neeley offers insights on new approaches to prototyping, and what happens when some people begin transitioning back to the office.
On Demand Webcast New York Life SVP on How Corporate Venture Capital is Changing in 2020
May 13, 2020
How might corporate venture funds need to adjust their strategy in 2020? Joel Albarella of New York Life Ventures answers this question and more, as part of a recent episode of One Quick Thing.
Podcast What Corporate Venture Funds can Learn From VCs
May 12, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken
What are the risks when large companies dive into the venture capital game? How are venture teams responding to challenges posed by COVID-19? All that and more in this episode…
Article How Hain Celestial Keeps Innovation On Track
May 8, 2020 | By Lilly Milman
Hain Celestial Group, known for teas and pantry staples, has pivoted down a new path in response to COVID-19: hand sanitizer. The company is also conducting remote product tasting with its senior leaders. SVP of R&D Jeff George explains…
Article An Ambidextrous Approach to Innovation Has Never Been More Important
May 6, 2020
We all know that innovation is important. But do we really know how to innovate effectively, even in chaotic times such as these? It’s all about finding the right balance…
Article 10 Ways to Humanize Your Video Meetings
May 5, 2020 | By Suzanne Hamill, Contirbuting Columnist and former Head of Design Thinking at Fidelity Investments
The former Head of Design Thinking at Fidelity Investments shares how to make online meetings more produtive and more human.
Podcast Creating Culture at Wayfair
May 5, 2020
How can digitally-native companies maintain their innovative culture as they grow? To find out, we visited Wayfair’s co-founder Steve Conine at the company’s Boston office.
Article How Innovation Allows Wayfair to Keep Growing
May 4, 2020 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Wayfair, an online furniture and home goods retailer, maintained an innovative culture as it grew from a two person operation to a company with thousands of employees.
Article Highlights from Our April Coverage on COVID-19 and Innovation
May 1, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken
We’ve gathered the best pieces of advice on adapting to the current public health crisis from our live show, and other online coverage, to kick-start your May.
Article Veteran Disney Exec: 5 Things That Impact Innovation
April 29, 2020
“Any step a company takes to foster innovation is praise-worthy,” says Marty Yudkovitz, formerly of The Walt Disney Company. “But…a lot of what is going on…is window dressing.”
On Demand Webcast Why Now is the Time to Kill Zombie Projects and Clean House
April 29, 2020
Rita McGrath discusses the importance of killing zombie projects that somehow survive despite not making progress — one of her five steps for assessing your innovation portfolio in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Article How COVID-19 Prioritized Digital Innovation at Wahlburgers
April 28, 2020 | By Alex Slawsby
As the coronavirus pandemic spread, Wahlburgers SVP Dan Wheeler says it required careful thought about people’s safety, but it also “accelerated…my innovation agenda.”
On Demand Webcast A New Model for Teams Adapting to Disruption
April 27, 2020
Tad Haas and Ivan Lloyd of edison365 discuss a revised model for innovation that combines an innovation office with a project management office.
Video At Kaiser Permanente, a Major Moment for Telemedicine
April 22, 2020
In this episode of One Quick Thing, Prat Vemana discusses how the healthcare system is responding to COVID-19. Vemana is the Chief Digital Officer at Kaiser Permanente. Before coming to Kaiser, Vemana was Chief Product and Experience Officer at The Home Depot. He was also a VP of Global Ecommerce...
Article Pursuing User Research When Everyone’s in Quarantine
April 21, 2020
We all know that the innovation and design world rely on interactions with customers and users. So how do you preserve that input into your process when everybody is locked down?
Article Is Your Organization Earning ‘Trust Points’ with Customers — or Losing Them?
April 16, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Every action your organization takes in the digital world either racks up or loses “trust points” with your customers. Apurva Shah, CTO of Duality, explains.
On Demand Webcast What’s BANCA? Fidelity Investments on Their Criteria for Assessing Ideas
April 15, 2020
Sean Belka discusses how the financial services firm assesses new ideas and scales them when the time is right, along with more best practices for running an innovation lab. Belka is a Managing Director in Fidelity’s Corporate Business Development group.
Article Ex-DreamWorks Animation CTO: How the C-Suite Can Foster Innovation
April 13, 2020 | By Scott Kirsner
”In my experience, the most powerful motivator to encourage innovation was peer recognition,” says Ed Leonard, Co-Founder of Bred Ventures and former CTO at DreamWorks Animation. Leonard shares more on what senior leaders do at companies like DreamWorks Animation and Disney to shape a culture of innovation…
Article At NASA, Introducing a New Openness to Innovation
April 10, 2020 | By Scott Kirsner
In a safety-obsessed culture, how do you suggest new ways to innovate? Omar Hatamleh, the first Chief Innovation Officer for the engineering group at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, shares.