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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.”
Article Putting Generative AI Into Daily Practice: Give It 20 Minutes
March 19, 2024 | By Curtis Michelson
How do you get your brain in shape for this new era, and understand the ways it may affect your work, and that of your team? Here are five Gen AI workouts to boost your productivity and understanding.
Article Are We on the Verge of a Golden Age of Robotics Innovation?
March 18, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner
As robots become more capable of operating in different environments — and perhaps as they get new input about the world around them from AI and foundation models — it could be "transformative to our societies and economies," says Matthew Johnson-Roberson of Carnegie Mellon University, as "large swath of the things we...
Article New Data: Trends in Music and Video Consumption
March 15, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner
At the annual South by Southwest conference in Austin, Luminate CEO Rob Jonas offered an overview of how music and video consumption changed in 2023. Here are 10 of the data points he shared...
On Demand Webcast Protecting Your Innovation Budget
March 14, 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 What Does It Take to Create a Good Communications Strategy for Innovation?
March 11, 2024 | By Noelle Coleman
A good communications strategy can be critical to demonstrating the value proposition at the enterprise level. Here are some suggested best practices.
Article Why Decisions Should Be Made at the Edge
March 7, 2024 | By Brady Brim-DeForest
Most everyday decisions in large organizations should be made “at the edge,” at the level of the individual contributor or team, rather than at the level of the executive. The increased speed of decision making more than justifies the additional small-scale risk, assuming boundaries are made clear. Yes, that’s a...
Article At DFW International Airport, AI and Sustainability Top the Innovation Agenda
March 7, 2024 | By Kate Katz
We talked to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, the second busiest airport in the world, about sustainability, AI, and innovation for our research initiative, "How AI is Influencing Corporate Innovation in 2024.”
On Demand Webcast Venture Building 2.0: Past Mistakes, New Principles, and a Path to Delivering Meaningful Growth
March 6, 2024
This recent Master Class featured Jon Corshen, Founder of Pilot44, sharing the core principles of new venture building models.
Article Generative AI First Movers in 2024: Examples from Five Industries
March 4, 2024 | By Curtis Michelson
A 2024 rundown of recent notable generative AI projects, broken down by industry. Includes Volkswagen, Pfizer, Starbucks, and more...
Podcast Geoffrey Moore on Generative AI: This is ‘Digital Transformation, Act 2’
February 26, 2024
If you’ve ever talked about a technology "crossing the chasm" from the realm of early adopters into the early majority, or your company has put a high-potential project into "the incubation zone," you’ve been using language given to us by Geoffrey Moore. He joins us to talk about generative AI,...
Article Inside J&J’s Approach to New Company Creation
February 23, 2024 | By Evan Schwartz and Hadley Thompson
The healthcare giant's approach to new venture creation, in partnership with outside venture capital firms, got rolling in 2021. We talk with Sanjay Mistry, VP of Venture Investments and New Company Creation...
Article Leveraging Innovation to Win Formula One Races
February 22, 2024 | By Daniel Pereira
How does a Formula One racing team think about innovation? We talk with Shergul Arshad, Head of North America for the Aston Martin F1 team.
Article Amazon Got Caught Flat-Footed on Generative AI. Its Culture Didn’t Help.
February 21, 2024 | By Daniel Pereira
How is Amazon — the company that plunked the Alexa AI device into more than 500 million homes and offices — responding to the tsunami of generative AI offerings touched off by ChatGPT? We talk with Jay Baik, the former Head of Amazon Alexa New Business Incubation.
Article DoorDash CFO: How I Think About Metrics, AI, and Creating Customer Value
February 19, 2024 | By Daniel Pereira
"Traditionally, the mistake companies have made is, finance cannot just be a back-office function," says CFO Ravi Inukonda. "I want our team to help the rest of the company become more successful."
On Demand Webcast Your Random Acts of Innovation Aren’t Working
February 16, 2024
This recent Master Class featured Anna Veatch, Managing Director at Innosight and Erez Agmoni, Global Head of Innovation at Maersk, the Danish shipping conglomerate. Includes slides...
On Demand Webcast Open Innovation Strategy with GE Appliances and FirstBuild
February 15, 2024
We don't usually record our InnoLead members-only meetings, but this one is an exception: André Zdanow of GE Appliances talks about their journey with open innovation and crowdfunding. Leaders from NASA and AstraZeneca ask questions and share their experiences.
Article What Walmart Loses with the Closure of its Store No. 8 Incubator
February 15, 2024 | By Matt Mueller, Contributing Columnist
Walmart's CFO argues that innovation is now “fully embedded” in the organization. Do you buy that argument? Food and retail innovation veteran Matt Mueller doesn't...
Video Amazon Robotics Chief Technologist on the Future of AI and Automation
February 13, 2024 | By Hadley Thompson
Tye Brady, the Chief Technologist at Amazon Robotics, joined us at Impact 2023 to share his take on the future of robotics, AI, and automation.
Video How CEOs and Board Members Think About Innovation Investment and Competitive Advantage
February 13, 2024 | By Hadley Thompson
Featuring Rich Gotham, Team President of the Boston Celtics; John Murray, President & CEO of Sonesta International Hotels Corporation; and Shira Goodman, a Board Member at CarMax, CBRE, Henry Schein.