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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.
Video How Executives Should Think About Working with Venture Studios
February 5, 2024 | By Alex Slawsby
In this short video, Elliott Parker of High Alpha Innovation explains what a venture studio is; various structures; and how to measure success.
Article The ‘Fear the Unicorn’ Era is Over. Here’s What Comes Next…
February 5, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner
“Fear of the unicorn” is over. We are now in an era where companies fear — and should fear — being insufficiently intelligent about AI. InnoLead Co-Founder Scott Kirsner explains...
Resource Emerging Technology Trends in 2024 and Beyond
January 31, 2024
Notes from a January 2024 InnoLead Executive Group meeting, featuring guest speaker Richard Entrup, a KPMG Managing Director. The meeting covered four topics: Generative AI, quantum computing, blockchain, and the metaverse.
Article Walmart is Shutting Down its Store No. 8 Innovation Lab. Here’s What That Means for Other Corporate Innovators.
January 26, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner
On January 23rd, we brought together a group of four retail industry veterans — and one retail-focused venture capitalist — to unpack the news that the world’s biggest retailer, Walmart, had decided to shut down its primary innovation group, Store No. 8. What are the important take-aways for innovators and...
Article What to Know About Innovation Software in 2024
January 23, 2024 | By Alex Slawsby
This article explores how the usage of software by innovation groups is changing in 2024. It looks at two categories — mainstream productivity applications and innovation management software — and raises questions about how generative AI will change them.
Article How BMW Put Its Corporate Venture Capital Team on the Road to Success
January 22, 2024 | By Evan Schwartz, Hadley Thompson
How do you set up a corporate venture capital initiative to be successful — both financially and strategically? BMW i Ventures, based in Silicon Valley, is one role model. We talk with one of the group's managing partners.
Video NASA Chief AI and Innovation Advisor on Understanding AI — and How It Evolves
January 22, 2024 | By Hadley Thompson
One of NASA's top advisors on artificial intelligence and innovation, Omar Hatamleh, joined InnoLead on stage at the Impact conference last fall. In an interview with Joyce Sidopoulos, Co-Founder of Mass Robotics, Hatamleh discussed what NASA is doing today, and how AI may evolve and change society.
Article Gen AI May Be the Key to Innovation Teams’ Survival
January 18, 2024 | By Alex Slawsby and Rachel Gordon
Gen AI is a technology with the potential to transform core business processes, as well as the way organizations experiment, launch new products, and build new businesses. But many companies are still wondering where to start. Alex Slawsby and Rachel Gordon lay out seven steps.
Thought Leadership Q&A: The Connections Between Corporate Venturing and Internal Incubation Activity
January 10, 2024
As part of our recent research initiative, "Driving Growth Through New Ventures and Corporate VC," we put five key questions to Andrew Matuszak, KPMG Managing Director and one of the founders of KPMG Ventures.
Research Report Driving Growth Through New Ventures and Corporate VC
January 10, 2024
For this research project, more than 25 corporations in the US and EU spoke to InnoLead or completed our survey to share their advice — and the challenges they face — related to new venture creation and corporate venture capital initiatives.
Podcast Podcast: What Does Act Two of Corporate Innovation Look Like?
January 9, 2024 | By Hadley Thompson
Act One of corporate innovation is over, says Todd Dunn. What happened? "Many organizations have not developed innovation as a strategic and ongoing source of competitive advantage," he writes in a recent LinkedIn piece.
Article Inside a Generative AI Tournament for Employees
January 9, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner
The VP of Innovation and Strategy at Black & Veatch explains how the company's first Gen AI Tournament came together, and shares some slides detailing its structure.
Video What’s Changing in Corporate VC and Internal New Venture Creation?
January 8, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner
This one hour video explores what has been changing in the realms of corporate venture capital and incubating new ventures — and how those activities can be linked. Featuring guests from KPMG, Johnson & Johnson, Allegion, and TDK.
Video How AI Will Remake Corporate Innovation
December 30, 2023 | By Scott Kirsner
It has been one year since the launch of ChatGPT — and since then, we've seen a Cambrian explosion of new AI tools and platforms. How will AI remake corporate innovation in 2024? InnoLead convened a group of experts to discuss.