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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.
Article How Colgate-Palmolive Got the Industry to Shift to Recyclable Toothpaste Tubes
December 29, 2023 | By Hadley Thompson
We talk with Colgate-Palmolive's Ann Tracy about the making the recyclable tube happen; the company's three "ambition pillars"; and how the company tracks progress toward its sustinability goals.
Video What Just Happened to Corporate Innovation?
December 22, 2023 | By Scott Kirsner
In this video, Rachel Gordon of the consultancy Triple Agent joins Alex Slawsby and Scott Kirsner of InnoLead to wrap up 2023 — and talk about how AI will change the job of corporate innovators in 2024.
Article How Generative AI Supercharges the Six Key Corporate Innovation Skills
December 14, 2023 | By Alex Slawsby
Generative AI-based tools are proving useful across these applications because their capabilities align well with some of the most important skills that innovators must develop and deploy. Let’s start with five and, with a particular nod to corporate innovators, add a sixth. Alex Slawsby lays it out in this piece...
Video How Executives Should Lead into the Age of AI
December 11, 2023 | By Alex Slawsby
In this short video, Innosight partner Ned Calder shares advice about how leaders should be approaching opportunities, risks, and organizational change dynamics related to artificial intelligence.
Article Entergy VP: You Can Drive ESG Progress and Financial Growth
December 7, 2023 | By Hadley Thompson
John Weiss, VP of sustainability and environmental policy at Entergy, the Fortune 500 company is chasing an ambitious sustainability goal. They're targeting net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Article Panera Brands Chairman: Innovation Needs to Improve the Business Model
December 6, 2023
"I'll give you an important definition of innovation: I think innovation is meaningful only if it improves and strengthens the business model," says Panera chairman Niren Chaudhary. More insights from a recent talk inside...along with video.
Article Organizational Generative AI Readiness Assessment
December 1, 2023 | By Alex Slawsby
Is your organization moving beyond talk toward action when it comes to generative AI tools and use cases? This 10-question assessment will give you an instant readiness readout — from minimal to moderate to complete readiness.