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Video Building Consensus with Nondini Naqui
July 25, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Executive champions are key to building a culture of innovation. Nondini Naqui discusses how innovators can get buy-in from top leaders. Watch here…
Video Nondini Naqui on Working with Legal and Compliance
July 25, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken
How can you engage with legal and compliance groups on innovation efforts — and make them feel part of your success? Nondini Naqui shares best practices in this video.
Video How to Make a Vision Concrete with Nondini Naqui
July 25, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Building prototypes and crafting interactive presentations can lead to progress on innovation efforts. Nondini Naqui discusses these strategies here…
Video Understanding the User Experience with Nondini Naqui
July 25, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Successful innovation efforts fulfill customers’ needs. In this video, Nondini Naqui discusses the importance of understanding your audience. Watch here…
Video Nondini Naqui on Using Metrics to Define Success
July 25, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Different stages of innovation ventures should focus on different types of metrics. Learn about which metrics you should be using and when from Nondini Naqui.
Article Innovation Challenges & Choices with Nondini Naqui
July 25, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken, Scott Kirsner
Nondini Naqui, an intrapreneur and innovation leader who has worked in insurance and banking, discusses the challenges innovators face and how to overcome obstacles.
Article How Intel Is Transforming Hiring and Work Habits
July 21, 2017 | By Jennifer Monnig, Contributing Columnist, Director of Strategy and Intelligence and Chief of Staff at Intel
Jennifer Monnig spent the past three years leading an innovation team within the HR organization at Intel Corp. that sought to create a more collaborative culture...
Article Columbia’s Rita McGrath: Is Innovation on the Agenda?
July 13, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
How often is innovation the highest-priority issue at your company? Rita McGrath, a professor at Columbia Business School, says it ought to happen at every meeting...
On Demand Live Call Dennis McGrath on How Starbucks Tests New Ideas in the Real World
July 11, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Dennis McGrath of Starbucks discusses how the company developed a new protocol for testing ideas, when to bring in stakeholders, and building a failure-tolerant culture.
On Demand Live Call Advice from Manulife Exec Jesse Bean on Delivering Impact
July 6, 2017
Jesse Bean of Manulife Financial shares his advice about setting up a network of labs, building support among middle management, and the “DevOps” approach.
Article Former Lululemon Strategy Manager on Retail Disruption
July 3, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
“[A]s a more established brand, there are a lot of headwinds out there,” Lindsay Angelo says. “[T]hink about how you can take advantage of that turbulence internally.”
Article Six Types of Innovation Lab: The Pros and Cons
June 26, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
We've now written about or visited dozens of labs run by Global 1000 companies. This list lays out the six primary types we've seen, as well as the pros and cons of each.
Article 19 Clear Signs Your Company is Under-Investing in Innovation
June 8, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Do executives at your company use the word "innovation," but hate committing budget to it? Members sent us indicators that your company is under-investing in innovation.
On Demand Webcast Creating a Curriculum to Develop InnoLeads
June 2, 2017
Led by Stephanie Simon, the hour-long webcast covered the training program's objectives, timeline, staffing, skills taught, external resources used, and the learnings so far.
Article How Reebok is Thinking Outside the Mold
June 1, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Bill McInnis of Reebok says the company wanted “a lot more speed, a lot more local, and a lot more custom.” This inspired initiatives like the "Liquid Factory" and "Cotton + Corn."
On Demand Webcast New Tools & Resources for InnoLeads
May 30, 2017
Recording of our May 2017 webcast, featuring Scott Kirsner and Aaron Proietti explaining how to use six of our new downloadable resources, and answering questions.
Article 1776 President Peter Cherukuri on BigCo-Startup Collaborations
May 24, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Startups want to engage with big companies. Companies know that startups are developing business models and technologies that will impact their industry. So where do things go wrong?
Article Editable PowerPoint: Making the Case for Innovation
May 22, 2017 | By Aaron Proietti
Here's an editable PowerPoint, created by a former SVP of innovation from the insurance industry, that you can use to make the case for an innovation effort.
Article After the Shark Tank: BNY Mellon on Broadening Innovation Impact
May 19, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Adetola Abiade of BNY Mellon, explains the nuts-and-bolts of how the oldest bank in the US runs its internal "Shark Tank" and broadens the event's impact.
Article Designing For Women — Advice From PepsiCo
May 16, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
PepsiCo's Erica Eden explained some of her principles of “Designing for Women” and the steps companies should take to better understand and appeal to their women consumers.