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Article Why Suffolk’s Chief Innovation Officer is Investing in VR
May 16, 2017 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
“Active visualization” has been a big emphasis for Suffolk Chief Innovation Officer Chris Mayer, creating new ways to envision projects, whether using AR or VR.
Article Inside J&J’s New Initiative to ‘Intercept’ Diseases
May 12, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
The pharmaceutical industry often develops drugs to manage diseases. But Johnson & Johnson posits a different model: What if you could identify people at risk and stave disease off?
Article Monthly Progress Report on Innovation Impact
May 9, 2017 | By Aaron Proietti
Here's a report you can adapt, developed by a former Transamerica innovation exec. It provides feedback to stakeholders, ensuring that you maintain their support...
Article Why the Los Angeles Dodgers Run a ‘Training Camp’ for Sports Startups
May 8, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Baseball franchises excel at scouting players until they’re ready for the big show. But the LA Dodgers are unique in trying to do the same thing for startups…
Article How to Survive a Management or Strategy Change
May 6, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken, Kelsey Alpaio
Preparing for shifts in leadership, as well as changes in strategy, helps innovation teams persist. Mona Vernon, Chief Technology Officer of Thomson Reuters, shares her tips.
Article How Cadillac House Transforms the Vehicle Maker’s Brand
May 3, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Nathan Tan of Cadillac discusses the creation of Cadillac House, a brand building initiative for the company. See photos from inside the space.
On Demand Live Call Staples CTO on Chatbots, Talent, and a Smarter Easy Button
May 2, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Faisal Masud, Staples’ Chief Technology Officer, shares how the company approaches digital innovation. Topics of discussion include chatbots, recruiting tech talent, and shifts in retail.
Article Inside the Hatchery, the Innovation Lab at AARP
May 1, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
AARP is not only one of the largest nonprofits, but also one of the biggest insurers and magazine publishers. Take a look inside the Hatchery…
Article The Key Players and Tensions in Corporate Innovation
April 25, 2017
We partnered with XPLANE, the renowned “visual thinking” firm, to create a map of the corporate innovation ecosystem, along with discussion questions.
On Demand Live Call Creating Iconic Advantage: Soon Yu Talks Innovation at VF Corp
April 24, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Creating an iconic brand requires more than great design. Find out what makes a brand iconic from Soon Yu the former Global VP of Innovation at VF Corporation.
Article RASCI Matrix for Building Support for Innovation Projects
April 20, 2017 | By Aaron Proietti
A RASCI matrix is a tool that can be used to build consistent support for innovation, while mitigating against common failure modes like role ambiguity. Download it here...
Article How GE Fuse Prototypes with an Online Community
April 17, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Amelia Gandara of GE Fuse discusses the program's community, and the right and wrong ways to source solutions from outside. Read more for insights.
Article Retail Accelerator XRC Labs: Startups and Industry Shifts
April 12, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
In kicking off XRC’s 2017 demo day, Managing Director Pano Anthos discussed some of the trends he is seeing in the retail space, and what retailers must do to stay relevant.
On Demand Webcast Innovation and the Business Units
April 11, 2017
InnoLead shares data from our survey on the ties between business units and innovation groups. Executives from Fidelity Investments, Aon Health, GOJO Industries, and Trek Bicycle, share their perspectives.
Article How Tech Scouting Ties in to the Business at Goodyear
April 10, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Goodyear’s Chris Varley supports managers tasked with developing “‘something new’ on a five- or ten-year roadmap.” Get his advice on bringing ideas into a $15 billion company…
Article Design Thinking & Lean Startup at Adobe
March 28, 2017 | By Stephen Ellison
Adobe exec Aubrey Cattell says that the lean startup approach – build, measure, learn, accelerate – has changed the way Adobe thinks about innovation.
On Demand Live Call Getting Buy-In, ‘No Time Syndrome,’ and Premature Scaling
March 24, 2017
Executives from Humana, GE, Intuit discuss why do employees and executives in large organizations resist participating in innovation efforts, and how to solve the problem.
Article Creating an Place for Innovators at India’s Reliance Industries
March 22, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Sushil Borde, VP of Innovation at Reliance, discusses how the company is working to institutionalize innovation and the five tenets that guide innovation at Reliance.
Article Why “Gretzky’s Rule” Represents the Past of Product Innovation
March 15, 2017 | By Ken Durand
Most people operate markets where outcomes are unpredictable and new competitors can disrupt your entire business. Find out what on Ericsson exec had to say...
Article Why Italian Vehicle-Maker Piaggio Set Up a New Lab to Design Robots
March 7, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Michele Colaninno is emphatic about what he didn’t want from a new lab that the vehicle-maker Piaggio Group set up in 2015.