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Article The Corporate Innovation Roadmap: Vision to Impact
March 1, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
We put together this roadmap to help you think through some of the elements you’ll need to put in place to ensure that projects make it to the finish line. Download it here…
Article Innovation Training with Naureen Meraj
February 28, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Naureen Meraj, a training and digital transformation leader, shares the three components of design thinking that are often over looked in the innovation process.
On Demand Live Call HBS’s Karim Lakhani on Overcoming Resistance to Crowdsourcing
February 27, 2017
Karim Lakhani of Harvard Business School discusses why people resist crowdsourcing and if teams should run competitions on their crowdsourcing platforms.
Article Inside MasterCard Labs in New York City
February 21, 2017
MasterCard Labs in New York houses product and technology teams that build prototypes and collaborate with partners. See photos here.
Article Startup Partnerships & Sustainable Tech at Saint-Gobain
February 14, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Saint-Gobain has thrived for more than 350 years. Get insights inside on how the company works with startups and accelerators to innovate effectively.
On Demand Webcast The Innovation Agenda for 2017
February 13, 2017
What are innovators thinking about as we head in to 2017? InnoLead editor Scott Kirsner discusses what we’re seeing corporate innovation teams focus on.
Article What Google, Genentech, and Facebook Have in Common
February 9, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
We talk to MIT instructor Luis Perez-Breva, author of the new book “Innovating: A Doer’s Manifesto,” about hunches, testing ideas, collecting feedback, and getting ready to scale.
Article Connecting Corporate Venture Capital to Business at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
February 7, 2017
Zaffre Investments, a part of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has a clear objective: Finding startups solve problems in the company’s ecosystem.
On Demand Live Call Why Groupe Galeries Lafayette Launched an Accelerator Program
February 6, 2017
Galeries Lafayette’s Plug & Play startup accelerator, launched in 2016. The program seeks to attract the best fashion and retail-oriented startups from around the world. Find out more…
Article NRG’s Portable Power Kiosks from Concept to the Super Bowl
February 1, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
NRG Go’s automated kiosks rent out fully-charged battery packs so that people can recharge their phones and tablet on the go. Find out more.
Article Pro Tips from the NFL on Mobile App Development
January 30, 2017 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
Working on a tight schedule to develop NFL apps, Jazz Singh uses an agile development to get everything ready in time for the big game. Here are some of his tips.
Article How Business Units Work with J&J’s Innovation Centers
January 24, 2017
When J&J makes a new investment in a startup, “50 percent of the deal funding [comes] from J&J Innovation, and the business unit provides the other 50 percent…”
Article How BMW’s Corporate Venture Capital Strategy is Changing
January 20, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Last year, BMW said that it would invest 500 million Euros in the next decade across the tech landscape and moved its US office to Silicon Valley. Find out what’s behind the changes.
Article How Pfizer Works to Foster a Culture of Innovation
January 18, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
What happens if lots of divisions in a global company come up with their own approach to innovation? Learnings and slides from Pfizer inside…
Article Why Innovation Should be a Priority in Every Company
January 17, 2017
We’ve collected into this 40-slide presentation some of the best advice we’ve gathered on getting an innovation initiative started.
Article How Aon Health Invites Leaders to Help Set the Innovation Agenda
January 11, 2017
Jim Winkler of Aon Health explains the process that his team uses to set the innovation agenda, and determine priorities, in collaboration with line of business executives.
Article Cardinal Health SVP Offers a Look Inside Customer-Focused Fuse Lab
January 6, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
“When you come to Fuse, it’s all about the customers. It’s customer-in,” says Cardinal Health SVP and CTO Brent Stutz. Find out more about Fuse here...
Article Inside Target’s Food + Future coLab
January 3, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
The idea behind the creation of the coLAB is that “we know less about our food than we ever have at any other time in history. We want to do something about it.”
Article Coca-Cola Shutters its Founders Initiative, Which Backed Startups
December 29, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Coca-Cola shut down its Founders program, which worked with entrepreneurs and invested in startups. One possible cause: a back-to-basics focus on the core business.
On Demand Live Call How the Creative and Business Sides Can Get Along
December 20, 2016
American Greetings’ Carol Miller describes how the company creates meaningful connections with family and friends, bridging creativity and the business side of greeting cards.