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Article Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak on Ignoring the Rules
October 8, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
InnoLead editor Scott Kirsner sat down for a wide-ranging on-stage interview with Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple and a Silicon Valley legend...
Article Amex Exec on New Capabilities & Spreading a ‘Growth Mindset’
October 5, 2016 | By Ann Brocklehurst
Amex’s Lei Chen viewed her role as having three main components. Task number one: “[Find] the right talent in place to embrace the innovation that’s opened up by technology.”
On Demand Live Call How Capital One Garage Reimagines Customers’ Relationship with Money
October 4, 2016
Capital One's The Garage is an incubator that brings together cross-functional teams to create new products and services. Find out more...
Article Insights from Honda’s Silicon Valley Lab
October 3, 2016 | By Stephen Ellison
While it began as an R&D outpost in 2000 and later added a venture capital team, Honda's Silicon Valley site is now a full-fledged innovation hub for the company...
On Demand Webcast What Top Corporate Innovators are Doing in 2016
September 22, 2016
InnoLead editor and co-founder Scott Kirsner shares seven examples of how companies like Toyota, Disney, GE, and Amazon are working to innovate better, faster, cheaper.
Article How Houghton Mifflin is Building an Ecosystem of Developers
September 20, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Can Houghton Mifflin Harcourt remake itself into a digital platform, distributing content, software, and cloud-based services to schools?
Article After an Acquisition: SAP Ariba CEO on How to Sustain Innovation
September 19, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Even when acquirers pay billions, too often they squash the culture that made the company so appealing in the first place. Find out how to sustain innovation after an acquisition.
Article Former JC Penney CEO on Apple Stores, SoulCycle & Approaching Digital Commerce
September 14, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Johnson discusses blending digital convenience with the offline experience, launching the Apple Store concept while working for Steve Jobs, and his time as CEO of JC Penney.
Article Merck Exec on Fostering Innovation in a Global Business
September 9, 2016 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
When it comes to innovating across the globe, Merck’s head of commercial innovation is adamant about streamlining processes and paperwork...
Article How Companies Can Think Like Hunters, Rather Than Farmers
September 9, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Author and founder Jeremy Gutsche explains the difference between the farming and hunting mindsets, and they compare to the world of innovation.
Article How Britain’s Metro Bank Created a ‘Lighthouse Identity’
September 6, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Fast Company co-founder Bill Taylor discusses his book, Simply Brilliant: How Great Organizations do Ordinary Things in Extraordinary Ways. Read the excerpt…
Article How Lululemon Brings Designers Closer to Customers
September 2, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
At a new "lab" store in Manhattan's Noho neighborhood, customers are just a few steps away from the designers who work in the back half of the space.
Article Make Your Innovation Theatre ‘Hamilton’ and Not ‘Carrie’
August 31, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
This week, InnoLead editor Scott Kirsner provides a contrarian view on “innovation theater,” the label that some put on just about any efforts at corporate innovation.
Article Should Business-to-Business Companies Deliver Experiences?
August 30, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Is Uber is part of the experience economy? Should B2B companies bother to try to create experiences? Joe Pine, co-author of The Experience Economy, offers his answers.
On Demand Live Call Joe Pine on How To Create Experiences in Retail
August 30, 2016
We spoke with Joe Pine about how social media and virtual reality are changing the nature of experiences; Uber, Hilton, and Capital One; and more.
Article How Industrial Giant ThyssenKrupp Approaches the Era of the Smart City
August 23, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Patrick Bass, CEO of ThyssenKrupp North America, shares his vision of the future of R&D which includes customers, academics, and data from IOT products.
Article Google VP Talks Getting Resources & Confronting the Future
August 12, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Execs are too complacent when confronting seismic industry shifts, says Ivy Ross, who leads Google’s wearable computing project. “Why…stay at a hotel, versus in an Airbnb room?”
Article Sherwin-Williams on Using Open Innovation to Create Breakthroughs
August 8, 2016 | By Molly K. McLaughlin
Victoria Scarborough of Sherwin-Williams’ Global External Innovation Team, defines her mission as identifying outside “technology that would move the innovation needle.”
Article Lessons from Airbus’ Foray into 3D-Printed Motorcycles
August 3, 2016 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
Heads turned when the the $70.5 billion aerospace giant Airbus Group introduced the world’s first 3D-printed motorcycle. Find out why Airbus brought the bike to market.
Article 10 Startups Aiming to Change Shopping from XRC Labs
July 30, 2016
The startups that pitched at last week's Demo Day at retail accelerator XRC Labs ranged from instant interior design services to a smart mirror that could change your routine.