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  On Demand WebcastWhat 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.
• ArticleHow 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? 
• ArticleAfter 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. 
• ArticleFormer 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.
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  ArticleMerck 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...
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  ArticleHow 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.
• ArticleHow 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… 
• ArticleHow 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.
• ArticleMake 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. 
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  ArticleShould 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 CallJoe 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.
• ArticleHow 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.
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  ArticleGoogle 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?”
• ArticleSherwin-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.”
• ArticleLessons 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.
• Article10 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.
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  ArticleShell and Thales Execs on Innovation Outposts

  July 27, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Executives from Shell TechWorks and the Thales xPlor discuss what they hope to accomplish with their Boston innovation labs, and how they're being measured.
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  On Demand WebcastEmerging Business Models for Connected Products and IoT

  July 22, 2016

  Ben Einstein, managing partner of Bolt, discusses ten of the emerging business models for connected products and the "Internet of Things," and how to avoid commoditization.
• ArticleSandpaper: An Essential Item for the Corporate Innovator’s Toolbox

  July 20, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  You may want to embrace an innovation strategy that seeks to eliminate the things that aggravate employees or customers, which pay off in a shorter timeframe, with little risk.
• ArticleThe Secret of Corporate Innovation Is…

  July 19, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Here are seven things we see having a big impact inside large organizations, and seven things that set you up for failure.