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Article How Colgate-Palmolive Got the Industry to Shift to Recyclable Toothpaste Tubes
December 29, 2023 | By Hadley Thompson
We talk with Colgate-Palmolive's Ann Tracy about the making the recyclable tube happen; the company's three "ambition pillars"; and how the company tracks progress toward its sustinability goals.
Video What Just Happened to Corporate Innovation?
December 22, 2023 | By Scott Kirsner
In this video, Rachel Gordon of the consultancy Triple Agent joins Alex Slawsby and Scott Kirsner of InnoLead to wrap up 2023 — and talk about how AI will change the job of corporate innovators in 2024.
Article How Generative AI Supercharges the Six Key Corporate Innovation Skills
December 14, 2023 | By Alex Slawsby
Generative AI-based tools are proving useful across these applications because their capabilities align well with some of the most important skills that innovators must develop and deploy. Let’s start with five and, with a particular nod to corporate innovators, add a sixth. Alex Slawsby lays it out in this piece...
Video How Executives Should Lead into the Age of AI
December 11, 2023 | By Alex Slawsby
In this short video, Innosight partner Ned Calder shares advice about how leaders should be approaching opportunities, risks, and organizational change dynamics related to artificial intelligence.
Article Entergy VP: You Can Drive ESG Progress and Financial Growth
December 7, 2023 | By Hadley Thompson
John Weiss, VP of sustainability and environmental policy at Entergy, the Fortune 500 company is chasing an ambitious sustainability goal. They're targeting net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Article Panera Brands Chairman: Innovation Needs to Improve the Business Model
December 6, 2023
"I'll give you an important definition of innovation: I think innovation is meaningful only if it improves and strengthens the business model," says Panera chairman Niren Chaudhary. More insights from a recent talk inside...along with video.
Article Organizational Generative AI Readiness Assessment
December 1, 2023 | By Alex Slawsby
Is your organization moving beyond talk toward action when it comes to generative AI tools and use cases? This 10-question assessment will give you an instant readiness readout — from minimal to moderate to complete readiness.
Thought Leadership Make the Leap to Innovation Hyperspace in 2024
November 27, 2023 | By Doug Williams, SmartOrg, Inc.
Innovation leaders have a choice, writes Doug Williams of SmartOrg. You can be the Millenium Falcon: float through the year surrounded by garbage, hoping to get away safely and without harm. Or you can be the Star Destroyer: dump all the dead weight that is slowing you down, set a...
Thought Leadership 2024: A Corporate Innovation Odyssey
November 27, 2023 | By Ludwig Melik, HYPE Innovation
It's time to redefine the role of innovation within organizations, writes Ludwig Melik of Planbox. No longer can it be an isolated entity; it must be intricately woven into the very fabric of the company's strategy, vision, and policy.
Thought Leadership Innovations of the Past and the Imperative of Moving Forward
November 27, 2023 | By Michael Goldstein, SwitchPitch
Collaboration when it comes to innovation is imperative, writes Michael Goldstein of SwitchPitch. Corporations should foster environments where individuals feel empowered to share ideas regardless of hierarchical boundaries.
Thought Leadership Innovation Teams vs. Innovative Teams: Which Will Take Your Company to the Next Level?
November 27, 2023 | By Sandra Miller, Foundry 415
Ask yourself: do I want an Innovation Team or a team that is innovative? Find areas of innovation beyond product specs and markets. When working with our partners we ask three key questions: Who is empowered to make change, How are you measuring innovation, and Are you prepared to succeed?
Thought Leadership Ideal Ideation: Four Crowdsourcing Best Practices from History to Drive Innovation in 2024
November 27, 2023 | By Charlie Lloyd, Qmarkets
It’s easy to think of crowdsourcing as something relatively new, writes Charlie Lloyd of Qmarkets. After all, the term itself has only been around since 2006. Yet the reality couldn’t be more different.
Thought Leadership Rethinking Innovation: Navigating the Road Ahead in 2024
November 27, 2023 | By Simon Hill, Wazoku
Let's recalibrate our metrics to reflect the shifting dynamics of our business environment, writes Simon Hill, CEO of Wazoku. Traditional measures of success no longer suffice.
Thought Leadership Why Generative AI is the North Star for Corporate Innovators
November 27, 2023 | By Sean Sheppard, Managing Partner, U+
Companies that embrace and experiment with AI solutions are experiencing a five-fold increase in the number of venture ideas and are twice as selective in their decisions. Sean Sheppard of U+ serves up examples in this piece.
Article A New Model for Understanding How Generative AI Will Impact Your Organization
November 27, 2023
WINS work involves manipulating and interpreting Words, Images, Numbers, and Sounds (WINS). Generative AI, the authors contend, is "a power tool for WINS work." They provide models for thinking about your organization and industry will be impacted.
Thought Leadership The AI-Enabled Explosion of Organizational Creativity and Innovation is Here
November 20, 2023 | By Erik Noyes, Babson College
Innovation won’t come from AI alone, writes Erik Noyes of Babson College, but from your best people with their respective human superpowers now augmented by AI. How will your top innovators leverage AI to explore, imagine, prototype, and create?
On Demand Webcast Three Things Companies Can Do to Win with Generative AI in 2024
November 20, 2023
This November 2023 webcast replay covers what companies should be doing with regard to generative AI. Presenter Elliott Parker of High Alpha Innovation called generative AI a "clasically disruptive technology" — something that makes things that were previously difficult or expensive accessible to the masses. "It's going to create massive opportunities,"...
Article How Generative AI Customer Service is Saving One Insurance Firm $4M a Year
November 15, 2023
This is a excerpt from the new Corporate Buyers’ Guide to LLMs, published this week by GAI Insights. In producing the report, the analyst firm interviewed consultants and vendors, as well as chief technology officers, chief digital officers, chief innovation officers, and other company leaders at 40 prominent organizations. • • •...
Research Report Getting More from Corporate-University Partnerships
November 13, 2023
In today’s fast-paced world, the synergy between universities and corporations can play a powerful role in driving meaningful technological and business advancements. Universities can bring new ideas and approaches to the practical problems of industry, and industry can provide faculty and students with learning opportunities they simply can’t get in...
Article How AI Will Alter the Innovation Role
November 7, 2023 | By Alex Slawsby
Generative AI-based tools are going to radically reshape how corporations generate growth — whether that growth is linked to the core business, or to further-out adjacent and transformational opportunities. Here's what that means for corporate innovators....