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Article Lightweight Engagement & Connecting with the Outside World
October 29, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
What’s lightweight? Things that can generate results in six months, with a minimum of funding. Lightweight is a kayak you can build yourself; heavyweight is a cruise liner.
Article How Grocer Ahold Experiments with Smaller Stores
October 26, 2015 | By Alicia Kelso
A new small-format grocery store from $36 billion Ahold that is integrated into a neighborhood streetscape may be the key to attracting a young, urban shopper…
Article How Express Scripts Leverages Data to Prevent Health Problems
October 19, 2015
The Express Scripts Lab tripled in headcount last year. One area of focus: working with data to predict which patients will need extra nudges to stick to a medication regime.
Article Defining Problems with Design Sprints, with Exercises
October 15, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
“Design Sprints” wants to teach you how to clarify the problem at hand; identify the needs of potential users; distill your ideas into one or two solutions…
Article How Elon Musk Builds Organizations That Can Achieve Anything
October 13, 2015 | By Stephen Ellison
We talk to Ashlee Vance, author of a book about Musk, about how the founder of SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity hires people, battles bureaucracy, and dispatches problems fast.
Q&A A Guidebook to Successful Hackathons
October 12, 2015 | By Scott Cohen
“I wonder if you have a kind of ‘guidebook’ or ‘top 10’ list of things to do to (a) get started; and (b) succeed.” Get the guidebook and best practices here…
Article How U.S. Bank Works with Voice Biometrics
October 7, 2015 | By Ann Brocklehurst
The bank’s app allowa customers to use spoken commands to check their balance and make payments. Could it allow them to speak a phrase that would replace their password?
Article Corporate Innovation Needs a Simpler Approach
October 5, 2015 | By Mark Nitkey, Contributing Columnist and Former SVP of Innovation, Ahold
Mark Nitkey has been an executive at companies like Apple, Gap, and Ahold. He writes, “Complexity is Public Enemy #1 when it comes to innovation.” Here’s a simpler approach…
Article How Jamba Juice is Becoming More than a Smoothie Store
September 28, 2015 | By Stephen Ellison
Brian Lee of Jamba Juice, has engineered a number of new product launches. Lee lays out the steps Jamba goes through in developing a new food or drink idea…
Article How to Define the Innovation Portfolio
September 27, 2015 | By Scott Cohen
“Do you…have any best practices related to defining what should be included/left out [in projects], how they should be categorized or grouped, etc.? Get answers…”
Article How Big are Innovation Teams at the Largest Companies?
September 25, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Sharing some data that came out of our recent benchmarking survey. How large are the innovation teams at the largest companies? Here’s what our respondents said…
Article General Electric Exec Discusses Open Innovation
September 21, 2015 | By Steven Melendez
While many big companies utter the words “open innovation” with trepidation, getting bogged down in discussions about who will own what, GE has been racing ahead.
Article Mondelez Shares Approach to Pilot Testing With Startups
September 14, 2015 | By Alicia Kelso
Kim Yansen of Mondelez discusses the company’s Shopper Futures program; the risks when working with startups; and how consumer habits force companies to be nimble…
Article Google Exec: Foster 10x Thinking or be Doomed to Incrementalism
September 11, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
According to Google's Todd Rowe, leaders need to understand that fostering only incremental changes and improvements will doom a company to fall behind...
Article How Retail Giant Walmart Remade Its Network of E-Commerce Labs
September 8, 2015 | By Stephen Ellison
Walmart, the world's biggest company by revenue, restructured its tech development team in Silicon Valley in 2011. We talk to @WalmartLabs chief Jeremy King.
Article How Ford, Pixar & Others Innovate with Brutal Honesty
September 7, 2015 | By Scott Cohen
It’s common for initiatives to muddle along, because no one is willing to be honest about what might be wrong with the idea. Find out when to be honest when innovating…
Q&A Kicking Off Training Initiatives on Innovation
August 24, 2015 | By Scott Cohen
“We’re in the process of starting an educational / training initiative around innovation, and could use some guidance on where to start…”
Article How Royal Bank of Canada Moved Fast to Deploy Mobile Payments
August 19, 2015
Staying ahead of a technological shift in your industry can be tough. Linda Mantia, EVP of Digital, Cards & Payments at Royal Bank of Canada shares her experiences.
Article How Corporations are Supporting the ‘Maker Movement’
August 17, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
How can a makerspace benefit a big company? That was the question asked of Google, Chevron, Saint-Gobain, and SolidWorks at an MIT panel...
Q&A Structuring an Innovation Group for IoT
August 17, 2015 | By Scott Cohen
“Do any of your members or partners have any thoughts on how to think about the integration process re: smart devices or the Internet of Things?” Get answers…