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Article Sustaining, Disruptive, Blue Sky: How Microsoft Invests in Research
April 8, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
On a Field Study visit to Microsoft Research, Peter Lee showed one of those slides that had everyone in the group suddenly reaching for their phones to snap a picture.
Article Steve Blank: Are You Having Impact, Is It ‘Innovation Theater’?
April 1, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
"Lean startup" proponent Steve Blank focused on several things necessary to take pilot experiments and turn them into significant new products. Listen here...
Article 15 Challenging & Conflict-Ridden Jobs Innovation Execs Must Do
March 30, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Few jobs are tougher than that of the innovation leader. We gathered 15 challenging and conflict-ridden jobs that they face…
Article Inside the Entrepreneur-Led Innovation Group at Eastern Bank
March 23, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Dan O'Malley had tried to disrupt the banking industry from outside. Now, he's working within it, as the founder of Eastern Labs, an innovation group at Eastern Bank. Includes slides...
Article Why Ford is Growing its Silicon Valley Research Center
March 18, 2015 | By Brian Steiner
Ford exec Jim Buczkowski discusses the strategy behind the expansion of the company’s Research & Innovation Center in Palo Alto, and shares several projects they’re working on.
On Demand Live Call Cambia Exec: Why We Created Healthcare Collaboration Space
March 16, 2015
Nicole Bell, Executive Director of the new Cambia Grove, discusses how and why her employer, Cambia Health Solutions, created the the facility.
Article MasterCard Exec on Whirlpool Collaboration, Accelerator
March 9, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
John Sheldon shares the objectives behind MasterCard’s Start Path accelerator, and explains it’s collaboration with Whirlpool.
Article Alaska Airlines’ Lean Startup Test in Airport Lounges
March 4, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Two members of the airline’s Customer Innovation R&D team discuss a recent test of a new system aimed at delivering a more personalized travel experience.
Article How a Startup Gave Kwikset a Lead in Smartlocks
March 2, 2015 | By Stephen Ellison
Kwikset had been experimenting with various keyless entry products, but nothing clicked until they partnered with a startup…
Article United Exec Shares Idea Scoring System, Innovation Challenges
February 26, 2015 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
Jason Flores of United Airlines shares his scoring system for employee ideas, and talks about the challenges of leveraging new tech…
Article CVS Health’s Chief Digital Officer on Navigating Two Revolutions
February 23, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Brian Tilzer says the company is navigating two revolutions: omni-channel retail and “the digital enablement of healthcare…”
Article Inside the Creation of D&B’s Cloud Innovation Center
February 16, 2015 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
An acquisition in 2014 gave Dun & Bradstreet a 49-person, cloud-focused software development team in Vancouver. Here's how that group has evolved...
Article Co-Creation: Vodafone, Thomson Reuters Share Lessons Learned
February 11, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Can two companies innovate together? Shannon Lucas of Vodafone Global Enterprise and Saidah Nash Carter of Thomson Reuters share their advice.
Article Frugal Innovation: Six Principles, a Case Study
February 11, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
The authors of the new book “Frugal Innovation” share six principles of frugal innovation, and an example from the book about Kingfisher…
On Demand Live Call Coke’s David Butler on Building a Program for ‘Exponential Growth’
February 9, 2015
VP of Innovation and Entrepreneurship David Butler talks about his work to combine entrepreneurial ideas and speed with Coca-Cola’s scale and brand power.
Article Fast Company Founder on Corporate Innovation Challenges
February 4, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Twenty years after the launch of Fast Company magazine, Bill Taylor shares the challenges that face innovators in large organizations today...
Article Hallmark Exec on Retail Pop-Ups & New Brands
January 29, 2015 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
Patti Streeper's job at Hallmark Cards is to help cultivate businesses that may not fit with the company's brand image — but ones that speak to new groups of customers...
Article Harvard Exec on Being Relevant in the Digital World
January 27, 2015 | By Judy Quinn
Perry Hewitt joined Harvard University in 2009. The mission, as she describes it, was to help the university “be relevant and relatable in the digital world.”
Article How can You Move the Needle?
January 23, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
We worked with a group of innovation executives to develop this list of “Innovation Approaches.” It endeavors to capture what innovation leaders are doing when they set strategy.
Article Inside MassMutual’s Radical Learning Initiative
January 20, 2015 | By Judy Quinn
Organizing supper clubs and offering classes on how to plan for the zombie apocalypse, a spin-out from MassMutual tries to target the future consumer. Here's how it works...