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Article Why Intuit Says ‘You Never Know’ about Ideas until You Test ‘Em
August 7, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Executive Bennett Blank explains how Intuit is creating infrastructure that encourages teams to test ideas in the market to help determine which ideas hold real promise.
On Demand Live Call Xerox CTO on Connecting Research to Customer Pain Points
August 5, 2014
Sophie Vandebroek of Xerox discusses how the company connects to emerging customer needs and how her team solves customers problems fast.
Article Disney SVP on How Accelerator Program Led to New Partnerships
August 5, 2014
With the Walt Disney Co. about to launch the second round of its Disney Accelerator program for startups, we caught up with Michael Abrams, Senior Vice President of Innovation.
Article GE’s Chief Marketing Officer on Opening up to Innovation
July 30, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Beth Comstock talks about how GE pursues speed and growth through partnerships: investing in startups, crowdsourcing, & inviting inventors to use patents…
Q&A Advice: Should Innovation Teams Strive to Impact Revenue/Costs?
July 25, 2014
A new innovation leader in the utility industry asks: "Should our team aim to quantify the impact we have on revenues, or reducing costs, at our company?"
Article How Roche Pursues Patient-Centric Innovation
July 22, 2014 | By Julie Donnelly
Sheila Babnis offers an inside look at how the Swiss pharma giant’s innovation function was created and how it operates today, including tight partnerships with business units.
Article Why Lockheed Martin Bet Big on Large-Scale 3D Printing
July 18, 2014 | By Judy Quinn
Execs at Lockheed Martin are demonstrating that 3D printing isn’t just for prototypes — they’re already producing parts for real-world projects like NASA’s Juno spacecraft…
Article How Beech-Nut Innovated Within a ‘Category in Decline’
July 16, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
In 2012, Beech-Nut acknowledged that it had a problem. Moms were no longer relying on supermarket baby food, and they regarded homemade food as the gold standard…
Article Why Audi of America is Hiring Robotic Repair Advisors
July 9, 2014 | By Judy Quinn
Audi of America is rolling out telepresence robots at 18 of its highest-volume U.S. dealerships, in an effort to accelerate repairs and improve customer satisfaction.
Article Innovation Matures from Skunkworks to True Partner
July 2, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Aaron Proietti explains how his group’s mission has evolved, shifting from an isolated “skunkworks”s to more of a consultancy to the business units…
Article Why Lowe’s Innovation Lab Hired Sci-Fi Writers to Guide Strategy
July 1, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Kyle Nel of Lowe’s Innovation Labs explains why the home improvement retailer created a comic book to help executives evaluate possible future scenarios.
Article Google Execs Explain How the Company Spurs Innovation
June 25, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Google executives offer an inside look at how the company hires, why reasonable goals are not good enough, and how internal projects gain or lose momentum.
Article Inside Moen’s Prototype-Driven Product Development Strategy
June 23, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Moen’s SVP of Global Strategic Development describes the customer-focused innovation process behind a new line of motion-sensitive faucets…
Article How Constant Contact Blends Lean Startup & Design Thinking
June 18, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Andy Miller, Chief Innovation Architect at the digital marketing company, shares slides and a video that offer a look at Constant Contact's approach to developing new offerings.
Article eBay Innovation Vice President: ‘Evangelize Early & Often’
June 17, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Steve Yankovich talks about how his team “graduates” its projects to business units, and why it’s so important to be able to kill low-potential projects. Get more insights…
Article Kelly Services Exec on Creating Meaningful Revenue
June 12, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Rolf Kleiner took on the Chief Innovation Officer role at Kelly Services at the start of 2012, after 20 years at the temporary staffing and consulting firm. Here’s what he’s been doing…
On Demand Live Call How Ingersoll Rand Hires, Trains, Tests and Prioritizes Innovation
June 11, 2014
Michael Wynblatt of Ingersoll Rand discuses the complexities of his role; how he creates and tests innovation hypotheses; training and capability-building; and more.
Article Nancy Shea: Turning Your CEO into a Fully-Vested Partner
June 5, 2014
"You really have to be careful what you wish for when you talk about getting your CEO involved with innovation," says Nancy Shea of Kraft Foods, Ashland Inc., and World Kitchen...
Article How Publisher Pearson Gets Close to Education Startups
June 3, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
“Education is changing — there’s no denying that,” says Diana Stepner of Pearson plc. Here’s what the British publishing company is doing to connect with tech startups…
Article How Autodesk “Looks to the Edge” for Emerging Trends
June 2, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Autodesk’s Jon Pittman talks about 3D printing, synthetic biology, programmable matter, and other trends he’s tracking. Pittman also shares the software giant’s new IdEx program…