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Every company wants to be innovative, and every person wants to be a game-changer. But 2020 was a year that separated the truly forward-looking companies that invest heavily in innovation from the rest. We’ve spent the past year covering all of the groundbreaking new products coming out across industries, and the people responsible for making them happen. Now, with 2020 in the rearview, we are happy to present our first ever Top 25 Most Influential Innovators list. 

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The Top 25 Most Influential Innovators
April 6, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
2020 was a brutal year that separated a few forward-looking companies that continued to invest in innovation from the rest of the pack. From mRNA vaccines to streaming services to commercial spaceflight, here’s our list of the Top 25 Most Influential Innovators working inside big organizations.
Marc Raibert on the Converging Fields of AI and Robotics

“We want to really figure out what are the big problems that are that are holding robots back. And believe me, robots are held back,” Marc Raibert said at Impact 2024. “They’re not the success that other technologies are yet.” Watch the video…

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Video: Former Disney Exec Bob Weis on Innovating Over Decades

One of the things Weis discusses in this video from Impact 2024 is the relationship between the creative and design teams at Imagineering, and the operators who run Disney’s theme parks, hotels, and cruise ships.

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NTT Corp.’s Vito Mabrucco on the Difference Between Invention and Innovation

Trevor Anulewicz of Launch by NTT DATA and Vito Mabrucco of NTT Corporation were featured mainstage speakers at this past fall’s Impact conference in Cambridge. They discussed the importance of differentiating invention from innovation.

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United Airlines’ Chief Customer Officer on Cutting Red Tape to Innovate in a Regulated Industry

“If innovation is about batting 100 percent, people aren’t going to innovate enough,” says Linda Jojo. Watch highlights from her conversation with Abbie Lundberg from the 2024 Impact conference.

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Demo: The Gen AI Card Deck

In this video, Curtis Michelson and Scott Kirsner explore the Gen AI Card Deck, and how it can be used by teams to think through Gen AI opportunities — and risks.

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Impact 2024: 10 Takeaways and Visual Notes

In this short video, Alex Slawsby and Scott Kirsner of InnoLead share 10 takeaways from the Impact 2024 conference held in Boston. You can download the slides they share at the link below.

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Do Corporate Innovators Need ISO Standards?

As the ISO standards for innovation management begin to roll out, we wanted to bring together a group of innovation professionals to have a look at some them, and give some thought to whether they are useful to corporate innovators. Video inside…

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Marc Raibert on the Converging Fields of AI and Robotics
Video: Former Disney Exec Bob Weis on Innovating Over Decades
NTT Corp.’s Vito Mabrucco on the Difference Between Invention and Innovation
United Airlines’ Chief Customer Officer on Cutting Red Tape to Innovate in a Regulated Industry
Demo: The Gen AI Card Deck
Impact 2024: 10 Takeaways and Visual Notes
Do Corporate Innovators Need ISO Standards?