Only a dozen spots remain for Teach-In
There are limited spots available for our upcoming Teach-In conference, a two-day learning event at the renowned Harvard Innovation Lab in Boston. Join us on October 26 & 27 as leaders from Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, GE, Lowe's, P&G, ESPN, Home Depot, and many others bring you inside their innovation programs and share lessons learned.Get details & register »
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One of the things we try to do at Innovation Leader is provide as much guidance and data, and as many case studies and concrete examples, as we can. Once a quarter, we compile a handful of the most useful and compelling pieces into Pointers, a downloadable collection of the best recent insights into how you can have more impact on your organization, all created by our partners.Download the latest issue of Pointers »
Upcoming live calls: Ernst & Young, Northrop Grumman, more
Our next Innovation Leader Live conference call is on Thursday, October 6th, 3 p.m. EDT with Jeff Saviano, an innovation leader within EY’s tax practice for the Americas. Jeff will discuss how his firm has built an innovation function from the ground up.
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More upcoming Innovation Leader Live conference calls:
- Nov. 16th: How R&D and innovation coexist at Northrop Grumman
- Dec. 1st: How businesspeople and creatives can work together
Our fall print magazine is on its way to you
Packed with Innovation Leader’s award-winning content, our print magazine continues our mission of providing useful guidance, comparables, case studies, tactics, and strategies for innovation and R&D leaders at large corporations. Our fall issue features case studies and articles on Airbus, MasterCard, MetLife, Domino's Pizza, and others. Plus tons of thought leadership, lean startup survey data, and more.See what's inside & download an excerpt »
All you need to know: Digital Innovation
Our coverage of digital innovation doesn’t attempt to track each new technology trend or buzzword, but rather we explore the way large companies are organizing differently to identify trends and build new digital products and services that meet real market needs. Our new “topic” page compiles our best articles, live calls, and resources on digital innovation.
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Our latest downloadable reports
Innovation Leader publishes in-depth quarterly special reports on a variety of topics. Our latest reports are listed below. Reports are available for members only.
Webcast replay: What top corporate innovators are doing in 2016
How the labs group at publisher Houghton Mifflin is building an ecosystem of developers and partners
After an acquisition: SAP Ariba CEO on how to sustain innovation (and what can go wrong)
Retail innovator Ron Johnson on the Apple Store, SoulCycle, and his new approach to digital commerce
“Process kills innovation”: Merck exec’s advice on fostering innovation in a global business
What gets companies thinking like hunters, rather than farmers?
Book excerpt: How Britain’s Metro Bank created a ‘lighthouse identity’ in financial services
Photos: How Lululemon Athletica is bringing designers closer to customers
Buyer's Guide to Innovation Management Software
Innovation management software has evolved beyond idea generation. With new tools and features, knowing what to expect out of your software can be challenging. Download the Buyer's Guide to learn the critical criteria to take your program to new heights. Download buyer's guide here »Recent articles by topic:
Webcast replay: What top corporate innovators are doing in 2016
Innovation Leader editor and co-founder Scott Kirsner shares seven examples of how companies like Toyota, Disney, GE, and Amazon are working to innovate better, faster, cheaper — and more collaboratively. The webcast also explores some of the factors that lead to premature death for innovation initiatives.Photos: How Lululemon Athletica is bringing designers closer to customers
At a new "lab" store in Manhattan's Noho neighborhood, customers come in to peruse merchandise in the front of the store, and when they head to the fitting rooms to try it on, or to a counter to pay for it, they're just a few steps away from the designers who work in the back half of the space. Photos inside...
The secret of corporate innovation is …
Here are seven things we see having a big impact inside large organizations, and seven things that set you up for failure.
‘Go where you’re loved’: Intuit executive shares advice on rolling out lean startup for maximum impact
If you've been debating whether and how to roll out the lean startup methodology in your organization, Bennett Blank of Intuit has a question: What are you waiting for? "I can't tell you how many times I've talked [about lean] with other executives who are like, 'OK, we'll spend four or five months benchmarking it, and then we'll put together a program, and then we'll spend eight months creating the curriculum, and then we'll launch it next year.'" Here's how Blank did it at Intuit...“Process kills innovation”: Merck exec’s advice on fostering innovation in a global business
When it comes to innovating across the globe and in emerging markets, Merck’s head of commercial innovation is adamant about streamlining processes and paperwork. “If you need ten steps and three forms to fill in for every idea you have, nobody is going to do it,” says Wim Vandenhouweele. Inside, his advice for building a global innovation capability in a highly-regulated industry...Photos: How Lululemon Athletica is bringing designers closer to customers
At a new "lab" store in Manhattan's Noho neighborhood, customers come in to peruse merchandise in the front of the store, and when they head to the fitting rooms to try it on, or to a counter to pay for it, they're just a few steps away from the designers who work in the back half of the space. Photos inside...
‘Learn fast’: At Wells Fargo, using prototypes to go beyond just talking about products
"Rapid prototyping makes something physical and tangible, so everyone can align their understanding of what it is, versus just talking about it," says Wells Fargo SVP Robin Beers. Inside, she shares how the company uses the approach, along with a slide highlighting some guiding principles...
Treating projects like startups and keeping senior leaders in the loop at Johnson Controls
New projects at the company pass through three stage-gates: pursuit, realization, and commercialization. Johnson Controls' Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President for Global Innovation explain how projects are funded, and how they work with senior leadership to make decisions about their fate.Webcast replay: What top corporate innovators are doing in 2016
Innovation Leader editor and co-founder Scott Kirsner shares seven examples of how companies like Toyota, Disney, GE, and Amazon are working to innovate better, faster, cheaper — and more collaboratively. The webcast also explores some of the factors that lead to premature death for innovation initiatives.After an acquisition: SAP Ariba CEO on how to sustain innovation (and what can go wrong)
Even when acquirers pay billions of dollars for their prize, too often they spend the years after the deal closes driving away some of the top employees and squashing the culture that made the company so appealing in the first place. Alex Atzberger says that without working hard to avoid that, acquisitions can bleed the acquired company of its innovative spirit. We spoke with him earlier this month about what to do — and what to avoid — following an acquisition, as well as his perspective on why innovation needs to happen within mainline business units, as opposed to solely in a lab or innovation center. " You have to set the right goals and be willing to make the right investment," he says.Photos: How Lululemon Athletica is bringing designers closer to customers
At a new "lab" store in Manhattan's Noho neighborhood, customers come in to peruse merchandise in the front of the store, and when they head to the fitting rooms to try it on, or to a counter to pay for it, they're just a few steps away from the designers who work in the back half of the space. Photos inside...