Deirdre Walters argues that one of the biggest opportunities for innovation leaders today is vertical integration: creating a continuous connection between strategic business choices, consumer understanding, technical development, and commercial execution.
Oct 19, 2026 · Deirdre Walters
We scoured the 2026 winners lists of the top awards for the most innovative companies in the world... and put together this list of the companies that show up on three or more of them.
Sep 28, 2026 · Scott Kirsner
InnoLead’s Impact conference brought together three leaders who build new businesses inside large companies. They shared advice about how they identify new opportunities, how they move quickly, and how they keep leadership support over the long timeframe it can take for new ventures to generate return-on-investment.
Sep 23, 2026 · Scott Kirsner
“In most companies, financial metrics are the default language for decision-making on core business innovation projects,” writes Noel Sobelman in the new book Innovation Portfolio Management. Unfortunately, “projecting ROI when entering brand-new territory with no history to draw on is, at best, guesswork,” he says. Here’s his advice.
Sep 11, 2026 · Noel Sobelman
InnoLead interviews Sun Life exec Laura Money about how she prioritizes AI projects; some of the concrete outcomes they’re seeing so far; and why Sun Life has joined other Canadian companies to form the AI Consortium.
Aug 31, 2026 · Nicole Lewis
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Video and key ideas from our October 2026 members’ meeting, which featured Erik Falck, Senior Director of Innovation at the Wisconsin-based food company Johnsonville. Falck previously worked in marketing and innovation at Hershey’s and Johnson & Johnson.
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