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Members-Only Meetings

We regularly convene IL members for discussions on topics of interest — which members suggest. These meetings take place on Zoom, and they are designed to be candid conversations among peers, as opposed to passive webcasts. If you’re a current IL member and are logged in, you will see a short registration form (or calendar links) beneath the description of each meeting. We always like to hear suggestions for future meeting topics from our members.

For a complete calendar of all of our in-person and online gatherings, please visit our events page.

Jo Hickson

July 24th at 10 AM ET: Advice from H&M’s Innovation Chief 

Our July InnoLead Members’ Meeting features Jo Hickson, a longtime innovation executive who has worked in the retail, fashion, tourism, and telecom industries. She is currently working for Stockholm-based H&M Group as Head of Innovation, and was previously Head of Labs, Technology, and Innovation at Tesco. We’ll talk about how her team is testing and deploying AI; the competitive dynamics in retail and fashion; new shopping patterns; and her advice for producing meaningful outcomes in large organizations.

As always, we’ll make plenty of time for your questions.


* To participate in our members-only meetings, you’ll need an active membership to InnoLead. Contact Scott Cohen with questions.

We don’t typically record our member meetings, but past meeting topics have included:

  • Better GenAI Prompting, No Matter What Platform You Use (Video here)
  • Avoid the ‘Doom Loop’ and Create More Predictable Winners (Video here)
  • AI Assistants: An Insider’s Guide (Video here)
  • Is There a Career Path for Corporate Innovators (Notes here)
  • Sustainability, Social Impact + Innovation at Tory Burch (Notes here)
  • Real-World AI Deployment with Andy Lee of Indeed (Video here)
  • AI Literacy for Business Execs (Video and slides here)
  • The Future of Consulting (Audio and notes here)
  • Open Innovation Strategy (Video and notes here)
  • Innovation in the Pharma Industry (Notes here)
  • Get Hands-On with the New AI Vision Map (Map download here)
  • Emerging Technology Trends in 2024 and Beyond (Notes here)
  • How Will Gen AI Tools Change the Innovation Function? (Video and resources here)
  • How You’re Using or Redesigning Physical Innovation Spaces, and How You’re Creating Persistent Virtual Spaces for Innovation (Notes here)
  • Metrics and Communication (Notes here)
  • The State of Innovation in CPG
  • Driving Results in Nonprofits, Government, and Academia
  • How Can You Get Innovation to Permeate the Organization
  • Navigating a Downturn and Delivering ROI
  • Generating Short-Term Wins to Let You Work on Long-Term Initiatives
  • Building & Sustaining a High-Performance Innovation Team
  • VR and the Metaverse
  • Driving Innovation in Sustainability