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ArticleMember Spotlight: Tandi LeFranc, Pacific Life
Tandi LeFranc is the Director of Business Strategy Acceleration at Pacific Life. We spoke with Tandi as part of our IL Member Spotlight series, which profiles our members.
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Mastercard’s Chief Sustainability Officer on Getting Customers to Go Green
Kristina Kloberdanz, Chief Sustainability Officer at Mastercard, discusses programs and partnerships that encourage cardholders to make more sustainable choices…
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Why Tapping Into Employee Insights is a Business Imperative
Organizations need to rely more and more on those employee insights, not least because employees know where the opportunities are.
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CES 2021: Samsung, Google & Lucasfilm on Business Shifts
Executives at Samsung, Google, and Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light and Magic talk about business shifts they expect to endure in 2021.
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Member Spotlight: Heather Wishart-Smith, Jacobs
Heather Wishart-Smith is the SVP of Technology and Innovation at Jacobs. We sat down with Heather as part of our IL Member Spotlight series.
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Three Takeaways from Best Buy CEO Corie Barry’s CES Keynote
Within six months of starting her new position, Best Buy CEO Corie Barry had to lead her team through the disruptions of COVID-19. Find out how…
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Five Snacking Trends that Guide Innovation at Hostess
Hostess Brands’ new Vice President of Growth and Innovation, Tina Lambert, shares five trends in snacking and how Hostess measures success…
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How JetBlue Pivoted Its ‘Digital 2020’ Program In Its Final Year
When JetBlue launched a four-year digital transformation program called “Digital 2020” in 2016, no one expected the pressures of a pandemic in its final year.
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How The Washington Post Created Tools to Cover Elections in 2020
In order to accurately cover an election pivotal to the country’s history, The Washington Post spent a year testing an election mapping tool and built a lead locator. Here’s how they did it.
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Stop Innovation Superhero Syndrome
Corporate innovators should avoid falling prey to “Superhero Syndrome,” argues Alex Slawsby, a former innovation director in the aerospace industry. Instead, they should think more like football scouts or orchestra leaders. ”As an innovation leader, you need to be involved in identifying people throughout the organization that can help you achieve something great,” Slawsby writes.
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How Reliant Energy and Google are Addressing a More Competitive Market
Utility companies typically aren’t known for innovation. But Texas-based Reliant, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, and partner Google are forging a new path…
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How Activision Blizzard is Growing its Audience Beyond Hard-Core Gamers
Ken Wee, Chief Strategy Officer of Activision Blizzard, shares insights on esports, the company’s focus on its biggest franchises, investing in mobile games, free-to-play offerings, and more.
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Member Spotlight: Steven Rader
Steven Rader is the Deputy Director of the Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation at NASA. We sat down with Steven as part of our IL Member Spotlight series.
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Merriam-Webster CDO on Getting the Digital Skeptics Onboard
Merriam-Webster’s Chief Digital Officer Lisa Schneider shares insights on avoiding digital fatigue and getting a traditional company on board with a large-scale digital transformation.
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7 of the Best Tools for Bringing Serendipity Back
One thing is painfully absent from the work-from-anywhere era: serendipity. We’ve been testing out tools that support serendipity this year. These are seven of the best.
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Mattel President & COO on Digital Innovation
Richard Dickson, President and COO of toy company Mattel, offers insights on speeding new products to market, sourcing ideas from employees, presenting ideas to leadership, and more.
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The 10 Best Things That Explain Amazon’s Culture of Innovation
What makes Amazon’s culture unique? Here’s a list of 10 articles and books if you want to better understand what makes Amazon tick.
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What Makes Amazon’s Approach to Innovation Unique
Lots of leaders talk like Jeff Bezos. But few organizations know how to create a culture with the right enablers to behave like Amazon. Here’s some background to get you started…
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Citi CInO on Getting Innovation Out Into the World
Vanessa Colella, Chief Innovation Officer at CitiBank, discusses how she defines disruption, trends in financial services, and how innovation is like a sloppy joe.
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The 9 People You’ll Meet as a Corporate Innovator
Here’s our guide to the nine people corporate innovators interact with most — and how you can get them on board with your agenda. Any resemblance to real people in your organization is completely coincidental.
