Articles & Case Studies
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ArticleDole’s Sustainability Promises Depend on Fresh Innovation
Dole, one of world’s largest fresh fruit and vegetable producers, is taking action to combat food inequality, climate change, and human rights issues. Dr. Lara Ramdin, Chief Innovation Officer, and Barbara Guerpillon, Global Head of Ventures, share how they are driving the company’s sustainability initiatives through open innovation.
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Inside ESPN’s New Virtual Innovation Center
In its 42-year history, ESPN has consistently pushed the boundaries of innovation and technology in the sports realm — from cable television to TikTok. Here’s what they’re hoping to achieve with a new virtual innovation center.
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Four Tips on How R&D Can Work Better with Design
David Dombrowski of pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) considers being a translator between designers and innovators one of his main responsibilities. He shares four tips for innovators.
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Should You Be on Clubhouse? 5 Benefits (and 3 Risks) for Professionals in Large Organizations
Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Gayle King are already on the Clubhouse app. Should you be? If you work inside a big organization, there are a different set of risks to weigh…
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How Four Different Innovation ‘Engines’ Drive Growth at Allegion
Rob Martens, Chief Innovation Officer at Allegion, shares his tips for engaging employees across an organization and keeping communication alive between departments.
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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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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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Why Stanley Black and Decker Isn’t ‘Following the Herd’ During the Pandemic
We sat down with Mark Maybury, Chief Technology Officer at Stanley Black and Decker, to learn more about the company’s recent growth initiatives, its “exteme innovation ecosystem,” technology investments, and more.
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How One Accelerator Program Pivoted to COVID-19 Solutions
When COVID-19 took the world by storm, the engineering firm Black & Veatch’s IgniteX Growth Accelerator program pivoted in a matter of weeks…
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How Can You Stay Close to Customers Remotely?
Eric Steege of Amazon Web Services shares how teams can stay close to their end users during a pandemic. Get his tips about leveraging learnings, customer insight channels, and more.
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How MassMutual Is Reimagining Financial Education
In Good Company, a MassMutual initiative, wants to help participants manage their financial futures with workshops, free of charge.
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At NASA, Introducing a New Openness to Innovation
In a safety-obsessed culture, how do you suggest new ways to innovate? Omar Hatamleh, the first Chief Innovation Officer for the engineering group at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, shares.
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Best Videos: Corporate Innovation Concepts and Methodologies
Watch our favorite YouTube videos on key innovation concepts and methodologies like the three horizons, the Innovator’s Dilemma, design thinking, and rapid prototyping.
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15 Slide Presentations from Big Company Innovation Executives
These 15 slide presentations offer insights into innovation strategy at organizations like NASA, Google, Nike, Mastercard, and Procter & Gamble. Get them all here…
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Five Pieces of Advice to Jumpstart Your October
As the third quarter of 2019 comes to a close, innovators approach the future with positivity. Looking for other ways to share the optimism? Get advice here…
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Running More Innovative Meetings?
“[Is] there any…content/statistics around smart meetings and techniques that companies are employing in the brainstorming process to encourage innovation?”
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How Customer-Centric Innovation can Lead to Big Wins
Olivier Toubia of Columbia Business School discusses factors leading to failure, how connecting with customers lays the foundation for success, and the role machine learning should play in sifting through ideas.
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Revera Senior Living on Tackling the Challenges of Aging Collaboratively
From involving residents to running internal idea challenges to partnering with young tech companies, Revera Senior Living seeks to innovate aging collaboratively.
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Innovating the Supply Chain Georgia-Pacific’s Point A Center
Georgia-Pacific’s Point A Center launches collaborative pilots between different companies to tackle complex supply chains with increased visibility and sustainability.
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