All articles by Alex Slawsby - Page 3

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  ArticleStop Innovation Superhero Syndrome

  January 6, 2021 | By Alex Slawsby

  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...
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  ArticleMaintaining C-Suite Support: The Four Key Questions

  April 10, 2020 | By Alex Slawsby

  For many innovation teams, this is a chance to create significant short-term value for business unit leaders who may become your long-term allies. Unfortunately, when it comes to cutting costs, it is all too easy for senior executives to simply put innovation teams and their budgets on the chopping block.
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  ArticlePeloton Exec: Emerging From the Crisis Stronger Than You Went In

  May 22, 2020 | By Alex Slawsby

  Few companies have experienced more of a surge of customer interest than Peloton Interactive, the maker of Internet-linked exercise bikes. We spoke to Rick Paster, Peloton’s VP of M&A Integration…
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  ArticleSanofi Pasteur’s Chief Digital Officer on Making Virtual Collaboration Work

  September 17, 2020 | By Alex Slawsby

  As Chief Digital Officer for Sanofi Pasteur, Natalija Jovanovic leads a global, cross-functional team responsible for developing and executing the digital strategy of the largest vaccine developer in the world. In late July, the US government awarded Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline up to $2.1 billion to accelerate the development and manufacturing...
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  ArticleMaking the ROI Case for Digital Innovation Tools

  September 23, 2020 | By Alex Slawsby

  Amy Kramer of Maritz Global Events shares the Executive Dashboard structure she uses to clearly communicate the value her team is creating in the current climate.
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  ArticleDigital Tools for Innovation Can’t Just Be “Vitamins”

  September 10, 2020 | By Alex Slawsby

  When it comes to digital tools, some offer real solutions. Others provide “vitamins” that are nice to have but not essential. Learn how to find the tools that solve real challenges. 
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  ArticleNew Resource: Strengthening Your Case for Continued Investment

  April 7, 2020 | By Alex Slawsby

  Will you need to defend your initiatives in 2020? Is it possible to make the case for continued, or even increased, investment in innovation right now? Here’s a new downloadable resource to help.
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  ArticleHow COVID-19 Prioritized Digital Innovation at Wahlburgers

  April 28, 2020 | By Alex Slawsby

  As the coronavirus pandemic spread, Wahlburgers SVP Dan Wheeler says it required careful thought about people’s safety, but it also “accelerated…my innovation agenda.” 
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  ArticleWhat We Stopped: 16 Activities That May Not Improve Culture

  March 31, 2020 | By Alex Slawsby

  As part of our recent research, we asked 259 leaders of innovation if there were activities they’d stopped doing that were initially intended to influence organizational culture…