All articles by Scott Kirsner - Page 23

• ArticleAfter an Acquisition: SAP Ariba CEO on How to Sustain Innovation

  September 19, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Even when acquirers pay billions, too often they squash the culture that made the company so appealing in the first place. Find out how to sustain innovation after an acquisition. 
• ArticleMembers Recommend Best Options for Online Innovation Training

  October 25, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  A members in financial services asked about delivering online innovation education to a global workforce. Here are the options that others recommended considering…
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  ArticleCoca-Cola Shutters its Founders Initiative, Which Backed Startups

  December 29, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Coca-Cola shut down its Founders program, which worked with entrepreneurs and invested in startups. One possible cause: a back-to-basics focus on the core business.
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  ArticleWhy Assurant Designed a Strategy Game for Employees to Play

  February 24, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Among the goals behind Assurant’s Strategy Learning Game: helping employees understand the company’s direction and driving a shift to urgency. Melissa Kivett explains…
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  ArticleHow Companies Use Indiegogo to Assess Consumer Demand

  March 16, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Indiegogo SVP Jerry Needel explains how companies like GE and Hasbro have been using crowdfunding as a way to gauge consumer demand for new products.
• ArticleThe Secret of Corporate Innovation Is…

  July 19, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Here are seven things we see having a big impact inside large organizations, and seven things that set you up for failure.
• ArticleSandpaper: An Essential Item for the Corporate Innovator’s Toolbox

  July 20, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  You may want to embrace an innovation strategy that seeks to eliminate the things that aggravate employees or customers, which pay off in a shorter timeframe, with little risk.
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  ArticleGoogle VP Talks Getting Resources & Confronting the Future

  August 12, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Execs are too complacent when confronting seismic industry shifts, says Ivy Ross, who leads Google’s wearable computing project. “Why…stay at a hotel, versus in an Airbnb room?”
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  ArticleHow Companies Can Think Like Hunters, Rather Than Farmers

  September 9, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Author and founder Jeremy Gutsche explains the difference between the farming and hunting mindsets, and they compare to the world of innovation.
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  ArticleHow to Start and Sustain a Network of Innovation Champions

  March 22, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Participants in a recent InnoLead conference call addressed six key questions about creating internal networks of innovation “champions” or “catalysts.”