All articles by Scott Kirsner - Page 26

Article Steve Blank: Are You Having Impact, Is It ‘Innovation Theater’?
April 1, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
"Lean startup" proponent Steve Blank focused on several things necessary to take pilot experiments and turn them into significant new products. Listen here...
Article Former Microsoft, PayPal Execs on Connecting with Startups
May 21, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
What's the right approach for big companies that want to plug into the startup world? Invest? Acquire? Be a customer? Get insights here...
Article Lowe’s Exec on Innovating in a Time of Exponential Change
June 1, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
In the 1920s, the average time companies spent in the S&P 500 was 67 years. Today, it's 15. Find out how Lowe's is working to stay ahead of the curve....
Article Florida Hospital Exec on ‘Internet of Things’ Learnings
June 11, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Florida Hospital has been deploying “Internet of Things” technologies — including RFID locator tags attached to equipment and worn by employees — since 2010...
Article How Corporations are Supporting the ‘Maker Movement’
August 17, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
How can a makerspace benefit a big company? That was the question asked of Google, Chevron, Saint-Gobain, and SolidWorks at an MIT panel...
Article Dell’s Chief Innovation Officer on Innovation Portfolios & Training
July 28, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Dell's Jim Stikeleather opened a recent Brightidea innovation gathering in Austin with a talk about the importance of fostering divergent thinking...
Article Five Ways to Spread Innovation throughout the Organization
July 30, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Michael Dewar of the New York Times R&D Group discussed the various ways that his group can build awareness of its projects throughout the organization...
Article Google Exec: Foster 10x Thinking or be Doomed to Incrementalism
September 11, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
According to Google's Todd Rowe, leaders need to understand that fostering only incremental changes and improvements will doom a company to fall behind...
Article Defining Problems with Design Sprints, with Exercises
October 15, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
“Design Sprints” wants to teach you how to clarify the problem at hand; identify the needs of potential users; distill your ideas into one or two solutions…
Article What Do Business Units Really Want from Innovation?
December 2, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
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