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Article New Data: Trends in Music and Video Consumption
March 15, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner
At the annual South by Southwest conference in Austin, Luminate CEO Rob Jonas offered an overview of how music and video consumption changed in 2023. Here are 10 of the data points he shared...
Article NASCAR’s First Chief Digital Officer on Experimenting with New Technologies and Platforms
March 1, 2023 | By Scott Kirsner, Tyler Smith
Tim Clark is the Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer at NASCAR, the auto racing sanctioning and operating company, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. In this exclusive interview, he talks about leveraging new technologies to increase fans' engagement with the sport.
Article PTC’s Chief Technology Officer on Innovating Across the Three Horizons
February 14, 2023 | By Scott Kirsner
CTO Steve Dertien talks about how innovation happens inside PTC, a $2 billion maker of design, augmented reality, and Internet of Things software.
Article How Fidelity Used a Key Ring to Capture Project Learnings
July 17, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
What happens after the debrief on a project you’ve completed? At Fidelity Investments, the innovation team came up with a clever way to capture their learnings.
Article Exclusive Book Excerpt: ‘The Intrapreneur’s Journey’
September 13, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
“Giving employees time and freedom to work on their own ideas makes great business sense,” write Hugh Molotsi and Jeff Zias in the forthcoming book “The Intrapreneur’s Journey.”
Article The ‘Fear the Unicorn’ Era is Over. Here’s What Comes Next…
February 5, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner
“Fear of the unicorn” is over. We are now in an era where companies fear — and should fear — being insufficiently intelligent about AI. InnoLead Co-Founder Scott Kirsner explains...
Article Walmart is Shutting Down its Store No. 8 Innovation Lab. Here’s What That Means for Other Corporate Innovators.
January 26, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner
On January 23rd, we brought together a group of four retail industry veterans — and one retail-focused venture capitalist — to unpack the news that the world’s biggest retailer, Walmart, had decided to shut down its primary innovation group, Store No. 8. What are the important take-aways for innovators and...
Video What’s Changing in Corporate VC and Internal New Venture Creation?
January 8, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner
This one hour video explores what has been changing in the realms of corporate venture capital and incubating new ventures — and how those activities can be linked. Featuring guests from KPMG, Johnson & Johnson, Allegion, and TDK.
Article Inside a Generative AI Tournament for Employees
January 9, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner
The VP of Innovation and Strategy at Black & Veatch explains how the company's first Gen AI Tournament came together, and shares some slides detailing its structure.
Video How AI Will Remake Corporate Innovation
December 30, 2023 | By Scott Kirsner
It has been one year since the launch of ChatGPT — and since then, we've seen a Cambrian explosion of new AI tools and platforms. How will AI remake corporate innovation in 2024? InnoLead convened a group of experts to discuss.