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ArticleNew Data About the Market for Innovation-Related Jobs
We asked 159 innovation professionals about the hiring happening in their organizations — or how long they’ve been hunting for a new role.
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Inside the R&D Culture at Pixar Animation Studios
Pixar’s VP of R&D, Guido Quaroni, explains how and why the company encourages collaborative work. ”A culture of too much individualism…is always a dangerous place to be,” says Quaroni. Here’s how Pixar’s culture operates.
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The Secrets to Success at Intuit’s Lean Startup Program
In this episode of One Quick Thing, Bennett Blank shares how Intuit’s Lean Startup program generated $20 million in new revenue.
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On Demand Webcast
IDEO on Practicing Empathy & Running Sprints from Home
How can we make our food supply chain more resilient? What are the best practices for running an engaging virtual sprint? How can teams redesign their offices to make them safe for employees? In this video replay of The Solution Set, Owen Rogers, Melanie Bell-Mayeda, and Carl Fudge of IDEO answer these questions and more. Throughout the conversation, the trio share how design thinking can unlock innovation and solve challenges during the COVID-19 global pandemic.
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Enabling Innovation During a Crisis at MassGeneral Brigham
In this episode of One Quick Thing, Chris Coburn discusses working to improve healthcare during a pandemic and the role of digital innovation in this crisis.
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Book Excerpt: Think Like a Privateer, Not a Pirate
Steve Jobs once said that it’s better to be a pirate than to join the Navy. Pirates refer to startups that churn out innovative ideas. Jobs likens large organizations to the bureaucratic Navy.
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Harvard Business School Prof: You’re Probably Over-Using Zoom
Harvard Business School Professor Tsedal Neeley offers insights on new approaches to prototyping, and what happens when some people begin transitioning back to the office.
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Ex-DreamWorks Animation CTO: How the C-Suite Can Foster Innovation
”In my experience, the most powerful motivator to encourage innovation was peer recognition,” says Ed Leonard, Co-Founder of Bred Ventures and former CTO at DreamWorks Animation. Leonard shares more on what senior leaders do at companies like DreamWorks Animation and Disney to shape a culture of innovation…
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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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On Demand Webcast
Navigating through Chaotic Times
Do you feel like challenging times may be ahead? Experts with experience at DuPont, Starbucks, Bayer, and more discuss how they’re reading the tea leaves.
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Keeping Innovation Alive in the Time of COVID-19
“We’ve entered an unstable and economically volatile period that may serve up the biggest challenges of your career,” writes MIT senior lecturer Blade Kotelly, ”and will require every business to innovate in ways they never have before.” Here’s his concrete advice on how you and your team can keep innovation moving forward as teams suddenly go remote…
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How to Create a Culture of Experimentation
Relying on intuition often leads teams down the wrong path. Stefan Thomke, a professor at Harvard Business School, explains how to rely on experiments instead.
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‘Loonshots’: How to Support Crazy Ideas That Just Might Work
Ideas that have the potential to reshape industries may end up stuck in the corporate basement. So how can companies embrace risky ideas? Authors Safi Bahcall and Hugh Molotsi serve up answers in this video.
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Six Tips for Getting ‘Customers’ to Buy What You’re Selling
“One way to ensure alignment,” writes Chris Mayer, “is to think of the innovation initiative as a consumer-oriented business with colleagues as customers.” Mayer, who served as the first Chief Innovation Officer at a large construction company, offers guidance on how to do that.
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Book Excerpt: Incentivizing the Behaviors That Support Innovation
What if businesses focused on company performance today as well as a year from now? Alex Goryachev of Cisco explains.
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On Demand Webcast
Ask Us Anything Webcast, with General Mills & Citi Ventures
Beth Devin of Citi Ventures and Kirsten Aune of General Mills joined us to answer innovation questions submitted by our members.
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Getting Scientists Thinking More Like Businesspeople
Alex Byelashov, VP of Innovations & Brewing Solutions at John I. Haas, shares some insights on quick wins.
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Designing a Bounty Program for Innovators
Gwenn Peters, Innovation Leader at Rockwell Automation, shares the story of her organization’s bountry program for innovators.
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What Large Companies Can Learn From Failure
Ari Ginsberg, professor of entrepreneurship and management at NYU, discusses gazelles, elephants, and why it’s important to build a company culture that talks about successes — and failures.
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Why We Give Out an ‘Epic Fail Award’ to Employees
Mike Proulx, Chief Innovation Officer at Hill Holliday, shares why the ad agency he works for gives out an “Epic Fail Award” every year, and how it has impacted the way the organization thinks about success and failure.
