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Resource ExxonMobil’s Approach to R&D
July 29, 2025
This one-page document provides a simple snapshot of the company’s focus areas, academic partnerships, and the national lab relationships driving R&D strategy.
Article GE Vernova Exec on the Nuts and Bolts of Building Strategic Alliances
June 2, 2025 | By Rachel Curry, Contributing Writer
We talk to GE Vernova’s Chief Corporate Officer Roger Martella about how the company is forging strategic alliances — from a $50 million partnership with MIT that fuels research and talent development to global collaborations aimed at expanding energy access and advancing decarbonization.
Article From Storm Response to Predictive Maintenance: How AI is Powering Entergy’s Future
May 29, 2025 | By Nicole Lewis, Contributing Writer
We talk to Entergy’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer Andy Quick about how the company is applying AI — from predictive models that prevent power outages to generative tools that support customer service.
Resource What Does It Take to Make Strategic Innovation Stick?
June 10, 2024
Short but specific slide deck from a June 2024 InnoLead members meeting. Covers what must be in place to build capability for strategic innovation, as well as key lessons from trying to ensure the capability survives and thrives over time.
Article Entergy VP: You Can Drive ESG Progress and Financial Growth
December 7, 2023 | By Hadley Thompson
John Weiss, VP of sustainability and environmental policy at Entergy, the Fortune 500 company is chasing an ambitious sustainability goal. They're targeting net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Article Member Spotlight: Ryan Pletka, Black & Veatch
May 2, 2023 | By Kate Katz
As part of our member spotlight series, we caught up with Ryan Pletka, VP of Innovation at Black & Veatch, about
Article Entergy VP on Driving Sustainability and Running an Innovation Lab
February 2, 2022 | By Alexander MacDougall
Michael Cross explains how Entergy’s KeyString Labs is set up; the need to start with concrete, near-term results; and how his team stays close to customer needs.
Article ExxonMobil Exec on the Three Questions Startups Should Be Asking Corporate Partners
September 14, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
Xinjin Zhao of ExxonMobil shares the top three questions he wishes startup leaders asked corporates during meetings, and other tips for successful relationships.
Article How Shell and AXA Approach COVID-era Corporate Venture Capital
March 5, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Investors from the insurance firm AXA Next Americas and energy giant Shell shared how they’re approaching corporate venture capital in 2021.
Article How Reliant Energy and Google are Addressing a More Competitive Market
January 5, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
Utility companies typically aren’t known for innovation. But Texas-based Reliant, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, and partner Google are forging a new path…
Article ExxonMobil Exec on Getting Your Innovation Program Started
June 1, 2019 | By Scott Kirsner
Starting in 2014, Christopher Bailey helped to create a new Digital Ventures team and new innovation programming within ExxonMobil’s IT organization, under an umbrella group that was known as #innovation. Here’s his advice on getting a program started.
Article Inside Baker Hughes’ Energy Innovation Center
August 6, 2018 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Four years ago, Baker Hughes opened its Oil & Gas Technology Center in Oklahoma City. This July, the company reinvented the facility, unveiling the Energy Innovation Center.
Article GE VP: ‘The Way We Sold in the Past Isn’t Going to Work’
March 26, 2018
GE VP Cate Gutowski discusses how the company approaches innovation and the importance of weaving the digital thread. Listen to the full call…
Article Fast Prototyping and Feedback at Shell’s TechWorks Innovation Lab
December 28, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken, Kelsey Alpaio
Julie Ferland of the Shell TechWorks innovation lab, offers an inside at the space; the types of projects it works on; and the team Shell has assembled from outside the oil and gas industry.
Article How GE Fuse Prototypes with an Online Community
April 17, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Amelia Gandara of GE Fuse discusses the program's community, and the right and wrong ways to source solutions from outside. Read more for insights.
Article Creating an Place for Innovators at India’s Reliance Industries
March 22, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Sushil Borde, VP of Innovation at Reliance, discusses how the company is working to institutionalize innovation and the five tenets that guide innovation at Reliance.
Article NRG’s Portable Power Kiosks from Concept to the Super Bowl
February 1, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
NRG Go’s automated kiosks rent out fully-charged battery packs so that people can recharge their phones and tablet on the go. Find out more.
On Demand Live Call Company Culture Through Grassroots Innovation
November 15, 2016
Christopher Bailey of ExxonMobil, discusses operationally-focused innovation and how ExxonMobil promotes innovation through its Grassroots Innovation Forum.
Article Shell and Thales Execs on Innovation Outposts
July 27, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Executives from Shell TechWorks and the Thales xPlor discuss what they hope to accomplish with their Boston innovation labs, and how they're being measured.
Article Treating Projects Like Startups & Keeping Leaders Engaged at Johnson Controls
June 13, 2016 | By Steven Melendez
Johnson Controls’ execs explain how new projects are funded and how they work with senior leadership to make decisions about their fate.