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On Demand Live Call Building a Culture of Innovation at Turner Classic Movies
January 27, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
As part of our IL Live series, we spoke with Shannon Clute, Director of Business Development and Strategy at TCM, about the channel’s “bottom-up” innovation strategy.
Article Pixar’s Founder on Failure and Risk
January 1, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
“Our job is not to prevent mistakes and errors,” says Pixar President and Founder Ed Catmull. “It is to respond when things go wrong…”
Article How the Boston Celtics are Upgrading the Fan Experience
December 28, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Matt Griffin of the Boston Celtics shares how the team leverages technology and data analytics to improve the fan experience. Watch the full video...
Video Why Thomson Reuters Rotates Talent Between Labs
October 6, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken, Kelsey Alpaio
Mona Vernon, Chief Technology Officer of Thomson Reuters Labs, explains why the company began rotating employees between its innovation labs. Find out more in this video…
Video Innovation Lab Advice with Thomson Reuters’ Mona Vernon
October 5, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken, Kelsey Alpaio
With seven global labs, Thomson Reuters knows the ins and outs of starting an innovation initiative. Mona Vernon, Chief Technology Officer of the company, discusses best practices...
Article Five Major Trends Changing Professional Sports
September 21, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken, Kelsey Alpaio
Isaiah Kacyvenski, Co-Founder of the Sports Innovation Lab in Boston, discusses five major trends he sees impacting the future of sports, including “smart venue” and eSports.
Article Why the Los Angeles Dodgers Run a ‘Training Camp’ for Sports Startups
May 8, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Baseball franchises excel at scouting players until they’re ready for the big show. But the LA Dodgers are unique in trying to do the same thing for startups…
Article Pro Tips from the NFL on Mobile App Development
January 30, 2017 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
Working on a tight schedule to develop NFL apps, Jazz Singh uses an agile development to get everything ready in time for the big game. Here are some of his tips.
Article Philadelphia 76ers Innovation Lab, Offering Hands-On Help to Startups
December 1, 2016 | By Kelsey Alpaio
The new lab is open to hosting early-stage consumer product companies and some B2B concepts — not just sports or fitness-related startups. Find out more…
Article How ESPN is Using Data to Call the Plays
November 29, 2016 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
George Leimer, VP of Fantasy Sports and Premium Products at ESPN, discusses how the sports network is working to build a data and metrics-oriented culture.
Article How Viacom Uses Lean Startup & Agile to Engage Viewers
May 16, 2016 | By Steven Melendez
Kimberly Hicks of Viacom says in an arena where people’s media consumption and the devices change so quickly, the lean startup approach is extremely helpful.
Article Thomson Reuters’ Catalyst Fund for New Ideas
May 11, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
The $13 billion created an internal seed fund called the Catalyst Fund in January 2014, which provides up to $350,000 in funding to build and test prototypes. Here’s how it works…
Article New York Times Disbands R&D Lab, Pulls Innovation Closer to Newsroom
May 10, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
The lab was founded a decade ago to look “beyond the next product cycle, identifying trends and technologies that will emerge in the next three to five years.”
Article Former Pixar SVP on Creative Conflict & Why Well-Designed Offices Win
March 10, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
“Creative abrasion is the ability to have difficult conversations,” says Greg Brandeau, former Pixar SVP of Technology. Brandeau shares his thoughts and an assessment.
On Demand Live Call Hearst Health’s CIO on Lab Funding, Staffing, and Focus
March 1, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
In our Live Call with Justin Graham of Hearst Health, we talk about the innovation lab he oversees in San Francisco, including staffing, funding, and the focus of the lab.
Article Lego Executive Chairman: Create a Separate Structure
November 3, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Lego executive chairman and former CEO Jorgen Vig Knudstorp talks about Future Lab, a separate team the company set up to explore new avenues for growth.
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 Disney SVP on How Its Accelerator Program Led to New Partnerships
June 29, 2015 | By Stephen Ellison
SVP of Innovation Michael Abrams discusses the upside of launching an accelerator program for media and entertainment startups, including partnerships that it has sparked so far.
Article NBCUniversal Shares Its Hit Hackathon Formula
June 15, 2015
NBCUniversal’s chief technology officer and chief information officer share their advice on topics like how to link hackathons with business unit objectives.
Article Inside the Creation of D&B’s Cloud Innovation Center
February 16, 2015 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
An acquisition in 2014 gave Dun & Bradstreet a 49-person, cloud-focused software development team in Vancouver. Here's how that group has evolved...