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Article How Royal Bank of Canada Moved Fast to Deploy Mobile Payments
August 19, 2015
Staying ahead of a technological shift in your industry can be tough. Linda Mantia, EVP of Digital, Cards & Payments at Royal Bank of Canada shares her experiences.
Article What Manulife’s Senior Tech Execs Want from New LOFT Initiative
August 11, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Executives at Manulife Financial knew they needed to play more offense when it came to exploring and experimenting with new technologies.
On Demand Live Call Transamerica’s Aaron Proietti on What’s Working — and What’s Not
June 4, 2015
On our latest InnoLead Live call, we spoke with Aaron Proietti of Transamerica about the evolution of the insurance company’s innovation program — including approaches that have worked, and those that haven’t.
Article How USAA Moved Fast to Launch Drone Program
May 26, 2015 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
Innovators at USAA were among the first in their industry to get approval to test unmanned aircrafts. Their objective? Speeding up the claims after natural disasters.
On Demand Live Call Allstate Exec on Strategic Alignment, Metrics, Innovation Team Survival
April 17, 2015
Allstate’s Moises Norena talks about how the $34 billion insurer is measuring innovation impact and why innovation can sometimes be a tough sell in a services business.
Article Inside the Entrepreneur-Led Innovation Group at Eastern Bank
March 23, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Dan O'Malley had tried to disrupt the banking industry from outside. Now, he's working within it, as the founder of Eastern Labs, an innovation group at Eastern Bank. Includes slides...
Article MasterCard Exec on Whirlpool Collaboration, Accelerator
March 9, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
John Sheldon shares the objectives behind MasterCard’s Start Path accelerator, and explains it’s collaboration with Whirlpool.
Article Co-Creation: Vodafone, Thomson Reuters Share Lessons Learned
February 11, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Can two companies innovate together? Shannon Lucas of Vodafone Global Enterprise and Saidah Nash Carter of Thomson Reuters share their advice.
Article Inside MassMutual’s Radical Learning Initiative
January 20, 2015 | By Judy Quinn
Organizing supper clubs and offering classes on how to plan for the zombie apocalypse, a spin-out from MassMutual tries to target the future consumer. Here's how it works...
Article Changing Culture at BNP Paribas Cardif
January 6, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Héloïse Lauret of BNP Paribas Cardif discusses the three main culture-change initiatives the French insurance firm has launched — and the importance of building trust.
On Demand Webcast Fidelity VP on Tools for Innovation Teams
December 17, 2014
Rick Smyers of Fidelity Investments explains how you can put the right strategy, tools, and people in place to make a real impact — and details some of his team’s successful projects.
Article Why Visa Set Up a Digital Payments Innovation Lab
November 19, 2014 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
As more consumers look to pay for things without a credit card or carrying cash, Visa exec Bill Gajda explains the company's thinking behind a new innovation center in San Francisco.
Article Why Wells Fargo Says Diversity of Thought is Essential to Innovation
September 17, 2014
Without the rights kinds of people on a project team, says Mike Duke, the Chief Innovation Architect at Wells Fargo, progress can stall. "Diversity of thought is critical," Duke says.
Article Innovation Matures from Skunkworks to True Partner
July 2, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Aaron Proietti explains how his group’s mission has evolved, shifting from an isolated “skunkworks”s to more of a consultancy to the business units…
Article Fidelity VP: Pick the Right Innovation Tools for Your Trip
May 19, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Rick Smyers of Fidelity Investments likens running a successful innovation program to planning a mountaineering expedition. Details, slides, and video inside...
Article Dear Boss: Here’s How to Manage our Team
May 12, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Phil Swishe of Brown Brothers Harriman shares the one-page guide he put together for the partner who was taking over management of his team in 2013.
Article Chubb Global Innovation VP: ‘Stop The Innovation Carnival’
April 8, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Chubb, Global Innovation VP Gerry Myers explains how the insurer created a "social layer" for innovation, to help weave innovation into employees' daily activity.
Article Making Innovation Pay at U.S. Bank
December 13, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
Being a bank is no longer just about branches and vaults full of cash, says Dominic Venturo, chief innovation officer U.S. Bank...
Article Scoring Ideas: at One Financial Services Firm
November 25, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
The head of innovation at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. shares their internal 0-21 point scale for scoring ideas... How much would the idea rely on high-cost technology?