Kaitlin Milliken
Kaitlin Milliken served as a Producer at Innovation Leader, helping to launch our podcast “Innovation Answered" and our series of videos. Kaitlin is a 2018 graduate of Boston University’s College of Communication, and has previously served as a Massachusetts State House correspondent for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, as well as an intern at The Hill and Discovery Digital Networks.
PodcastLeveling Up Customer Empathy at Fitbit & More
How can teams use empathy to understand their customers? Irina Kozlovskaya, Director of Industrial Design at Fitbit, shares how her team uses empathy to design better products.
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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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What Comes Back and When? Exploring Life After COVID-19
What’s changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic? What’s likely to come back? And when? Innovation Leader’s ”What the Future Looks Like” report seeks to answer that question.
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How AARP is Pivoting Innovation in 2020 and Investing in Startups
At Innovation Leader’s recent online event for nonprofit organizations, Andy Miller of AARP discussed how his team helps build an innovative culture that permeates the organization — and how they’re making new investments in startups.
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How R&D Keeps the CPG Industry on the Cutting-Edge
Consumer packaged goods (CPG) describes any product that requires routine replacement — from personal care to food. No matter the item, companies in this space have to create new offerings that shoppers will buy again and again. To find out how big bets empower the process, we talked to Ranjani ...
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The Three Crises Caused by COVID-19 — and How to Respond
Futurist Steve Brown sees the current pandemic as three overlapping crises — each requiring a different response. See how innovation plays into the solution…
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How Changemakers Innovate Within Government Agencies
Innovators in the public and private sectors face many of the same challenges: There’s resistance to change and internal politics that can bog down progress. However, teams in the government may have tighter budgets that come directly from tax payer dollars. These teams also face demands from both supervisors and ...
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Running High-Performance Innovation Labs
How have innovation labs shifted during this period of remote work? What sets labs up for success? Linda Elkins, Chief Technical Officer of W.L. Gore’s Silicon Valley Innovation Center, shares.
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What Corporate Venture Funds can Learn From VCs
What are the risks when large companies dive into the venture capital game? How are venture teams responding to challenges posed by COVID-19? All that and more in this episode…
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Highlights from Our April Coverage on COVID-19 and Innovation
We’ve gathered the best pieces of advice on adapting to the current public health crisis from our live show, and other online coverage, to kick-start your May.
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Is Your Organization Earning ‘Trust Points’ with Customers — or Losing Them?
Every action your organization takes in the digital world either racks up or loses “trust points” with your customers. Apurva Shah, CTO of Duality, explains.
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AXA Next on Shifts in the Startup World, and Fueling Innovation Virtually
The team from AXA Next US shares tips for running distributed teams, and changes they are seeing in the startup landscape.
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Coming Soon: Innovation Answered Season 4
Innovation Answered’s fourth season starts May 5, 2020. Find out what you can expect to learn from the show’s producer, Kaitlin Milliken, and intern, Molli DeRosa.
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Five Tips to Navigate Uncertainty This April
Innovators have faced unprecedented challenges in the past month, as COVID-19 grew into a global pandemic. Suddenly, teams have become completely remote and, in some cases, may be dealing with budget scrutiny or strategic pivots. This March, our coverage has focused on providing your team with resources to navigate this uncertain period.
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Pursuing Innovation During COVID-19
Experts share best practices for teams as they navigate uncertainty. Topics include shifting teams’ priorities, switching to remote work, and cultivating a “service oriented” mindset.
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Working from Home: Seven Tips for Doing It Productively
Christian Ponce from LogMeIn shares tips to help teams effectively innovate from home, stay connected, and balance their jobs and home lives.
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How to Create the Foundation for a Corporate VC Program
Amish Parashar, a Silicon Valley-based venture capitalist, share tips for building more successful corporate venture programs. Get tips on staffing, collaboration, and more.
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Podcast: Loonshots — Crazy Ideas that Just Might Work
How can companies embrace risky — but potentially revolutionary — ideas? Authors Safi Bahcall and Hugh Molotsi tackle this question at Innovation Leader’s 2019 Impact event.
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Five Innovation Best Practices to Kick Off March
We released one video from Impact 2019 each week this month. We have also gathered five best practices from our February online coverage below.
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General Motors and IBM on the Role of a Silicon Valley R&D Outpost
R&D leaders from General Motors and IBM discuss the mission of the companies’ Silicon Valley outposts, and the importance of tracking first movers in an emerging market.
