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Article Why Mitsubishi Electric is Setting Up a New Innovation Hub
June 4, 2026 | By Nicole Lewis, Contributing Writer
This month, Mitsubishi Electric U.S. is opening a new innovation hub in Boston. What's the goal? We talk to two leaders...
Resource The ‘10 Commandments of Innovation,’ according to Moisés Noreña
January 20, 2026
Video from our January 2026 members' meeting featuring Moisés Noreña, Head of Product and Innovation at MiTek.
Resource Minerals Technologies: Innovation Day Slide Deck
December 2, 2025
This 2024 “Innovation Day” presentation focuses on Minerals Technologies Inc., a $2.2 billion specialty minerals company, and how its technologies and product lines drive growth.
Article Advancing AI, Digital Twins, and Predictive Maintenance at $23B Johnson Controls
November 10, 2025 | By Rachel Curry, Contributing Writer
We talk with VP Tyler Smith to get his advice on driving innovation in the built environment.
Article Inside Look: Milwaukee Tool’s IoT Strategy
January 27, 2025 | By Steven Melendez
Milwaukee Tool, a trusted name in construction for over a century, entered the digital space in 2015 with its One-Key line of connected tools and apps for managing, monitoring, and securing equipment. Andy Lambert, VP of Digital Product, discusses the challenges of integrating software into a hardware company, how technology...
Article Making the Business Case for Compostable Bioplastics
January 15, 2025 | By Bob Meers, Better for All
Tthe shift toward compostable and bio-based solutions is already underway, writes Bob Meers, CEO of Better for All. Those who fail to adapt risk losing relevance and market share in an increasingly eco-conscious world. Read more...
Article Linking Innovation, Corporate VC, and M&A at Allegion
January 14, 2025 | By Steven Melendez
Allegion reshaped its innovation ecosystem by emphasizing deep internal engagement—from rapid prototyping in its Pin & Tumbler studio to a part-time corporate venture structure. We speak with Robert Martens, Allegion’s chief innovation and design officer and president of Allegion Ventures, about how this approach fuels successful ventures, keeps employees invested,...
Article At Hearth & Home Technologies, Exploring Where AI and the Smart Home Intersect
March 27, 2024 | By Kate Katz
We talked to Hearth & Home Technologies, manufacturer and supplier of fireplaces and stoves, about AI and innovation for our research initiative, "How AI is Influencing Corporate Innovation in 2024.”
Article Electrolux on Fostering Cross-Functional Collaborations and Using Data for Better Alignment
September 20, 2023
Pamela Everett, Product Planning and Innovation Manager for home appliance manufacturer Electrolux, shares her thoughts on how data can help with alignment; gives insights on how staying close to a project after the handoff can yield better results, and more.
Article Member Spotlight: Dan Bull, Rockwell Automation
April 18, 2023
As part of our member spotlight series, Dan Bull, Innovation Program Lead at Rockwell Automation, shares how he transitioned from roles in sales to innovation; gives insights on his biggest learnings from innovation; and gives advice for those new to innovation.
Article How W.L. Gore Looks to Partnerships, R&D, and Acquisitions to Accelerate Progress
February 19, 2022
The privately-held company’s Chief Technology Officer, Greg Hannon, talks about metrics, AI, and healthcare as a growth industry.
Article How 3M Reorganized R&D — and How the Company Tracks R&D Impact
February 16, 2022
In early 2020, 3M decentralized its operating model to give the presidents of its four business groups more autonomy over R&D. We talk to SVP Cordell Hardy about how it started, and how it’s going.
Article Member Spotlight: Pascale Wautelet, Avery Dennison
January 3, 2022 | By Kate Katz
Pascale Wautelet is Vice President of Global R&D for Label and Graphic Materials at Avery Dennison Corporation. We spoke with Pascale as part of our IL Member Spotlight series.
Article How Manufacturer Leviton Found Opportunities to Innovate Amidst the Pandemic
July 8, 2021 | By Curtis Michelson
During the pandemic, sessions where engineers would sit down on-site with key customers and better understand their use cases for Leviton’s products had to change. Here’s how the lighting and wiring giant addressed that challenge.
Article How W.L. Gore Stays Agile by Celebrating Failure
June 15, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
In a recent interview with InnoLead, Linda Elkins, Head of W.L. Gore’s Innovation Center in Silicon Valley, shares insights on how she prioritizes innovation opportunities.
Article Why Shelf Space is One of the Most Important Metrics at Rust-Oleum
April 14, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
Bedri Erdem, VP of R&D and Corporate Quality at Rust-Oleum, shares insights on why shelf space is such an important metric in his company, why it sometimes causes challenges within the organization, and why it makes a good rule of thumb for killing projects.
Article Bosch VP: Create a ‘Diverse Funnel’ of Experiments
March 31, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
Uwe Kirschner of Bosch Innovation Consulting shared his team’s biggest accomplishments from 2020, as well as advice he wished he knew sooner…
Article Inside the Innovation Pipeline at Fortune Brands
March 18, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
Moises Noreña, VP of Innovation at Fortune Brands, shares insights on the metrics that his team uses to gauge innovation. He also discusses overcoming challenges in identifying and reporting the right metrics…
Article Member Spotlight: Jeremy Tole, Azbil Corporation
March 18, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Jeremy Tole discusses his team’s biggest accomplishment and best practices for working at an outpost across the ocean from headquarters.
Article Three Services Bridgestone is Testing to Drive the Future of Car Maintenance
February 10, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
While car companies are always releasing new models, the way our vehicles get serviced has largely remained the same. But Bridgestone is working on several high-potential projects to modernize car maintenance.