Photos: ‘Benchmarking Innovation Impact 2018’ Roundtable in Chicago

To coincide with the release of our Benchmarking Innovation Impact 2018 report, sponsored by KPMG LLP, we brought together a group of innovation professionals in Chicago to discuss some of the report’s findings. The event was hosted by the accelerator 1871 and Whirlpool.

The roundtable opened with a discussion of some of the data highlights from the report — including survey results about the stages of innovation maturity or progress, and a discussion about the right incentives to encourage participation in innovation efforts. Participants also broke up into three smaller groups to discuss best practices around ideation and exploration; creating a more supportive culture for innovation; and funding and scaling the most promising projects.

Photos from the event are below; for information about the next roundtables in our Underground series, please see our event calendar. Thanks to everyone who came, our sponsors, and hosts!

: Betsy Ziegler, CEO of the accelerator 1871, welcomes the group.

: Gireesh Pudipeddi, Vice President of Global Innovation at Chamberlain

: Innovation Leader Co-Founder Scott Kirsner reviews some of the data from the report.

: Debbie Roever, Global Brands Innovation Manager, Walgreens Boots Alliance; Daniel Kufer, Director of Strategy, ThyssenKrupp North America; Kim Healy, Vice President of Consumer Products for Dart Container; and Jennifer Kirby, Managing Director of Innovation at Hyatt Hotels

: Chad Manuell, Director of Engineering at Trek Bicycle and Colette Matthews, Vice President of Innovation and Marketing, Alpha Guardian

: Disha Gulati, Vice President of Corporate Innovation, 1871

: Marcelo De Santis, Former Group Chief Information Officer, Pirelli

: William Singleton, Director of Global Breakthrough Packaging Development, Mars Wrigley

: Kevin Bolen and Colleen Drummond of KPMG organize the Post-It notes suggesting topics for break-out discussions.

: Jason Olson, Senior Director of Consumer Marketing, Rustoleum. At right are Marcelo De Santis, formerly at Pirelli and a startup mentor at 1871, and Brian Miske of KPMG.

: Kim Healey of Dart Container and John Farrell of KPMG listen to Jennifer Kirby of Hyatt

: Kevin Bolen of KPMG and Kim Healy of Dart Container take notes.

: Jennifer Kirby of Hyatt, Scott Kirsner of Innovation Leader, and John Farrell of KPMG

: Debbie Roever of Walgreens Boots Alliance

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