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Trek Exec on Tackling a Bike Shortage and Early R&D
Chad Manuell, Director of Engineering at Trek Bicycle, discusses the surge in demand for bikes and how his team approaches early innovation.
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Leaders from Lyft, Fitbit on How Diversity Drives Innovation
Leaders with experience at Fitbit, Lyft, and the Alliance for Smiles discuss hiring diversely and support talent in an equitable environment.
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Essential Data for Finishing 2020 Strong
What does the data show about how corporate innovation is changing? Innovation Leader’s editorial team shares data from four recent reports.
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Digital & Business Model Transformation at Rosetta Stone
Matthew Hulett, President of Language at the company, discusses how Rosetta Stone pivoted from a physical product to a subscription service…
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Podcast: The Biggest Barriers to Innovation
David Lee shares how UPS has adapted to new demands in shipping and gives tips for innovators in 2020. He also reads his article “The Biggest Barriers to Innovation.”
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How CVS, Carhartt & Elsevier Pivoted to Face COVID-19
How have teams pivoted to face the challenges of 2020? Rhett Alden of Elsevier discusses launching a COVID-19 Resource Center in four weeks. Innovators from Carhartt and CVS share insights.
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Leveling 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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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 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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Podcast: Why Corporate Innovators are Like Pirates in the Navy
In this installment of Innovation Answered: Essentials, Tendayi Viki offers a look at his most recent book and discusses the importance of the “privateer” attitude.
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How AARP Keeps the 50+ Market at the Center of Innovation
How does AARP use innovation to empower people as they age? Vice President of Product and Startup Engagement Rick Robinson explains…
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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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Creating Culture at Wayfair
How can digitally-native companies maintain their innovative culture as they grow? To find out, we visited Wayfair’s co-founder Steve Conine at the company’s Boston office.
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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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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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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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Drones, Self-Driving Cars & the Silicon Valley Problem
While drones present a world of opportunities, these unmanned aerial vehicles face regulations across different levels of government. Chris Anderson — CEO of 3DR, a drone software company — shared his experience building and deploying drones at Innovation Leader’s 2019 Impact event. During the conversation, Anderson also discusses use cases ...
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Failure: The Other F-Word
Innovators often repeat the mantra, “Fail fast, fail cheap.” But is that the right approach to projects that flop?