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  Research ReportSmarter Scouting: Best Practices

  September 25, 2023

  How are large companies doing the work of scouting in 2023? What's their advice about getting the right resources — and building the right relationships so you can take advantage of what you find? This new InnoLead research inititiave provides input from your peers on those questions.
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  Research ReportBenchmarking Innovation in Consumer Packaged Goods

  September 12, 2023

  In Q3 2023, we interviewed leaders at global consumer packaged goods companies to understand the state of innovation in their organizations. We were specifically interested in the extent to which they pursue organic venture building and capability / business model innovation, in addition to their standard commitments to line extensions,...
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  Research ReportQuarterly Pulse Data

  July 28, 2023

  Each quarter, we field a survey to better understand financial, staffing, and organizational issues related to corporate innovation efforts. Here are the collected results...
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  Research ReportBuilding a Productive Innovation Portfolio

  July 10, 2023

  As part of our most recent research, we fielded questions about innovation processes, methodologies, tools, and metrics. Here is a sneak peek of the results...
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  Research Report2023 Compensation Survey

  March 7, 2023

  How much should you be earning? How much are your peers earning? How should you determine compensation packages for new members of your team?  This compensation survey dives into those questions, and a number of others, to help you compare your earnings — both salary and bonus — to others...
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  Research ReportBenchmarking Innovation Impact 2023

  February 6, 2023

  Get InnoLead's definitive report on innovation inside big organizations, with survey data, interviews, and advice from your peers related to innovation budgets, teams, reporting structure, activities, and more.
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  Research ReportSuccessful Startup Engagement and Corporate Venture Capital

  December 6, 2022

  We surveyed 146 corporate leaders about their strategies for startup engagement and corporate venture capital in 2022. One thing is clear: activity is increasing for corporations. See the report for data insights and interviews from leaders at Coca-Cola, TDK Ventures, Johnson & Johnson, and more.
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  Research ReportBest Practices: Slides from Top R&D and Innovation Leaders

  October 27, 2022

  We collected best practices slides about innovation and R&D from leaders at companies like Johnson & Johnson, 3M, PACCAR, Crown Equipment Corporation, and more to help you understand how others approach the challenges of innovation and R&D. This report was sponsored by PatSnap.
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  Research ReportShaping Your Strategy for Web3 and the Metaverse

  August 8, 2022

  What should your company be doing to explore, experiment, and roll out offerings tied to Web3 and the metaverse? That’s the central question we sought to answer with this report, published in August 2022. We relied on qualitative interviews, a survey with 265 respondents, and a collection of case studies of...
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  Research ReportRetooling R&D for a New Era

  January 19, 2022

  Amidst stressful and unpredictable business and societal conditions related to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, R&D organizations are feeling new pressures. They are trying to fill gaps on their team in a tight talent market; solve problems with essential company operations while also building for the future; bring on new vendors...
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  Research ReportDelivering Value Through Emerging Tech & Innovation

  December 7, 2021

  The emerging tech landscape is perenially noisy — and overhyped. Companies first need to develop a clear set of problems they are trying to solve, or experiences they are trying to create, for internal or external customers. This report collects advice from 200-plus corporate professionals, along with senior leaders at...
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  Research ReportThe Changing Landscape of Corporate-Startup Engagement

  September 9, 2021

  How are the interactions between Global 1000 companies and startups changing? How do large organizations build the case for greater involvement in the startup ecosystem? What resources do they put in place? To answer those questions, and others, we conducted a survey in Q3 2021 whose respondents included both leaders in...
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  Research ReportDesign as a Competitive Advantage

  June 18, 2021

  This series of interviews, surveys, and case studies explores ways that organizations like PayPal, Procter & Gamble, Kimberly-Clark, and Campbell’s Soup are leveraging design as a competitive advantage. 
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  Research ReportThe New Imperatives: Innovation, Agility & Openness

  June 7, 2021

  For some, the period between March 2020 and March 2021 may have been a time in which innovation accelerated. But for other companies, spending a year or more in “fast twitch” responsive mode, versus planning for future growth, may have created an innovation deficit. Get data about how 250+ of...
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  Research ReportDeveloping Innovation Metrics & Reports That Really Matter

  March 10, 2021

  To shed light on how large companies are creating metrics and reporting approaches that work well, we surveyed 196 professionals in large organizations in the first quarter of 2021.
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  Research ReportBenchmarking Innovation Initiatives in Financial Services

  November 4, 2020

  From late September through the end of October, we interviewed innovation leaders at 15 firms within the financial services ecosystem to benchmark their innovation and incubation activities.
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  Research ReportDigitizing the Innovation Team

  August 21, 2020

  Get insights and recommendations for innovation leaders seeking to get the most out of digital tools, and also for tool developers seeking to build productive relationships with those leaders.
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  Research ReportCxOs & Innovation

  August 10, 2020

  In April 2020, we began planning this research initiative, CxOs and Innovation. It will consist of two mini-reports, interviews with corporate leaders, and thought leadership essays by our sponsor, KPMG LLP. The objective: to be helpful to C-Suite leaders and those professionals responsible for driving innovation inside large organizations.
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  Research ReportThe Changing Role of the Innovation Leader

  June 16, 2020

  How is the mandate for corporate innovation professionals evolving? What outcomes are C-suite leaders expecting? How does diversity, equity, and inclusion connect to innovation? This research report, part of our “CxOs & Innovation” series, features quantitative data and interviews with executives at Johnson & Johnson, Stanley Black & Decker, John...
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  Research ReportWhat the Future Looks Like

  June 10, 2020

  For our latest report, our team asked members of the innovation community and futurists to forecast what our “new normal” might be. Respondents discussed what aspects of life before the crisis they think will return, and which aspects of the world will be permanently altered.