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On Demand Webcast 5 Ways to Prove the ROI of Corporate Innovation (And Secure Leadership Buy-In)
August 1, 2025
This webcast features Jennifer Dunn of HYPE Innovation and Caitlin Lawrence of Birla Carbon, a manufacturing leader renowned for its world-class innovation program, discussing proven strategies that translate your innovation efforts into tangible business value.
Video Spotify and Grammy Execs on AI and the Future of Music
July 29, 2025 | By Scott Kirsner
Can "awesomeness" be part of a business case? Ziad Sultan of Spotify makes the case in this session from Impact 2024.
Video CarMax CIO on Shocking the System, Engaging the C-Suite, and More
July 25, 2025 | By Scott Kirsner
CarMax's CIO on moving from a project mindset to a product mindset, engaging the C-suite, and empowering teams with clear goals. Video from our 2024 Impact conference.
Video Target’s Chief Information and Product Officer on ‘the Most Transformative Period in Applied AI’
July 25, 2025 | By Scott Kirsner
Target’s Chief Digital and Product Officer, Prat Vemana, joined InnoLead on stage at our Impact 2024 conference last October. Among the topics he discussed with InnoLead co-founder Scott Cohen: How generative AI is transforming every aspect of enterprise software, and making intelligence more accessible. “I believe we are probably in...
Article With Bee Acquisition, Amazon Makes a Big Play in AI Wearables
July 25, 2025 | By Curtis Michelson
This week, news broke that Amazon had acquired Bee, an AI wearables startup best known for a $50 wristband and companion app that records and transcribes nearly everything a user (and anyone within earshot) says. Here's our take on what it means...
Thought Leadership From Frustrated to Forward-Thinking: A Change-Maker’s Guide
July 21, 2025 | By Clay Maxwell, Peer Insight
Clay Maxwell offers actionable advice for change-makers within large organizations. He reframes common frustrations, such as a perceived lack of creativity or risk aversion, into opportunities for disciplined experimentation and building alliances to drive impact.
Article Top AI Conferences and Trade Shows for Enterprise Executives: 2026
July 16, 2025 | By Sue Liang, Head of Strategic Partnerships
We've been talking to the InnoLead community and scouring the web to assemble a list of the best AI events in 2025 and 2026 around the world. Here's our list...
Video Building Autonomous Innovation Engines
July 13, 2025 | By Scott Kirsner
As part of our recent AI Build Day Event, on June 12th in Cambridge, Mass., we invited speakers to kick off the day with lightning talks about where AI is delivering value today — and how it will evolve from here. This talk by Matt Stewart of Disruptive Edge and...
Upcoming Webcast & Live Call August 13th: From Intel’s Trenches: How to Shield Your Innovation from Corporate Antibodies
Corporate innovation often faces its greatest threat not from external competition, but from internal "antibodies" that systematically reject transformational ideas. Join us on August 13th at 12pm ET for an eye-opening session where seasoned innovation leaders share hard-won insights from over 15 years leading Intel's new business incubator.
Upcoming Webcast & Live Call August 5th: Unlocking Growth in Uncertain Times: How Growth Innovation Drives Transformation
Join Chris Townsend, Vice President of Product Marketing, Wellspring, to explore how a growth innovation methodology helps companies not only adapt, but thrive.
On Demand Webcast How to Fail Fastest within the ‘Messy Middle’ of the Innovation Process
July 3, 2025
This webcast features David Matheson and Doug Williams of SmartOrg, Inc. discussing the “messy middle” of the innovation process — and sharing a case study about how to make it through.
Upcoming Webcast & Live Call July 23rd: Designing for Disruption: Build Winning Business Models in an AI-Enabled World
Generative AI has dramatically lowered the cost—and time—of launching new products. In this new landscape, innovation teams are no longer just building faster; they’re operating in a world where speed is table stakes. The real differentiator? Context.
Article The Pursuit of AI ROI at Dayforce, an HR Software Provider
June 19, 2025 | By Nicole Lewis, Contributing Writer
David Lloyd, Chief AI Officer at the software company Dayforce, talks about the company's AI Innovation Lab — and how he thinks about measuring ROI.
Upcoming Webcast & Live Call July 9th: 5 Ways to Prove the ROI of Corporate Innovation (And Secure Leadership Buy-In)
Innovation is essential—but securing the resources and executive backing it deserves remains one of the biggest challenges for corporate innovators.
On Demand Webcast Operate Like a Venture Capitalist: A Better Approach to Corporate Innovation
June 18, 2025
This webcast explores how how leading organizations can unlock growth by applying VC principles to their innovation strategy. Featuring Jonathan Livescault of ITONICS and Henry Deshays of Newfund.
On Demand Webcast How ICL is Constantly Reinventing Innovation Management to Drive Incredible Results
June 17, 2025
his webcast offers a behind-the-scenes look at how ICL, one of the leading global manufacturers of speciality minerals and fertilizers, is redefining innovation management through its groundbreaking Business Innovation for Growth (BIG) program.
Upcoming Webcast & Live Call June 25th: How to Fail Fastest within the ‘Messy Middle’ of the Innovation Process
On June 25th at 12pm ET, join David Matheson and Doug Williams of SmartOrg, Inc. for an engaging conversation on the “messy middle” of the innovation process. You’ve got a vision for an innovation opportunity, but uncertainty abounds, and failure is common. To be a good steward of innovation resources,...
Thought Leadership Great Tools, No Traction: The Real Reason Innovation Programs Lag Behind
June 3, 2025 | By Dr. Matthew C. Heim, Ezassi
Dr. Matthew C. Heim of Ezassi compares many corporate innovation programs to fancy treadmills — assembled with excitement, then abandoned to collect dust. He says true innovation success depends not on flashy software, but on leadership commitment, cultural buy-in, and champions who drive engagement across the organization.
Article Case Study: How We Launched a GenAI Training Program for 2,500 Employees (So Far)
May 28, 2025 | By Paulette Campbell, Aliza Goldberg, Jillian Kingwood, Christiana Littrell, Anne Roberts-Smith, and Briana Vecchio-Pagan, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
The co-authors of this case study realized that many of their colleagues weren't yet comfortable implementing GenAI into their daily work. Here's how they designed a training program to get them up to speed — quickly.
Article Throw Out the Innovation Funnel, and Replace It With a Calendar
May 22, 2025 | By Tina Lambert
In this excerpt, marketing and innovation executive Tina Lambert calls the idea of an innovation funnel "very unrealistic," and proposes an alternative — the three-year calendar.