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Article New Research Questions the Value of ‘Quick and Dirty’ Prototypes
December 12, 2024 | By Scott Cohen
A new research report has shown that in markets with complex ecosystems (think healthcare), the use of lean and agile methodologies may be less helpful than previously thought.
Article GenAI’s Trough of Disillusionment — and How to Avoid It
December 11, 2024 | By Hugh Park Jedwill
Generative AI is about to enter its Trough of Disillusionment. Lots of exciting words from tech luminaries have been published in the past couple years, but we’re all waiting for the proof. Hugh Park Jedwill explains how to get there.
Thought Leadership Build a Lasting Innovation Management System with ISO 56001
December 11, 2024 | By Colin Nelson, HYPE Innovation
Colin Nelson, Chief Consulting Officer at HYPE Innovation, advocates for ISO 56001 as a standard for turning innovation into long-term success. By promoting cross-functional collaboration and embedding innovation into company culture, ISO 56001 provides a roadmap for staying competitive.
Article The 20 Best GenAI Courses for Business Leaders in 2025
December 10, 2024 | By Curtis Michelson
What are the best courses for someone looking to build their generative AI skills in 2025? We did the research for you, highlighting 20 courses that range from free to $25,000.
Thought Leadership What Will Drive the Next Wave of Breakthrough Innovation?
December 9, 2024 | By Kofi Gyasi, NotedSource
In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, innovation, and strategic collaboration have emerged as critical drivers of success. While internal networks play a crucial role in facilitating communication within organizations, they often fall short in meeting the broader needs of innovation and growth due to limited external perspectives and knowledge. This...
On Demand Webcast Harvesting a Culture of Innovation: TD Bank’s Holistic Approach to Innovation
December 6, 2024
This webcast reveals the inner workings of TD Bank's human-centered design philosophy. Discover how TD's inclusive, culture-first strategy, fueled by over 78,000 employee ideas, is redefining industry standards and democratizing innovation.
Thought Leadership How to Innovate When Resistance is Everywhere
November 29, 2024 | By Trevor Anulewicz, Launch by NTT DATA
Trevor Anulewicz of Launch by NTT Data, explores resistance to corporate innovation. He emphasizes the importance of bridging the "Innovation Execution Gap" through corporate alignment, measurable ROI, and structured systems to sustain innovation.
Thought Leadership Failing Slow: How to Avoid The Zombie Apocalypse
November 29, 2024 | By Clay Maxwell, Peer Insight
Clay Maxwell of Peer Insight highlights how large organizations fall into the trap of "failing slow," creating zombie projects that drain resources without progress. In this piece, he outlines strategies to avoid them.
Thought Leadership Four Common Innovation Pitfalls — and How to Avoid Them
November 29, 2024 | By Jake Miller, The Engineered Innovation Group
Jake Miller, CEO of The Engineered Innovation Group, identifies common pitfalls that cause failure in innovation, including involving too many stakeholders too soon and lacking clear criteria for pilots. He offers practical solutions for organizations to avoid these failure modes and improve their chances of success.
Thought Leadership Why Innovation Teams Fail
November 29, 2024 | By Jacob Dutton, Future Foundry
Jacob Dutton, Co-Founder & CEO of Future Foundry, explains why many corporate innovation teams fail to deliver growth, emphasizing the need to adopt a venture capitalist mindset by placing a higher volume of small bets across a diversified portfolio to uncover the best ideas and revenue streams.
Thought Leadership Mitigating Common Corporate Innovation Program Failure Modes
November 29, 2024 | By Jim Bodio, BRI Associates
Jim Bodio of BRI Associates outlines the most common failure modes of innovation programs. And he offers practical strategies for overcoming them in this piece from our latest Pointers collection.
Thought Leadership True or False: Strategic Innovation is Too Scary
November 29, 2024 | By Gina O’Connor, Babson College
Gina O'Connor, Professor of Innovation Management at Babson College, examines why leaders avoid strategic innovation despite its benefits. She challenges three common assumed barriers to SI and advocates for a deliberate, long-term approach to embed strategic innovation capabilities.
Thought Leadership Building Resilient Teams: Solutions to Common Challenges in Corporate Innovation
November 29, 2024 | By Frank Henningsen, HYPE Innovation
While innovation and product teams are often seen as the engine of change within an organization, they frequently encounter obstacles that stall progress. These failures often arise from avoidable pitfalls, not from a lack of talent or effort, writes Frank Henningsen of HYPE Innovation.
Thought Leadership The Five Most Common Innovation Failure Modes (and the Best Avoidance Strategies)
November 29, 2024 | By Parker Lee, Territory, Inc.
Parker Lee, Global Managing Director at Territory Global, highlights common pitfalls innovation teams face, such as unclear goals, fear of failure, and lack of collaboration. He offers practical strategies like setting a clear vision, focusing on customer needs, encouraging smart risk-taking, and using flexible processes to set up your team...
Thought Leadership Corporate Innovation is Dead; Long Live Corporate Innovation!
November 29, 2024 | By Ryan Larcom, High Alpha Innovation
Ryan Larcom, Managing Director at High Alpha Innovation, argues that traditional corporate innovation models fail to drive transformation. He emphasizes the need for methods like external venture creation, nimble governance, and running high-volume, low-cost experiments.
Thought Leadership Red Light, Green Light: How to Navigate Success for Incubation Opportunities
November 29, 2024 | By Doug Williams, SmartOrg, Inc.
Doug Williams, Associate Director of Innovation at SmartOrg, highlights the challenges of navigating uncertainty during the incubation phase of innovation. He emphasizes prioritizing learning over avoiding risk, leveraging tools like ranges of assumptions and targeted experiments to de-risk opportunities.
Thought Leadership Developing a New Corporate Innovation Model to Commercialize Decarbonization Technologies
November 29, 2024 | By Satish Rao, Newlab
Satish Rao, Chief Science Officer at Newlab, outlines a new corporate innovation model to scale decarbonization technologies and meet ambitious 2030 sustainability goals. He emphasizes aligning innovation teams with clear mandates, integrating decision-making with CFO oversight, and evolving value chains through collaboration.
Article Perplexity Launches AI-Powered Shopping Tools
November 26, 2024 | By Curtis Michelson
On November 18th, startup Perplexity released a shopping tool for its Pro-level subscribers called "Buy With Pro." And a week later, they released their mobile app to make the shopping experience integrated with the camera, a feature they call "Snap to Shop." Similar to Google’s Lens, you take a picture...
Article LPL Financial Exec: New Tech Needs to be Grounded in Use Cases
November 20, 2024 | By Daniel Pereira
For over 25 years, Uma Meyyappan has been a technology executive working in wealth management and financial services, and she is a pragmatist: Even in the era of generative AI, she says, "Do not speak too broadly about the impact of technology in generic terms...be really grounded in a use...
Article How SAP Created a ‘Safe Zone’ for Experiments
November 19, 2024 | By Claus von Riegen
The software giant SAP employs more than 100,000 people globally, and employees are able to test-drive new product ideas with customers, almost like startup founders. Head of Strategy Claus von Riegen explains how it works.

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