All Innovation and COVID-19 articles - Page 2

Article The Evolution of Online & On-Campus Education
July 21, 2020
Sian Beilock of Barnard College and Adam Medros of edX discuss how their organizations have pivoted to address the challenges that COVID-19 has created for higher education.
Article The Rise of ‘Conferencing Competence’ and the Decline of Fancy Footwear
July 13, 2020 | By Scott Kirsner
Thornton May contends that many leaders — and many organizations — are moving too slowly in responding to the dramatic changes that 2020 has brought. More insights inside…
On Demand Webcast Discover, Access & Manage Ecosystem Relationships in a Low/No Touch World
July 9, 2020
How do you build ecosystems when travel and serendipity are limited for the foreseeable future? Watch this webcast to learn how to form partnerships during lockdown.
Article Scenario Planning in 2020: What You Should (and Shouldn’t) Be Doing
July 6, 2020 | By Scott Kirsner
The business and societal impacts of the coronavirus pandemic will be “more like World War I or the Great Depression,” says Matthew Ranen, a scenario-planning consultant.
On Demand Webcast CVS Health Exec on Rising to the Digital Demands of COVID-19
July 1, 2020
Firdaus Bhathena, Chief Digital Officer of CVS Health, shares how his team has pivoted to meet consumer needs — like exploding demand for deliveries — during the coronavirus pandemic.
Article Stop Trying to ‘Bounce Back’ to Normal
June 25, 2020 | By Scott Kirsner
Rather than trying to restore all of the activities from February 2020 in the US, we should be thinking about how to “bounce forward” toward something new.
Podcast How R&D Keeps the CPG Industry on the Cutting-Edge
June 23, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken
In this episode, we wanted to find out: “How is the CPG industry innovating to meet consumer demands?” Ranjani Varadan, VP of R&D at Impossible Foods, discusses how her team gets consumers to buy in to their future-forward vision. Jodi Benson explains why her team had customers write break-up letters to...
Article Can COVID Actually Turbocharge Parts of the Economy? This VC Says Yes
June 22, 2020 | By Lilly Milman
Juan Enriquez, Managing Director of the venture capital fund Excel Venture Management, sees “crazy amounts of productive innovation taking place” as a response to the coronavirus pandemic. But the risk he sees is going back to the way things were pre-COVID in the life sciences sector.
Video The Three Crises Caused by COVID-19 — and How to Respond
June 19, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken, Scott Kirsner
Futurist Steve Brown sees the current pandemic as three overlapping crises — each requiring a different response. See how innovation plays into the solution…
Article Moving Museums and Universities into the Digital Realm
June 19, 2020 | By Scott Kirsner
At our Innovation Strategy for Nonprofits event, Arthur Daemmrich of the Smithsonian Institution and Panos Panay of Berklee College of Music discussed how their teams have been pivoting to offer educational experiences online.
On Demand Webcast IDEO on Practicing Empathy & Running Sprints from Home
June 12, 2020
How can we make our food supply chain more resilient? What are the best practices for running an engaging virtual sprint? How can teams redesign their offices to make them safe for employees? In this video replay of The Solution Set, Owen Rogers, Melanie Bell-Mayeda, and Carl Fudge of IDEO answer...
Article How COVID-19 Reversed ‘Tech-Lash’ and Other Lasting Trends
June 11, 2020 | By Lilly Milman
Lauren Xandra, Vice President of National Research Group, explains COVID-19’s impact on the relationship between consumers, entertainment, and communication.
On Demand Webcast Enabling Innovation During a Crisis at MassGeneral Brigham
June 10, 2020
In this episode of One Quick Thing, Chris Coburn discusses working to improve healthcare during a pandemic and the role of digital innovation in this crisis.
On Demand Webcast Leading Innovation Through Times of Change
June 5, 2020
How can you get operations leaders to think further into the future when constructing a strategy? How do you manage the transition to business unit ownership, so innovations don’t die on the vine? Ned Calder and Rob Bell of Innosight answer those questions and more during the most recent Solution Set webcast.
On Demand Webcast How is Hiring Changing in 2020 for Innovation and Transformation Jobs?
June 3, 2020
Are you employed, but wondering what opportunities are out there for your next role? Unemployed, and actively looking? Nada Usina of Russell Reynolds Associates explains how applicants can stand out in 2020 in this video replay from our One Quick Thing series.
On Demand Webcast Building a Strategy for the Low Touch Economy
June 1, 2020
The era after COVID-19 will have an economy shaped by new habits and regulations. Find out how behaviors will shift and what new opportunities are emerging.
On Demand Webcast Navigating Shifts in Reader Behavior at Dow Jones
May 27, 2020
When looking for updates on the impacts of coronavirus, many have turned to news publications for information. Edward Roussel of Dow Jones discusses the changes.
Article Peloton Exec: Emerging From the Crisis Stronger Than You Went In
May 22, 2020 | By Alex Slawsby
Few companies have experienced more of a surge of customer interest than Peloton Interactive, the maker of Internet-linked exercise bikes. We spoke to Rick Paster, Peloton’s VP of M&A Integration…
On Demand Webcast How the Red Cross is Adapting to New Demands — and Getting More Digital
May 21, 2020
At InnoLead’s recent nonprofit forum, two innovation leaders from The Red Cross in the US and UK address how they are responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
On Demand Webcast Carhartt on Prototyping and Collecting Customer Insights from Home
May 20, 2020
Carhartt specializes in work clothes for industries including construction. Their Director of Global Product Innovation, Collen Hau, explains how the team is creating prototypes and staying in tune with customers.