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Thought Leadership How Highline Beta’s Venture Studio and American Family Built a New Startup Together
July 25, 2022
As part of our exploration of the venture studio landscape, Marcus Daniels, Founding Partner & CEO of Highline Beta, shares the story of a successful partnership between the studio and Fortune 500 insurance company, American Family Insurance.
Thought Leadership Buyer Beware: 3 Questions to Ask Before Choosing an Innovation Platform
July 12, 2022 | By Douglas S. Williams, Founder, Ideation Partners
Impulse shopping often ends poorly. We have all been there: placing late-night Amazon orders for kitchen gadgets we won’t use, buying junk-food at the market while we’re hungry, or getting those sort-of-ugly shoes that were marked down 75 percent that we end up never wearing. These types of purchases end...
Thought Leadership Making the Case for Web3: Finding Your Way in a Vast Ecosystem of Opportunity
May 31, 2022
Web3 will fundamentally change the internet as we know it. But investing without a strategy won’t yield a high ROI. KPMG takes a three-step approach to help businesses learn the Web3 landscape, seize its potential, and launch successful pilot programs.
Thought Leadership Sustainability is a Must: It’s Time for More Meaningful Innovation
May 24, 2022
As environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns rise, there is renewed impetus to adopt foundational, long-lasting practices that are consistent with the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals. Ludwig Melik lays out a path for progress.
Thought Leadership Winning in the Metaverse: 5 Lessons Learned from Gaming
May 11, 2022
As more brands venture into the metaverse, they can learn a lot from the ever-evolving gaming industry. Here are five lessons to consider as you develop your strategy.
Thought Leadership Transforming the Great Resignation into the Great Innovation
March 1, 2022 | By David Dabscheck, GIANT Innovation, Joshua Cohen, GIANT Innovation
Here’s how Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport created an e-learning course to promote the idea that everyone can — and should — participate in the innovation process.
Thought Leadership 2022: A Year for Positive Transformation and Impact
January 20, 2022
“As we look to bounce back from the tragedy and challenges of the past two-plus years,” writes Wazoku CEO Simon Hill, “the tools of innovation will be critical, and those who get it right will emerge stronger, more agile, and future fit.” More of Hill’s perspective inside…
Thought Leadership Don’t Brainstorm — Ideate
December 17, 2021
It’s hard to overstate this simple fact: the beginning of an innovation process is where the opportunity lives or dies. If you don’t set the stage for innovation with the proper context, you won’t achieve the kind of outcomes that can transform your business. Ray Tilkens Given that fact, it’s...
Thought Leadership Make the Right Bets on Emerging Technologies
December 8, 2021
The term “unprecedented disruption” has been so overused it has almost lost its meaning. However, as the pandemic continues to turn business models on their heads, it is increasingly clear that the future of business is being rewritten before our eyes. This piece offers five tips for making the right bets...
Thought Leadership How Great Design Will Inspire the Next Generation of Ingenious Solutions
November 18, 2021
Ingenious design is found everywhere in today’s competitive business landscape. John Edson and Brett Lovelady of PA Consulting discuss how to bake design into company culture, and the lessons designers can learn from top brands, such as Apple.
Thought Leadership Why Startup-Corporate Partnerships Matter Now
September 6, 2021
Startup-corporate partnerships play an increasingly important role in the corporate innovation journey and startup evolution. Catarina Madeira and Irina Sigalovsky of MIT provide an overview of InnoLead’s latest research report.
Thought Leadership Three Experts on Redefining the Role of Design in Your Organization
July 22, 2021
Three experts from PA Consulting share advice and best practices on reinvigorating a company’s approach to design.
Thought Leadership The American Jobs Plan Innovation Managers Needed
June 16, 2021
A look at the $2.25 trillion American Jobs Plan, from Roy Levy of Spyre Group. One challenge Levy highlights: the capacity of local governments and large businesses to work with, and source from, fast-paced startups and small businesses.
Thought Leadership The Innovation Equation: Balancing Inside-Out and Outside-In
June 4, 2021
Finding the sweet spot between inside-out and outside-in activity should reflect the current and future business outlook for your sector, how much disruption your corporate culture will embrace, and whether there are enough folks in your organization with an entrepreneurial mindset to make the pursuit of innovation a reality.
Thought Leadership Democratizing Data: How Organizations Can Eliminate Silos
June 3, 2021 | By Martin Sokalski, Principal, Advisory, KPMG LLP
From sales and supply chains to finance and tax, even the best-managed organizations have scrambled to become more agile and collaborative. Despite some temporary fixes, it’s clear that taking decisive action in a constantly changing environment is hindered by data that remains heavily siloed by function and department.
Thought Leadership Do the Hard Work to Make Innovation Easier
June 1, 2021
More than ever, companies must have a robust innovation capability to develop solutions that meet changing customer and market demands…
Thought Leadership How To Monetize Your Digital Bank
March 23, 2021
How can banks shape digital banking business models to be attractive to customers and profitable in the long term? Deloitte embarked on a mission to answer this question with a new study.
Thought Leadership 911, What Are Your Innovation Emergency OKRs?
March 8, 2021
Corporate life expectancy is at an all-time low — down 300 percent since the 1980s. But why is it that an organization’s survival has become such a critical challenge?
Thought Leadership The Blind Men & The Elephant: An Open Innovation Blueprint
December 4, 2020
Businesses no longer have the same amount of knowledge about a situation, nor can they accurately predict its outcomes. This trend is paving the way for an entirely new generation of open innovators.
Thought Leadership To Drive Innovation Success, You Need These Safety Belts
November 12, 2020
Kevin Bolen, Global Head of Market Intelligence at KPMG LLP, offers three guiding principles for managing periods of disruption and uncertainty.

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