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Article What’s ‘Adaptive Retail’? Walmart Tech Exec Explains
March 13, 2025 | By Rachel Curry, Contributing Writer
You may have heard of omnichannel retail, or experiential retail. But one of the world's biggest retailers, Arkansas-based Walmart, is now working to popularize the concept of "adaptive retail." Tech Strategy VP Anupriya Sharma explains....
Resource CarMax: Inside a Massive Digital Transformation
January 23, 2025
This 33-slide PPT and related video tackle the question of innovating over the long-term, with lots of concrete examples, and references to the approaches of Thomas Edison, Clayton Christensen, and Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, among others.
Article Leveraging Data and Democratizing AI at $8B Prologis
September 23, 2024 | By Scott Cohen
We sit down with Lisa Vincent, Chief Transformation Officer at Prologis, to discuss her role in driving digital transformation. Vincent highlights how her team uses data-driven insights and AI-powered tools to stay ahead in the real estate and supply chain logistics space.
Article How Mining and Metals Giant BHP is Learning to ‘Think & Act Differently’
August 28, 2024 | By Scott Cohen
We sit down with Paul Perry, VP of Innovation at BHP, as he discusses the "Think & Act Differently" (TAD) initiative. His team fosters innovation in the mining industry by partnering with external technology providers.
Article GS1 US on the Future of AI in Supply Chain Management
August 14, 2024 | By Curtis Michelson
We talk to Bob Czechowicz, Senior Director of Innovation at GS1 US, about the future of AI and how his team uses cutting-edge technologies to enhance global supply chain processes, all while maintaining the high standards and reliability that their stakeholders depend on.
Article Putting Generative AI Into Daily Practice: Give It 20 Minutes
March 19, 2024 | By Curtis Michelson
How do you get your brain in shape for this new era, and understand the ways it may affect your work, and that of your team? Here are five Gen AI workouts to boost your productivity and understanding.
Article What to Know About Innovation Software
January 23, 2024 | By Alex Slawsby
This article explores how the usage of software by innovation groups is changing in 2024. It looks at two categories — mainstream productivity applications and innovation management software — and raises questions about how generative AI will change them.
Thought Leadership Why Generative AI is the North Star for Corporate Innovators
November 27, 2023 | By Sean Sheppard, Managing Partner, U+
Companies that embrace and experiment with AI solutions are experiencing a five-fold increase in the number of venture ideas and are twice as selective in their decisions. Sean Sheppard of U+ serves up examples in this piece.
Thought Leadership The AI-Enabled Explosion of Organizational Creativity and Innovation is Here
November 20, 2023 | By Erik Noyes, Babson College
Innovation won’t come from AI alone, writes Erik Noyes of Babson College, but from your best people with their respective human superpowers now augmented by AI. How will your top innovators leverage AI to explore, imagine, prototype, and create?
On Demand Webcast Three Things Companies Can Do to Win with Generative AI in 2024
November 20, 2023
This November 2023 webcast replay covers what companies should be doing with regard to generative AI. Presenter Elliott Parker of High Alpha Innovation called generative AI a "clasically disruptive technology" — something that makes things that were previously difficult or expensive accessible to the masses. "It's going to create massive opportunities,"...
Article McGraw Hill Exec on Building the ‘TikTok for Studying’
October 31, 2023 | By Meghan Hall
When he first proposed building Sharpen, McGraw Hill’s app that has been called “the TikTok for studying,” Justin Singh didn’t know whether it would play well with the company’s target audience for the product — students looking for a new way to study that was more aligned with their lifestyle.
Article Five Steps for Devising a Digital Roadmap
October 19, 2023 | By Hadley Thompson
Many companies start “digital transformations” that meander along and get nowhere. The new book The Digital Transformation Roadmap, by Columbia Business School professor David Rogers, serves up constructive advice about building digital skills and strategies that can respond to today’s constantly-changing environment. We talk with Rogers...
Article Book Excerpt: What Problems Can the Metaverse Actually Solve?
August 30, 2023
In this exclusive excerpt, Nokia's Head of Trend and Innovation Scouting writes about what makes new technologies successful, and lays out a case for why the Metaverse will get there.
Article Macy’s CEO Talks Mini Stores, Consumers Under Pressure, and Culture
January 16, 2023 | By Meghan Hall
Macy's CEO Jeff Gennette was at the National Retail Federation's conference to deliver an update to his peers in the retail industry. In a mainstage session, Gennette touched on the consumer mood at the start of 2023; how Macy’s has begun converting some traditional stores to a smaller Market by...
Article Spotify’s VP of Personalization on ‘Making a Bet’ on New Ideas
October 3, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
Personalization of products and services has become a major desire for many consumers across a variety of industries. We spoke with Ziad Sultan, VP of Personalization at Spotify, the music streaming platform famous for its customized user interface, to learn more about its personalization practices, get advice on how to...

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