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Article Six Tips From Google on Implementing AI
June 14, 2019 | By Kelsey Alpaio
During a talk at MIT, Rajen Sheth, Product Manager for Google Cloud, outlined the six lessons he’s learned while implementing AI at Google and other companies.
Article Chick-fil-A’s Hatch Innovation Center & the Future of Fast-Food
June 11, 2019 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Innovators throughout Chick-fil-A gather at Hatch — the company’s hub for innovation — to solve common problems in the business. Get insights from the initative…
Article How Coca-Cola Created the Soda Fountain of the Future
May 15, 2019 | By Scott Kirsner
The inside story how how a skunkworks team of Coca-Cola engineers created the Freestyle soda fountain back in 2007 — and what they’re working on and imporving for the second iteration.
Article Revera Senior Living on Tackling the Challenges of Aging Collaboratively
May 6, 2019 | By Kaitlin Milliken
From involving residents to running internal idea challenges to partnering with young tech companies, Revera Senior Living seeks to innovate aging collaboratively.
Article ‘Office of New Urban Mechanics’ Nudges City Gov to Take Risks
April 28, 2019
Boston’s Office of New Urban Mechanics is a civic innovation incubator and R&D lab. It’s also the city’s “risk team, the failure team,” says co-founder Nigel Jacob.
Article How Truck Manufacturer PACCAR is Innovating for the Long Haul
March 26, 2019 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Tesla isn’t alone in the ring of companies experimenting with electric, autonomous, and smarter commercial vehicles.
Article How Cisco Brings Multiple Companies Together to Innovate
February 12, 2019 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Cisco executive Kate O’Keeffe explains the format of the company’s 48-hour “living lab” program, which brings together multiple companies to explore opportunities.
Q&A What Software Do You Use for Managing Ideas?
December 14, 2018
One member of the InnoLead community asked: “What software do you use for managing ideas — specifically, dealing with an idea backlog?” See the responses inside…
Article How Corning Focuses R&D Efforts and Sources Ideas
November 26, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
Christie McCarthy of Corning’s life sciences division, discusses the 345 Model, the importance of patience, scalability, and where ideas come from.
Podcast Moving Fast…Full Speed Ahead!
November 6, 2018 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Can a big, slow company really move fast? And is faster necessarily better? To find out, we talked to Rachael Schwartz, formerly of Keurig. This episode also features Trip Advisor CEO Steve Kaufer.
Podcast The Innovation Survival Guide
September 25, 2018 | By Kaitlin Milliken
What kills innovation initiatives at large companies? And what can you do to survive? To find out we talked to InnoLead’s Editor Scott Kirsner and Assistant Editor Kelsey Alpaio.
Article Leveraging the Power of Crowds to Enhance Design Thinking
August 22, 2018 | By Daniel Seewald, Contributing Columnist and CEO, Deliberate Innovation
Crowdsourcing should take place before a design session, contends Pfizer exec Daniel Seewald. In fact, it can be the difference between a mediocre session and a high impact one.
Article L’Oreal VP on the Effective Use of Design Thinking in Business
July 3, 2018 | By Pamela Bump
Jackson Wang shares his advice on the most effective ways to use design thinking, highlighting lessons from his work as VP of Retail Design at L’Oreal and Procter & Gamble.
On Demand Webcast Navi Radjou on How You Can Implement Frugal Innovation
May 30, 2018
Navi Radjou, whose TED talk on frugal innovation has garnered over 1.6 million views, explains some of the values driving the phenomenon, and answers questions.
Article Startup Studios: Snake Oil or Elixir for the Corporate Innovator?
May 15, 2018 | By Rick Waldron, Contributing Columnist & Former VP of Innovation Strategy, Nike
Startup studios are gaining traction. But will this strategy help innovators overcome enterprise challenges? Former Nike and Intel exec Rick Waldron makes the case...
On Demand Webcast Advice on Piloting and Scaling New Ideas in Healthcare
May 1, 2018
Few industries are as regulated as health care. Leaders from Anthem, Pulse@MassChallenge, and Boston Children's Hospital share their advice on innovating.
Article Nurturing New Ideas About Food at Campbell Soup Company
April 18, 2018 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Megan Bozzelli, Disruptive Innovation Manager at Campbell Soup Company, explains the tactics the disruptive innovation team at Campbell’s utilizes to harness innovation.
Article Testing Emerging Tech in a 12,000-Employee Hospital System
April 13, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
How do you innovate in an environment where everything is legitimately an emergency? John Halamka of Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center shares his advice.
Article How Campbell’s Soup Launched a New ‘Buy One, Give One’ Product
April 11, 2018 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Direct-to-consumer products are rare at Campbell’s Soup. Here's a look at how the Soulfull Project launched one.
Article How Dow Jones is Innovating in an Era of ‘Fake News’
March 21, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
Edward Roussel of Dow Jones discusses the company’s relationship with new gatekeepers like Facebook, and how the company explores new technologies.