All Innovation Labs & Spaces - Page 5

Article Inside Verizon’s ‘Window Into Innovation’
August 18, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken, Kelsey Alpaio
Tim Gorman of Verizon discusses the company’s innovation centers in San Francisco and the Boston suburbs. He also offers a demo of augmented reality for “smart cities.”
Article Autodesk’s Rick Rundell on Getting an Innovation Program Started
August 15, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Autodesk Technology & Innovation Strategist Rick Rundell talks about starting an innovation initiative at the software company.
Article Medtronic’s Innovation Lab on Working with Business Units
August 9, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
The Applied Innovation Lab helps Medtronic evolve from being simply a maker of medical devices to one thinks more broadly about improving health and patient outcomes.
Article Innovation Challenges & Choices with Nondini Naqui
July 25, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken, Scott Kirsner
Nondini Naqui, an intrapreneur and innovation leader who has worked in insurance and banking, discusses the challenges innovators face and how to overcome obstacles.
On Demand Live Call Advice from Manulife Exec Jesse Bean on Delivering Impact
July 6, 2017
Jesse Bean of Manulife Financial shares his advice about setting up a network of labs, building support among middle management, and the “DevOps” approach.
Article Six Types of Innovation Lab: The Pros and Cons
June 26, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
We've now written about or visited dozens of labs run by Global 1000 companies. This list lays out the six primary types we've seen, as well as the pros and cons of each.
Article Why Suffolk’s Chief Innovation Officer is Investing in VR
May 16, 2017 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
“Active visualization” has been a big emphasis for Suffolk Chief Innovation Officer Chris Mayer, creating new ways to envision projects, whether using AR or VR.
Article How Cadillac House Transforms the Vehicle Maker’s Brand
May 3, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Nathan Tan of Cadillac discusses the creation of Cadillac House, a brand building initiative for the company. See photos from inside the space.
Article Inside the Hatchery, the Innovation Lab at AARP
May 1, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
AARP is not only one of the largest nonprofits, but also one of the biggest insurers and magazine publishers. Take a look inside the Hatchery…
Article The Key Players and Tensions in Corporate Innovation
April 25, 2017
We partnered with XPLANE, the renowned “visual thinking” firm, to create a map of the corporate innovation ecosystem, along with discussion questions.
On Demand Live Call Creating Iconic Advantage: Soon Yu Talks Innovation at VF Corp
April 24, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Creating an iconic brand requires more than great design. Find out what makes a brand iconic from Soon Yu the former Global VP of Innovation at VF Corporation.
Article Retail Accelerator XRC Labs: Startups and Industry Shifts
April 12, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
In kicking off XRC’s 2017 demo day, Managing Director Pano Anthos discussed some of the trends he is seeing in the retail space, and what retailers must do to stay relevant.
Article Why Italian Vehicle-Maker Piaggio Set Up a New Lab to Design Robots
March 7, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Michele Colaninno is emphatic about what he didn’t want from a new lab that the vehicle-maker Piaggio Group set up in 2015.
Article Inside MasterCard Labs in New York City
February 21, 2017
MasterCard Labs in New York houses product and technology teams that build prototypes and collaborate with partners. See photos here.
On Demand Webcast The Innovation Agenda for 2017
February 13, 2017
What are innovators thinking about as we head in to 2017? InnoLead editor Scott Kirsner discusses what we’re seeing corporate innovation teams focus on.
Article Cardinal Health SVP Offers a Look Inside Customer-Focused Fuse Lab
January 6, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
“When you come to Fuse, it’s all about the customers. It’s customer-in,” says Cardinal Health SVP and CTO Brent Stutz. Find out more about Fuse here...
Article Inside Target’s Food + Future coLab
January 3, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
The idea behind the creation of the coLAB is that “we know less about our food than we ever have at any other time in history. We want to do something about it.”
Article Philadelphia 76ers Innovation Lab, Offering Hands-On Help to Startups
December 1, 2016 | By Kelsey Alpaio
The new lab is open to hosting early-stage consumer product companies and some B2B concepts — not just sports or fitness-related startups. Find out more…
Article How P&G Evolved Its Innovation Studio for Broader Impact
October 17, 2016 | By Ann Brocklehurst
Procter & Gamble's Clay Street Project allows employees to foster innovation and address the problems that can prevent ideas from growing into new products...
On Demand Live Call How Capital One Garage Reimagines Customers’ Relationship with Money
October 4, 2016
Capital One's The Garage is an incubator that brings together cross-functional teams to create new products and services. Find out more...