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Article Inside MassMutual’s Radical Learning Initiative
January 20, 2015 | By Judy Quinn
Organizing supper clubs and offering classes on how to plan for the zombie apocalypse, a spin-out from MassMutual tries to target the future consumer. Here's how it works...
Article How Panera Bread Reinvented Its Customer Experience
December 10, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Blaine Hurst of Panera Bread explains how he worked with CEO and founder Ron Shaich to design and test the “Panera 2.0” concept, working out of a single cafe near Boston’s Fenway Park.
Article Reebok VP Paul Litchfield on Innovation Risks
December 8, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Reebok’sPaul Litchfield discusses the challenges of making innovation happen within a traditional annual planning cycle; experiments with wearable technologies; and more…
Article Why Visa Set Up a Digital Payments Innovation Lab
November 19, 2014 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
As more consumers look to pay for things without a credit card or carrying cash, Visa exec Bill Gajda explains the company's thinking behind a new innovation center in San Francisco.
On Demand Live Call Hospital Innovation Exec Talks Disruption, Events & Engagement
November 10, 2014
Lesley Solomon of Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, discusses running hackathons, and how she gets busy clinicians engaged with innovation initiatives.
Article Why GE Created the FirstBuild Maker Community
October 9, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
GE's Lou Lenzi explains how the company's new co-creation initiative, launched this summer, allows GE to "take little bets and do things fast." Includes video and slides...
Article How GM’s Silicon Valley Office Hunts for Relevant Innovations
October 1, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Managing director Frankie James talks about how her Silicon Valley-based team identifies high-potential startups and new technologies and interacts with teams at GM headquarters.
On Demand Live Call Humana Exec on Consultants, Mix of Projects, Reporting to CEO
September 19, 2014
Nate Bellinger of Humana talks about the 15-year history of Humana’s innovation initiatives and some of the lessons they’ve learned as it has evolved.
Article GameStop’s Technology Institute Explores Future of Retail
September 15, 2014 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
In March, the $9 billion videogame retailer created the GameStop Technology Institute to help it develop new experiences and offerings for the "empowered consumer."
Article Why UnitedHealth & the Mayo Clinic Created Optum Labs
September 10, 2014
Optum Labs' Paul Bleicher explains why a new open innovation center was created, the key to getting everyone to play nicely , and how they'll measure success...
Article How DuPont’s Innovation Centers Bring It Closer to Customers
August 15, 2014 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
Karen Weining of DuPont explains how the pioneering materials company has been collaborating with customers at its network of 12 innovation centers around the world.
Article Why Lowe’s Innovation Lab Hired Sci-Fi Writers to Guide Strategy
July 1, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Kyle Nel of Lowe’s Innovation Labs explains why the home improvement retailer created a comic book to help executives evaluate possible future scenarios.
Article How Publisher Pearson Gets Close to Education Startups
June 3, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
“Education is changing — there’s no denying that,” says Diana Stepner of Pearson plc. Here’s what the British publishing company is doing to connect with tech startups…
Article Hacking Hierarchies: Lessons from Houghton Mifflin
May 13, 2014 | By Julie Donnelly
Mary Cullinane of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, talks about breaking down walls between print and digital products and hacking away at hierarchies, and being customer-centric.
Article Lessons from Marriott on Rapid Prototyping, Co-Creation
April 28, 2014 | By Scott Cohen
Brian King of Marriott takes you into “The Underground,” Marriott’s innovation lab, to see how rapid-prototyping works there, and offers lessons for replicating the process.
Article Why Delphi Planted an Innovation Lab in Silicon Valley
April 16, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Delphi Labs director John Absmeier explains how the automotive components giant is partnering, investing, and plugging into the Silicon Valley ecosystem…
Article Ten Insights from Textron’s Scorpion Jet Program
March 19, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Textron set an audacious goal: Get a new military plane from concept to the runway in under two years. Execs shared what they learned on the journey...
Article Humana Exec on the Ups and Downs of Innovation Programs
March 3, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
As staffing levels have risen and fallen, and reporting relationships have changed, $40 billion health insurer Humana has kept a commitment to innovation alive.
Article Inside Xerox’s ‘Dreaming Sessions’ With Customers
February 20, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Xerox felt R&D needed to be better-connected to customers. The result was the “Dreaming Session,” which brings researchers together with Xerox’s customers…
Article Five Reasons You Shouldn’t Launch a Startup Accelerator
February 19, 2014
Want an innovation injection? Start an accelerator. At least, that seems to be the thinking at a growing number of companies, from from Barclays to Volkswagen to Disney...