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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...
Article Inside Disney’s iD8 Innovation Studios
December 11, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
Christopher Chapman, Disney’s global creativity and innovation director, talks to InnoLead about how his team creates online and offline spaces to foster innovation.
Article Time Warner & Blue Cross on Starting Accelerators
November 26, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
Execs from Time Warner, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, and TechStars talk about the upside in supporting accelerator programs for entrepreneurs...
Article J&J on Building Its Global Network of Innovation Centers
October 7, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
The healthcare giant, headquartered in New Jersey, is opening innovation centers in Silicon Valley, Shanghai, London, and Boston...
Article Is Your Company Really Set Up to Innovate?
September 15, 2013
When a company launches an innovation program, what they’re trying to say is, “We are a creative organization that wants to foster creative stuff.”