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  On Demand WebcastBest Practices for Scouting Trends and Emerging Technologies

  February 5, 2018

  InnoLead's Scott Kirsner and Kyle Nel, the former Executive Director of Lowe's Innovation Labs, discuss best practices for scouting trends and emerging technologies. 
• On Demand Live CallDavid Lee on Bringing New Innovation Programs to UPS

  January 24, 2018

  David Lee, UPS's Vice President of Innovation, oversees UPS' corporate investing arm, the Strategic Enterprise Fund. Lee discusses the initiative in this call...
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  ArticleNilofer Merchant: 30% Weird is a Good Target

  January 24, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner

  We sat down with the author and former Apple exec Nilofer Merchant to talk about why corporate cultures can be so hostile to ideas that are a bit off-kilter…
• ArticleNokia Blends Sci-Fi and Reality to Envision the Future

  December 29, 2017 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager

  Leslie Shannon, Head of Ecosystem and Trends Scouting at Nokia, explains how science fiction can be an important bellwether of what technologies will take off.
• ArticleUber Isn’t Joking About Flying Cars

  December 12, 2017 | By Brian Steiner

  Uber's Elevate initiative aims to launch a new fleet of electric aircraft that would carry a pilot and up to four passengers. We talk to two of the NASA veterans overseeing the project.
• ArticleWhat Open Innovation Impact Looks Like at Electrolux

  September 29, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner

  Lucia Chierchia of Electrolux discusses how she seeks out the "hidden innovators," the "ambassadors" program she launched, and more. Includes slides...
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  ArticleAutodesk’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.
• ArticleInside the ‘Near-Future Sensing Team’ at UNICEF

  August 9, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio

   In 2007,  Christopher Fabian and Erica Kochi founded the UNICEF’s Innovation Unit. We spoke with Fabian about innovation at UNICEF and how the venture fund operates.
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  ArticleFormer Lululemon Strategy Manager on Retail Disruption

  July 3, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio

  “[A]s a more established brand, there are a lot of headwinds out there,” Lindsay Angelo says. “[T]hink about how you can take advantage of that turbulence internally.”
• ArticleInside J&J’s New Initiative to ‘Intercept’ Diseases

  May 12, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner

  The pharmaceutical industry often develops drugs to manage diseases. But Johnson & Johnson posits a different model: What if you could identify people at risk and stave disease off? 
• ArticleHow GE Fuse Prototypes with an Online Community

  April 17, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio

  Amelia Gandara of GE Fuse discusses the program's community, and the right and wrong ways to source solutions from outside. Read more for insights.
• ArticleHow Tech Scouting Ties in to the Business at Goodyear

  April 10, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner

  Goodyear’s Chris Varley supports managers tasked with developing “‘something new’ on a five- or ten-year roadmap.” Get his advice on bringing ideas into a $15 billion company…
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  On Demand Live CallHBS’s Karim Lakhani on Overcoming Resistance to Crowdsourcing

  February 27, 2017

  Karim Lakhani of Harvard Business School discusses why people resist crowdsourcing and if teams should run competitions on their crowdsourcing platforms.
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  ArticleCoca-Cola Shutters its Founders Initiative, Which Backed Startups

  December 29, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Coca-Cola shut down its Founders program, which worked with entrepreneurs and invested in startups. One possible cause: a back-to-basics focus on the core business.
• ArticleAIG and John Hancock Execs Talk Startups, Sensors & More

  December 16, 2016 | By Kelsey Alpaio

  AIG and John Hancock execs discuss how insurance companies can innovate in the face of regulatory oversight, privacy concerns, and the status quo.
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  ArticleGoogle and XPRIZE Execs on Enabling Big Breakthroughs

  November 23, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Google X executive Hans Peter Brøndmo and XPRIZE CEO Marcus Shingles give their insights from a session held at the inaugural Harvest Summit.
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  ArticleMIT’s Eric von Hippel Looks at the Rise of Consumers as Innovators

  November 22, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Eric von Hippel, a professor at MIT and economist who has studied open innovation since the 1980s, explores the phenomenon of consumers as innovators.
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  ArticleInsights from Honda’s Silicon Valley Lab

  October 3, 2016 | By Stephen Ellison

  While it began as an R&D outpost in 2000 and later added a venture capital team, Honda's Silicon Valley site is now a full-fledged innovation hub for the company...
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  On Demand WebcastWhat Top Corporate Innovators are Doing in 2016

  September 22, 2016

  InnoLead editor and co-founder Scott Kirsner shares seven examples of how companies like Toyota, Disney, GE, and Amazon are working to innovate better, faster, cheaper.
• ArticleHow Houghton Mifflin is Building an Ecosystem of Developers

  September 20, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner

  Can Houghton Mifflin Harcourt remake itself into a digital platform, distributing content, software, and cloud-based services to schools?