Politics & Business Unit Engagement

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Former LEGO Exec: 5 Habits of Successful Corporate Intrapreneurs

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Customer Focus, Culture, and Decision-Making at Amazon and Google

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Three Tactics to Spur Innovation Inside Highly-Regulated Companies

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Failing Fast: An Illustrated Fable

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Finding Your Innovation Allies

  • Former LEGO Exec: 5 Habits of Successful Corporate Intrapreneurs

  • Customer Focus, Culture, and Decision-Making at Amazon and Google

  • Three Tactics to Spur Innovation Inside Highly-Regulated Companies

  • Failing Fast: An Illustrated Fable

  • Finding Your Innovation Allies

A good way to ensure that innovation initiatives don’t endure is to underestimate the need for backing from business unit chiefs and senior leadership. Even when the CEO decrees that she wants more innovation, many constituencies throughout the organization can still withhold the necessary support or resources.

Our coverage of the political and diplomatic issues around innovation seeks to provide advice on getting buy-in — and, when necessary, dealing with nay-sayers.

A good starting point is our research report, “Innovation Teams & Business Units: Allies or Adversaries?"

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Innovation & Risk

How well-aligned is your innovation group with colleagues in legal, compliance & security? Our 50-page report is packed with advice.

Aaron Proietti, author of Today's Innovator.

Advice on Innovation Governance, Budgeting, Metrics

In his new book, former Transamerica exec Aaron Proietti talks about innovation not as an outcome, but as a competency that helps organizations escape the status quo.

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Hasbro CEO on Resistance, Toys ‘R’ Us, and Game Evolution

Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner shares how Hasbro navigates the changing retail landscape and why changing things as fast as the market demands can often run counter to human nature. Part three of three...

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Why KeyBank is Investing in Digital Innovation and Acquisitions

KeyBank is one of the biggest in the US, with over 1,100 branches. While investing in its digital relationship with customers, it remains committed to face-to-face interactions.

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What’s the Level of Innovation Urgency at Your Organization?

How much urgency is there around innovation at your company? Check the answers that describe your organization, and get an instant assessment of where you stand.

Ace Moghimi, Former Global Head of Innovation and Digital Strategy, Manulife/John Hancock

Why Innovators Can’t Afford to Ignore Politics & Internal Conflicts

Ace Moghimi, an experienced insurance industry innovator, offers his tips for creating significant change in large organizations.

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