Politics & Business Unit Engagement

Has Your Organization Racked Up an Innovation Deficit?

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John Hancock Exec on Getting More Digital, Fast, in a Socially-Distant Era

Living in the New Reality: The Reinvention Ultimatum

Has Your Organization Racked Up an Innovation Deficit?
How Companies Think About Innovation Budgets in 2021
How CSAA’s Chief Innovation Officer Approaches Disruption
John Hancock Exec on Getting More Digital, Fast, in a Socially-Distant Era
Living in the New Reality: The Reinvention Ultimatum

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?"

Former LEGO Exec: 5 Habits of Successful Corporate Intrapreneurs

David Gram, formerly a leader at LEGO Ventures and LEGO Creative Play Lab, outlines five habits that set corporate intrapreneurs up for success. The first one: Accept that people will hate your project.

Three Tactics to Spur Innovation Inside Highly-Regulated Companies

If you’re on the inside of a traditional, regulated industry and want to shake up the status quo, here are three things you need to start doing, according to the former Head of Worldwide Innovation at Pfizer. Includes a downloadable set of tips.

Failing Fast: An Illustrated Fable

“We kicked off in a sequestered innovation lab, well protected from the unpredictability of the market…” Dan Roam draws you a picture of what happened next…

Five Innovation Tips to Start Your September

Vacation season is over, so brush up on what you missed while you were at the beach. Check out five takeaways from our August coverage of corporate innovation…

Aflac Exec on Growing a Venture Capital Fund

Bharat Rajaram of Aflac discusses how the company grew its corporate venture fund in a year and the role of Aflac Venture Labs. Get advice here…

Innovation & Risk

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

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Research Reports

Innovation Teams & Business Units

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Our report on building productive relationships between innovation groups and the business units includes insights and advice from AIG, Ralph Lauren, W.L. Gore and more.