All Politics & Business Unit Engagement - Page 7

Article Inside the Creation of D&B’s Cloud Innovation Center
February 16, 2015 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
An acquisition in 2014 gave Dun & Bradstreet a 49-person, cloud-focused software development team in Vancouver. Here's how that group has evolved...
Article Who Wields the ‘Power of No’ at Your Company?
January 12, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Stuart Jenkins of Deckers Outdoor, says it's near-impossible to innovate if any one person can shoot down a good idea. Find out more about the power of no here...
Article Kennametal Exec on Innovation Governance & ‘Fast Fail’ Testing
December 22, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Colin Tilzey, head of the Innovation Ventures Group at the $3 billion tool-maker, talks about the evolution of the innovation governance committee...
Article 12 Interview Questions to Set You Up for Success
November 5, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
An innovation leader from financial services shared the questions he uses in conversations with people who sponsor or collaborate with the innovation team.
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 Nancy Shea: Turning Your CEO into a Fully-Vested Partner
June 5, 2014
"You really have to be careful what you wish for when you talk about getting your CEO involved with innovation," says Nancy Shea of Kraft Foods, Ashland Inc., and World Kitchen...
Article Dear Boss: Here’s How to Manage our Team
May 12, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Phil Swishe of Brown Brothers Harriman shares the one-page guide he put together for the partner who was taking over management of his team in 2013.
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 Clay Christensen: Why Most Innovation Leaders Will Fail
January 3, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
Christensen, author of the seminal business book “The Innovator’s Dilemma,” warns that too many executives don’t understand the “corporate laws of physics” in enough detail — and think they can simply will the organization to change how it works.
Article Insights and War stories: Starbucks, Kraft & Hyatt
December 30, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
What do you do when business unit executives complain that your ideas are just too complicated to deploy? Innovators from Starbucks, Kraft, and Hyatt discuss.
Q&A What’s the Right Relationship Between Innovation and Business Units?
October 19, 2013
What is the optimal relationship between an innovation/team group and the lines of business? Is there a ‘golden rule’ for how close or how far away it should be?
Article Is the CEO Serious about Innovation?
September 7, 2013
If you want to achieve truly transformational innovation, you have to find leaders who are open to it, and willing to organize around it, says Saul Kaplan...
Article Hostile Comments from Division Heads
May 22, 2013
When innovation initiatives aren't exactly welcomed with open arms...A dispatch from the commodities business.