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  ArticleTop 10 AI Tools Being Used by Innovation and R&D Professionals: March 2025 Data

  March 10, 2025 | By Scott Kirsner

  With 105 qualified responses, here's what we're seeing from innovation and R&D professionals in March 2025. The question we asked: "Which AI tools are you consistently using as part of innovation-related activities (partnerships, scouting, product development, prototypes, experiments)?"
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  On Demand WebcastHarnessing Breakthrough Technologies to Stay Ahead of the Curve

  February 28, 2025

  In an era of constant disruption and accelerating technological change, staying ahead means more than just spotting trends — it requires the ability to act on them. In this webcast, Gary Walia, Director of Grid of the Future at Southwire, and Jan Fischer, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Innosabi, explore how...
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  ArticleWhy is There So Much Hype Around AI Agents in 2025?

  February 26, 2025 | By Curtis Michelson

  Curtis Michelson serves up a glossary of terms related to agentic AI, as well as a look at how the AI agent space is developing in 2025.
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  ArticleNvidia Exec on What’s Next for AI Adoption in Financial Services

  February 13, 2025 | By Rachel Curry, Contributing Writer

  We spoke with Nvidia's Kevin Levitt in February, just after the release of the company's latest "State of AI in Financial Services" report to learn more about where AI is headed in this key sector.
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  ArticleAlbertsons Exec on Startup Partnerships and Where GenAI is Having an Impact

  February 11, 2025 | By Paulina Karpis, B Capital

  As Albertsons’ GVP of Technology and Engineering, Maria Latushkin is reshaping how one of America’s largest retailers merges in-store and online shopping. We talk with Latushkin about cultivating startup partnerships that thrive at enterprise scale, the pragmatic realities of deploying GenAI across vast workforces, and her vision for smarter, frictionless...
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  On Demand WebcastFrom Prompts to Profits: How Generative AI is Transforming Innovation

  February 10, 2025

  This webcast replay features Jan Beranek, Founder of FifthRow, and serial entrepreneur Paul Campbell exploring real-world examples of businesses leveraging generative AI to drive creativity, streamline processes, and unlock new opportunities.
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  ArticleThe Innovation Game: Can You Make Innovation a Lasting Capability?

  February 6, 2025

  If corporate innovation can sometimes feel like a game, it's one set to hard mode. Success requires relationship-building, resource-gathering, and constant learning to make it past the traps and pitfalls you’ll inevitably encounter. Download the large-format discussion document...
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  ArticleMcKinsey Report Finds Employees Moving Faster with AI Than Leaders

  February 3, 2025 | By Steven Melendez

  Among those who said their organizations are moving too slow, the biggest reason for moving was "talent skill gaps," which 46 percent cited. An overview of the January 2025 report is inside...
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  ArticleDeloitte Report: Mistakes and Phantom Value are the Biggest Impediments to AI Adoption

  January 23, 2025 | By Curtis Michelson

  “While the C-suite has been slower to engage in AI implementation," a new report from Deloitte finds, "teams across the company are developing proofs-of-concept and driving AI adoption.” More inside...
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  ArticleThe Top 10 Biggest US Companies: What They’re Doing with AI and GenAI

  January 21, 2025 | By Curtis Michelson

  We’ve assembled this list of the top 10 US-based companies by revenue, focusing on how they’re seeking to leverage AI and generative AI in their businesses. These use cases span both internal operational and external customer-facing initiatives. AI “agents” are emerging as a theme — but they aren’t as dominant as...
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  VideoMarc Raibert on the Converging Fields of AI and Robotics

  January 15, 2025 | By Scott Kirsner

  "We want to really figure out what are the big problems that are that are holding robots back. And believe me, robots are held back," Marc Raibert said at Impact 2024. "They're not the success that other technologies are yet." Watch the video...
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  VideoVideo: Former Disney Exec Bob Weis on Innovating Over Decades

  January 15, 2025 | By Scott Kirsner

  One of the things Weis discusses in this video from Impact 2024 is the relationship between the creative and design teams at Imagineering, and the operators who run Disney's theme parks, hotels, and cruise ships.
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  ArticleUse InnoLeadGPT to Get Answers to Your Questions

  January 14, 2025

  We've created a chatbot interface to a portion of InnoLead’s content. You can ask it anything related to corporate innovation — and like ChatGPT, you can follow up with instructions on how you'd like it to expand upon or refine its answers.
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  ArticleQuiz: Generative AI Terms and Concepts

  January 9, 2025 | By Curtis Michelson

  This quiz on GenAI will help you quickly self-assess your ability to be conversant with both the technical and business teams in your organization.
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  ArticleHow Uber is Leveraging GenAI for ‘Zero Touch’ and ‘One Touch’ Customer Support

  January 9, 2025 | By Paulina Karpis, B Capital

  As Uber’s Director of Global Content for Community Operations, Hadley Ferguson has spent 12 years shaping the company’s support experience. We talk with Ferguson about leveraging GenAI to transform customer support, fostering team adoption of new technologies, and building successful partnerships with startups to meet the needs of a global...
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  VideoNTT Corp.’s Vito Mabrucco on the Difference Between Invention and Innovation

  January 7, 2025 | By Scott Kirsner

  Trevor Anulewicz of Launch by NTT DATA and Vito Mabrucco of NTT Corporation were featured mainstage speakers at this past fall's Impact conference in Cambridge. They discussed the importance of differentiating invention from innovation.
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  VideoUnited Airlines’ Chief Customer Officer on Cutting Red Tape to Innovate in a Regulated Industry

  December 23, 2024 | By Scott Kirsner

  "If innovation is about batting 100 percent, people aren't going to innovate enough," says Linda Jojo. Watch highlights from her conversation with Abbie Lundberg from the 2024 Impact conference.
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  ArticleSurvey: Legacy Infrastructure is Hindering GenAI, and ‘Pilot Fatigue’ is Real

  December 19, 2024 | By Scott Cohen

  A massive 114-page study of more than 2,000 GenAI decisionmakers noted that nearly 90 percent have experienced “pilot fatigue” around testing GenAI projects, and 90 percent say legacy infrastructure has hindered the effective use of GenAI. More details inside...
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  ArticleThe Top Trends for 2025: An AI Meta-Analysis of 75+ Reports and Articles

  December 16, 2024 | By Curtis Michelson

  For this piece, we collected 78 articles or reports in total across 22 industries. These ranged from the Deloitte's annual tech trends report to Pantone's choice of the "color of the year" to a PhocusWire post on hospitality trends. With a little assistance from AI, we surfaced the top trends...
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  ArticleGenAI’s Trough of Disillusionment — and How to Avoid It

  December 11, 2024 | By Hugh Park Jedwill

  Generative AI is about to enter its Trough of Disillusionment. Lots of exciting words from tech luminaries have been published in the past couple years, but we’re all waiting for the proof. Hugh Park Jedwill explains how to get there.