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  On Demand WebcastVisioning an Emerging Tech Landscape in the Metaverse

  August 12, 2022

  In our recent online workshop, Elisa Holland and David Pessah of KPMG LLP discuss metaverse strategies, and how you can create common language and understanding around the metaverse. Watch the replay for their insights. 
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  ArticleI Spent Hours Exploring the Metaverse… Here’s What I Found

  August 12, 2022 | By Meghan Hall

  InnoLead’s Meghan Hall spent hours exploring Roblox and Decentraland to compare the two, understand how to use them, and see who’s playing there. 
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  ArticleMastercard’s Chief Innovation Officer on Emerging Tech: Be ‘Insanely Curious’

  August 8, 2022 | By Meghan Hall

  We spoke with Ken Moore, Chief Innovation Officer of Mastercard for insight on the evolution of Web3 and the metaverse. He gave advice for scouting and testing new technologies in large organizations and discussed how Mastercard takes a “play with a purpose” approach to new tech. 
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  ArticleHow Avery Dennison Scouts New Technologies — and Cuts Through the Hype

  July 29, 2022 | By Collin Robisheaux, Meghan Hall

  We spoke with Collin Moore, Avery Dennison’s Director of Open Innovation Studio and Strategic Innovation, about how his organization scouts important new technologies, as well as how to filter out hype. This is part of our series exploring the “fourth industrial revolution.”
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  VideoVideo: What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

  July 20, 2022 | By Collin Robisheaux

  We talk with five executives about how they define the term “fourth industrial revolution” — and what some of the key drivers are.
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  ArticleInnovating to Meet Sustainability Goals

  June 18, 2022

  ESG? Agenda 2030? Whatever language your organization is using, it’s likely you’ve set goals related to sustainability. However, there may not yet be a defined team in place, or sufficient resources. Here’s what other companies are doing.
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  ArticleA Simplified Guide to Web3 and the Metaverse

  May 25, 2022

  Web3 and the metaverse are two concepts that catapulted out of the world of startups, venture capital, and cryptocurrency enthusiasts in 2021. Now, many larger companies are exploring potential use cases and developing strategy for both Web3 and the metaverse. So we’ve created a jargon-free guide to these two concepts,...
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  ArticleHow Carmaker BMW is Developing Strategy for Blockchain, AI, and the Metaverse

  May 16, 2022

  How do emerging technologies get evaluated, tested, and rolled out in Munich-based BMW Group? We talk to Andrew Luckow, Head of Innovation and Emerging Technologies to get the details.
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  ArticleMobile Apps, NFTs, and the Metaverse: How FIFA is Innovating its Way to the 2022 World Cup

  March 25, 2022 | By Collin Robisheaux

  “Innovation is a word that can mean everything – and nothing,” says Benjamin Stoll, Director of Strategic Alliances & Innovation at FIFA, football’s governing body. Unless, he adds, innovation activity can be tied to tangible value creation for FIFA and its constituents. We talked to Stoll in advance of this...
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  ArticleInside MetLife’s Relationships with VCs and the Startup Ecosystem

  January 18, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner

  Since 2014, the $68 billion insurer MetLife has run more 160 experiments with startups — 70 of which later developed into contractual relationships. Vice President of Innovation Terrence Luciani has created a structured process for collecting requirements from around the company, and then working with venture capital firms, accelerators, and other parties to...
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  ArticleHow Dell’s CTO Assesses New Technologies to Drive Future Growth

  January 12, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner

  Once a company is approaching $100 billion in revenue, creating substantial growth gets a lot harder. “You need to find some new areas to play in,” says Global CTO John Roese. Here’s how he does that…W
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  ArticleHow Software-Maker PTC Prototypes the Future of AR and VR

  January 10, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner

  The $1.8 billion software company PTC makes software used to design physical products, and to connect them to the Internet of Things. In 2017, the Boston company created a new Reality Lab. Its leader, Valentin Heun, says, “We look at problems in the company that cannot be solved wth short-term business...
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  ArticleHow Pharma Distributor AmerisourceBergen Prioritizes and Pilots Emerging Tech

  December 21, 2021 | By Alex Slawsby

  One key is to success with emerging tech is working closely with customers, says SVP of Strategy and Innovation Jason Dinger: “Sometimes, we identify hidden value where a customer sees a way to deploy a technology that we didn’t see.”
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  ArticleIs Augmented Reality the Next Disruptive Technology?

  December 17, 2021 | By Alexander MacDougall

  Entrepreneur and author David Rose shares his vision of the future of augmented reality. “What the web was in the 90s and what mobile was in the aughts, this is what AR will be in the next decade,” Rose says.
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  ArticleHow One Retail VP Scores Emerging Technologies

  December 15, 2021 | By Alex Slawsby

  “There will always be new, cool, shiny things that we could bring to life in our stores,” says Heather Paquette of Retail Business Services, a subsidiary of the grocery giant Ahold Delhaize. “But we’re really here to help our brands achieve their goals by implementing new solutions that create measurable...
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  ArticleHow Best Buy’s CTO Assesses New Technologies for Strategic Business Value

  December 13, 2021 | By Scott Kirsner

  We spoke to Brian Tilzer, Best Buy’s Chief Digital and Technology Officer, a few weeks ahead of Black Friday 2021. The starting point for our discussion was how Tilzer and his team evaluate emerging technologies that could impact Best Buy’s business. “Ninety percent of what we do is about what’s...
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  ArticleDisney CEO Bob Chapek Shares His Vision for the ‘Metaverse’

  November 17, 2021 | By Scott Kirsner

  Disney CEO Bob Chapek is looking beyond theme parks and video streaming services toward building an immersive digital “metaverse” — a kind of virtual reality environment that might enable Disney fans to take part in games and theme park-like experiences without hopping on a plane to Orlando, Anaheim, or Tokyo. 
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  ArticleThe Revolution in Consumer Products: 5 Lessons from New Brands

  November 10, 2021 | By Paul Earle, Contributing Columnist and Principal of A Day in the Sun

  Paul Earle, Contributing Columnist As a lifelong student, teacher and practitioner of innovation, I have always been fascinated by the quest to understand how. To find signal through the noise. What does John Lennon have in common with Bach and Banksy? What behaviors do Thomas Edison, Ben Franklin, and Tim...
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  ArticleMember Spotlight: Uma Meyyappan, LPL Financial

  November 9, 2021

  Uma Meyyappan is the Senior Vice President of Digital Innovation and New Venture Platform at LPL Financial. We spoke with Meyyappan as part of our member spotlight series.
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  ArticleThe Revolution in Consumer Products Continues: 12 Brands You Need to Know

  November 8, 2021 | By Paul Earle, Contributing Columnist and Principal of A Day in the Sun

  Over the past five years, a full-scale revolution has fomented in the consumer products world. Rules are being rewritten. What up-and-coming brands are changing the game and reinvigorating the shopping experience? Contributing Columnist Paul Earle dives into the 12 brands you need to know for the future.