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Article Member Spotlight: Michael Gudas, Liberty Mutual
May 11, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
Michael Gudas is the Director of Innovation Strategy & Operations for Liberty Mutual’s Global Risk Solutions Division. We spoke with Michael as part of our IL Member Spotlight series.
Video What Matters in Innovation — May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken
What mattered in innovation this week? InnoLead’s Kaitlin Milliken, Derisk CEO Alex Slawsby, and KITE CEO Mark Silva share. That includes some of the innovation news that you may have missed this week.
Article Member Spotlight: Melanie Nuce, GS1 US
April 29, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
Melanie Nuce is the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at GS1 US. We sat down with Melanie as part of our IL Member Spotlight series.
Podcast Lundbeck’s CEO on Developing Breakthrough Medications
April 27, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken
How do CEOs determine focus areas and allocate budget to R&D initiatives? Deborah Dunsire, CEO of Lundbeck — a phamaceutical company specializing in neurology and psychology — explains.
Article PayPal on Getting Design Involved Early in Innovation Projects
April 26, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
Daniela Jorge, Chief Design Officer at PayPal, shares insights on testing the Venmo credit card, getting design involved in innovation early and often, and the power of design thinking in large organizations.
Video What Matters in Innovation — Apr. 23, 2021
April 23, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken
What mattered in innovation this week? InnoLead’s Kaitlin Milliken, Derisk CEO Alex Slawsby, and SwitchPitch founder Michael Goldstein share.
Article P&G’s Global Design Officer on How Design Inspires Experimentation
April 22, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
Why do we trust Mr. Clean, outfitted in a white t-shirt with one hoop earring, to clean our homes, or the family of blue Charmin bears to sell us toilet paper? We speak to Procter & Gamble’s Global Design Officer Phil Duncan to learn more.
Podcast How Herman Miller’s Chief Strategy Officer Sets Priorities
April 20, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken
How does Herman Miller’s Chief Strategy Officer look for opportunities outside of the core? Megan Lyon shares best practices and tips for other innovators in charge of strategy.
On Demand Webcast What Startups Teach Corporates about Venture Failure
April 19, 2021
In our recent webcast on new venture failure, Diego Rodriguez and Tom Eisenmann share what corporate innovators can learn from the startup world about dodging failure. During the call, the pair also explore: A post-mortem of Jibo, the world’s first social robot What corporate innovators can learn from venture capitalists about...
Article Corporate Innovators Talk Cost-Cutting and the Need to Reinvest in Innovation
April 15, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken
During a recent conversation on the Clubhouse app, corporate innovators discussed weathering the COVID recession, pursuing breakthrough ideas, and corporate venture capital programs.
Podcast Sonesta Hotels’ COO on Growth During a Pandemic
April 13, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken
How did Sonesta grow from 58 hotels in November of 2020 to 1,200 locations today? Vera Manoukian, Chief Operating Officer, explains and shares how innovators can work with operation teams.
Video What Matters in Innovation — Apr. 9, 2021
April 12, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken
What mattered in innovation this week? InnoLead CEO Scott Kirsner, Derisk CEO Alex Slawsby, and Sara Husk Chief Customer Officer of Planbox share. That includes some of the innovation news that you may have missed this week, and why it matters for innovators working in big organizations. In this installment: how sustainability and...
Article Member Spotlight: Tom Wagner, AstraZeneca
April 8, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
Tom Wagner is the Director of Digital Research, Knowledge Management & Market Intelligence at AstraZeneca. We spoke with Wagner as part of our IL Member Spotlight series, which profiles our members.
Article The Top 25 Most Influential Innovators
April 6, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
2020 was a brutal year that separated a few forward-looking companies that continued to invest in innovation from the rest of the pack. From mRNA vaccines to streaming services to commercial spaceflight, here’s our list of the Top 25 Most Influential Innovators working inside big organizations.
Article Bosch VP: Create a ‘Diverse Funnel’ of Experiments
March 31, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
Uwe Kirschner of Bosch Innovation Consulting shared his team’s biggest accomplishments from 2020, as well as advice he wished he knew sooner…
Video What Matters in Innovation — Mar. 29, 2021
March 29, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken
What do you need to know to kick off your week? InnoLead’s Kaitlin Milliken, Derisk CEO Alex Slawsby, and IdeaScale CEO Rob Hoehn share.
Article How Illumina is Building a Genomics Ecosystem
March 29, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
Amanda Cashin is the Global Head of the Illumina Accelerator, a startup accelerator that is dedicated to making human genome sequencing more accessible and useful. We spoke with Cashin about recent accomplishments.
Video The Year of Athleisure, with Lululemon’s Chief Science Officer
March 24, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Lululemon’s Chief Science Officer, Tom Waller shares why 2020 created lines out of their store doors and how the retailer keeps customers close when building new products.
Article Explaining the Five Stages of Innovation Maturity
March 23, 2021
Large organizations often want to know where they stand when it comes to innovation maturity, progress, or sophistication. We divide this journey into five stages, from “ad hoc” to “optimized.” These are our definitions of each stage, along with data about how many organizations fall into each one.
Article Utz Brands SVP on Tuning In to Post-Pandemic Trends
March 22, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Over the course of the past year, people have spent more time perusing the pantry for favorite snack options. But as the world begins to reopen, companies in the snack foods industry may need to tune back in to pre-pandemic trends, says Shannan Redcay of Utz.