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Podcast What Corporate Venture Funds can Learn From VCs
May 12, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken
What are the risks when large companies dive into the venture capital game? How are venture teams responding to challenges posed by COVID-19? All that and more in this episode…
Article An Ambidextrous Approach to Innovation Has Never Been More Important
May 6, 2020
We all know that innovation is important. But do we really know how to innovate effectively, even in chaotic times such as these? It’s all about finding the right balance…
Podcast Creating Culture at Wayfair
May 5, 2020
How can digitally-native companies maintain their innovative culture as they grow? To find out, we visited Wayfair’s co-founder Steve Conine at the company’s Boston office.
Article How Innovation Allows Wayfair to Keep Growing
May 4, 2020 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Wayfair, an online furniture and home goods retailer, maintained an innovative culture as it grew from a two person operation to a company with thousands of employees.
Article Highlights from Our April Coverage on COVID-19 and Innovation
May 1, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken
We’ve gathered the best pieces of advice on adapting to the current public health crisis from our live show, and other online coverage, to kick-start your May.
Article Veteran Disney Exec: 5 Things That Impact Innovation
April 29, 2020
“Any step a company takes to foster innovation is praise-worthy,” says Marty Yudkovitz, formerly of The Walt Disney Company. “But…a lot of what is going on…is window dressing.”
On Demand Webcast Why Now is the Time to Kill Zombie Projects and Clean House
April 29, 2020
Rita McGrath discusses the importance of killing zombie projects that somehow survive despite not making progress — one of her five steps for assessing your innovation portfolio in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Video At Kaiser Permanente, a Major Moment for Telemedicine
April 22, 2020
In this episode of One Quick Thing, Prat Vemana discusses how the healthcare system is responding to COVID-19. Vemana is the Chief Digital Officer at Kaiser Permanente. Before coming to Kaiser, Vemana was Chief Product and Experience Officer at The Home Depot. He was also a VP of Global Ecommerce...
Article Ex-DreamWorks Animation CTO: How the C-Suite Can Foster Innovation
April 13, 2020 | By Scott Kirsner
”In my experience, the most powerful motivator to encourage innovation was peer recognition,” says Ed Leonard, Co-Founder of Bred Ventures and former CTO at DreamWorks Animation. Leonard shares more on what senior leaders do at companies like DreamWorks Animation and Disney to shape a culture of innovation…
Article Maintaining C-Suite Support: The Four Key Questions
April 10, 2020 | By Alex Slawsby
For many innovation teams, this is a chance to create significant short-term value for business unit leaders who may become your long-term allies. Unfortunately, when it comes to cutting costs, it is all too easy for senior executives to simply put innovation teams and their budgets on the chopping block.
Article AXA Next on Shifts in the Startup World, and Fueling Innovation Virtually
April 9, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken
The team from AXA Next US shares tips for running distributed teams, and changes they are seeing in the startup landscape.
Article SNHU’s Paul LeBlanc on Higher Ed in a Time of Intense Change
April 8, 2020
Paul LeBlanc, President of Southern New Hampshire University, discusses how colleges are managing the shift to online education and adapting during the coronavirus pandemic.
Article Every Online Event We’re Hosting
April 8, 2020 | By Scott Kirsner
We have a really simple aim: to put on the best virtual events on the Internet. Here’s what is coming up, both for members and non-members.
Podcast Coming Soon: Innovation Answered Season 4
April 7, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Innovation Answered’s fourth season starts May 5, 2020. Find out what you can expect to learn from the show’s producer, Kaitlin Milliken, and intern, Molli DeRosa.
Article New Resource: Strengthening Your Case for Continued Investment
April 7, 2020 | By Alex Slawsby
Will you need to defend your initiatives in 2020? Is it possible to make the case for continued, or even increased, investment in innovation right now? Here’s a new downloadable resource to help.
Article Five Tips to Navigate Uncertainty This April
April 2, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Innovators have faced unprecedented challenges in the past month, as COVID-19 grew into a global pandemic. Suddenly, teams have become completely remote and, in some cases, may be dealing with budget scrutiny or strategic pivots. This March, our coverage has focused on providing your team with resources to navigate this...
On Demand Webcast How Your Team Can Acclimate to Remote Work
April 1, 2020
Scott Berkun, author of the book The Year Without Pants: Wordpress.com and the Future of Work, shares best practices for running a distributed team. Watch the video.
Podcast Pursuing Innovation During COVID-19
March 31, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Experts share best practices for teams as they navigate uncertainty. Topics include shifting teams’ priorities, switching to remote work, and cultivating a “service oriented” mindset.
Article Working from Home: Seven Tips for Doing It Productively
March 25, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Christian Ponce from LogMeIn shares tips to help teams effectively innovate from home, stay connected, and balance their jobs and home lives.
Article One Quick Thing: IL’s Live Zoom Meeting
March 25, 2020
Join us for a half-hour Zoom meeting to talk about what’s happening right now in the world of corporate innovation.