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Article Why KeyBank is Investing in Digital Innovation and Acquisitions
August 3, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
KeyBank is one of the biggest in the US, with over 1,100 branches. While investing in its digital relationship with customers, it remains committed to face-to-face interactions.
Article Inside the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Transformation
June 11, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
Greg Harris, CEO of Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, shares what innovation means to his organization, as well as how he measures its impact.
Article Startup Studios: Snake Oil or Elixir for the Corporate Innovator?
May 15, 2018 | By Rick Waldron, Contributing Columnist & Former VP of Innovation Strategy, Nike
Startup studios are gaining traction. But will this strategy help innovators overcome enterprise challenges? Former Nike and Intel exec Rick Waldron makes the case...
Q&A Has Your Company Centralized Its Innovation Services?
May 11, 2018
We asked our community if they had centralized or harmonized innovation approaches into one umbrella department. Learn about their approaches…
Article What are the Biggest Challenges of Customer-Centric Companies?
April 6, 2018
In a recent New York City Underground Roundtable with PA Consulting Group, participants discussed the biggest challenges of leading a customer-centric company.
Article These are the 14 Things That Kill Once-Great Companies
April 3, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
These are the 14 of the common things we at InnoLead see companies doing, thinking, and saying that lead to decline and eventual irrelevance.
Q&A Do You Have a Cross-Functional Innovation Team?
March 16, 2018
In last week’s Q&A email, we asked about cross-functional teams that focus on the front end of the innovation process. Find out how members of the IL Community responded.
Article Southwest Airlines President: ‘If You Don’t Like Change, You’re Going to Hate Extinction’
March 12, 2018 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
We spoke with President Tom Nealon about how Southwest is working to address customer and employee pain points.
Q&A How Can We Make the Case for Innovating in the Whitespace?
March 9, 2018
We asked our members, “How can we make the case for innovating in the whitespace, not just building things related to existing products?” Here are their answers…
Article FAQ: Your Corporate Innovation Questions, Answered
February 23, 2018
InnoLead regularly fields questions about corporate innovation and poses them to our community of strategy, technology, and R&D leaders. Here’s a collection of questions we’ve answered recently.
On Demand Live Call Henry Chesbrough on Open Innovation
February 20, 2018
Open innovation guru Henry Chesbrough discusses how open innovation is being practiced at companies like Intel, Eli Lilly, Bayer, and United HealthCare.
Article Office Hours, Part III: What Does ‘Disruptive Innovation’ Actually Mean?
February 13, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
“The term disruption is being used pervasively by corporate innovators and large companies. Has the term lost its intended meaning?” Clay Christensen of Harvard Business School answers, in a short audio excerpt from our recent interview.
Article Office Hours, Part II: Clay Christensen on Healthcare and Organizing R&D Teams
February 6, 2018
Part two of a three-part web series covering our interview with Harvard Business School professor Clay Christensen, author of “The Innovator’s Dilemma.”
Article Office Hours with Clay Christensen
January 31, 2018
In the first part of our three-part web series, we asked member-submitted questions to Clay Christensen, author of “The Innovator’s Dilemma” and Harvard Business School professor.
Article Nilofer Merchant: 30% Weird is a Good Target
January 24, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
We sat down with the author and former Apple exec Nilofer Merchant to talk about why corporate cultures can be so hostile to ideas that are a bit off-kilter…
On Demand Webcast Why Innovation Teams Get Stuck, and How to Break Free
January 15, 2018
How can sophisticated organizations can be so committed to innovation — but still get stuck? Mike Maddock of Maddock Douglas offers strategies to get “unstuck.”
Article How the Marines are Accelerating Tech Acquisition
January 12, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
Capt. Christopher Wood discussed some of the key inflection points in the Marine Corps’ history of innovation, and how the Corps is looking to foster the spirit of innovation today.
Article How the USPS is Linking Mail to the Digital World
January 8, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
“The postal service for years was a very operational culture,” says Gary Reblin of USPS “We’ve got to change with the times.”
Article Pixar’s Founder on Failure and Risk
January 1, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner
“Our job is not to prevent mistakes and errors,” says Pixar President and Founder Ed Catmull. “It is to respond when things go wrong…”
Article How the Boston Celtics are Upgrading the Fan Experience
December 28, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Matt Griffin of the Boston Celtics shares how the team leverages technology and data analytics to improve the fan experience. Watch the full video...