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Article Humana’s Chief Innovation Officer: ‘Co-Creation is the New Way’
February 9, 2016 | By Alicia Kelso
Chris Kay of Humana discusses how the insurer is collaborating and co-creating with startups, and outlines his process for going from ideation to market.
Article So You’re Trying to Innovate in a Heavily-Regulated Industry…
February 8, 2016 | By Naomi Fried, Contributing Columnist & Former Chief Innovation Officer, Boston Children’s Hospital
There are even more barriers to innovation in industries that are heavily regulated. Legal requirements can loom large and can stifle innovation — if you don’t address them. Here’s how…
Article Assessment: How Well Developed is Your Corporate Innovation Strategy?
February 7, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Developed by InnoLead's Editorial team, with input from corporate innovation executives, this assessment will help you evaluate the current maturity of your organization's innovation strategy.
Article Four Steps to Getting Your Innovative Subculture to Spread
February 5, 2016
Michael Foster, who has developed innovation programs at companies like Dun & Bradstreet and Fiserv, provides four tips on elevating the “subculture” of innovation…
Article Incrementalism is Not the Way to Disruptive Innovation
February 1, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Ten observations about the politics and realities of innovating in an established organization, from Phil Swisher, the former VP of innovation at the biggest private bank in the U.S.
Article How Kaiser Permanente Puts the Consumer First
January 20, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Tad Funahashi of Kaiser Permanente talks about how the health care delivery system is working to become less MD-centric, and more consumer-centric…
Article Alex Osterwalder on The Dual Operating System
January 14, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
What's one big idea CEOs and innovators will need to grapple with in 2016? Here's what Alex Osterwalder, developer of the Business Model Canvas, has to say...
Article What are the Best Practices for Developing New Business Models?
December 14, 2015
To answer our latest subscriber question on business model innovation, we turned to Saul Kaplan, author of “The Business Model Innovation Factory.”
Article Weight Watchers on Changing a Relationship-Based Business
December 7, 2015 | By Alicia Kelso
Global VP of Innovation Dondeena Bradley talks about driving multiple new initiatives aimed at transforming Weight Watchers into a holistic, community-driven company.
Article At MetLife, Supporting Innovation While Avoiding the ‘Danger Zone’
December 4, 2015 | By Steven Melendez
MetLife’s Chief Innovation Officer shares his approach to supporting innovation at the insurance company — and also on how to avoid the “danger zone” of innovation.
On Demand Live Call Gap Exec on Innovation Training, Co-Creation, Customer Insights
November 18, 2015
Gap Inc.’s Dean of Global Innovation talks about creativity, co-creation, the Mindspark training initiative, and the importance of solving small problems first.
Article Lego Executive Chairman: Create a Separate Structure
November 3, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Lego executive chairman and former CEO Jorgen Vig Knudstorp talks about Future Lab, a separate team the company set up to explore new avenues for growth.
Article How Elon Musk Builds Organizations That Can Achieve Anything
October 13, 2015 | By Stephen Ellison
We talk to Ashlee Vance, author of a book about Musk, about how the founder of SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity hires people, battles bureaucracy, and dispatches problems fast.
Article Corporate Innovation Needs a Simpler Approach
October 5, 2015 | By Mark Nitkey, Contributing Columnist and Former SVP of Innovation, Ahold
Mark Nitkey has been an executive at companies like Apple, Gap, and Ahold. He writes, “Complexity is Public Enemy #1 when it comes to innovation.” Here’s a simpler approach…
Article How to Define the Innovation Portfolio
September 27, 2015 | By Scott Cohen
“Do you…have any best practices related to defining what should be included/left out [in projects], how they should be categorized or grouped, etc.? Get answers…”
Article How Big are Innovation Teams at the Largest Companies?
September 25, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Sharing some data that came out of our recent benchmarking survey. How large are the innovation teams at the largest companies? Here’s what our respondents said…
Article Google Exec: Foster 10x Thinking or be Doomed to Incrementalism
September 11, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
According to Google's Todd Rowe, leaders need to understand that fostering only incremental changes and improvements will doom a company to fall behind...
Article How Ford, Pixar & Others Innovate with Brutal Honesty
September 7, 2015 | By Scott Cohen
It’s common for initiatives to muddle along, because no one is willing to be honest about what might be wrong with the idea. Find out when to be honest when innovating…
Q&A Kicking Off Training Initiatives on Innovation
August 24, 2015 | By Scott Cohen
“We’re in the process of starting an educational / training initiative around innovation, and could use some guidance on where to start…”
Article Moving Beyond Innovation as a Buzzword
August 12, 2015 | By Erik Falck, Contributing Columnist and Director of Innovation & Growth Platforms, Johnsonville LLC
Disruptive, transformational & breakthrough innovation are not the same thing, says Erik Falck of The Hershey Company. Find out how to define innovation here…