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Article eXp World Holdings CFO Discusses the Advantages of an Office in the Metaverse
October 14, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner
As part of our recent research initiative on Web3 and the metaverse, we spoke to Jeff Whiteside, CFO & Chief Collaboration Officer of eXp World Holdings. He shared his company’s strategy for using the Virbela metaverse for training, meetings, and work activities; shared his thoughts on blockchain; and discussed why moving...
On Demand Webcast Preparing Your Organization for Breakthrough Venture Building
October 13, 2022
In our recent webcast, we had the chance to hear from Sean Sheppard, Managing Partner at U+, and Martin Tarlie, a Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst at GMO, a Boston-based investment firm. Alex Slawsby, InnoLead’s Chief Growth Officer, moderated.
Article Recording Academy President on the Metaverse, TikTok, and Experimenting with New Platforms
October 7, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
As part of our most recent research report, Shaping Your Strategy for Web3 and the Metaverse, we spoke with Panos Panay, President of the Recording Academy and the Grammys, to hear about the Academy’s partnerships in emerging technology, what stage Panay believes emerging technologies are at, and his expectations going...
Article Spotify’s VP of Personalization on ‘Making a Bet’ on New Ideas
October 3, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
Personalization of products and services has become a major desire for many consumers across a variety of industries. We spoke with Ziad Sultan, VP of Personalization at Spotify, the music streaming platform famous for its customized user interface, to learn more about its personalization practices, get advice on how to...
Article Google Innovation Lead and Harvard Researcher on Overcoming the Challenges to Design Thinking
September 27, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
Prapti Jha, a Design Strategist and Researcher at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Harsh Wardhan, an Innovation Program Lead at Google Cloud Solution Studio, spoke with us about what design thinking actually entails, how it can be valuable for innovation and design in large organizations, and misunderstandings...
Article Mach49 and Schneider Electric: Building a Growth Engine for Clean, Renewable Energy
September 26, 2022
As part of our venture studios and builders initiative, Mach49 shared details of its successful collaborations with Schneider Electric, and the company’s corporate venture fund, SE Ventures. The firm has helped launch and invest in a number of companies focused on sustainability and renewable energy.
Article How Fidelity Investments ‘Builds to Learn’ with Web3 and Metaverse Tech
September 26, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner
As part of our recent research initiative on Web3 and the metaverse, we spoke to Adam Schouela of Fidelity Investments about how they’re experimenting with the two emerging technologies.
Article How Autodesk Has Been Evolving Its Technology Centers in the US and Canada
September 26, 2022
Prior to COVID, Autodesk’s Technology Centers in Boston, San Francisco, and Toronto had been inviting in artists, entrepreneurs, and makers to work on projects or new ventures, in the hopes that they could help Autodesk better understand its future customers. “The mission was really about how will things be made...
Article PepsiCo’s Chief Design Officer on ‘The Age of Startups’ and Why Incremental Innovation Isn’t Enough
September 21, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
Mauro Porcini, Chief Design Officer of PepsiCo, is releasing a new book, The Human Side of Innovation: The Power of People in Love with People, in October. We caught up with Porcini to talk about the book, what he calls “unicorns,” and the importance of integrating breakthrough innovation into organizations.
Article ‘That First Sip of Fall’: Lessons from the Creation of Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte
September 19, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
Angie McKenzie was part of the team that created Starbucks’ iconic Pumpkin Spice Latte, which launched in 2003. She spoke with us to share a few key lessons she learned from the project, and discussed challenges innovators in the food and beverage industries face today.
Video Video: Who Should Lead the Charge on Web3 and the Metaverse?
September 6, 2022
We spoke with Cliff Justice, U.S. Leader of Enterprise Innovation at KPMG LLP, about who should be leading and defining vision on Web3 and metaverse technology.
Video Video: What is Web3?
September 6, 2022
We spoke with Cliff Justice, U.S. Leader of Enterprise Innovation at KPMG LLP, about what Web3 is, and why it matters.
Article TBWAChiatDay NY’s First-Ever Innovation Chief on Disruption and New Tech in Advertising
August 26, 2022 | By Meghan Hall
“What I’m trying to figure out here is, how do we fuse innovation into all different areas of the agency?” says Rori DuBoff, who began as ad agency TBWAChiatDay NY’s first-ever Chief Innovation Officer in June 2022. “The idea wasn’t to come in and create this isolated little group.” More from...
Article What It Takes to Win in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
August 21, 2022
How do you create a strategy to understand the coming technology shifts — and put your company in a strong position? We’re exploring those questions in a series of video interviews with tech leaders.
Article The 5 Misconceptions in Corporate Innovation (and How to Overcome Them)
August 18, 2022 | By Mohan Nair, Contributing Columnist and Founder/CEO of Emerge Inc.
Columnist Mohan Nair lays out the top misconceptions in corporate innovation, and supplies strategies for overcoming them. Misconception #1: “All innovation should be done through operational teams, otherwise it will be a failure.”
Article Member Spotlight: Michael McCathren, Chick-fil-A
August 15, 2022 | By Kate Katz
Michael McCathren is the Senior Principal of Enterprise Innovation at Chick-fil-A. As part of our IL Member Spotlight series, we spoke with McCathren about the various roles his team plays, growing a culture of innovation, and more.
On Demand Webcast Visioning 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.
Article I 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.
Article Five Reasons You Should Be Measuring for Effect
August 10, 2022 | By Matt Mueller, Contributing Columnist
Matt Mueller, an innovation professional with over 15 years of experience, shares the value in measuring for what may seem intangible: the effect innovation groups have on an organization as a whole. He gives examples and tips to help discern how to measure effect in your organization.
Article Mastercard’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.