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  VideoVideo: Kimberly-Clark’s Chief Scientist on Virtual Prototyping and R&D’s Future

  January 21, 2022 | By Collin Robisheaux, Scott Kirsner

  Transcript Scott Kirsner: Hey, I’m Scott Kirsner, CEO and Co-Founder of InnoLead, and really glad to have Pete Dulcamara with us today from Kimberly-Clark. Pete, I’d love to just hear a little bit about your role at the company, and the team that you oversee. Pete Dulcamara: Yeah, absolutely. Hey...
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  PodcastPodcast: What Makes Apple a Persistent Innovator?

  January 18, 2022 | By Wade Roush

  Apple has set the pace for the tech sector for decades, from the original Apple I personal computer to the modern-day iPhone. In the first episode of our “Persistent Innovators” podcast miniseries, Wade Roush takes a deep dive into Apple, the first company in the world to attain a $3 trillion...
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  ArticleInside MetLife’s Relationships with VCs and the Startup Ecosystem

  January 18, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner

  Since 2014, the $68 billion insurer MetLife has run more 160 experiments with startups — 70 of which later developed into contractual relationships. Vice President of Innovation Terrence Luciani has created a structured process for collecting requirements from around the company, and then working with venture capital firms, accelerators, and other parties to...
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  ArticleHow Dell’s CTO Assesses New Technologies to Drive Future Growth

  January 12, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner

  Once a company is approaching $100 billion in revenue, creating substantial growth gets a lot harder. “You need to find some new areas to play in,” says Global CTO John Roese. Here’s how he does that…W
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  ArticleHow Software-Maker PTC Prototypes the Future of AR and VR

  January 10, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner

  The $1.8 billion software company PTC makes software used to design physical products, and to connect them to the Internet of Things. In 2017, the Boston company created a new Reality Lab. Its leader, Valentin Heun, says, “We look at problems in the company that cannot be solved wth short-term business...
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  ArticlePerkins School for the Blind CEO on Why the S-Curve Matters for Nonprofits

  January 6, 2022 | By Alexander MacDougall

  The CEO of the Boston-based nonprofit Power talks about customer-centricity; how it seeks to connect tech companies with visually-impaired users; and the importance of understanding the S-curve as you make the case for continued innovation.
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  ArticleFidelity Labs SVP: ‘The Only Success Metrics That Really Matter are Financial Metrics’

  January 4, 2022 | By Scott Kirsner

  How do you avoid winding up in the “danger zone” as an innovator inside a big company? Mona Vernon, the head of Fidelity Labs at Boston-based Fidelity Investments, says it’s all about making sure your metrics are aligned with your CEO and CFO.
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  ArticleMember Spotlight: Pascale Wautelet, Avery Dennison

  January 3, 2022 | By Kate Katz

  Pascale Wautelet is Vice President of Global R&D for Label and Graphic Materials at Avery Dennison Corporation. We spoke with Pascale as part of our IL Member Spotlight series.
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  ArticleWhat’s a Wizard of Oz Prototype? iRobot’s CTO Explains

  December 29, 2021 | By Alex Slawsby

  iRobot Chief Technology Officer Chris Jones discusses how the company keeps tabs on important technologies emerging from academia and the startup world — and the role that “minimum viable products” play, even if they’re controlled by a Wizard of Oz in the next room.
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  ArticleLeveraging Analytics and Envisioning the Future of VR at the Indianapolis Colts

  December 23, 2021 | By Alex Slawsby, Collin Robisheaux

  For decades, sports teams have relied on stats to track their performance on the field. Today, a growing number of teams are using more sophisticated data and analytics software to optimize their business performance as well. That includes the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts, where Charlie Shin serves as VP of Data...
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  ArticleHow Pharma Distributor AmerisourceBergen Prioritizes and Pilots Emerging Tech

  December 21, 2021 | By Alex Slawsby

  One key is to success with emerging tech is working closely with customers, says SVP of Strategy and Innovation Jason Dinger: “Sometimes, we identify hidden value where a customer sees a way to deploy a technology that we didn’t see.”
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  PodcastSneak Preview of Our Next Podcast Season: The Persistent Innovators

  December 20, 2021 | By Collin Robisheaux, Wade Roush

  How innovative companies stay that way is the focus of a special series coming soon from Innovation Answered. We’ll be looking at companies like LEGO, Apple, and Disney and asking what makes them so successful, decade after decade, and how they bounce back from challenges.
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  ArticleIs Augmented Reality the Next Disruptive Technology?

  December 17, 2021 | By Alexander MacDougall

  Entrepreneur and author David Rose shares his vision of the future of augmented reality. “What the web was in the 90s and what mobile was in the aughts, this is what AR will be in the next decade,” Rose says.
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  ArticleHow One Retail VP Scores Emerging Technologies

  December 15, 2021 | By Alex Slawsby

  “There will always be new, cool, shiny things that we could bring to life in our stores,” says Heather Paquette of Retail Business Services, a subsidiary of the grocery giant Ahold Delhaize. “But we’re really here to help our brands achieve their goals by implementing new solutions that create measurable...
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  ArticleHow Best Buy’s CTO Assesses New Technologies for Strategic Business Value

  December 13, 2021 | By Scott Kirsner

  We spoke to Brian Tilzer, Best Buy’s Chief Digital and Technology Officer, a few weeks ahead of Black Friday 2021. The starting point for our discussion was how Tilzer and his team evaluate emerging technologies that could impact Best Buy’s business. “Ninety percent of what we do is about what’s...
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  Article20 Essential Tools for Collaboration, Productivity, and Remote Work in 2022

  December 9, 2021 | By Alexander MacDougall

  At a recent members-only online meeting hosted by InnoLead, members from around the world shared some of the tools they consider essential — from noise-canceling software to AI transcription services to project management platforms.
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  ArticleHow Suffolk Construction is Boosting ‘Built Environment’ Startups

  December 6, 2021 | By Alexander MacDougall

  We talk to Suffolk’s Chief Data and Innovation Officer about how the Boston construction is investing in startups focused on AI, robotics, and green building technologies.
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  ArticleMember Spotlight: Swapnil Deshpande, Thoughtworks

  December 2, 2021

  IL member Swapnil Desphande, Chief Digital Officer at the tech consultancy Thoughtworks, talks about the importance of selling ideas — and not taking failure personally.
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  ArticleThree Ingredients for Building a High-Functioning Corporate-Startup Partnership Engine

  December 1, 2021

  Amanda Cashin of Illumina and Diana Joseph of the Corporate Accelerator Forum provide three key pieces of advice about how large corporations can better interact with startups.
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  On Demand WebcastInsights from Winners of the 2021 Impact Awards

  November 29, 2021

  In this webcast, several winners of our 2021 Impact Awards share tips on how they’ve been making change happen inside their organizations.