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Article Inside Verizon’s ‘Window Into Innovation’
August 18, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken, Kelsey Alpaio
Tim Gorman of Verizon discusses the company’s innovation centers in San Francisco and the Boston suburbs. He also offers a demo of augmented reality for “smart cities.”
Article Autodesk’s Rick Rundell on Getting an Innovation Program Started
August 15, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Autodesk Technology & Innovation Strategist Rick Rundell talks about starting an innovation initiative at the software company.
Article Navigating the Maze: A Guide to Five Stages of Innovation Evolution
August 15, 2017
Here is a maturity model showing choices, activities, and risks to consider, based on InnoLead research and interviews with executives at Global 1000 companies.
Article Medtronic’s Innovation Lab on Working with Business Units
August 9, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
The Applied Innovation Lab helps Medtronic evolve from being simply a maker of medical devices to one thinks more broadly about improving health and patient outcomes.
Article Inside the ‘Near-Future Sensing Team’ at UNICEF
August 9, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
In 2007, Christopher Fabian and Erica Kochi founded the UNICEF’s Innovation Unit. We spoke with Fabian about innovation at UNICEF and how the venture fund operates.
Article Where Design Thinking Breaks Down—and How to Avoid It
August 9, 2017 | By Daniel Seewald, Contributing Columnist and CEO, Deliberate Innovation
Pfizer's Daniel Seewald discusses design thinking, and what you can do to use effective techniques to build an appropriate foundation for customer insight.
Article Mehmood Khan on Remaking R&D at PepsiCo & Sustainability
July 31, 2017 | By Scott Cohen
PepsiCo Vice Chairman Mehmood Khan talks about the links between sustainability and innovation; bringing in new skill sets into R&D; the challenge of measuring progress; and more.
Video Building Consensus with Nondini Naqui
July 25, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Executive champions are key to building a culture of innovation. Nondini Naqui discusses how innovators can get buy-in from top leaders. Watch here…
Video Nondini Naqui on Working with Legal and Compliance
July 25, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken
How can you engage with legal and compliance groups on innovation efforts — and make them feel part of your success? Nondini Naqui shares best practices in this video.
Video How to Make a Vision Concrete with Nondini Naqui
July 25, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Building prototypes and crafting interactive presentations can lead to progress on innovation efforts. Nondini Naqui discusses these strategies here…
Video Understanding the User Experience with Nondini Naqui
July 25, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Successful innovation efforts fulfill customers’ needs. In this video, Nondini Naqui discusses the importance of understanding your audience. Watch here…
Video Nondini Naqui on Using Metrics to Define Success
July 25, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Different stages of innovation ventures should focus on different types of metrics. Learn about which metrics you should be using and when from Nondini Naqui.
Article Innovation Challenges & Choices with Nondini Naqui
July 25, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken, Scott Kirsner
Nondini Naqui, an intrapreneur and innovation leader who has worked in insurance and banking, discusses the challenges innovators face and how to overcome obstacles.
Article How Intel Is Transforming Hiring and Work Habits
July 21, 2017 | By Jennifer Monnig, Contributing Columnist, Director of Strategy and Intelligence and Chief of Staff at Intel
Jennifer Monnig spent the past three years leading an innovation team within the HR organization at Intel Corp. that sought to create a more collaborative culture...
Article Columbia’s Rita McGrath: Is Innovation on the Agenda?
July 13, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
How often is innovation the highest-priority issue at your company? Rita McGrath, a professor at Columbia Business School, says it ought to happen at every meeting...
On Demand Live Call Dennis McGrath on How Starbucks Tests New Ideas in the Real World
July 11, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Dennis McGrath of Starbucks discusses how the company developed a new protocol for testing ideas, when to bring in stakeholders, and building a failure-tolerant culture.
On Demand Live Call Advice from Manulife Exec Jesse Bean on Delivering Impact
July 6, 2017
Jesse Bean of Manulife Financial shares his advice about setting up a network of labs, building support among middle management, and the “DevOps” approach.
Article Former Lululemon Strategy Manager on Retail Disruption
July 3, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
“[A]s a more established brand, there are a lot of headwinds out there,” Lindsay Angelo says. “[T]hink about how you can take advantage of that turbulence internally.”
Article Six Types of Innovation Lab: The Pros and Cons
June 26, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
We've now written about or visited dozens of labs run by Global 1000 companies. This list lays out the six primary types we've seen, as well as the pros and cons of each.
Article 19 Clear Signs Your Company is Under-Investing in Innovation
June 8, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Do executives at your company use the word "innovation," but hate committing budget to it? Members sent us indicators that your company is under-investing in innovation.