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Article How Business Units Work with J&J’s Innovation Centers
January 24, 2017
When J&J makes a new investment in a startup, “50 percent of the deal funding [comes] from J&J Innovation, and the business unit provides the other 50 percent…”
Article How BMW’s Corporate Venture Capital Strategy is Changing
January 20, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Last year, BMW said that it would invest 500 million Euros in the next decade across the tech landscape and moved its US office to Silicon Valley. Find out what’s behind the changes.
Article How Pfizer Works to Foster a Culture of Innovation
January 18, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
What happens if lots of divisions in a global company come up with their own approach to innovation? Learnings and slides from Pfizer inside…
Article Why Innovation Should be a Priority in Every Company
January 17, 2017
We’ve collected into this 40-slide presentation some of the best advice we’ve gathered on getting an innovation initiative started.
Article How Aon Health Invites Leaders to Help Set the Innovation Agenda
January 11, 2017
Jim Winkler of Aon Health explains the process that his team uses to set the innovation agenda, and determine priorities, in collaboration with line of business executives.
Article Cardinal Health SVP Offers a Look Inside Customer-Focused Fuse Lab
January 6, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
“When you come to Fuse, it’s all about the customers. It’s customer-in,” says Cardinal Health SVP and CTO Brent Stutz. Find out more about Fuse here...
Article Inside Target’s Food + Future coLab
January 3, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
The idea behind the creation of the coLAB is that “we know less about our food than we ever have at any other time in history. We want to do something about it.”
Article Coca-Cola Shutters its Founders Initiative, Which Backed Startups
December 29, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Coca-Cola shut down its Founders program, which worked with entrepreneurs and invested in startups. One possible cause: a back-to-basics focus on the core business.
On Demand Live Call How the Creative and Business Sides Can Get Along
December 20, 2016
American Greetings’ Carol Miller describes how the company creates meaningful connections with family and friends, bridging creativity and the business side of greeting cards.
Article AIG and John Hancock Execs Talk Startups, Sensors & More
December 16, 2016 | By Kelsey Alpaio
AIG and John Hancock execs discuss how insurance companies can innovate in the face of regulatory oversight, privacy concerns, and the status quo.
Article How Fintech Firm Fiserv is Refining Its Accelerator for 2017
December 13, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
In 2016, five startups participated in the accelerator's first cycle. Matthew Wilcox, SVP of Marketing Strategy and Innovation, shares what is changing in round two.
On Demand Live Call How Innovation and R&D Can ‘Increase Awesome’
December 12, 2016
Kevin Parsons of Northrop Grumman shared how his innovation group is influencing the culture and bringing business units into its process.
Article These Are the Things That Kill Innovation Initiatives
December 6, 2016
We compiled this list, with input from current and former innovation executives, as well as consultants who have watched programs coalesce and (occasionally) disband.
Article Philadelphia 76ers Innovation Lab, Offering Hands-On Help to Startups
December 1, 2016 | By Kelsey Alpaio
The new lab is open to hosting early-stage consumer product companies and some B2B concepts — not just sports or fitness-related startups. Find out more…
Article How ESPN is Using Data to Call the Plays
November 29, 2016 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
George Leimer, VP of Fantasy Sports and Premium Products at ESPN, discusses how the sports network is working to build a data and metrics-oriented culture.
Article Google and XPRIZE Execs on Enabling Big Breakthroughs
November 23, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Google X executive Hans Peter Brøndmo and XPRIZE CEO Marcus Shingles give their insights from a session held at the inaugural Harvest Summit.
Article MIT’s Eric von Hippel Looks at the Rise of Consumers as Innovators
November 22, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Eric von Hippel, a professor at MIT and economist who has studied open innovation since the 1980s, explores the phenomenon of consumers as innovators.
On Demand Live Call Company Culture Through Grassroots Innovation
November 15, 2016
Christopher Bailey of ExxonMobil, discusses operationally-focused innovation and how ExxonMobil promotes innovation through its Grassroots Innovation Forum.
Article The ‘Jobs Roadmap’ & Honing in on Customer Insights
November 14, 2016 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Stephen Wunker, a protégé of Clayton Christensen, explains his “jobs framework” and gives insight into his book. Read an excerpt here…
Article How the Innovation Champions Program Works at Vodafone
November 9, 2016
Vodafone's Jerry Spann and Ashoka's Sarah Jefferson lay out the key principles for Vodafone's global innovation champions program and the benefits of the approach.