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Article Former JC Penney CEO on Apple Stores, SoulCycle & Approaching Digital Commerce
September 14, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Johnson discusses blending digital convenience with the offline experience, launching the Apple Store concept while working for Steve Jobs, and his time as CEO of JC Penney.
Article Merck Exec on Fostering Innovation in a Global Business
September 9, 2016 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
When it comes to innovating across the globe, Merck’s head of commercial innovation is adamant about streamlining processes and paperwork...
Article How Companies Can Think Like Hunters, Rather Than Farmers
September 9, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Author and founder Jeremy Gutsche explains the difference between the farming and hunting mindsets, and they compare to the world of innovation.
Article How Britain’s Metro Bank Created a ‘Lighthouse Identity’
September 6, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Fast Company co-founder Bill Taylor discusses his book, Simply Brilliant: How Great Organizations do Ordinary Things in Extraordinary Ways. Read the excerpt…
Article How Lululemon Brings Designers Closer to Customers
September 2, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
At a new "lab" store in Manhattan's Noho neighborhood, customers are just a few steps away from the designers who work in the back half of the space.
Article Make Your Innovation Theatre ‘Hamilton’ and Not ‘Carrie’
August 31, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
This week, InnoLead editor Scott Kirsner provides a contrarian view on “innovation theater,” the label that some put on just about any efforts at corporate innovation.
Article Should Business-to-Business Companies Deliver Experiences?
August 30, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Is Uber is part of the experience economy? Should B2B companies bother to try to create experiences? Joe Pine, co-author of The Experience Economy, offers his answers.
On Demand Live Call Joe Pine on How To Create Experiences in Retail
August 30, 2016
We spoke with Joe Pine about how social media and virtual reality are changing the nature of experiences; Uber, Hilton, and Capital One; and more.
Article How Industrial Giant ThyssenKrupp Approaches the Era of the Smart City
August 23, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Patrick Bass, CEO of ThyssenKrupp North America, shares his vision of the future of R&D which includes customers, academics, and data from IOT products.
Article Google VP Talks Getting Resources & Confronting the Future
August 12, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Execs are too complacent when confronting seismic industry shifts, says Ivy Ross, who leads Google’s wearable computing project. “Why…stay at a hotel, versus in an Airbnb room?”
Article Sherwin-Williams on Using Open Innovation to Create Breakthroughs
August 8, 2016 | By Molly K. McLaughlin
Victoria Scarborough of Sherwin-Williams’ Global External Innovation Team, defines her mission as identifying outside “technology that would move the innovation needle.”
Article Lessons from Airbus’ Foray into 3D-Printed Motorcycles
August 3, 2016 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
Heads turned when the the $70.5 billion aerospace giant Airbus Group introduced the world’s first 3D-printed motorcycle. Find out why Airbus brought the bike to market.
Article 10 Startups Aiming to Change Shopping from XRC Labs
July 30, 2016
The startups that pitched at last week's Demo Day at retail accelerator XRC Labs ranged from instant interior design services to a smart mirror that could change your routine.
Article Shell and Thales Execs on Innovation Outposts
July 27, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Executives from Shell TechWorks and the Thales xPlor discuss what they hope to accomplish with their Boston innovation labs, and how they're being measured.
On Demand Webcast Emerging Business Models for Connected Products and IoT
July 22, 2016
Ben Einstein, managing partner of Bolt, discusses ten of the emerging business models for connected products and the "Internet of Things," and how to avoid commoditization.
Article Sandpaper: An Essential Item for the Corporate Innovator’s Toolbox
July 20, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
You may want to embrace an innovation strategy that seeks to eliminate the things that aggravate employees or customers, which pay off in a shorter timeframe, with little risk.
Article The Secret of Corporate Innovation Is…
July 19, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Here are seven things we see having a big impact inside large organizations, and seven things that set you up for failure.
Article At Wells Fargo, Using Prototypes to Go Beyond Talking About Products
July 18, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
"Rapid prototyping makes something physical and tangible, so everyone can align their understanding of what it is, versus just talking about it," says Wells Fargo SVP Robin Beers.
Article How Jones Lang LaSalle Built a Revenue Engine
July 12, 2016 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
Innovation VP Alec Humphries discusses how his group inside the commercial real estate firm has begun generating millions in revenue within five years of its creation.
On Demand Live Call Intuit Executive On Rolling Out Lean Startup for Maximum Impact
July 5, 2016
If you’ve been debating whether to roll out lean startup methodology in your organization, Bennett Blank of Intuit has a question: What are you waiting for?