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Every company wants to be innovative, and every person wants to be a game-changer. But 2020 was a year that separated the truly forward-looking companies that invest heavily in innovation from the rest. We’ve spent the past year covering all of the groundbreaking new products coming out across industries, and the people responsible for making them happen. Now, with 2020 in the rearview, we are happy to present our first ever Top 25 Most Influential Innovators list. 

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The Top 25 Most Influential Innovators
April 6, 2021 | By Lilly Milman
2020 was a brutal year that separated a few forward-looking companies that continued to invest in innovation from the rest of the pack. From mRNA vaccines to streaming services to commercial spaceflight, here’s our list of the Top 25 Most Influential Innovators working inside big organizations.
Amazon Robotics Chief Technologist on the Future of AI and Automation

Tye Brady, the Chief Technologist at Amazon Robotics, joined us at Impact 2023 to share his take on the future of robotics, AI, and automation.

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How CEOs and Board Members Think About Innovation Investment and Competitive Advantage

Featuring Rich Gotham, Team President of the Boston Celtics; John Murray, President & CEO of Sonesta International Hotels Corporation; and Shira Goodman, a Board Member at CarMax, CBRE, Henry Schein.

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How Executives Should Think About Working with Venture Studios

In this short video, Elliott Parker of High Alpha Innovation explains what a venture studio is; various structures; and how to measure success.

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NASA Chief AI and Innovation Advisor on Understanding AI — and How It Evolves

One of NASA’s top advisors on artificial intelligence and innovation, Omar Hatamleh, joined InnoLead on stage at the Impact conference last fall. In an interview with Joyce Sidopoulos, Co-Founder of Mass Robotics, Hatamleh discussed what NASA is doing today, and how AI may evolve and change society.

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What’s Changing in Corporate VC and Internal New Venture Creation?

This one hour video explores what has been changing in the realms of corporate venture capital and incubating new ventures — and how those activities can be linked. Featuring guests from KPMG, Johnson & Johnson, Allegion, and TDK.

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How AI Will Remake Corporate Innovation

It has been one year since the launch of ChatGPT — and since then, we’ve seen a Cambrian explosion of new AI tools and platforms. How will AI remake corporate innovation in 2024? InnoLead convened a group of experts to discuss.

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Three Innovation Metaphors, Animated

We love to use metaphors to help think through some of the toughest topics that corporate change-makers encounter. Here are three short animations, created by Lisa Rothstein of Drawing Out Your Genius, that we created in 2023 to promote a session at our Impact conference on creating visual metaphors for common innovation challenges.

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Amazon Robotics Chief Technologist on the Future of AI and Automation
How CEOs and Board Members Think About Innovation Investment and Competitive Advantage
How Executives Should Think About Working with Venture Studios
NASA Chief AI and Innovation Advisor on Understanding AI — and How It Evolves
What’s Changing in Corporate VC and Internal New Venture Creation?
How AI Will Remake Corporate Innovation
Three Innovation Metaphors, Animated