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• ArticleSouthwest Airlines President: ‘If You Don’t Like Change, You’re Going to Hate Extinction’

  March 12, 2018 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager

  We spoke with President Tom Nealon about how Southwest is working to address customer and employee pain points.
• ArticleUber Isn’t Joking About Flying Cars

  December 12, 2017 | By Brian Steiner

  Uber's Elevate initiative aims to launch a new fleet of electric aircraft that would carry a pilot and up to four passengers. We talk to two of the NASA veterans overseeing the project.
• ArticleTransforming a San Diego Airport Terminal into an Innovation Lab

  September 20, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio

  Rick Belliotti of the San Diego International Airport, discusses partnerships, innovating in a regulated environment, and what it really takes to make airports better for travelers.
• ArticleHow Delta Prioritizes Innovation in an Operationally-Intensive Culture

  August 18, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner

  It's hard to think of a more operationally-intensive business than air transport. In that environment, what role does innovation play? Matt Muta of Delta Air Lines shares...
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  ArticleHow 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.
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  ArticleInsights from Honda’s Silicon Valley Lab

  October 3, 2016 | By Stephen Ellison

  While it began as an R&D outpost in 2000 and later added a venture capital team, Honda's Silicon Valley site is now a full-fledged innovation hub for the company...
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  ArticleShell 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.
• ArticleAirbus Exec on Seizing Opportunities Outside the Airplane

  March 14, 2016 | By Steven Melendez

  Markus Durstewitz of Airbus Group, talks about how the $67 billion manufacturer is working with suppliers, passengers, and pilots to make air travel more efficient. Includes slides...
• ArticleHow Thales Group is Chasing Growth with New Xplor Initiative

  January 25, 2016 | By Stephen Ellison

  Pete Roney of Thales USA says that the rationale for launching a new innovation effort was clear: The company wasn’t thinking creatively enough to keep up with its peers.
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  ArticlePowering Innovation in Rolls-Royce’s Engineering Culture

  January 18, 2016 | By Steven Melendez

  Hardev Ubhi of Rolls-Royce discusses how to to bring new tools and thinking into an organization that is understandably obsessed with safety, precision, and quality.
• ArticleAlaska Airlines’ Lean Startup Test in Airport Lounges

  March 4, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner

  Two members of the airline’s Customer Innovation R&D team discuss a recent test of a new system aimed at delivering a more personalized travel experience.
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  ArticleUnited Exec Shares Idea Scoring System, Innovation Challenges

  February 26, 2015 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager

  Jason Flores of United Airlines shares his scoring system for employee ideas, and talks about the challenges of leveraging new tech…
• ArticleHow Heathrow Airport Clears Emerging Tech for Take-Off

  August 18, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner

  London’s Heathrow Airport handles 72 million passengers a year. Amidst the need for operational efficiency, Richard Harding explains what the innovation team has achieved.