All articles by Patricia Riedman Yeager - Page 3

• ArticleHow DuPont’s Innovation Centers Bring It Closer to Customers

  August 15, 2014 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager

  Karen Weining of DuPont explains how the pioneering materials company has been collaborating with customers at its network of 12 innovation centers around the world.
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  Q&AAdvice: Sorting Ideas to Focus on the Winners

  October 29, 2014 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager

  What are the best approaches to sorting and prioritizing ideas so that you can focus resources on those with the highest potential? We’ve got input from executives at Kraft Foods, Allstate, Intuit, Brown Brothers Harriman, and more.
• ArticleHallmark Exec on Retail Pop-Ups & New Brands

  January 29, 2015 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager

  Patti Streeper's job at Hallmark Cards is to help cultivate businesses that may not fit with the company's brand image — but ones that speak to new groups of customers...
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  ArticleInside the Creation of D&B’s Cloud Innovation Center

  February 16, 2015 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager

  An acquisition in 2014 gave Dun & Bradstreet a 49-person, cloud-focused software development team in Vancouver. Here's how that group has evolved...  
• ArticleHow USAA Moved Fast to Launch Drone Program

  May 26, 2015 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager

  Innovators at USAA were among the first in their industry to get approval to test unmanned aircrafts. Their objective? Speeding up the claims after natural disasters.
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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…
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  ArticleEvolving 7-Eleven through Innovation

  July 8, 2015 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager

  Rob Chumley’s mission: Help 7-Eleven Inc. become more than just a quick stop for a sandwich and a Slurpee. Find out what he’s been working on since taking the role…
• ArticleStarbucks VP on Working With Howard Schultz to Execute Ideas

  April 27, 2015 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager

  Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks wanted to create a shrine to coffee in Seattle where visitors could learn about the bean and immerse themselves in the brand…
• ArticleVisa Explores Future of Buying without Plastic

  November 16, 2015 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager

  When people talk about connected products, they mean devices that communicate with each other wirelessly. But what if devices could buy stuff? Here’s what Visa is working on…