All Ideation, Prototyping & Pilots - Page 2

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  PodcastHow CSAA’s Chief Innovation Officer Approaches Disruption

  March 16, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  How do Chief Innovation Officers build a strategic pipeline of innovation activities? And, what do they do to influence culture? CInOs from CSAA and PA Consulting explain.
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  ArticlePepsiCo’s Chief Design Officer on Embracing Failure

  March 4, 2021

  Mauro Porcini, PepsiCo’s first-ever Chief Design Officer, offers insight on the intersections of innovation and design, methods for getting to the root of customer needs.
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  Article5 Lessons from COVID-Driven Innovation at Whirlpool Corp.

  February 1, 2021

  Christian Gianni, the former CTO of Whirlpool Corp., shares insights into how the Michigan-based appliance giant overcame those barriers during the COVID crisis…
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  PodcastTrek Exec on Tackling a Bike Shortage and Early R&D

  December 15, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  Chad Manuell, Director of Engineering at Trek Bicycle, discusses the surge in demand for bikes and how his team approaches early innovation.
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  On Demand WebcastShould Your Organization Be Working on More Moonshots?

  December 7, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  Peter Williams discussed his experience as the CEO of Alpha, a long-term innovation group created by the Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica.
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  On Demand WebcastHow Travel is Changing at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

  October 21, 2020

  What does it mean to innovate travel, and create new kinds of safety in 2020? Jodie Brinkerhoff, VP of Innovation at DFW Airport, discusses how her team is adapting…
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  PodcastPodcast: The Biggest Barriers to Innovation

  September 15, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  David Lee shares how UPS has adapted to new demands in shipping and gives tips for innovators in 2020. He also reads his article “The Biggest Barriers to Innovation.”
• On Demand WebcastWhat are the Biggest Barriers to Innovation?

  September 14, 2020

  This crisis is revealing aspects of our world that were broken, but hidden in the normal state of things. Now that the apple cart has been turned over, what can we see that is  broken? 
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  ArticleHow One Accelerator Program Pivoted to COVID-19 Solutions

  September 14, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  When COVID-19 took the world by storm, the engineering firm Black & Veatch’s IgniteX Growth Accelerator program pivoted in a matter of weeks…
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  PodcastHow CVS, Carhartt & Elsevier Pivoted to Face COVID-19

  July 27, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  How have teams pivoted to face the challenges of 2020? Rhett Alden of Elsevier discusses launching a COVID-19 Resource Center in four weeks. Innovators from Carhartt and CVS share insights.
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  PodcastLeveling Up Customer Empathy at Fitbit & More

  July 7, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  How can teams use empathy to understand their customers? Irina Kozlovskaya, Director of Industrial Design at Fitbit, shares how her team uses empathy to design better products.
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  On Demand WebcastHow AARP is Pivoting Innovation in 2020 and Investing in Startups

  June 26, 2020 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  At Innovation Leader’s recent online event for nonprofit organizations, Andy Miller of AARP discussed how his team helps build an innovative culture that permeates the organization — and how they’re making new investments in startups.
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  PodcastPodcast: Why Corporate Innovators are Like Pirates in the Navy

  June 16, 2020

  In this installment of Innovation Answered: Essentials, Tendayi Viki offers a look at his most recent book and discusses the importance of the “privateer” attitude. 
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  On Demand WebcastIDEO on Practicing Empathy & Running Sprints from Home

  June 12, 2020

  How can we make our food supply chain more resilient? What are the best practices for running an engaging virtual sprint? How can teams redesign their offices to make them safe for employees? In this video replay of The Solution Set, Owen Rogers, Melanie Bell-Mayeda, and Carl Fudge of IDEO answer...
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  PodcastHow AARP Keeps the 50+ Market at the Center of Innovation

  June 9, 2020

  How does AARP use innovation to empower people as they age? Vice President of Product and Startup Engagement Rick Robinson explains…
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  On Demand WebcastCarhartt on Prototyping and Collecting Customer Insights from Home

  May 20, 2020

  Carhartt specializes in work clothes for industries including construction. Their Director of Global Product Innovation, Collen Hau, explains how the team is creating prototypes and staying in tune with customers.
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  ArticleHarvard Business School Prof: You’re Probably Over-Using Zoom

  May 14, 2020 | By Lilly Milman

  Harvard Business School Professor Tsedal Neeley offers insights on new approaches to prototyping, and what happens when some people begin transitioning back to the office.
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  ArticleHow Hain Celestial Keeps Innovation On Track

  May 8, 2020 | By Lilly Milman

  Hain Celestial Group, known for teas and pantry staples, has pivoted down a new path in response to COVID-19: hand sanitizer. The company is also conducting remote product tasting with its senior leaders. SVP of R&D Jeff George explains…
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  ArticlePursuing User Research When Everyone’s in Quarantine

  April 21, 2020

  We all know that the innovation and design world rely on interactions with customers and users. So how do you preserve that input into your process when everybody is locked down?
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  Article12 of the Best Tools for Real-Time Team Collaboration

  March 23, 2020 | By Scott Kirsner

  What are you using to collaborate, run brainstorming sessions, and move projects forward at this moment of remote work? Here are some tools our community recommended.