All Politics & Business Unit Engagement - Page 3

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  ArticleNilofer Merchant: 30% Weird is a Good Target

  January 24, 2018 | By Scott Kirsner

  We sat down with the author and former Apple exec Nilofer Merchant to talk about why corporate cultures can be so hostile to ideas that are a bit off-kilter…
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  ArticlePfizer Exec on Creating Transformative Change

  December 28, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  Wendy Mayer of Pfizer explains the need to separate incremental innovation work from transformational efforts and why its important to have “a process to guide you.”
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  ArticleCEOs on Disruption, Culture & Executive Support

  November 1, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  How should you be thinking about the impact of disruption in your industry? CEOs of Bose, TripAdvisor, and Eastern Bank weigh in...
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  ArticleFour Pillars for Winning Business Model Innovation

  October 31, 2017 | By Rick Waldron, Contributing Columnist & Former VP of Innovation Strategy, Nike

  “The typical three-year corporate innovation cycle…has become all too common,” writes former Nike and Intel executive Rick Waldron. Get advice on escaping that fate.
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  ArticleOvercoming Barriers to Innovation in Large Companies

  October 24, 2017 | By Aaron Proietti

  We share 11 common barriers to innovation, present a list of the symptoms for each barrier, and provide questions that can help your colleagues and better understand the barrier.
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  On Demand WebcastBest Practices in Innovation Governance

  October 9, 2017

  Innovation Leader’s Scott Kirsner presents high-level findings from our Q2 report, joined by executives from the healthcare, insurance, and media industries.
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  ArticleHealthcare Exec Robin Glasco on ‘Going Where the Love Is’

  September 27, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  Robin Glasco of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts discusses why internal corporate innovation groups should “go where the love is” when pursuing new projects.
• ArticleDesigning an Innovation Culture that Scales Globally

  September 12, 2017 | By Imran Sayeed

  Imran Sayeed, Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management, discusses the 3D Model of Innovation that he finds is most effective for innovation programs.
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  ArticleMedtronic’s Innovation Lab on Working with Business Units

  August 9, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner

  The Applied Innovation Lab helps Medtronic evolve from being simply a maker of medical devices to one thinks more broadly about improving health and patient outcomes. 
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  ArticleBuilding Consensus with Nondini Naqui

  July 25, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  Executive champions are key to building a culture of innovation. Nondini Naqui discusses how innovators can get buy-in from top leaders. Watch here…
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  ArticleNondini Naqui on Working with Legal and Compliance

  July 25, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  How can you engage with legal and compliance groups on innovation efforts — and make them feel part of your success? Nondini Naqui shares best practices in this video.
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  ArticleInnovation Challenges & Choices with Nondini Naqui

  July 25, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken, Scott Kirsner

  Nondini Naqui, an intrapreneur and innovation leader who has worked in insurance and banking, discusses the challenges innovators face and how to overcome obstacles.
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  On Demand WebcastNew Tools & Resources for Innovation Leaders

  May 30, 2017

  Recording of our May 2017 webcast, featuring Scott Kirsner and Aaron Proietti explaining how to use six of our new downloadable resources, and answering questions.
• ArticleMonthly Progress Report on Innovation Impact

  May 9, 2017 | By Aaron Proietti

  Here's a report you can adapt, developed by a former Transamerica innovation exec. It provides feedback to stakeholders, ensuring that you maintain their support...
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  ArticleHow to Survive a Management or Strategy Change

  May 6, 2017 | By Kaitlin Milliken, Kelsey Alpaio

  Preparing for shifts in leadership, as well as changes in strategy, helps innovation teams persist. Mona Vernon, Chief Technology Officer of Thomson Reuters, shares her tips.
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  ArticleThe Key Players and Tensions in Corporate Innovation

  April 25, 2017

  We partnered with XPLANE, the renowned “visual thinking” firm, to create a map of the corporate innovation ecosystem, along with discussion questions.
• ArticleRASCI Matrix for Building Support for Innovation Projects

  April 20, 2017 | By Aaron Proietti

  A RASCI matrix is a tool that can be used to build consistent support for innovation, while mitigating against common failure modes like role ambiguity. Download it here...
• On Demand WebcastInnovation and the Business Units

  April 11, 2017

  Innovation Leader shares data from our  survey on the ties between business units and innovation groups. Executives from Fidelity Investments, Aon Health, GOJO Industries, and Trek Bicycle, share their perspectives. 
• On Demand Live CallGetting Buy-In, ‘No Time Syndrome,’ and Premature Scaling

  March 24, 2017

  Executives from Humana, GE, Intuit discuss why do employees and executives in large organizations resist participating in innovation efforts, and how to solve the problem.
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  On Demand WebcastThe Innovation Agenda for 2017

  February 13, 2017

  What are innovators thinking about as we head in to 2017? Innovation Leader editor Scott Kirsner discusses what we’re seeing corporate innovation teams focus on.