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  ArticleHow Best Buy’s CTO Assesses New Technologies for Strategic Business Value

  December 13, 2021 | By Scott Kirsner

  We spoke to Brian Tilzer, Best Buy’s Chief Digital and Technology Officer, a few weeks ahead of Black Friday 2021. The starting point for our discussion was how Tilzer and his team evaluate emerging technologies that could impact Best Buy’s business. “Ninety percent of what we do is about what’s...
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  ArticleDisney CEO Bob Chapek Shares His Vision for the ‘Metaverse’

  November 17, 2021 | By Scott Kirsner

  Disney CEO Bob Chapek is looking beyond theme parks and video streaming services toward building an immersive digital “metaverse” — a kind of virtual reality environment that might enable Disney fans to take part in games and theme park-like experiences without hopping on a plane to Orlando, Anaheim, or Tokyo. 
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  ArticleThe Revolution in Consumer Products: 5 Lessons from New Brands

  November 10, 2021

  Paul Earle, Contributing Columnist As a lifelong student, teacher and practitioner of innovation, I have always been fascinated by the quest to understand how. To find signal through the noise. What does John Lennon have in common with Bach and Banksy? What behaviors do Thomas Edison, Ben Franklin, and Tim...
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  ArticleMember Spotlight: Uma Meyyappan, LPL Financial

  November 9, 2021

  Uma Meyyappan is the Senior Vice President of Digital Innovation and New Venture Platform at LPL Financial. We spoke with Meyyappan as part of our member spotlight series.
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  ArticleThe Revolution in Consumer Products Continues: 12 Brands You Need to Know

  November 8, 2021

  Over the past five years, a full-scale revolution has fomented in the consumer products world. Rules are being rewritten. What up-and-coming brands are changing the game and reinvigorating the shopping experience? Contributing Columnist Paul Earle dives into the 12 brands you need to know for the future.
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  ArticleHow the NHL’s Florida Panthers are Using Data More Strategically

  October 4, 2021 | By Collin Robisheaux

  COVID-19 has accelerated the digitization of entire industries, changing everything from where we work to how we watch sports. NHL Florida Panthers’ Chief Strategy Officer is leading the organization’s transformation with data-centered marketing and creative strategies to build a larger fan base.
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  ArticleWhat’s Changing in the Wine Business? Gallo’s Innovation Director Explains

  September 13, 2021 | By Scott Kirsner

  Michele Sandoval, Director of Innovation at the winemaker E. & J. Gallo, says the past 18 months have been an interesting time for the wine and spirits industry, with consumers spending less time at social gatherings and in restaurants, more time at home, and unable to visit some of Gallo’s...
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  ArticleHow Chinese Retailer Suning Group is Deploying AI and Other New Tech

  September 9, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  Melody Jia, General Manager of Chinese retailer Suning International, shares shifts she’s seen with pandemic-era shoppers and how her team meets their needs. 
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  ArticleInside athenahealth’s Interactive Telehealth Dashboard

  August 24, 2021 | By Collin Robisheaux

  athenahealth’s Vice President of Research and Editorial Strategy shares why her team created an interactive telehealth dashboard that helps to collect and analyze consumer insights…
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  ArticlePepsiCo’s Demand Accelerator Takes Consumer Insights to Next Level

  August 20, 2021 | By Collin Robisheaux

  The Global SVP and Head of PepsioCo’s  Demand Accelerator program discussed the efficacy of the Demand Accelerator, the specific data PepsiCo uses, consumer trends in the food and beverage industry, and more.
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  PodcastVenture Capital — Silicon Valley Style

  July 27, 2021 | By Collin Robisheaux, Kaitlin Milliken

  We drove out to Los Altos Hills, California to sit down with Hemant Taneja, one of venture’s power players to understand what’s on his mind half way through this year. Marcus Daniels, Highline Beta’s Founding Partner & CEO, also shares his insights.
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  ArticlePursuing Four Sustainability Goals at Russia’s Biggest Grocery Retailer

  July 15, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  With 17,000 stores across Russia, X5 is the largest retailer of food and groceries in the country. Find out how the company is addressing sustainability.   
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  ArticleDisney: Innovating at the Intersection of Physical & Digital

  July 13, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  Jon Snoddy of Walt Disney Imagineering gave an inside look at the culture that makes his team tick and his vision for how the physical and digital worlds are converging. 
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  VideoFord Autonomous Vehicles CEO on Consumer Trust

  June 30, 2021 | By Collin Robisheaux

  Ford Autonomous Vehicles CEO Scott Griffith sat down to discuss the future of Ford’s autonomous vehicles program, recent trends in the mobility space, and the importance of building consumer trust. 
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  ArticleMember Spotlight: Joshua Ness, Verizon

  May 26, 2021 | By Collin Robisheaux, Kaitlin Milliken

  Joshua Ness is a Senior Manager at Verizon 5G Labs, where he predicts how 5G will work with other technologies. We spoke with Joshua as part of our IL Member Spotlight series.
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  ArticleHow Dana-Farber Leverages Partnerships to Advance Cancer Treatments

  May 14, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  Lesley Solomon, Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses how her team utilizes partnerships to get new treatments to patients faster. 
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  VideoiRobot CEO on Managing & Supporting Innovation

  March 25, 2021 | By Lilly Milman

  As part of our recent Success Stories conference, co-founder and CEO of iRobot Colin Angle discussed the growth of his company and how he approaches innovation.
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  ArticleCreating the Psychological Safety to Innovate at PayPal

  March 11, 2021

  Sri Shivananda, Chief Technology Officer at PayPal, discussed how the company creates its own digital solutions, and encourages a culture that empowers innovation. 
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  PodcastEmpowering an AI-First Organization with Anthem’s Chief Digital Officer

  March 2, 2021 | By Kaitlin Milliken

  How can AI and machine learning provide patients with personal, preemptive healthcare? Rajeev Ronanki, Chief Digital Officer and Senior Vice President of Anthem, explains. 
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  ArticleHow Tyson’s CTO Is Using Big Data to Forecast COVID Spread

  February 25, 2021 | By Lilly Milman

  Because food distribution was labeled an essential business, Tyson Foods never shut down any of its plants. Right at the start of the pandemic — as early as January — Scott Spradley and his team began analyzing data to predict how infection might spread within them.