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Essential Takeaways from
Frost & Sullivan’s Workshop
and Tour at the Wond’ry
Technology Innovation to Drive Growth was the theme of Frost & Sullivan’s first Innovation Workshop & Tour: A Quarterly Series for 2024. The full-day event was sponsored by Frost & Sullivan’s Growth Innovation Leadership Council and took place at...
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Essential Takeaways from
Frost & Sullivan’s Workshop
and Tour at the Wond’ry
Technology Innovation to Drive Growth was the theme of Frost & Sullivan’s first Innovation Workshop & Tour: A Quarterly Series for 2024. The...
Powering Innovation and Sustainability
As we stand at the crossroads of innovation and sustainability, it's vital to recognize the transformative role of technology in shaping a...
Innovation is Not Optional
The pace of change in the world around us continues to accelerate, fueled in part by tremendous innovations afforded by advances in digital....
Cultivating an Innovation-Centric Culture: A Strategic Imperative for C-Suites
Introduction Innovation leaders from around the country recently gathered for The DuPont Silicon Valley Technology Center Innovation Workshop and...
Innovation Starts with a Powerful Question
What if we’ve locked up more than just the pens? Innovation often starts with a simple question. Ash asked that one. When Ash arrived as a new...
Formula 1 Meets Food Science: Striking Similarities Between Formula 1 and Food & Beverage R&D
The deafening roars of 1000 HP engines are all around you. Goosebumps rise on your arms while your heart is pounding in your chest. One by one,...
The D in Digital Transformation is for Data
In today's dynamic intersection of business and technology, "digital" exceeds traditional notions of binary codes, sleek interfaces, or the mere use...
“Everything Has Changed”
How did we get here? Humanity is at an inflection point, where technology is advancing at an unprecedented rate. As I witness this era of...
Make Productivity Investments Now to Drive Innovation Later
In my previous article, Innovation for Long Term Sustainability, I explored how investing in innovation should be embedded into your enterprise...
Innovation for Long Term Sustainability
In today's dynamic business landscape, innovation is crucial for long-term sustainability. By investing in innovation, organizations can adapt,...
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Join us at the Innovation Workshop and Tour of NASA Space Center
Photo courtesy of Space Center Houston Source: https://spacecenter.org/news-center/digital-assets/general-photos/ Innovators, technologists,...
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Essential Takeaways from the Innovation Workshop & Tour at MIT InnovationHQ
Technology Innovation to Accelerate Growth was the theme of a recent innovation workshop and tour of MIT’s Innovation Headquarters (iHQ) in...
Driving Innovation: Unleashing the Power of Metrics for Success
Introduction In today's ever-evolving digital landscape, organizations that utilize data and analytics to drive innovation consistently come out on...
How Digital Solutions Can Help Utilities Address Global Energy Demand
The challenge we are facing is three-fold. First, we need to continue providing reliable energy to homes, hospitals, schools and businesses to meet increasing societal demand and boost productivity and prosperity.
Conversations with Innovators
The pace of change in tech and particularly AI as well as funding seem to be the top challenges early-stage companies face. For startups in particular, the pace of innovation can be exhausting, while large companies seem to have an advantage where they can skip generational shifts, so long as they are sufficiently established.
Conversations with Innovators
One challenge to technological innovation is creating a culture of learning and adaptability. A company’s competitive advantage can quickly become a commodity, which means innovation is critical for sustained success.
Conversations with Innovators
For healthcare technologies, one challenge is access to the right end-users, essential support personnel and subject matter experts. Many startups will create solutions without engaging the right stakeholders, resulting in technologies that are suboptimal, or worse, they solve a problem that may not exist.
Diversifying Revenue Streams to Survive and Thrive
Prasoon Saxena, President, Manufacturing, NTT DATA, discusses Diversifying Revenue Streams to Survive and Thrive at Frost & Sullivan’s Growth, Innovation and Leadership event. Saxena explores how the growing ubiquity of digitization, automation, and connectivity is driving business model evolution.
Case History on Go-To-Market Strategy
Key Insights from a Virtual Event led by Dr. Christina Baune, Director of Digital Product, Sleep Number Corporation
A case history on an organization’s evolution – from retail to a health and wellness company. Leveraging technology to commercialize and optimize the customer journey, Sleep Number advanced omnichannel digitization to continue meeting the needs of their customers.
Actionable Ideas from the Innovation Workshop & Tour at Georgia Institute of Technology
“An excellent forum for discovery of like communities to accelerate ideas, insights and real-world case studies.”
Innovation Agility in a Sustainability-driven Context: Starting a Journey While Map-Making is Still in Progress
The world is changing at a faster and faster pace (at least it feels like it). There are always endless problems to solve, and innovations to offer solutions. How do we manage innovation that solves the targeted problem?
Headliner – Leading Growth Amidst Disruption and Complexity
Key Insights and Ideas Roundup from the 16th Annual Growth, Innovation and Leadership: The Growth Pipeline Experience
Participants and presenters alike came away with a wealth of ideas and insights gleaned at Frost & Sullivan’s 16th Annual GROWTH INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP.
At the Speed of the Customer: Interesting and Disruptive Developments from Starbucks, Taco Bell, Twitter and others
Single industry thinking is dead. Capabilities needed for tomorrow are at the intersection of industries, expertise areas/technologies and the future of work. No one on the industry can teach you this.
The Art of Influencing – Getting the Upper Hand in Product Development
One of the most powerful things you can do when presenting an idea for the first time is to acknowledge the audience’s pain points to a particular issue.
Key Insights from the New Product Innovation Workshop at MIT InnovationHQ
Working across the organization brings innovators unique insights. Generalists will support in narrowing down the broader industry to find growth opportunities.
Innovation Infrastructure: Enabling Ideas to Impact
Innovation Infrastructure: Enabling Ideas to Impact Presented by Tim Miano Executive Director MIT Office of Innovation
What is the New Model for Innovation Success?
In this 3rd series article, I’ll shift focus to what actions and strategies that I am seeing drive sustained innovative impact, and importantly, set a model for success moving forward.
Building a Better Lemonade Stand: How to Strategically Align Resources with Your Product Innovation Portfolio
Culture is key. This is by far the most important element of getting the right people and forming the right product innovation team.