Ep. 147 - Innovation Leaders Scott Kirsner on Corporate Innovation Tools & Trends

Published: May 14, 2019, noon

b"Scott Kirsner is the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Innovation Leader.\\xa0As a journalist, Scott spent his career covering how ideas in companies get commercialized. Five years ago, Scott launched Innovation Leader, a company focused on how innovation happens in big companies.\\xa0Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation founder, spoke with Scott about emerging issues in corporate innovation.\\n\\nWhat innovation issues are tops for companies? - Innovation Leader Survey\\xa0\\n - Solving bureaucracy and How to Tap Employee Ideas - Highest areas of Internal innovation interest\\n - Startup engagement meaningful, but companies have only started their collaboration experiences.\\n\\nWhy did corporates jump in and now are reassessing?\\n - Corporates need results near term.\\n - Successful companies focus on white space areas. Scout areas where startups can address problems areas.\\n - Develop strategies to set up a proof of concept.\\xa0\\n - Jet Ventures - Doing corporate VC.\\xa0Need to be in it for 7-10 years\\xa0\\n\\nWhat toolset is being used at startups, that could be used in corporations?\\n - Slack, GitHub, 3-D printer, landing tables, quick websites, Airtable, Coda, crowdfunding, etc.\\xa0\\n\\nHow can the rise of new tech play out in corporate innovation?\\n - Companies are becoming aware of how business can apply new tech.\\xa0Creating comic books, videos of vision, etc.\\n - Have more conversations and lunch and learns in your company to explain emerging tech and how the company can apply.\\xa0Ask for engagement and put dots on the radar screen.\\n - Innovation teams shouldn\\u2019t be only ones tracking new innovations.\\xa0Spread far and wide in company.\\n - Challenge of Innovation officer - change culture and training or build stuff and prototype. Execute the ideas.\\xa0\\n\\nWhat are you most excited about?\\n - New events, research reports, magazine covering top cities around the world for corporate innovation, and awareness of best practices in big companies.\\xa0\\n - Don\\u2019t need to start with a white paper.\\xa0Lots of innovation resources available - Inside Outside Innovation podcast, Harvard podcast, Innovation Answered podcast.\\n\\nFor more Information\\nFor more information or to connect with Scott, check out Innovationleader.com, on Twitter see @innolead and listen to Innovation Leader's Innovation Answered podcast.\\xa0\\n\\nIf you enjoyed this podcast, you might also enjoy:\\xa0\\n\\nEp. 128 \\u2013 Aaron Proietti, Author of Today\\u2019s Innovator & Transamerica Innovation Champion\\nEp. 120 \\u2013 Digital Intent\\u2019s Sean Johnson talks Corporate Innovation Strategies\\nEp. 118 \\u2013 ExxonMobil\\u2019s Christopher Bailey and Kim Bullock on Corporate Innovation\\n\\nFind this episode of\\xa0Inside Outside Innovation at\\xa0insideoutside.io. You can also listen\\xa0on\\xa0Acast,\\xa0iTunes,\\xa0Sticher, Spotify, and\\xa0Google Play.\\n\\xa0\\nFREE INNOVATION NEWSLETTER\\nGet the latest episodes of the Inside Outside Innovation podcast, in addition to thought leadership in the form of blogs, innovation resources, videos, and invitations to exclusive events. SUBSCRIBE HERE For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy"