
Innovation

A One-Stop Data Shop: The Lego Group’s Anders Butzbach Christensen
On the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, Lego’s head of data engineering explains its approach to digital transformation.
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
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New Product Development
Out of the Lab and Into a Product: Microsoft’s Eric Boyd
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
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Innovation Strategy
Mining Underground Innovation
Many R&D employees pursue underground side projects. Surfacing such innovations can reap benefits for their employers.
Jeroen P.J. de Jong et al.

AI & Machine Learning
Helping Doctors Make Better Decisions With Data: UC Berkeley’s Ziad Obermeyer
UC Berkeley’s Ziad Obermeyer discusses how machine learning and AI are being used for medical research and diagnoses.
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

Innovation Strategy
Level Up to Strategic Data Sharing
Based on their research, the authors share four key ways companies can advance their strategic data-sharing initiatives.
Barbara H. Wixom et al.

Culture
Why Innovation Depends on Intellectual Honesty
Psychological safety isn’t enough for innovation. Managers need to create conditions for healthy debate.
Jeff Dyer et al.

Collaboration
Turn Your Teams Inside Out
Externally focused x-teams can drive innovation, performance, and distributed leadership but require a shift in mindset.
Deborah Ancona and Henrik Bresman

Technology Innovation Strategy
It’s Time to Take Another Look at Blockchain
Large incumbent companies should begin adopting blockchain before it gets used against them.
Ravi Sarathy, interviewed by Theodore Kinni

Disruption
Could Psychedelics Open New Doors for Science and Business?
A new wave of clinical research on promising uses for psychedelic drugs points to potential opportunities for business.
Alyson Meister et al.

Sustainability
Why Businesses Need to Embrace the Bioeconomy
Developing products using materials from biological sources can yield more sustainable business models.
Donna Marshall et al.

Customers
Investing in the Last Mile: PayPal’s Khatereh Khodavirdi
Data science leader Khatereh Khodavirdi discusses how PayPal uses AI and machine learning for customer personalization.
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh

New Product Development
Is Tesla’s Era of Dominance Coming to an End? What Experts Say
A panel of experts considers whether Tesla has what it takes to remain the top producer of electric vehicles in the U.S.