Innovation

10 reasons IT leaders fail at innovation

Tech leaders have been given an innovation mandate, but many still struggle to build a robust innovation capability. Whatu2019s holding them back?

IT’s new ROI: Return on innovation

CIOs struggle to temper business expectations of 100 percent innovation success with the realities. Here's how to foster a healthy innovation outlook.

Co-innovating with startups: 5 steps for success

Startups can help your organization kick-start innovation. Hereu2019s how CIOs can hone their approach to courting fledgling vendors of emerging technologies while reducing risk.

I didn’t expect that

5 unexpected learnings from the past five years of IoT.

How CIOs stoke the fires for the business engine of innovation

How CIOs stoke the fires for the business engine of innovation

CIOs tell me that they want to do more than align to the business agenda. They want a role in business innovation. But how do they achieve it?

The reverse pitch: Enlisting startups to hone innovation

Aflac, Bayer and Bosch are among a growing number of enterprises leveraging the 'reverse pitch,' in which companies pose business challenges they will pay winning startups to solve.

Innovative CIOs strike back against digital disruption

CIOs from every industry are looking to outmaneuver startups by taking a page from the disruptor's playbook to deliver innovative digital products and services.

A multi-channel approach to experimentation

Engage your business partners and customers where they are by creating a multi-channel approach to experimentation that positions your organization as a technology leader.

Big business: You, too, can growth hack

Big businesses have a lot of potential to unlock and can be scrappy to great effect if they push traditional approaches aside. The key is to always keep rethinking and continue reinventing.

IT’s latest survival skill: Embracing risk

In todayu2019s digital business world, IT has to stop playing it safe, as you canu2019t innovate without taking some risks. Still most IT professionals remain deeply risk-averse.