Mondelēz International is a global food leader with names like Oreo, Cadbury and Chips Ahoy in its long line of historied and well-loved brands. Even though Mondelēz International is a relatively young company, it is built on several foundational brands, some of which date back over 100 years.... Read More

It has been 75 years since Vannevar Bush wrote in Science: the Endless Frontier that “without scientific progress, no amount of achievement in other directions can insure our health, prosperity, and security as a nation in the modern world.” This call-to-arms jump-started a golden age for the... Read More

Despite grand plans for disruptive innovation and headline-grabbing announcements, plenty of organizations manage to get in their own way when it comes to innovation. Many believe they have an impressive range of innovation activities, covering the gamut from incremental (H1) to adjacent (H2) to... Read More

The Internet of Things (IoT) has transformed product innovation across nearly every sector of the economy. Connected cars, smart home devices and connected industrial equipment are among the more than 30 billion devices expected by the year 2025, rapidly outpacing non-IoT devices such as cell... Read More

The digital revolution has touched every aspect of business, and manufacturing is no exception. Consider the plethora of “smart” and connected products on the market – cars and appliances are perfect examples – and then consider the dual-track product development that must happen to bring these... Read More

What are smart products? To the consumer, a smart product is one that has intelligence. It is connected. It is automated. It performs actions on behalf of the user. Read More

We discuss how businesses and employees have responded to the sudden shift to working from home, and the potential opportunities this change presents in the long term. The Mothers of Invention community of innovators, entrepreneurs, consultants, founders, and business owners has been meeting every... Read More

There has been a spate of recent announcements from automotive manufacturers declaring accelerated timing to going fully electric or moving electrification volumes forecasts forward. A few of them include: Read More

We meet Jenny Foster, who is leading the world’s first immersive experience project focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Jenny Foster is project lead at the Global Goals Centre (GGC) in Bristol. It’s a working title, she tells us when we connect one afternoon on zoom to learn more about... Read More

When I speak with R&D and innovation leaders about their key metrics, two measures rise to the top: NPV (Net Present Value) and PVI (Product Vitality Index). These are the de facto standards for assessing innovation impact. Nothing else comes close. When pressed, the very same leaders express a... Read More