Mohit Patel MSE’20 believes engineers need to learn core management concepts in order to make a real difference in today’s business world.…Read More
Innovation Pathways: An Engineer Maps a Path to Entrepreneurship
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Metrics for Managing Innovation: Lessons From Growth Leaders
This Mack Institute white paper offers managers guidance, with insights drawn from a best practices survey of 192 companies, for creating a useful dashboard of innovation metrics.…Read More
Innovation Pathways: Becoming an Effective Change Agent
Through Mack Institute’s Collaborative Innovation Program, Army officer Bethany Dumas WG’21 gained “eye-opening” insights into private sector innovation.…Read More
Innovation Pathways: Managing Innovation Through Collaboration
Vineet Agarwal WG’20 talks key takeaways from his experience with product development, global teams, and adopting new technologies.…Read More
Y-Prize Winner Avisi Technologies Receives $1M Grant
The company, cofounded by Wharton alumni, will use the National Science Foundation award to continue pursuing its innovative glaucoma treatment.…Read More
Innovation Pathways: Combining Two Approaches for Customer Solutions
Vaibhav Katkade WG’20 finds merit in blending structured and unstructured methods to effectively identify and solve the most pressing customer problems.…Read More
How Businesses Can Shape ‘Response, Recovery, and Revitalization’ in 2020 and Beyond
Mack Institute’s global network members shared insights into emerging technology, human capital, supply chains, and more at the 2020 Partner Roundtable.…Read More
Innovation Pathways: Tapping Into the Power of Data Analytics
Matt Gates WG’21 talks about the power of data analytics and working in teams with a diversity of backgrounds and skill sets.…Read More
Innovation Pathways: Start With Design Thinking
Isoken (Iso) Igbinedion WG’21 talks Amazon Prime Now, customer and employee engagement, a future of entrepreneurship, and more.…Read More
Amid TikTok Ban Threats, Saikat Chaudhuri Comments on U.S. Policy
He shared insights into the intersection of government policy with business affairs, and the role of the U.S. as a beacon of innovation.…Read More
Innovation Pathways: Finding Team Success Through Diversity of Experience
For our Innovation Pathways series, Jess Stokes WG’21 talks about pivots and trade-off decisions, design thinking, and commitment to social impact and sustainability.…Read More
Innovation Pathways: Financial Services Takeaways Transfer to Healthcare
Social policy graduate student Linya Liu explains why she aimed to outperform delivery expectations during Mack Institute’s Collaborative Innovation Program.…Read More
Choosing Innovation Metrics for Success in the Digital Era
Reliable innovation metrics help firms set strategic direction, but measuring innovation is far from easy. Our Fall Conference 2019 explored why and how firms should do it anyway.…Read More
Bright Idea: An Eco-Friendly, Affordable Lighting Solution Wins the 2020 Y-Prize
Four student teams wowed the judges at the 2020 Y-Prize Competition and took home prize money to invest in their ideas about how to repair and harvest energy from metal.…Read More
Saikat Chaudhuri Comments on Upcoming Alaska Airlines Merger
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines has announced an extensive partnership with American Airlines, a departure from its long-standing “neutrality” strategy.…Read More
Fintech Challenge Winners Offer Solution for the Retirement of the Future
The winners of the 2019 Vanguard Innovation Challenge describe “Ralph,” the retirement planning tool they designed to serve non-traditional employees.…Read More
Innovation Pathways: An Engineering Student Finds a New Career Direction
Engineering graduate student Rahul Sharma explains why the Mack Institute’s Collaborative Innovation Program was a “critical step” in his studies at Penn.…Read More
2020 WEF Panel Envisions The Next Decade’s Defining Moments in Tech
Executive Director Saikat Chaudhuri moderates a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos exploring the most pivotal technologies predicted to impact the world in the next decade. …Read More
2019 Y-Prize Finalists Pitch Ideas to Heal Metal, Harvest Energy in Remote Locales
The four finalist teams will pitch their ideas live to a panel of judges for the $10,000 grand prize in the Y-Prize Grand Finale on February 3, 2020…Read More
On NPR’s Marketplace, Saikat Chaudhuri Comments on Xerox’s Bid to Acquire HP
Mack Institute executive Director Saikat Chaudhuri discusses the likely outcome of Xerox’s proposal to acquire its larger competitor HP.…Read More