Student Lauren Gaudreau describes how a Collaborative Innovation Program team considered an ideal customer service model for a financial services company.…Read More
What You Can Learn About Innovation by Talking to Florists, Accountants, and More
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‘The Very Beginning’ of One Team’s Social Entrepreneurship Journey
The winners of the 2018 Hult Prize at Penn introduce PEER, their platform connecting underprivileged youth with mentors of similar backgrounds, and share what they learned along the way to the regional competition.…Read More
Excitement Around Blockchain Grows with Inaugural Penn Conference
The first-ever Penn Blockchain Conference drew 41 speakers and over 300 attendees to discuss the future of blockchain technology.…Read More
2018 Healthcare Innovation Challenge Applies Design Thinking to Penn Medicine’s Online Patient Portal
Interdisciplinary student teams applied design thinking to improve patient engagement with Penn’s personalized healthcare management site, MyPennMedicine.…Read More
WUFT Hacks Brings Financial Innovation to Penn Undergrads
To provide a much-needed venue for students interested in fintech, the Wharton Undergraduate FinTech Group hosted Penn’s first all-undergraduate fintech hackathon in February 2018.…Read More
Inaugural WINDS Conference Creates a New Community for Innovation Researchers
The inaugural Wharton Innovation Doctoral Symposium brought together PhD candidates from all over the world and across a range of disciplines.…Read More
A Diverse Team Takes on the Industrial IoT Challenge
Dylan Hooe came to Wharton to build versatile skills, meaningful experiences, and enduring relationships. He found them in the Mack Institute’s Collaborative Innovation Program.…Read More
Penn Fintech Challenge Winners Offer Student Debt Management Solution
The Citi Ventures FinTech Challenge was a first-of-its-kind competition that asked Penn students to find solutions to some of the most pressing questions facing financial services today.…Read More
Innovation Pathways: Wharton Grad Emily Pell on Launching an Innovation-Focused Career
Wharton Grad Emily Pell talks about how Penn prepared her for a career in innovation management, and the opportunities for healthcare innovation in her current role.…Read More
Innovation Pathways: Wharton MBA Student Gobind Johar
To help illustrate where the pursuit of innovation management can lead, we’re pleased to introduce our new Innovation Pathways series. First up: First year MBA student Gobind Johar describes his innovation journey so far.…Read More
Penn Design Challenge 2017 Tackles the Airport Security Problem
The 2017 Penn Design Challenge asked student teams to enhance people’s security and safety at the Philadelphia International Airport, focusing on efficiency and the customer experience. Integrated Product Design student Lila Cohn, one of the winners, shares what she learned.…Read More
How to Gain a Predictive Edge in 2017
Though uncertainty is a fixture in our fast-changing world, organizations can strengthen their forecasting capability and manage for an unpredictable future.…Read More
When Crowdfunding Crowds Out the Competition
Crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter have been popular in the U.S. for several years, allowing everyday consumers to fund entrepreneurial ventures in return for the finished product. While such “reward-based” crowdfunding can open many doors for entrepreneurs, could it also close others?…Read More
Healthcare Innovation that Upends Traditional Attitudes
CIP student Emily Pell talks about what she learned working on healthcare innovation in sexual wellness – and how she snagged an internship in the process.…Read More
“Surprise, Uncertainty, and Eagerness to Try”
One product design student’s CIP experience learning to innovate through an unexpected challenge.…Read More
How Companies Are Organizing For Innovation Today
The Mack Innovation Doctoral Association (MIDAs) recently hosted our second industry-academia panel, this time focusing on recent trends in organizing for innovation and featuring perspectives from local government, Wharton faculty, Mack Institute corporate partners.…Read More
Penn Students Reimagine the Orthopedic Patient Experience
Over the course of a three-week sprint this spring, students at Penn worked to reinvent the pre-operative process for hip and joint replacement surgeries. The 2016 Penn Healthcare Innovation Challenge invited cross-campus teams to find new ways to help patients better navigate this complex process.…Read More
From Crowdsourcing Novice to Consultant in One Semester
Wharton MBA student Meredith Sigler got to help a large corporation navigate the current landscape of crowdsourcing as part of the Mack Institute’s Collaborative Innovation Program.…Read More
One Student’s “Unique and Valuable” Innovation Experience
Wharton MBA student Alan Holden shares why he recommends the Mack Institute’s Collaborative Innovation Program to students interested in innovation.…Read More
Industry and Academic Perspectives on VC Investment Strategy
The gap between business research and industry practice can loom large at times, but bridging it is essential to ensuring that research is relevant to the outside world. For graduate students at the Wharton School, the Mack Innovation Doctoral Association intends to narrow that gap.…Read More