You are here

› Innovation

Innovation

Insights

A model demonstrates Alibaba’s FashionAI technology, with the chosen item’s details being displayed on the mirror, at a pop-up store in partnership with fashion brand GUESS, on the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence on Fashion and Textile Conference at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, China July 3, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Bobby Yip
April 30, 2019
Written

Artificial Intelligence for the Perplexed Executive

AI can transform almost every industry. The biggest uncertainty may be the humans behind it.
Economics

Insights

Igor Khmel. Credit: Arthur Bodnar
April 12, 2019
Written

Getting Banks to Latch onto Blockchain

A Ukrainian native challenges the financial industry to lose its fear of decentralized transactions.
Finance

Insights

Michael Moritz. Credit: Stacy Geiken
March 12, 2019
Written

Sequoia’s Michael Moritz: Look out for “the Unexpected”

The venture capitalist explains why you don’t need to be a tech expert to see potential.
Leadership
Programs for Executives

Upcoming Programs in Innovation

Stanford Go-to-Market – Mexico City
2020 Program Dates TBD
In-person|Mexico City, Mexico
Full-time
PhD Program
Fall 2019
In-person|Stanford GSB
Full-time
Stanford MSx Program
July 2018 – Jun 2019
In-person|Stanford GSB
Full-time
See All Programs
Featured Book
book cover for Lead and Disrupt

Lead and Disrupt: How to Solve the Innovator’s Dilemma

Charles A. O’Reilly, Michael L. Tushman

“Opening challenging problems up to essentially everyone yields a good breadth of solutions in a very cost-effective way.”
—Kostas Bimpikis, associate professor of operations, information & technology

How to Design a Successful Crowdsourcing Contest

See Also Leadership

Learn the attributes and skills that make a strong leader, develop your own leadership style, and learn how organizations can empower others to do so.

Latest Stories on Innovation

April 30, 2019
Written

Artificial Intelligence for the Perplexed Executive

AI can transform almost every industry. The biggest uncertainty may be the humans behind it.
Economics
April 12, 2019
Written

Getting Banks to Latch onto Blockchain

A Ukrainian native challenges the financial industry to lose its fear of decentralized transactions.
Finance
March 12, 2019
Written

Sequoia’s Michael Moritz: Look out for “the Unexpected”

The venture capitalist explains why you don’t need to be a tech expert to see potential.
Leadership
March 7, 2019
Written

Our Misplaced Fear of Job-Stealing Robots

At a Future of Work forum, experts say demographic shifts, not artificial intelligence, create the biggest challenges for today’s workplace.
Economics
February 14, 2019
Written

Phil Knight on the Controversial Kaepernick Ad and Nike’s Never-Give-Up Attitude

“It doesn’t matter how many people hate your brand as long as enough people love it.”
Career & Success
February 8, 2019
Written

Don’t Let Artificial Intelligence Pick Your Employees

A Stanford GSB scholar shares why algorithms aren’t sophisticated enough to make these strategic decisions ... yet.
Organizational Behavior
December 17, 2018
Written

What Can We Learn from the Downfall of Theranos?

The health company’s plummet carries valuable lessons for Silicon Valley.
Finance
November 30, 2018
Audio

Jeffrey Katzenberg: Be Original, Be Unique, Be Risky

On this podcast episode, the former CEO of Dreamworks talks about his biggest successes, most epic failures, and bouncing back after being fired by Disney.
Career & Success
November 15, 2018
Written

How to Design a Successful Crowdsourcing Contest

Providing regular updates to competitors during innovation contests yields better solutions faster.
Innovation
November 6, 2018
Written

Helping Entrepreneurs Grow Small Businesses in Emerging Markets

While most business research in the developing world focuses on finance, a Stanford professor is testing a different set of interventions: marketing.
Marketing