Innovation Articles & Insights

When I look back over 2016, I can see many examples of widespread change, disruption and innovation. I can see tremendous gains and hard fought incremental improvements. But away from the big-ticket items, what has really changed? Let’s take a look. Live Your Mantra When I worked at Nike, we had the world-famous tag line, […]

NTT i³ is an organization dedicated to solving complex problems that simultaneously address social, business, and human needs. In order to accomplish this, we match our significant ambition with significant financial investment and access to a global network of talent and customers.

There is plenty that is said and written about embracing failure in Silicon Valley. Here is how our own team thinks about risk and the way that it relates to the freedom they need to engage in their work, every day.

Diverse talent is the most important ingredient to curate and nurture in building toward more innovative practices inside large enterprise organizations. While this definition of diversity includes having the right mix of technical and business skills, it also requires a culture and attitude that supports the open exchange and debate of diverse ideas.

At NTT i3 we don’t see innovation as the solitary pursuit of a single genius. To address issues of human and business significance, we believe that collaborative teams are required.

We have to start looking at innovation – true innovation – as integral to every organization’s culture — how it operates internally, how it interacts with other organizations and its customers, and how it views itself within the global marketplace.

Mining is a business that is decades behind in its use of technology to solve even the most fundamental challenges in the industry. One could even say that mining has been resistant to transformation –living on nothing but small incremental change and steadfastly avoiding that which could disrupt the status quo. According to Dr. John […]

I believe that inventing for human impact is at the heart of innovation, and here at NTT i3, we are constantly striving to build our own beautiful hardware and software solutions to enable enterprises to transform ideas to reality. There are three key design principles that guide us in creating these solutions:

The simple definition of innovation is “a new idea, device or method,” but for many, the word “innovation” is deeply personal and can have multiple meanings. For me, innovation means identifying and solving essential but latent problems to bring about positive change.

Storytelling is nothing new. We’ve been doing it for thousands of years. Stories can travel where data cannot – to the human heart. Data can inform. Stories can inspire, fuel the imagination, and provide a light that connects people in unexpected ways.