Category: Strategy & Innovation

Event Summary • 11.22.2016

Innovation Showcase

The Innovation Showcase on November 2nd attracted nearly 100 people at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. The purpose was to learn more about the Angel and Venture Capital markets in Israel, with presentations from two crowd-funded investment firms (OurCrowd and iAngels) and two rising stars in the market (MDClone, which<span. . .
Tagged in: Program Execution, Strategy & Innovation, Technology
Read More
Insight Paper • 11.10.2016

Security and Organizational Maturity

Although I am the Chief Security Officer at Trexin, for a long time I resisted working directly in the Information Security field. Back at Bell Labs, we did not talk specifically about security—UNIX and the Internet were developed as trust-based systems. But we did believe passionately in privacy, and that<span. . .
Tagged in: Strategy & Innovation, Technology
Read More
Event Summary • 8.10.2016

2016 Chicago Innovation Summit

In partnership with the Executives’ Club of Chicago, the Chicago Innovation Awards held the first Chicago Innovation Summit on July 21, 2016. The summit had over 350 attendees! Top innovation minds and leaders participated in this half-day event featuring new ideas and strategies to help businesses grow.
Tagged in: Program Execution, Strategy & Innovation
Read More
Case Study • 5.24.2016

Estimating Flood Risk Using Predictive Analytics

Our Client, the founder and CEO of an innovative startup that developed an analytics model to accurately predict flood risk for a given parcel of land over a period of time, wanted to commercialize the technology to help consumers, businesses, and governments around the world better prepare and adapt to<span. . .
Tagged in: Analytics, Environmental Sciences, Growth & Acceleration, Other Industries, Program Execution, Strategy & Innovation, Technology
Read More
Case Study • 3.30.2016

Evaluating Readiness for Future Healthcare Business Models

Our Client, one of the oldest, self-sustaining Health Information Exchanges (HIE) in the country, was facing significant disruption in their industry. With the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the healthcare providers and accountable care organizations (ACO) that made up our Client’s customer base suddenly demanded more robust patient<span. . .
Tagged in: Growth & Acceleration, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Strategy & Innovation
Read More