Best Workplaces for Innovators 2024: Enterprise products and services
Winner: Motorola Solutions Chicago The telecom company increased R&D spend to $858 million in 2023, focusing on artificial intelligence, UX design, and other research. Finalists: ADP, Roseland,...
View ArticleBest Workplaces for Innovators 2024: Energy
Winner: Exelon Chicago The electric utility conglomerate runs an Analytics Academy that trains employees to harness data more effectively. Finalists: AES, Arlington, VAAether Fuels, ChicagoAntora...
View ArticleBest Workplaces for Innovators 2024: Education and nonprofits
Winner: UN World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator Munich Last year, the WFP’s SheCan program provided microloans to 5,900 individuals (73% of whom were women) and saw an astonishing 99% repayment...
View ArticleBest Workplaces for Innovators 2024: Digital content, media, and entertainment
Winner: Vox Media Washington, D.C. The result of a broad internal and external collaboration, Language, Please is a free platform to help media professionals and storytellers remove bias from the...
View ArticleBest Workplaces for Innovators 2024: Consumer products and services
Winner: Mattel El Segundo, CA The Barbie maker launched a digital learning hub last year that offers its global employees access to development resources, including a section on innovation. Finalists:...
View ArticleBest Workplaces for Innovators 2024: Communications and public relations
Winner: All Points Public Relations Deerfield, IL Employees of the 13-year-old agency can pursue continuous learning opportunities through the Ready for Next comprehensive education program....
View ArticleBest Workplaces for Innovators 2024: Biotech
Winner: Nabla Bio Cambridge, MA The biotech company aims for zero hierarchy and has no degree requirements. That means that respect is given not based on years of experience, past workplaces, or...
View ArticleBest Workplaces for Innovators 2024: Beauty and fashion
Winner: L’Oréal Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France In 2023, the beauty giant invested over $1.4 billion in R&D, launched more than 3,400 new formulas created by more than 4,000 researchers, and filed...
View ArticleBest Workplaces for Innovators 2024: Banking, finance, and fintech
Winner: American Express New York Each year, the financial services colossus recognizes an employee or employee team for innovative thinking and product development with the Edward P. Gilligan Award....
View ArticleBest Workplaces for Innovators 2024: Automotive and transportation
Winner: Applied Intuition Mountain View, CA Employees who’ve been at the vehicle software supplier for more than a year become eligible for a 3-to-12-month assignment in Sweden, Germany, Japan, or...
View ArticleBest Workplaces for Innovators 2024: Artificial intelligence and robotics
Winner: Lenovo Beijing and Morrisville, NC The world’s largest PC manufacturer, with global headquarters in Beijing and Morrisville, North Carolina, has committed to a three-year, $2.2 billion...
View ArticleBest Workplaces for Innovators 2024: Art and design
Winner: Canva Sydney Last year, the design platform company launched Pathways, offering employees reskilling opportunities and facilitating mobility within the organization. Finalists: Bluecadet,...
View ArticleBest Workplaces for Innovators 2024: Advertising and marketing
Winner: Dentsu Creative Mexico Mexico City Last year, the global creative agency teamed up with Saba, Mexico’s leading feminine-care brand, to address a topic that remains largely taboo in the...
View ArticleBest Workplaces for Innovators 2024: General excellence
Winner: ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Memphis ALSAC, the nonprofit that supports St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, hosts data storytelling hackathons, intern innovation projects,...
View ArticleBest Workplaces for Innovators 2024: Innovation Team of the Year
Winner: Adobe San Jose As the world’s dominant player in software applications for creative professionals, Adobe worked directly with its consumer base to chart an ethical and transparent approach to...
View ArticleBest Workplaces for Innovators 2024: Innovative Leader of the Year
Winner: Shane Eleniak, chief product officer, Calix San Jose Founded 25 years ago to provide the infrastructure to transform the internet from dial-up to broadband, Calix has needed to transform its...
View ArticleThis was the methodology for Best Workplaces for Innovators 2024
To earn Best Workplaces for Innovators recognition, all of this year’s winners and finalists completed an application that addressed questions about projects, investment, company-wide programs, and...
View ArticleCampbell Soup is changing its name and shifting focus to other packaged food
Campbell Soup is dropping “soup” from its name to become “The Campbell’s Company,” CEO Mark Clouse said on Tuesday, a pivot symbolizing the company’s shift to its other packaged food such as jarred...
View ArticleAmericans’ median household income rose in 2023—the first time since before...
The inflation-adjusted median income of U.S. households rebounded last year to roughly its 2019 level, overcoming the biggest price spike in four decades to restore most Americans’ purchasing power....
View ArticleTaylor Swift officially endorses Kamala Harris
A few weeks ago, Donald Trump boasted (falsely) of winning a coveted endorsement from global superstar Taylor Swift. He even posted clearly AI-generated photos of Swift draped in MAGA gear. But...
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