“At GE Appliances and FirstBuild, open innovation is the key to unlocking consumer needs and transforming them into groundbreaking solutions,” said GE Appliances CEO Kevin Nolan. “By listening to our ...

Sometimes the best way to promote innovation at your company is to shelter innovators from the company. Anyone can walk into a GE Appliances FirstBuild facility and play with everything from CNC ...

Traditionally, new products are closely guarded before being launched onto the market. Then, and only then, does the public get to weigh in with their feedback. The drawbacks of this approach are ...

GE Appliances microfactory and community maker space, FirstBuild, just celebrated its 10th anniversary. The factory on the University of Louisville's campus opened a decade ago to create a new space ...

GE Appliances didn't set out to create an indoor smoker, or win awards, or establish a partnership with recently selected James Beard Award semifinalist Dallas McGarity. It just happened. When the ...

Many large companies yearn to rekindle the innovative magic of entrepreneurship, but very few actually succeed. The reasons have been well documented and include: Bharat Kapoor is a principal in the ...