Fostering Innovation in a Large Enterprise: IBM's Incubator Success

Steven Astorino

Vice President of Development, Data and AI & Canada Lab Director at IBM

as recording during on 10 December 2020 as part of Innov8rs Connect on Business Design, Venture Building & Portfolio Management.


In its 109-year history, IBM has shown remarkable resiliency to adapt through constant innovation. Join Steven Astorino, Vice President of Development for IBM Data & AI and IBM Canada Lab Director, as he highlights a made-in-Canada incubator program that is now expanding to IBM’s software development labs around the world.

Called Area 631, the incubator gives six employees three months to take one great idea from proposal to working prototype. Steve showcases some of Area 631’s early success stories and reflect on his experience in cultivating a culture of innovation in a complex global enterprise.

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