Atlanta is set to be home to yet another HQ. The Atlanta University Center (AUC) will soon house The Propel Center’s innovation campus, which will focus on building tech talent…
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How Former City of Atlanta COO Duriya Farooqui Curates Collaboration At the Point A Supply Chain Innovation Center
by Holly Beilinby Holly Beilin“For most of my career, I have been in these roles where I’ve had to galvanize and mobilize people with completely different backgrounds around these common causes.” Duriya Farooqui is…
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Innovation Impact: Georgia-Pacific’s Point A Is A Member-Driven, Collaborative Innovation Club
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinMary Kate Love believes that the common thread of the innovation process, from ideation to customer discovery to implementation, is forcing people “ to be a little bit uncomfortable.” Love…
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First Look At the $100M Georgia Cyber Center: The Largest Investment in Cybersecurity By a State
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaIn early 2017, Georgia state government made clear its commitment to growing and nurturing the state’s cybersecurity talent with the allocation of an initial $58 million, and then another $35…
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Innovation Impact: How Southern Company Turned An Employee Idea Challenge Into An Innovation Center
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinFor Southern Company, innovation wasn’t a choice — the umbrella company of more than a dozen electric and natural gas utilities and energy businesses, the energy giant realized that the…
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Hacking the Enterprise: Here’s Why Corporations Open (Useful) Innovation Centers
by Carie Davisby Carie DavisOver 25 global corporations including Coca-Cola, thyssenkrupp, Home Depot and Stanley Black & Decker tap into Atlanta’s dynamic concentration of startups, talent and entrepreneurial initiatives by standing up an off-site…
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In order to expand the footprint and resources for cybersecurity startups in Georgia, the soon-to-open Hull McKnight Georgia Cyber Center for Innovation and Training in Augusta has formed a strategic partnership with…
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Innovation Impact: How KPMG Is Quietly Exploring Next-Gen Tax Tech In Atlanta Ignition Center
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinAt first glance, the One Atlantic Center building in Atlanta’s Midtown — largely a home for top-tier law and consulting firms — might not look like a place that houses technological…