Innovation New Jersey
  • Home
  • Our Coalition
    • Contact Us
  • News
  • Resources
    • State Supports
    • Federal Supports
    • Higher Ed Supports
  • Join Us

Innovation News

Everything Innovation. Everything New Jersey.
Follow us and stay connected.

ADP's Innovation Lab Drives New Ideas And Cultural Change Within The Company

10/15/2015

0 Comments

 
New York City, NY – According to Peter High of Forbes, “Automatic Data Processing (ADP) has long had a history of being a conservative company, and that conservatism has served it well since its founding in 1949. As the company grew beyond $10 billion in revenue in recent years, it recognized that it needed to reinvigorate the company with a new sense of purpose relative to innovation."
"The result was the establishment of the ADP Innovation Lab in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Some 15 miles east of ADP headquarters in Roseland, New Jersey, the Innovation Lab would be staffed differently, encouraged to used different processes, and have a different style of work environment.

Keith Fulton is the Chief Technology Officer of ADP, and and a key driver of ADP’s innovation agenda. In this interview, he discusses the mission of the Lab, the results it has garnered, the impact it has had back at ADP headquarters, and a variety of other topics.

​Peter High: Keith Fulton, I thought we would begin with the charter of the ADP Innovation Lab. If you can take a moment and talk about the genesis of the idea: why was it determined that ADP needed one, and why here in New York City?

Keith Fulton: For some time now, we have been focusing on innovation as a company and pushing it in a broad way. But, the management team felt that we needed to accelerate our efforts.  So, we set out to create an environment that fosters creativity, is more collaborative and open, and facilitates us bringing innovative products and features to market faster. We actually started our first lab at our headquarters in Roseland, NJ. In order to attract more top talent, we “doubled down” and built our second lab in an area [Chelsea, in the heart of Midtown] where the right skill sets were in a higher concentration. The top media companies are here; it’s an amazing venture capital and startup scene; and the top visual design and creative firms are a subway ride away.  Recently, we opened another location in the growing tech corridor in Pasadena, CA.

​High: Let’s talk about those special skill sets, special mindsets and even differences in terms of processes they are using relative to the traditional product development (or IT) organization in Roseland. Can you talk a bit about some of those differences?”

​For the complete story: http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2015/10/12/adps-innovation-lab-drives-new-ideas-and-cultural-change-within-the-company/. 
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Do not miss a single innovative moment and sign up for our newsletter!
    Weekly updates


    Categories

    All
    3D Printing
    Academia
    Acquisitions
    Aerospace
    Agriculture
    AIDS
    Algae
    Alumni
    Animals
    Architecture
    Astrophysics
    Autism
    Awards
    Big Data
    Bioethics
    Biofuel
    Biomedical
    BioNJ
    Bioterrorism
    Bit Coins
    Brain Health
    Business
    Camden
    Cancer
    CCollege
    Cellular
    Centenary
    Chemistry
    ChooseNJ
    Climate Change
    Clinical Trials
    Cloud Tech
    Collaboration
    Computing
    Congress
    Coriell
    Council On Innovation
    Crowdfunding
    Cybersecurity
    DARPA
    Defense
    Degree
    Dementia
    Dental Health
    DOC
    DOD
    DOE
    Drew
    Drones
    Drug Creation
    Einstein's Alley
    Electricity
    Energy
    Engineering
    Entrepreneurship
    Environmental
    FAA
    Fairleigh Dickinson
    FDA
    Federal Budget
    Federal Government
    Federal Labs
    Federal Program
    Finance
    Food Science
    Fort Monmouth
    Fuel Cells
    Funding
    Genome
    Geography
    Geology
    Global Competition
    Google
    Governor Christie
    Grant
    Hackensack
    HackensackUMC
    Health Care
    Healthcare
    HHS
    HINJ
    Hospitals
    Immigration
    Incubator
    Infrastructure
    International
    Internet
    Investor
    IoT
    IP
    IT
    Jobs
    Johnson & Johnson
    K-12
    Kean
    Kessler
    Legislation
    Logistics
    Manufacturing
    Medical Devices
    Med School
    Mental Health
    Mentor
    Microorganisms
    Molecular Biology
    Montclair
    NAS
    Neuroscience
    Newark
    New Jersey
    NIFA
    NIH
    NIST
    NJBDA
    NJBIA
    NJ Chemistry Council
    NJCU
    NJDOLWD
    NJEDA
    NJEDge
    NJHF
    NJII
    NJIT
    NJMEP
    NJPAC
    NJPRO
    NJTC
    Nonprofit
    NSF
    OpEd
    Open Data
    OSHE
    OSTP
    Parasite
    Patents
    Paterson
    Patients
    Perth Amboy
    Pharma
    POTUS
    PPPL
    Princeton
    Prosthetics
    Ranking
    Rare Disease
    R&D Council
    Report
    Resiliency
    Rider
    Robotics
    Rowan
    Rutgers
    SBA
    Seton Hall
    Siemens
    Smart Car
    Smart Cities
    Software
    Solar
    Space
    SSTI
    Startup
    State Government
    STEM
    Stevens
    Stockton
    Subatomic
    Supports
    Sustainability
    Taxes
    TCNJ
    Teachers
    Telecom
    Therapy
    Thermodynamics
    Transportation
    Undergraduate
    USEDA
    Verizon
    Video Game
    Virtual Reality
    Water
    WHO
    William Paterson
    Women In STEM
    Workforce Development

Home   Coalition   News   Resources   Events   Join Us
Picture
Innovation New Jersey Coalition
10 West Lafayette Street
Trenton, NJ 08608
732-729-9619