Chicago Innovation Blog

Here’s Who Won Chicago Innovation Awards This Year

by | Nov 21, 2017

Every year, the Chicago Innovation Awards honors the region’s “most innovative products, services and companies.” Meet this year’s winners, including winners of the Social Innovation, Collaboration, Chicago Neighborhood Awards, Up-and-Comer and People’s Choice awards.

Chicago Innovation’s 2025 Hall of Fame Inductees

Chicago Innovation’s 2025 Hall of Fame Inductees

“Chicago’s unique strength is its ability to collaborate.  As a city, we know the value of relationship building,” Luke Tanen, President and CEO of Chicago Innovation. And no organization has driven this collaboration more than Chicago Innovation which recently...

Opinion: Relationships are powering our next wave of innovation

Opinion: Relationships are powering our next wave of innovation

Published in Crain’s on July 17, 2025 Opinion: Relationships are powering our next wave of innovation By Thomas D. Kuczmarski Twenty-five years ago, when students went to business schools like Kellogg and Booth for their MBA, it was usually to pursue a career in...