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Chicago’s Top Business Communities Join Forces to Redefine the Future of Leadership and Innovation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chicago’s Top Business Communities Join Forces to Redefine the Future of...
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...
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...
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...
Luke Tanen on the Women in Innovation event on July 16th, 2025
Here’s who took home hardware at the 2024 Chicago Innovation Awards
Chicago’s startup and innovation community gathered at the annual Chicago Innovation Awards, which aims to recognize companies doing groundbreaking work.
Here are the 2024 winners of the Chicago Innovation Awards
The Chicago Innovation Awards announced this year’s winners at the UIC Forum — honoring 22 local businesses in the 23rd iteration of the ceremony.
Opinion: In a time of uncertainty, count on nonprofits to keep innovating (Article by Luke Tanen)
One certain result of the recent elections is that there will be change. It’s just not clear what that change will be. For every sector of society — public, private and nonprofit — in organizations of all sizes, it is moments like this that put a spotlight on the importance of innovation.
Chicago Innovation Launches Groundbreaking Fellows Program in Partnership with Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management
CHICAGO, OCTOBER 2024 – Chicago Innovation, the region's leading organization dedicated to ...
Innovation expo to be held in Chicago
An event named The Innovators’ Guide to Chicago will take place next month at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Luke Tanen — president and CEO of Chicago Innovation — joins the Noon Business Hour.
The pandemic changed the workplace. It’s an opportunity to confront ageism.
The typical workplace now includes workers from five generations. That shift, plus changes in the workplace since the pandemic, are an opportunity to make the work environment better for all.
Here’s who won big at the 2022 Chicago Innovation Awards
This year’s Chicago Innovation Awards highlight how the city’s tech and startup scene is not as much the boys club that it used to be. Mayor Lori Lightfoot alluded to as much in her opening address, highlighting that of the 21 winners at Wednesday night’s awards, 11 were women-led businesses and nine were founded by people of color.
Chicago’s Top Business Communities Join Forces to Redefine the Future of Leadership and Innovation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chicago’s Top Business Communities Join Forces to Redefine the Future of...
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...
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...
Luke Tanen on the Women in Innovation event on July 16th, 2025
Here’s who took home hardware at the 2024 Chicago Innovation Awards
Chicago’s startup and innovation community gathered at the annual Chicago Innovation Awards, which aims to recognize companies doing groundbreaking work.
Here are the 2024 winners of the Chicago Innovation Awards
The Chicago Innovation Awards announced this year’s winners at the UIC Forum — honoring 22 local businesses in the 23rd iteration of the ceremony.
Opinion: In a time of uncertainty, count on nonprofits to keep innovating (Article by Luke Tanen)
One certain result of the recent elections is that there will be change. It’s just not clear what that change will be. For every sector of society — public, private and nonprofit — in organizations of all sizes, it is moments like this that put a spotlight on the importance of innovation.
Chicago Innovation Launches Groundbreaking Fellows Program in Partnership with Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management
CHICAGO, OCTOBER 2024 – Chicago Innovation, the region's leading organization dedicated to ...
Innovation expo to be held in Chicago
An event named The Innovators’ Guide to Chicago will take place next month at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Luke Tanen — president and CEO of Chicago Innovation — joins the Noon Business Hour.