PICTURING innovation
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INSTITUTIONS—GOVERNMENT, CORPORATIONS, AND, YES, THE NEWS MEDIA—SEEMS TO BE AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH, BUSINESS AND THOUGHT LEADERS WHO TOOK THE STAGE AT ’S ANNUAL INNOVATION FESTIVAL CHAMPIONED THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING A STAND, EMBRACING CREATIVITY AND INCLUSIVITY, AND FINDING TRUSTED COLLABORATORS. “I REALLY ONLY WANT TO WORK WITH PARTNERS WHO SHARE THE AMBITION, UNDERSTAND INTUITIVELY WHAT WE’RE DOING, AND WANT TO DO THE SAME THING,” SAID COURTENEY MONROE, CEO OF—EXTENDING A BRAND TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH DOCUMENTARIES AND WILDLIFE SHOWS. ARTIST AND ENTREPRENEUR PHARRELL WILLIAMS ECHOED THE SENTIMENT when talking about movie executive Chris Meledandri, who persuaded Williams to narrate the 2018 animated version of . “I trust Chris in everything that we do together,” he told a packed auditorium at New York’s 92nd Street Y. “The work is so liberating and inspiring, and it elevates me every time.”
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