If you've walked down a soda or beer aisle recently, you may have noticed more and more brands transitioning their packaging to paper carriers instead of the once-common plastic rings.

The healthcare industry is turning to leading designers to explore more sustainable solutions to medical waste through innovative paper products that are moving in a sustainable direction.

Paper is an important part of evaluating, communicating and documenting our world.

For brands to successfully emerge from the pandemic, mere innovation is insufficient; they must undergo radical innovation. 

In the movement from plastics to paper, consumers are demanding more sustainable solutions in produce packaging.

Many leaders instruct their employees to “fail fast” — or recognize when something isn’t working and quickly move on to something new. While a “fail fast” mentality may have been acceptable in the past, the present-day workplace instead demands learning fast as businesses grapple with challenges such as supply chain disruptions, inflation, climate change and ongoing disruptions caused by the pandemic.

How do we engage and find coincidence in the work we do to innovate?

In the United States today, an average of 92.4% of corrugated cardboard packaging gets recycled annually. The overall American recycling rate for paper has risen to 65.7%, and paper nowadays can generally be used to make new products up to seven times.

Innovating faster remains a top priority for companies. Research shows a lack of innovation culture can be a company's biggest stumbling block. Here are three tips on how to nurture unconventional thinking and make it a part of daily routines.