Shannon Deegan sat down with us during the 2017 Innovation Roundtable Summit to discuss how Google nurtures its culture of innovation through openness and transparency. He also delves into the importance of recruiting profiles that are at ease working in a VUCA environment and how to develop leadership skills among all employees.
Michael Jacobides, professor at London Business School, shares his insights into the competitive landscape, as sectors transform and value migrates. He discusses the underlying factors causing the transformation, how and where value migrates, and what implications this has to industry incumbents. Jacobides also shares tips and advice in terms of identifying value within ecosystems, and how to capitalize on new opportunities while remaining relevant in a rapidly changing world.
Nikhilkumar Adhia, senior director at Global Open Innovation at Oracle, sat down with us at an Innovation Roundatble workshop in 2017 to discuss how to solve the problem of misalignment between corporates and startups. Adhia talks about Oracle accelerator and innovation programs to ultimately drive a new era for cloud and disruptive technologies.
Timothée Baret, Head of Digital at BASF Coatings, sat down with us to talk about digital transformation. Baret discusses the challenges companies face during digitalization and presents BASF´s practice in this matter.
Tim Minshall, Professor at University of Cambridge, sits down with us to talk about open innovation based on his academic research and background in a university incubator. Open innovation between a large corporation and nimble startup can be immensely valuable, but difficult to pull off. Minshall talks to us about best practices in making it work, including partner selection criteria, aligning expectations, projects' testing.
In this interview with Bruno Leprince-Ringuet, former Vice President of R&D at Air Liquide, we delve into how new ways of working have spurred change in managing innovation for R&D teams. During the Innovation Roundtable® Summit 2017, he sat down with us to discuss how to evaluate teams' ideas and composition, and how to transitioning projects into commercialization.
In his role as a professor of Innovation Management at IMD, Bill Fischer looks closely at the role of managerial choices in anticipating disruption. During the Innovation Roundtable® Summit 2017, he sat down with us to discuss what disruptive innovation means for incumbents today and tomorrow, the role managerial choices play in this picture, and the importance of building a culture of innovation dedicated to customer-centricity and open innovation.
David Gram recalls how the LEGO Group moved from the brink of bankruptcy to become the most powerful brand in the world – by shifting focus back to its core capabilities. He further shares his thoughts on integrating agile processes at LEGO, merging physical and digital experiences, and how to become a diplomatic rebel within large organizations.
Drawing on his extensive research and experience within technology and innovation, Mohanbir Sawhney, Professor at Kellogg School of Management, sits down with us to discuss how to approach digital disruption and the role of leadership and patience in nurturing a culture of innovation.
In his role as a Managing Director at CucinaBarilla, Matteo Gori led the innovation team, focusing on developing new cooking experiences. At a workshop hosted by EDF in Paris in September 2017, Matteo sat down with us to discuss Barilla's innovation approach. He describes the process of coming up with disruptive innovations and new business models, engaging with the right partners, and how to evaluate on experiments based on customer insights.
Michael Skok is an entrepreneur-in-residence at Harvard Business School and co-founder of Underscore VC. At the Innovation Roundtable® Summit 2016, he sat down with us to discuss entrepreneurial processes within established firms, collaborating with startups, and corporate venturing.
Mikael Cato, Chief Digital Officer at Scania, sits down with us to talk about innovation frameworks in the manufacturing industry. Cato tackles the challenges of bringing the organization through digital transformation.
In this interview with Ingo Rauth, professor at IE Business School, we get a deeper understanding of change transformation in organizations for design thinking. From the 120+ interviews he has conducted in his research activities, Rauth shares with us the many challenges and aspects companies face with design thinking.
In his role as a Principle Group Program Manager at Microsoft, Aaron Bjork works in the developer division. He sat down with us at a workshop hosted by Bosch in Chicago to discuss agile innovation and the opportunities and challenges faced by Microsoft in integrating agile processes at scale. Moreover, he discusses the importance of uncovering latent customer needs based on customer observation and feedback, how its self-organizing teams are constructed, and the importance of physical space at M...
Peter Hiscocks sits down with us to discuss how large firms apply lean methodologies and how this differs from that of SMEs. He draws upon his involvement in numerous startups, to speak about the unique advantages of corporations vs. SMEs. He brings experiences and lessons learned on identify latent customer needs, using big data, and rapid prototyping.
At an event at BP in London in November 2017, SAP’s Head of Business Model Innovation, Claus von Riegen, sat down with us to discuss how SAP goes about creating new business models of incremental as well as radical nature. At SAP, he incubates new businesses within the core performance engine as well as attending to the more radical innovations that are isolated from the core. He further conveys the importance of obtaining customer feedback, experimentation, and continuous pivots in coming up wi...
In his role as SVP Head of Strategies and Performance at Nestlé, Valerio Nannini drives a cross-functional culture in innovation. In his role, he works with designing future strategies, the digital transformation of R&D, and the development of digital technology platforms applied to nutrition and wellness. At the Innovation Roundtable® Summit 2017, Valerio sat down with us to discuss a multitude of innovation topics, including how to assemble innovation teams, the importance of leadership wi...
