* Thanks for listening! Please help us improve by filling in this short 1-minute survey * Rita McGrath, Strategy Professor at Columbia Business School, sat down with us to explain why organizations need to continually refresh their strategies in order to successfully innovate. In the conversation, Rita covers what normally gets in the way of capitalizing on opportunities and creating radical innovations.
Aug 27, 2019•14 min•Season 1Ep. 47
* Thanks for listening! Please help us improve by filling in this short 1-minute survey * Taylor Shinn, Vice President for Ventures & Growth at Baker Hughes, sat down with us to discuss how open innovation can be beneficial to the innovation strategy. Shinn further talks about the tools required for innovation and emphasizes the importance of empowering and rewarding talent in the company.
Aug 20, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 45
* Thanks for listening! Please help us improve by filling in this short 1-minute survey * Tim Scanlon, Group Vice President Customer Experience & Innovation at ABB, sat down with us to share his view of how to best approach customer needs and integrate these insights into product development. Scanlon also outlines how agile methods can co-exist with more rigid waterfall processes, as well as where design thinking can be an effective method to employ....
Aug 06, 2019•37 min•Season 1Ep. 46
* Thanks for listening! Please help us improve by filling in this short 1-minute survey * Marianne Gaulhet, Transformation Leader Services, and Yves Charreire, Agile Coach, sat down with us to discuss how design thinking, agile, and lean startup methods connect with each other. The conversation tackles issues related to creating MVPs and transforming the organization toward agility.
Jul 23, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 44
* Thanks for listening! Please help us improve by filling in this short 1-minute survey * Eik Thyrsted Brandsgård, Agile Coach and Director at LEGO, sat down with us to explain how organizations can nurture an environment for structured innovation. This involves utilizing agile principles and design thinking to reinvent the internal culture. Brandsgård further explains how the impact of these new methods can be measured and enabled to co-exist with more traditional approaches....
Jul 09, 2019•23 min•Season 1Ep. 43
* Thanks for listening! Please help us improve by filling in this short 1-minute survey * Andreas Clausen, Corporate Director Scouting & Technology Support at Beiersdorf, sat down with us to talk about how he approaches the early stages of innovation. Clausen addresses open innovation and ecosystems, the skills needed to be effective, and the leadership required to change the innovation culture.
Jun 25, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Hendrik Esser, Manager Special Projects at Ericsson, discusses agile transformation in large organizations. Esser covers how agile initiatives are organized and agile teams are enabled, as well as how to manage the impact of failed experiments and transitioning successful ones into the organization.
Jun 18, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Eva Riesenhuber, Partner & CFO at Next47, explains how the startup unit fits within the larger innovation push of Siemens. In the interview, Riesenhuber explains how Next47 succeeds at targeting the right innovations by spreading its global presence and having a rigorous set of evaluation criteria. Furthermore, she shares details on the fund structure and focus, as well as how Next47 interacts with its startups.
Jun 11, 2019•14 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Daniel Witthaut, Head of Corporate Innovation Strategy at Evonik, discusses the innovation framework at Evonik. He explains the innovation role at Evonik and talks about the toolbox and methods that the company uses to approach innovation. Witthaut further speaks about the ideal team composition and suggests combining creatives with more structured employees.
Jun 04, 2019•18 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Ivanka Visnjic, Associate Professor at the Department of Operations at ESADE, talks about how companies should approach servitization. During the conversation she talks about the major challenges of moving towards more service oriented models and how companies should reach customer needs to create services that can serve their customers better.
May 28, 2019•26 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Martin Quitzke, Venture Development Manager at Audi, talks about Denkwerkstatt, Audi’s innovation hub in Berlin. During the conversation he describes the skillsets and capabilities needed to extend a company's product portfolio and talks about the relevant methods to be applied.
May 21, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Mark Coopersmith, Faculty Director & Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley, sits down with us to discuss lean startup principles. In the interview, Coopersmith shares his insights on what's required for radical innovation, including culture, leadership, skillsets, as well as embracing failure.
May 14, 2019•22 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Micah Kotch, Managing Director for Urban-X, explains some of the traits, qualities and working styles of the startups' teams that work with BMW. Furthermore, Kotch elaborates on the relationship between BMW and its accelerator Urban-X.
May 07, 2019•22 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Johan Svenningstorp, Emerging Technology Program Manager at Volvo Group, sheds light on the innovation framework at Volvo and shares insights on emerging technologies. During the conversation, he tackles the opportunities and challenges of merging the physical and digital world in the manufacturing industry.
Apr 30, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Gina O’Connor, former professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, sits down with us to cover how organizations can approach breakthrough innovation. Her recommended approach is to ensure that clear roles for innovation are defined and that employees have the necessary mandate. O’Connor also shares her view on where innovation initiatives should be located in relation to the core business.
Apr 23, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Luis Allo, Global Innovation Sourcing Director at Johnson & Johnson, sits down with us to talk about the organization’s innovation framework, focusing on how it interacts with the larger ecosystem, assesses external partners, and enables cross-functional collaboration internally. Allo also shares his view on the importance of agile methods in a digital world.
Apr 16, 2019•40 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Mohanbir Sawhney, Professor at Kellogg School of Management, sits down with us to share his view on how large organizations can be designed for disruption, drawing upon the case of India-based Reliance Jio. The conversation covers the strategic, organizational, and leadership changes required to establish a platform to scale digital offerings to large markets.
Apr 09, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Aurelie Moser, Head Access LABs at Roche, sat down with us at the 2018 Summit to discuss how to foster creativity in organizations with design thinking, including what it requires from leadership, teams, and individuals. Furthermore, she stresses the importance of having the right mindset to innovate and highlights key elements for successful collaborations.
Apr 02, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Prabhdeep Singh, head of enterprise for Uber Eats, delves into Uber's challenges in keeping the flexibility and agility of a startup while being almost a corporation. Furthermore, he talks about the importance of leadership and team composition at Uber.
Mar 26, 2019•20 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Vanessa Butani, Director of Strategy & Ecosystems at Electrolux, sat down with us at the Innovation Roundtable Summit 2017, to discuss her view of leading an organization through digital transformation. Based on her experience with connecting Electrolux’s appliances, she shares her insights on customer-centricity, collaborative product development, and how to think about new digital business models.
Mar 19, 2019•17 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Stefan Kohn, Vice President of the Telekom Design Gallery sits down with us to explain how Deutsche Telekom does innovation and design thinking. Kohn discusses, among other topics, how the organization uncovers latent customer needs, how it predicts trends through technology scouting and analyzing customer behavior, and how it places focus on diverse internal teams.
Mar 12, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Henrik Hahn sat down with us to discuss the digital innovation processes at Evonik. He explains why digitalization is not only about technology but also about interacting with customers, why diversity in skills is important, and what the challenges are in terms of achieving effective digital services.
Mar 05, 2019•18 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Fredrik Hacklin, Professor of Entrepreneurship at Vlerick Business School and Managing Director of the Corporate Innovation Lab, discusses the advantages and disadvantages of digitalization. Hacklin further discusses the challenges and opportunities of turning business into a platform and stresses the importance of having a strategic identity.
Feb 26, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 25
We sat down with Ulli Waltinger from Siemens, who is heading up its Machine Intelligence Group, to talk about running internal hackathons. The conversation tackles his view on accelerating the implementation of innovative ideas, how to find the optimal format, and solving potential challenges during the process.
Feb 19, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Sean Carney, Chief Design Officer and GM Business Leader Healthcare Transformation Services of Philips, sits down with us at the 2016 Summit to talk about design thinking approach in reducing various healthcare challenges in the modern days. Carney presents Philips’ approach to design thinking branded as ‘co-creation’ and emphasizes the benefits of having diverse people involved in creating solutions, not just designers.
Feb 12, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Mario Pieper, CDO at BSH Group, delves into digital transformation and its impact on the home appliance industry. Pieper explains how to uncover customer needs and turn ideas into feasible projects. Furthermore, he highlights the importance of effective leaders and an innovation culture in digital transformation journeys.
Feb 05, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Nicolas Verschelden, Head of Digital Transformation at Anheuser-Busch InBev, sits down with us to talk about digital transformation. Verschelden discusses the role of digital "evangelists" at a corporate level and the use of games such as "Shark Tank" to bring an entrepreneurial spirit.
Jan 29, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Marc Gruber, Professor of Entrepreneurship at EPFL, shares his research insights on opportunity identification, and discusses the problem of myopia and how firms can systematically identify better opportunities by having cognitive flexibility. Gruber further explains the need for multi-skilled teams and highlights the importance of designing a successful process for opportunity selection.
Jan 22, 2019•33 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Marcus Weldon, CTO of Nokia and President of Bell Labs, sat down with us during the 2016 Innovation Roundtable Summit to discuss Bell Labs’ innovation approach. Weldon shares his view on the future and explains how to approach disruptive and technological innovation.
Jan 15, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Christopher Holmes from Vodafone draws upon his experience as Head of Future Operations in our interview with him in November 2017. The conversation involves the innovation processes at Vodafone, and how they have improved their customer services with emerging technologies and driven their own digital transformation.
Jan 08, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 18
