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The Innovation Roundtable® Insights Podcast features interviews with leading corporate executives and professors in the innovation landscape. Our aim is to delve deep into innovation issues, ask the hard questions and illuminate perspective in key areas, such as innovation culture, emerging tech, digital transformation, and more.
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Welcome once again to the Innovation Roundtable Insights Podcast! In this episode, Ferry Winter, Director of Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam at Shell discusses the company's approach to innovation and strategies for driving innovation across the company. He mentions a centralized technology organization, seed money for startups, academic partner…
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Welcome once again to the Innovation Roundtable Insights Podcast! In this episode, PJ Mistry, Foundry Strategy & Operations Lead at Unilever discusses her experience partnering with social enterprises in Africa and Asia to meet the needs of low-income households. She expresses how partnerships and collaboration are critical to address major global …
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Welcome once again to the Innovation Roundtable Insights Podcast. We are thrilled to be back, featuring insights from leading innovation experts across various multinational corporations. Join us as we delve into cutting-edge ideas, strategies, and experiences that are shaping the future of innovation in the global marketplace. In this episode, Ull…
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Ilaria Iurilli, Global Digital Product Manager at Ingka Centres, explains how her team works on developing digital products for IKEA customers, highlighting how digital should amplify their experience rather than being an experience itself. She also explains the importance of how the connection to the company’s KPIs and business objective is a key …
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Julia Hitzbleck, formerly Head of LifeHub Berlin/Corporate Innovation Berlin, talks about LifeHub Berlin, an internal incubator for ideas of employees embarking on a journey of learning and applying iterative methodologies such as design thinking, lean startup, and agile to develop new value propositions. This episode was recorded at the Innovation…
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Søren Bro, Group Director, Head of Ecosystems & Partnerships at Grundfos, talks about the company’s collaboration model with large players and startups, as well as partnership selection criteria including strategic fit, culture, and values, and how the company is positioning itself in the emerging ecosystems. He also discusses the process of digita…
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Hartmut Mai, formerly Chief Regions & Markets Officer at Allianz, discusses how organizations should approach emerging technologies and, importantly, how to assess the impact they will have on the business. Mai dives into how Allianz organizes its digital projects, along with how the teams are set up and what is required from leadership. The conver…
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Serge Hermans, Head of Innovation Personal Care at Philips, discusses the role emerging technologies play in enabling new personalized solutions to consumers. In its move beyond products, Philips has implemented a wealth of changes to enable more experimentation and testing with users. Serge deliberates upon a few of his learnings from this work an…
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Bret Snyder, Chair and CEO at W.L. Gore, talks about nurturing a culture of innovation. Based on his work at W.L. Gore, Bret shares stories and lessons learned on the most effective methods, such as the dedicated “dabble time”, emergent leadership approach, and enabling agile play. This episode was recorded at the Innovation Roundtable workshop hos…
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Jean-François Barrand, Head of Innovation and Collaborative Work Faculty at Airbus’ AirBusiness Academy, delves into design thinking, lean startup, and agile methodologies to uncover how they can best be applied in large organizations. He also explains how these iterative methods can be combined with the traditional stage-gate framework, and how pr…
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Markus Bold, Managing Director at Chemovator, the business incubator of BASF, explains how the incubator is organized and connected to the core, and how partners are selected to engage in the company's innovation projects. Markus also explains how Chemovator prioritizes long-term innovation and how it extracts lessons from unsuccessful projects. Th…
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David Gram, Intrapreneur in Residence, discusses how large and valuable brands can experiment with MVPs without risking their reputation. He also details the key characteristics of high-performing innovation teams. This episode was recorded in June 2019 at the Innovation Roundtable workshop hosted by Allianz in Berlin on Internal & External Startup…
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Olivier Delabroy, VP Digital Transformation, i-Lab & La Factory founder, discusses how Air Liquide sets up experiments and PoCs, how it selects test users, and which criteria it uses for evaluating success. He also details how companies can assess trends, leverage digital platforms, adjust their leadership styles, and build an effective digital tra…
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Salima Douven, Director Digital Strategy & Innovation at HenkelX Ventures, talks about the unit’s startup collaboration strategy - how the unit leverages PoCs to enable business units to collaborate with startups, the startup scouting and selection process, as well as the guiding principles and processes needed for successful and agile collaboratio…
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Axel Menneking, Vice President Startup Incubation and Venturing at hub:raum, explains how startups are selected to be developed in Deutsche Telekom's accelerator, and the conditions which must be in place for their sustained growth. Axel also details how Deutsche Telekom validates ideas and value propositions, and explains some of the key factors t…
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George Yip, Emeritus Professor of Marketing and Strategy at Imperial College Business School, talks about the differences between innovation in China and the West. In this discussion, George also addresses concerns about the Chinese market such as those regarding IP infringement, government regulations, and technology security. He also highlights t…
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Nina Maldonado, Agile Transformation and Digital Innovation Manager at AkzoNobel, discusses the core elements of the company’s agile transformation journey and the importance of having the right mindset to enable that process. Nina also details major pitfalls of agile initiatives, how design thinking can be used to gain deeper customer insights, an…
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Pieter Wolters, Managing Director DSM Venturing and VP DSM Innovation Center at DSM, talks about corporate venturing – from finding the right strategy, to setting up the team, to deciding on which stage of the startups to invest in. Pieter also tackles the challenge of how large corporations can be effective at working with startups. This episode w…
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Jean-Luc Meyer, SVP Strategy, Marketing & Business incubation at Schneider Electric, discusses the primary challenges for making radical innovation a reality in corporations. Jean-Luc also explains the criteria Schneider uses to decide if it should scale up an internal or external startup, and how these differ. This episode was recorded at the Inno…
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Linda Thackeray, Director of The Garage, New England Research & Development (NERD) at Microsoft, discusses how organizations can prepare for hackathons, how they can free up time for employees to innovate, and how this can reduce "innovation theatre". Linda explains the key principles for assembling and motivating teams, the leadership approach tha…
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Amy Trejo, Open Innovation Manager at Procter & Gamble, discusses the role Silicon Valley and other "hot" ecosystems play in innovation partnerships. She further elaborates on how companies can protect their IP when engaging in such collaborations, and how they can decide on which projects to select. This episode was recorded at the Innovation Roun…
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Fabio Tentori, Head of Enel Innovation Hubs and Startup Initiatives, talks about how startup collaborations at Enel have evolved over time - from an investing model to one that co-creates with startups within different business lines. In doing so, he also provides examples of best practices when collaborating with startups and provides advice to th…
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Fredrik Östbye, Group Vice President & Head of Digital Transformation at Grundfos, discusses how digital transformation is approached within the company. Fredrik explains the role of digital platforms within the transformation, how key customer insights can be uncovered, and the challenges to merging hardware with software. He also explains how com…
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Eric Chaniot, Chief Digital Officer at Michelin, discusses how Michelin selects startups for collaboration, how internal teams are assembled to communicate with selected startups, and how digital innovation can be enabled within and outside the company. Eric explains how the company builds its digital capabilities by combining internal and external…
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Abhijit Ganguly, Manager Business Model Innovation and Incubation at Goodyear, discusses how the company does business model innovation and incubation, and how innovation efforts are split between technical R&D and BMI teams. Abhijit also details how Goodyear articulates the critical assumptions on which a new business model is based and selects te…
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Andreas Haegele, Vice President IoT in Thales Global Business Unit Digital Identity & Security (DIS), discusses the inner-workings of the Digital Factory at Thales and how it is connected with the rest of the organization. Andreas details the organizational changes which Thales has undergone to run IoT successfully. He also discusses the role of di…
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* Thanks for listening! Please help us improve by filling in this short 1-minute survey * Kai Petrick, Head of Open Innovation BMW Group, sat down with us to share details about its open innovation expertise. In the conversation he talks about how BMW has set up a global network of tech offices and how it actively collaborates with startup accelera…
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* Thanks for listening! Please help us improve by filling in this short 1-minute survey * Bernhard Schwarz, VP Digital Solutions and Strategy at Zeiss, sat down with us to talk about the importance of building a balanced team to approach new digital solutions. Schwarz digs into this approach, covering specific capabilities which are needed as well …
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* Thanks for listening! Please help us improve by filling in this short 1-minute survey * Linda Hill, Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration and Faculty Chain, Leadership Initiative, sat down with us to explain how activating the company's Collective Genius can increase innovation potential and accelerate overall speed-to-market.…
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* Thanks for listening! Please help us improve by filling in this short 1-minute survey * Thomas Kropf, President Corporate Research and Advance Development at Bosch, sat down with us to dive into digital transformation. The conversation tackles the issue of bridging the physical world with digital, what skills are required to succeed, and how to c…
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* 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 capita…
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* 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 empow…
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* 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 wit…
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* 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 transformi…
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* 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. Brands…
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* 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 leade…
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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.Hendrik Esser, Ericsson
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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 struct…
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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…
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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.…
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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.Martin Quitzke, Audi
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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.Mark Coopersmith, UC Berkeley
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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.…
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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 …
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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 dig…
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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 la…
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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 colla…
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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.Prabhdeep Sing, Uber
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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,…
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