Roundtable Discussions
Delegates may choose to attend two of the following Roundtable Discussions.
Each session lasts for 45minutes
1.Mass Innovation: The Next Frontier?
With the wide spread use of 'open innovation', high performing innovators are moving to the next frontier - Mass Innovation. What is Mass Innovation, where does it work and what does it take to use it successfully?
Mass Innovation is about getting everyone involved in creating the next big thing, including customers as well as suppliers. But what are the key types of mass innovation? Who is using it? And how are they managing the process?
Nathan Marston, Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
2. Borderless and Boundless Innovation in Action
With the majority of the global landscape forecasted to be controlled by the BRIC nations by the year 2012 it is clear that the globalization of business is no longer an option but a strategic imperative. Executing seamless innovation across the globe is perhaps the greatest challenge CEOs and senior executives are currently facing in the newly flattened world. Come to this roundtable discussion to exchange experiences with your peers of
-catalysing innovation inside and out of your organization
-customising innovation through a localized global approach
-examples of seamless execution to globalise industries
-aligning innovation and globalisation with corporate strategy
Paolo Carmassi, President EMEA, Honeywell Aerospace
3 Innovation from the Top down How to Devise, Drive, and Lead Innovation from the Top
Innovation's importance in the realisation of industry's mission statements is without question paramount. However the term is so broadly used and interpreted that companies often struggle though the layers of management as to what it actually means. Despite the importance of innovation for both success and in some cases survival of companies there are many cases where the lack of clarity and top down encouragement make innovation an add-on to a full work program and hence something that slips off the edge. Despite these challenges some companies are making huge strides forwards and in most cases the singular driving force is the CEO.
This round table discussion will discuss this more broadly. Some key areas to be explored with your peers will include:
· What is innovation?
· Who needs to be involved?
· How important is top down envisioning
· What type of culture is best suited?
· How do you measure (and reward) innovation and innovative behaviour
· Examples of successful innovative companies that are lead from the top.
- Successful models for driving innovation from the top down.
Francis Bealin-Kelly, Group Head of Research, SABMiller plc
4. Collaborative Innovation: Developing Projects and Partnerships
Working with partners might make sense when you need to complement missing in-house skills, develop new ones, share investments and/or risk, promote new ideas, solve problems, respond more quickly to markets or enter new ones. However establishing a partnership that is truly collaborative and effective can be a tricky experience.
Monica Beltrametti, VP of Xerox's European research operations and collaborative R&D projects will lead a discussion that will address the following areas
- How to decide when collaboration is the right thing for your business - and when it's not
- How to define the type of collaboration that is most appropriate for your project objectives - alliances, open innovation, communities, joint venture etc.
- Learning from experience. What are the pitfalls to avoid when initiating collaboration and what works - strategy, approach, content, culture
- How collaborative models are changing to adapt to the evolving technical and business environments
Monica Beltrametti, Vice President, Xerox Research Centre Europe
5. Establishing and Expanding a Grassroots Innovation Programme
As we enter the 'Winter' of recession, everyone is tightening their belts
and making economies.
But soon 'Spring' will be here, and those companies that can innovate ahead
of the curve will out-perform their more sluggish competitors.
This session will examine how to establish a low-cost grassroots Innovation programme which will not only bring real financial benefits, but also boost staff morale.
Mike Southon, Founder, Beermat.Biz
6. Innovating in the context of the global transition to a low carbon economy
Tackling climate change and the over-exploitation of the planets resources will have a huge impact on our economies, societies and the way we live our lives. Change is inevitable how can businesses seize this opportunity to create billions of dollars in new value from a global disaster.
· How can business harness its ability to innovate and bring relevant products and services to market in a low carbon economy?
· Can we transform supply chains and platforms. Or is there another way?
· Will it be the large energy companies, or spin-offs and start-ups that create the breakthrough products and services essential to solving the issues?
Daniel Doulton, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, SpinVox
7. Developing Intimate Relationships Between Products and Consumers
The thrust of this discussion will be to explore and gain greater insight to the secrets of creating richer and more meaningful user experiences between consumers and the products and services we are responsible for. What is it about a Zippo lighter or a Porsche 911 (insert product of choice here) that causes us to make an emotional connection that extends far beyond the simple functionality of the product and creates a stronger, more personal relationship to the product and has the potential to translate to long term brand loyalty?
This round table discussion will explore the following:
· How to respect the true desire of consumers.
· Emotional vs. rational and what influences our purchasing decisions.
· How does one identify attributes that create a deeper emotional connection to our products and services?
- How to create a culture of innovation by unlocking the secrets of product intimacy.
Darrin Caddes, Vice President, Corporate Design, Plantronics, Inc.
8.TBC
Boris Pluskowski, Director, Imaginatik Research, Imaginatik
9.Been there. Done that. Where Next for Innovation?
- Exploring the relevance of existing Innovation models in todays context.
- What could be newer ways / approaches to Innovation, especially in the emerging markets?
- Is the scope for Innovation limited to businesses alone?
- Innovating. Whose business is it anyway?
Bhupendra Sharma, Co-Founder and Director, Erehwon Innovation Consulting
10. Innovation Energy A Tool for Tough Times
In tough times we need good ideas more than ever. This rapidly changing and uncertain economic environment is a fruitful time for successful innovation. Have you got all the innovation systems in place but not seeing the innovation ROI? Innovation Energy is the key that unlocks these systems. Its effect is to quickly engage innovation project leaders in a practical and inspiring way with customers. Today effective innovation will hit the bottom line very quickly there has never been a more urgent or pertinent time to innovate.
With 16 years of hands-on innovation experience behind him Matt Kingdon will lead a practical discussion on how to innovate your way out of the recession. He will share insider case studies of organisations that are succeeding and how they are doing it, giving you the tools and techniques of how to inject your business and the people within it with Innovation Energy.
Matt Kingdon, Chairman and Co-Founder, ?What If! The Innovation Company
