The Innovation Room
By Viima
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The Innovation Room is brought to you by HYPE, the leading provider of innovation management software and services. In 2021, Viima joined forces with HYPE Innovation, solidifying our position as the global leader in innovation management. We offer a comprehensive suite of Innovation Management Software, empowering businesses to streamline their innovation processes and drive sustainable growth.
The Innovation RoomNov 12, 2020
E18 - The State of Innovation with John Bessant
John Bessant is an Emeritus Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Exeter. John has dedicated over 40 years to research and consultancy in technology and innovation management. John has advised various national governments and international organizations, including the United Nations, The World Bank, and the OECD. He is also known for his extensive contributions to the literature on innovation, having authored numerous books on the subject. He brings a wealth of expertise to the discussion. For this conversation, Colin Nelson, the new co-host of The Innovation Room podcast, interviewed John. In today’s episode, we cover: • Development of innovation practices and challenges in distinguishing effective methods • Leadership role in driving organizational shifts and fostering innovation.
• Transition towards open innovation and creation of ecosystems. • Shifting towards sustainability. • Dynamic capabilities and what it means. • Present and future challenges. • The disconnect between executive leaders and innovators. — Brought to you by Hype Innovation - a global leader in innovation management software and services. With HYPE, organizations can engage employees, customers, and partners in idea generation and collaborative problem-solving. Learn more: https://www.hypeinnovation.com/
As part of HYPE Innovation, Viima has expanded its capabilities to further democratize innovation and support organizations in achieving excellence in this field. Find the full transcript at: Listen to the audio version: Where to find John Bessant: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbessant/ • Website: https://blog.singleton.io/ Where to find Colin: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-nelson-ab41001/
E17 - Circular Economy with Kati Pallasaho
Time and time again, innovation emerges as a cornerstone for reshaping our approach toward consumption and production, so it is no surprise that we are discussing circular economy in this episode. For this one, Dainora was joined by ever-inspirational Kati Pallasaho, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Sustainability at Lindström Group. Kati is a relentless sustainability advocate. As a professional, she is driving the company towards its ambitious sustainability goals. Connect with Kati: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katipallasaho/ Get in touch with Dainora: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dainorajociute/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oanamariapop/ A written transcript of the episode is available here: https://www.viima.com/blog/circular-economy You can listen to the podcast here: Chapters: 00:00 Podcast Intro 01:29 Kati's Career 02:40 What is Circular Economy 05:20 Critique of Circular Economy 08:40 Why Do We Need to Talk About It? 10:45 Lindström Group and Its Sustainability 16:40 Challenges 26:40 Benefits from a Business POV 29:20 How to Get Inspired? 32:20 Main Takeaways
E16 - AI-First Strategy with Paavo Ritala
We are kicking off this year's season of Innovation Room with an exciting topic and a brilliant guest - Professor Paavo Ritala. Paavo is a professor of Strategy & Innovation at the Business School of LUT University in Finland. He is also Co-Editor-in-Chief of the R&D Management journal. He is known for his widely available research on networks and ecosystems, sustainable and circular economy, and most recently, from his studies on digital transformation, data, and AI. For this episode, Paavo was interviewed by Oana-Maria Pop. Oana is the Head of Open Innovation at HYPE Innovation and a Lecturer at Eindhoven University of Technology. Connect with Paavo on LinkedIn and X (Twitter). Get in touch with Oana on LinkedIn. Learn more about Hype Innovation Experts. A written transcript of the episode is available here. You can watch the podcast here.
E15 - Understanding Corporate Partnering with Immanuel Nama
In today's episode, Immanuel is sharing his thoughts on Corporate Partnering, what it is, and how to do it right. Our guest Immanuel is an Innovation consultant at HYPE Innovation where he focuses on startups and partnering, and he is responsible for the scouting side of the process. You can follow Immanuel on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/immanuel-nama/ Read more about Corporate Partnering at HYPE: https://shorturl.at/nov19 A written transcript of the episode is available here: https://www.viima.com/blog/corporate-partnering You can watch the video version here:
https://youtu.be/zt_iYASfL_g
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E14 - Launching Corporate Startups with Frank Mattes
In today's episode, Frank is sharing his insights on new business building inside established organizations and the culture that surrounds it. How to do it right and is there a framework that would help corporate innovators? Our guest Frank Mattes is an expert in corporate business building, an innovation advisor to corporates, and an author. Frank co-created the Lean Scaleup framework together with more than 20 companies and two business schools, offering best practices for creating profitable businesses, he is a founder of the Lean Scaleup consulting agency. You can follow Frank on social media. Read more about Lean Scaleup. A written transcript of the episode is available here.
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E13 - Debunking Open Innovation Myths with Oana-Maria Pop
In today's episode, Oana and Dainora are talking about the big myths and misconceptions shrouding the open innovation process and the fears that arise from them. Are they legit or are they blown out of proportion?
Our guest, Oana-Maria Pop, is the head of Open Innovation at Hype Innovation. She is a social scientist by training with a passion for people and the processes side of innovation. Her main focus is on helping large, complex organizations set, vet and execute open innovation goals.
You can follow Oana on LinkedIn.
Read Oana's insights on innovation.
Watch Oana's content on innovation.
A written transcript of the episode is available here.
You can watch the visual podcast here.
E12 - Defining Problems in the Innovation Process with Matt Mueller
In today's episode, Dainora and Matt are talking about problems. Why do we fail to define them why should we slow down in the innovation process?
Our guest, Matt Mueller, is an innovation consultant, columnist, speaker, and author with over a decade of experience in executing strategy and facilitating change for some of the world’s largest Consumer Packaged Goods brands and retail stores. Matt is passionate about sharing his insights with leaders on encouraging change to meet their innovation needs more purposefully.
You can follow Matt on social media and on his website:
Website: https://themindfulinnovator.com/
LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-mueller-60024822/
Twitter profile: https://twitter.com/MattFMueller
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCEEOgqy631o8r89k_bRWztg
Find Matt's book, The Mindful Innovator at: https://www.amazon.com/Mindful-Innovator-Learn-Faster-Purposefully/dp/B0BT16G5LH
A written transcript of the episode is available here: https://www.viima.com/blog/defining-problems-podcast
Video version: https://youtu.be/MM0rDsv8v7g
E11 - Sustainable Innovation with Sandra Fernholz
In this episode we interview Sandra Fernholz, Head of Social Impact and Sustainability at HYPE Innovation. In her work, she pursues the triple bottom line with clients to innovate for people, planet, and profit alike. For the past 4 years, Sandra has worked with organizations worldwide on innovation management.
We talk to Sandra about sustainable innovation, the challenges of making sustainability a priority during uncertain times, and the long-term solutions more companies should consider. We also touch on important topics like how can innovation drive sustainability and why the reverse is also true.
Learn more about HYPE Innovation and their sustainability projects here: https://www.hypeinnovation.com/en/solutions/sustainability
Find the transcript of this episode on our blog: https://www.viima.com/blog/sustainable-innovation-podcast
And you can watch this interview as well as other episodes on our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvYoJ1qKVqobXgNzDkOLbXAx6vqS6drsx
E10 - Leading Innovation Through Crises with Stephen Tang
For this episode we’ve interviewing Dr. Stephen Tang and we talk about leading through crises and embracing innovation in the process of doing so.
Called a "Renaissance Man" by The Alma Mater of the Nation, Steve Tang has been a respected commentator throughout his successful business career. His op-ed pieces have been published in The Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Philadelphia Inquirer, Morning Call (Allentown, PA). He is currently writing a book with the working title A Test for Our Time: Crisis Leadership for the Next Normal, which will launch in 2023. Dr. Tang was President & CEO of OraSure Technologies, Inc. from 2018 to 2022. During this period the company delivered record revenue growth and the largest expansion of innovative products, employees, and facilities, in its 35-year history.
E09 - The Power of Networks and Innovation Ecosystems with Mikel Mangold
Mikel Mangold is an Innovation Project Manager at NGK SPARK PLUG, Venture Lab; ecosystem orchestrator and author of Today’s Superpower: Building Networks.
A chemist by training, with an entrepreneurial mindset, Mikel has experience in open innovation: digital health, pharma, energy, cleantech & mobility and in bringing eclectic stakeholders and enabling constructive collaboration to a shared outcome.
In this interview Mikel share his thoughts on the role of networks in bringing positive change in organizations and how to create and leverage innovation ecosystems.
You can learn more about Mikel from his website: https://mikelmangold.com/
E08 – Pricing Innovation with Kyle Westra
In this episode of the Innovation Room podcast, we’ll be focusing on a very important and interesting, but often challenging and misunderstood topic: the pricing of innovation and new products.
Pricing is a cross-functional, and extremely powerful tool for not just driving and optimizing profitability, but also determining the feasibility of an innovation early on.
To help us better understand the topic, we have Kyle Westra with us. He currently works as a manager for Wiglaf Pricing and has actually written a book called The New Invisible Hand on the topic.
A written transcript is available at https://www.viima.com/blog/pricing-innovation
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Here are links to other resources mentioned during the interview:
- Kyle's LinkedIn,
- Wiglaf Journal,
- White paper: Pricing and New Product Development,
- Kyle's book: The New Invisible Hand: Five Revolutions in the Digital Economy
E07 - Innovation Beyond the Core
In this episode, John Carter shares his thoughts on why companies should look beyond their core in their innovation efforts. Namely, Innovation beyond the core is often easier and faster, and leads to high margin growth opportunities. John also shares his thoughts on how companies can actually tackle these opportunities and make the most out of them.
John is the founder of TCGen. He’s advised a number of world class companies like Apple and Amazon with their product development and innovation processes.
A written transcript of the episode is available here: https://www.viima.com/blog/innovation-beyond-the-core
E06 - José Pires, Creator of the Excellence & Innovation program
José Pires is without a doubt one of the most experienced innovation advisors in the world. He's held numerous leadership positions in companies like Nestlé and Sony, and trained more than 30,000 professionals around the world with his Excellence & Innovation program.
In this in-depth interview, Jose shares his thoughts on combining innovation and excellence as a way to build an enduringly great organization. We cover topics such as why innovation is so difficult, and how leaders can build such an enduringly great organization.
A written transcript of the episode is available here: https://www.viima.com/blog/excellence-innovation.
E05 - John Saunders, Author and Wall Street Senior Leader
John is an author and a leadership coach. He's had a long and successful career on Wall Street, most recently as a Senior Vice President. Throughout his career, he’s seen the need for his businesses and teams to adapt to a rapidly changing world, so he’s worked hard as a leader to create a real culture of innovation in an industry where it hasn’t always been business as usual.
In this in-depth interview, John shares his story and some of the many lessons he's picked up along the way. We cover topics such as what innovation really looks like, how leaders can create a culture of innovation, and how to build trust as a leader.
A written transcript of the episode is available here: https://www.viima.com/blog/john-saunders.
E04 - Perttu Pölönen; Inventor, author, and keynote speaker
Perttu Pölönen is an inventor, author, keynote speaker, and a classically trained composer. He’s won the first prize in the European Union’s Young Scientist Contest, and also been included in MITs 35 innovators under 35 list in Europe.
In this interview, Perttu shares his unique story and his thoughts on the future. We cover topics such as what to look for when hiring innovators, and what skills he sees will be the most important for those of us looking to succeed in the future.
A written transcript of the episode is available here: https://www.viima.com/blog/perttu-polonen.
E03 - John Carter, Founder of TCGen
John Carter is the founder of TCGen, and a true innovation veteran. He has, for example, invented the original Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones and advised companies like Apple and Amazon with their product development and innovation processes.
In this in-depth interview, John shares his story and some of the many lessons he's picked up along the way. We cover topics such as common innovation misconceptions, and actionable tips for innovators for navigating internal politics.
A written transcript of the episode is available here: https://www.viima.com/blog/john-carter.
E02 – Nicolas Bry, Innovation Booster for Orange Africa
Nicolas Bry currently works as Innovation Booster for Orange Africa. He is one of the best-known corporate innovators in Europe and has nearly 20 years of experience from intrapreneurship and innovation within large organizations.
In this interview Nicolas shares the approach Orange has taken for boosting innovation in Orange's African subsidiaries, and what kind of projects they're currently working on.
We also cover other topics, such as what Nicolas sees as the most important traits for intrapreneurs, how to build a more resilient organization, and what advice he would give innovators in a crisis like the one we're currently living.
A written transcript of the episode is available here: https://www.viima.com/blog/nicolas-bry
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E01 – Mark Johnson, Co-founder of Innosight and author of Lead from the Future
Mark Johnson is the co-founder of Innosight and author of the new book Lead from the Future: How to Turn Visionary Thinking Into Breakthrough Growth.
In this in-depth interview Mark shares the story behind his new book going back to the beginnings of Innosight nearly 20 years ago.
We also cover other topics, such as what the common traits of successful leadership teams are, what advice Mark would give to innovators who are frustrated with their managers' inability to "get innovation", and how leaders should approach innovation in times of crisis like the one we're currently experiencing.
A written transcript of the episode is available here: https://www.viima.com/blog/interview-with-mark-johnson
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