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 Roundtable workshop hosted by GE Power in Berlin on Digital Services and Startup Collaboration.Visit InnovationRoundtable.online to watch this interview and hundreds of other presentations.

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73. Deep-Diving Into an Internal Incubator as Part of a Larger Growth Engine - Julia Hitzbleck, Bayer

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 digitalizing solutions, and testing and evaluating new service-based business models.This episode was recorded at the Innovation Roundtable workshop hosted by GE Power in Berlin on Digital Services and Startup Collaboration.Visit InnovationRoundtable.online to watch this interview and hundreds of other presentations.

72. Partnering with Large and Small Players and Moving into Digital Services - Søren Bro, Grundfos

Hartmut Mai, 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 conversation also tackles the privacy- and security-related concerns with new data-driven offerings.This episode was recorded at the Innovation Roundtable workshop hosted by Allianz in Berlin on Digital and Organizational Transformation.Visit InnovationRoundtable.online to watch this interview and hundreds of other presentations.

71. How Allianz Approaches Digital Transformation and Creating New Offerings - Hartmut Mai, Allianz

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 and his current role.This episode was recorded at the Innovation Roundtable workshop hosted by Philips in Amsterdam on AI, Quantum Computing & Digital Experiments.Visit InnovationRoundtable.online to watch this interview and hundreds of other presentations.

70. Enabling Personalized Solutions in the Personal Care Space with Emerging Tech - Serge Hermans, Philips

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 hosted by W.L. Gore in Newark, Delaware on Ambidextrous Organization and Culture. Visit InnovationRoundtable.online to watch this interview and hundreds of other presentations.

69. Taking an Emergent and Playful Approach to Culture in the Search for Innovation - Bret Snyder, W.L. Gore

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 projects can transition between these approaches.This episode was recorded at the Innovation Roundtable workshop hosted by Airbus in Toulouse on Design Thinking, Lean Startup & Agile.Visit InnovationRoundtable.online to watch this interview and hundreds of other presentations.

68. Balancing Iteration with the Stage-Gate Process in Large Organizations - Jean-François Barrand, Airbus

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&apos;s innovation projects. Markus also explains how Chemovator prioritizes long-term innovation and how it extracts lessons from unsuccessful projects.This episode was recorded in June 2019 at the Innovation Roundtable workshop hosted by Allianz in Berlin on Internal & External Startups for New Business Creation.Visit InnovationRoundtable.online to watch this interview and hundreds of other presentations.

67. Prioritizing Long-Term Innovation and Partnerships through the Chemovator Incubator

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 Startups for New Business Creation.Visit InnovationRoundtable.online to watch this interview and hundreds of other presentations.

66. How Lego Uses Venture Funds and MVPs to Grow Its Brand

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 transformation strategy. This episode was recorded at the Innovation Roundtable workshop hosted by Allianz in Berlin on Digital and Organizational Transformation. Visit InnovationRoundtable.online to watch this interview and hundreds of other presentations.

65. How Air Liquide Experiments, Selects Test Users, and Evaluates Success - Olivier Delabroy, Air Liquide

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 collaboration. She also details the models used in the investment process and the unit’s role in in the scaling period, as well as its leadership practices. This episode was recorded at the Innovation Roundtable workshop hosted by GE Power in Berlin on Digital Services and Startup Collaboration. Visit InnovationRoundtable.online to watch this interview and hundreds of other presentations.

64. HenkelX Venture’s Agile and PoC-focused Approach to Startup Collaboration - Salima Douven, HenkelX Ventures

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 that determine successful partnerships. This episode was recorded at the Innovation Roundtable workshop hosted by Allianz in Berlin on Internal & External Startups for New Business Creation. Visit InnovationRoundtable.online to watch this interview and hundreds of other presentations.

63. Validating & Developing Projects through Ventures and Accelerators - Axel Menneking, Deutsche Telekom

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 the overall importance of learning from China.This episode was recorded at the Innovation Roundtable Summit in Copenhagen. Visit InnovationRoundtable.online to watch this interview and hundreds of other presentations.

62. Learnings from the Chinese Innovation Ecosystem - George Yip, Imperial College Business School

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, and how teams that use agile, lean startup and design thinking methodologies should be assembled and developed.This episode was recorded at the Innovation Roundtable workshop hosted by P&G in Frankfurt on Agile & Lean at Scale.Visit InnovationRoundtable.online to watch this interview and hundreds of other presentations.

61. Organizing and Growing through Design Thinking, Agile, and Lean Startup - Nina Maldonado, AkzoNobel

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 was recorded at the Innovation Roundtable workshop hosted by Gore in Newark, Delaware on Internal and External Startups & Scale-ups.Visit InnovationRoundtable.online to watch this interview and hundreds of other presentations.

60. Approaching Corporate Venturing at DSM and How to Scale Startups - Pieter Wolters, DSM

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 Innovation Roundtable workshop hosted by IBM in New York on AI: Transforming Businesses and Partnerships.Visit InnovationRoundtable.online to watch this interview and hundreds of other presentations.

59. Making Radical Innovation a Mainstay in Large Companies - Jean-Luc Meyer, Schneider Electric

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