HOSTED Workshops
Interactive corporate-only events hosted by leading global companies
Hosted workshops are designed to enable in-depth knowledge exchange and dialogue between attendees about innovation challenges of their interest and how to implement specific innovation practices in their firms.
Each workshop is attended by 160-200 innovation executives and includes:
Insightful presentations by executive speakers and industry experts
Immersive roundtable discussions on selected topics
Informal networking breaks to build connections
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Previous Events
Innovation & Digitalization for Sustainability Creating Sustainable Offerings and Circular Business Models; Setting Up Ecosystems for Circularity; Leveraging Digital Innovations for Sustainable Solutions, Production and Logistics
Speakers:
Orange, Bosch, Evonik, Hitachi, Enel
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Orange • Leveraging Energy Constraints in the Telco Domain – from Constraints to Opportunities
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Orange • Leveraging Digital for Sustainability – the Framework, Collaboration Approach, and Lessons Learned
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Roundtable Discussion I: Insights and challenges
Bosch • The Circular Economy Journey
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Hitachi • Incubating Circular Business Models – Building Capabilities and Co-Creating with Partners
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Roundtable Discussion II: Topics of choice
Evonik • Transitioning Towards Circularity – Engaging with the Ecosystem, Driving Internal Engagement, and Leveraging Digital
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Enel • Building Sustainable Solutions – Creating Shared Value with Digital and Open Innovability®
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Panel & Plenary Sharing
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What Works and What Doesn’t in Creating Sustainable Offers • Leveraging AI and IoT to Innovate for Sustainability • Developing a Framework to Achieve Net Zero and Build a Green Portfolio • Taking a Systems-Led Innovation Approach • Key Success Factors to Building a Circular Business Model that Fulfils Customer Needs • Developing Capabilities for Service-Based Circular Business Models • Shifting to Lifecycle Management and New Pricing Models • Taking a Phased and Market-Led Approach to Incubating Circular Business Models • Collaborating and Co-innovating with Suppliers and Customers at Speed • Building and Enabling a Circular Ecosystem • Organizing for Circularity and Integrating Initiatives to Drive Scale • Supporting Business Units and Building a Movement to Transition to Circularity
Connected Products, Services & Machines with IoT & AI Creating New Business Models with Smart Products and Services; Leveraging AI, IoT, Connectivity, and Industry 4.0 for Innovation, Smart Production, and Supply Chains
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Orange, Siemens, Airbus, Carrier Refrigeration, Ericsson
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Orange • Building Solutions for Industry 4.0 – Lessons Learned in Leveraging AI and IoT to Create a Positive Impact
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Carrier Refrigeration • Key Learnings on Building Digital Business Models and Leveraging IoT
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Roundtable Discussion I: Issues of Special Interest
Siemens • The Journey of Innovating with AI, IoT and Connectivity – Approaches and Lessons Learned
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Airbus • Implementing IoT and AI Inside the Aircraft: Specific Constraints in Aviation and the Value of the Ecosystem
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Roundtable Discussion II: Topics of choice
Kellog's • Creating Connected Packaging – from Starting Small to Building a Systemic Approach
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Fireside Chat, Plenary Sharing & Wrap Up
Drinks on the premises
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Connected Products & Smart Services: Developing Smart & Connected Solutions: from Organizing to Engaging People from the Get-Go • Taking a Tech-First Approach to Create Connected Business Models for Today and Tomorrow • Building Teams with Diverse Profiles: And Balancing Team Autonomy with Corporate Strategy • Leveraging Lean Startup to Innovate for Disruption at Speed: Approach and Bedrocks of Success • Balancing Starting Small with Thinking Big to Fail and Scale Fast • Fusing Imagination with a Structured Think-Build-Run Approach to Build Impactful Solutions • Engaging with End-Users to Accelerate Innovation • Recruiting Entrepreneurial People Externally and Upskilling Internally • Collaborating with Partners: Building and Supporting a Consortium for Smart Solutions
Artificial Intelligence: How to Avoid Failing with AI Projects: from Problem-First to Data to Stakeholder Management • Building AI Solutions from Poc to Multi-Use Application • Managing the Journey of Implementation and Interaction with AI Solutions
Transformation for Circularity & Sustainability Rethinking Companies & Ecosystems for Circularity; Innovating for Sustainability & Net Zero; Building Circular Business Models; Leading for Change
Speakers:
P&G, Stora Enso, Mastercard, Volvo Cars, Alfa Laval, Schneider Electric, Lund University
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Lund University • Surviving Turbulence and Producing Stability in Sustainability Transitions
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P&G • Towards Circular Consumption Models & Creating a Systems Change – Insights and Challenges on Engaging Internally and Externally
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Roundtable Discussion I: Insights and challenges
Schneider Electric • Seizing Opportunities in a Circular Economy
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Stora Enso • Key Success Factors for Engaging with the Ecosystem on Circular Initiatives
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Alfa Laval • Driving Change for Sustainability: Engaging the Organization and Building True Partnerships
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Roundtable Discussion II: Choice between: 1) Co-creating Visions, Solutions and Stories for a People and Planet Positive Future, exercise moderated by IKEA; 2) Topics of choice
Volvo Cars • The Bumps on the Circular Road: Changing Customer Behavior and the Complexity of Measuring Resource Use
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Mastercard • Building a Platform for Carbon Emissions – Bringing Diverse Players Together and Orchestrating the Ecosystem
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Panel & Plenary Sharing
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Tours
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Transformation & Innovation for Sustainability: Organizing for Sustainability: Setting Strategic Goals and Ownership to Drive Scale • Leveraging Moon-Shot Project to Inspire & Inform Innovation • Creating Internal Incubation Challenges and Turning Profitability Challenges into Opportunities • Building Circular Business Models: And Transitioning to Everything as a Service • Accelerating Capability Development for Circularity and Carbon-Neutrality • Enabling Circular Loops: Bridging Upstream and Downstream Initiatives and Targets • Shifting Towards Circular Models of Consumption and Managing the Systems Change • Raising Customer Demand: Bridging the Gap between Customer Aspirations and Action • Measuring Progress Towards Circularity and Net-Zero
Ecosystems: Innovating with Suppliers: from Identifying the Right Partners to Enabling Scale • Engaging with the Ecosystem for the Long Run: From Set-up to Maintaining Momentum • Orchestrating the Ecosystem: Building Trust with a Neutral Platform
Innovation Partnerships & Culture for Co-Creation Setting up and Managing Co-Creation with Startups, Customers, Suppliers, and Industrial Partners; Moving from a Culture of Not-Invented-Here to One of Proudly-Found-Elsewhere
Speakers:
Tetra Pak, Volvo Group, P&G, H&M Group, Philips, Johnson&Johnson, Arla Foods, Klabin
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Tetra Pak • Collaborative Innovation Ecosystem to Tackle Sustainability Challenges
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Volvo Group • Innovating with Startups – Building Foundations for Win-Win Collaboration and Co-Creation
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Roundtable Discussion I: Issues of Special Interest
P&G • Proudly Created Together – Lessons Learned on Leveraging Open Innovation and Collaborating with Startups
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H&M Group • Collaborating with Startups – Testing Ideas Quickly and Managing the Handover Process Well
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Arla Foods • How to Transform Collaborations into Business Value
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Volvo Group | P&G | H&M | Arla Foods • Panel • Collaborating with Startups: Challenges and Lessons Learned
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Klabin • Closing Sustainability Gaps – Reducing Carbon Footprint and Leveraging Open
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Klabin, Tetra Pak • Fireside Chat
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Roundtable Discussion II: Collaborative marketplace
Philips • Collaborating and Co-Creating with Partners and Customers – What Works and What Doesn’t
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Johnson & Johnson • Leveraging Open Innovation – Collaborating with Suppliers, Running Design Sprints, and Overcoming Not-Invented-Here
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Wrap Up
Drinks on the premises
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Partnerships: Building and scaling supply chain partnerships at eye-level: and de-risking projects • Using new partnership models: from IPR-sharing to licensing and manufacturing • Enabling multi-party teams to move quickly with discipline • Leveraging three-level collaboration governance to align across all levels • Co-creating with customers: from exploring needs to defining a roadmap in tandem
Startups: Teaming up with startups: from selecting startups to adapting processes to fit their needs • Enabling fast collaboration and industry impact • Building foundations for long-term success • Getting strong buy-in from the business for smooth handover
Culture: Launching Proudly Created Together program • Building synergies internally and consolidating collaboration initiatives • Extracting and implementing learnings to evolve the open innovation approach
Creating & Incubating New Digital Businesses Building Digital Business Models & Connected Services; Organizing for Digital Transformation; Creating New Businesses with Intrapreneurship (and Startups)
Speakers:
Holcim, Continental, Siemens, Bosch, Michelin, Henkel, Volvo Group
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Holcim • New Business Creation with 3D Printing – and Collaborating with Startups and Ecosystems
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Continental • Incubating Digital Businesses and Collaborating with Startups
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Holcim • Innovating for Net Zero: Implementing the Strategy, Developing Roadmaps and Partnering Externally
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Roundtable Discussion I
Bosch & Siemens • Lessons Learned in Incubating New Ventures – Leveraging Bosch’s Innovation Framework & Siemens’ Creativity Lab
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Michelin • Creating a New Business Based on Data – Incubating the Venture, Pivoting, and Overcoming Challenges
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Henkel • Lessons Learned on Building Digital Business Models and Setting Up the Team
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Volvo Group • Adapting the Discovery-IncubationAcceleration Approach for New Business Creation – and Collaborating with Startups
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Panel & Plenary Sharing
Drinks on the premises
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New Digital Businesses: Building Digital Business Models: from Discovery to Incubation and Acceleration • Ideating beyond the Core: Developing a Creativity Method to Understand the Problem Space • Developing a Simple Innovation Playbook after a Trial-And-Error Process • Creating New Businesses with 3D Printing: Learning by Doing with Scaled Trials • Collaborating with Startups at Speed • Overcoming Problems in New Business Creation after Successful Validation • Leveraging the Innovation Framework: from Strategic Framing to Incubation • Ensuring Successful Scaling: Developing Validation Criteria and a Digital Tool
Organizing for Digital Innovation: Setting up for New Business Creation: From Skillsets to Closed Loop Collaboration • Getting Senior Management Buy-in – and Involving Them beyond Stage-Gate Meetings • Assembling the Team: Leveraging Agile Principles to Enable Aligned Autonomy • Classifying Risks and Determining Appropriate Measures
Culture of Design Thinking, Agility & Experimentation Nurturing a Culture of Customer Orientation & Co-Creation; Scaling Agile; Leading & Managing for Agility; Creating a Climate of Experimentation & Tolerance for Failure
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Holcim, Philips, Boehringer Ingelheim, Konica Minolta, GE, Siemens
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Holcim • Leveraging the Iterative Simplicity of Design Thinking, Lean, and Agile – and Learning from Startups
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Roundtable Discussion I
Boehringer Ingelheim • Agile Journey: Focusing on the Mindset and Principles, Collaborating Across Silos, and Leveraging Design Thinking & Lean Startup
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Konica Minolta • The Journey of Creating a CustomerCentered R&D Unit - Building Relationship Networks, Collaborating with Customers & Lessons Learned
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GE • The Best of Many Worlds: Combining Elements of Lean, Design Thinking, and Agile in the Digital Industry
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Siemens • Integrating Design Thinking, Lean and Agile – Learning and Failing Fast
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Schaeffler • Bringing Design Thinking, Data and AI Together – Fostering Collaboration and the Evolving Role of User Experience
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Fireside Chat, Plenary Sharing & Wrap Up
Drinks on the premises
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Agility & Design Thinking: Driving Agility: from Emphasizing Mindsets to Focusing on People Aspects and Experiences • Using Agile to Accelerate Collaboration across the Organization and Its Silos • Supporting Leaders and Teams in Becoming Agile: Positioning Autonomy as Interdependence • Leveraging Design Thinking for Venturing • Creating a Customer-Centric R&D Unit: Collaborating Internally and with Customers
Experimentation: Fostering Questioning Mindsets and Customer Focus • Driving Early Customer Involvement and Early Prototyping • Generating Insights with a Dual Approach to Experimentation • Weaving Design Thinking, Lean, and Agile into an Iterative Business Model Innovation Approach • Using the Benefits of Each Method to Prototype and Experiment Fast • Selecting the Right Tools from Design Thinking, Lean and Agile to Fit the Project at Hand
Ambidexterity & Agility for Business Transformation Building Muscle for Business Model Innovation; Creating the Future while Nurturing the Core; The Role of Agility, Transformative Leaders, and Ambidextrous Managers; Empowering Serial Intrapreneurs; Collaborating with Startups and Customers
Speakers:
Shell, BSH Group, Siemens, Philips, Bosch
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Shell • Powering Progress with an Ambidextrous Approach to Innovation
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Roundtable Discussion I
BSH Group • Agile Transformation Journey – Delivering for the Business and the People, Leveraging the Spotify Model and Lessons Learned
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Siemens • Intrapreneurs Bootcamp: Developing Serial Intrapreneurs and a Culture of Innovation and Intrapreneurship/Corporate Entrepreneurship
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Philips • The Process, People, and Workspace for New Business Creation – Exploring New Areas & Partnering with Startups
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Bosch • Accelerating a New Venture in a Large Firm and Leveraging External Partners
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Panel & Plenary Sharing
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Ambidexterity & New Business Creation: Leveraging Ambidexterity to Develop New Technologies and Business Models • Building the Right Environment and Embedding a Startup Mindset for New Business Creation • Creating and Growing Serial Intrapreneurs at Scale • Building Internal Ventures: from Bypassing Legacy Processes to KPIs and Independence • Taking a Venture Board’s Perspective to Accelerate New Venture Validation • Leveraging External Collaboration for Joint Value Creation • Evolving the Startup Collaboration Approach and Integrating External Innovation • Enabling Closeness and Co-creation with Customers
Agility & Leadership: The Role of Ambidextrous Leadership in Delivering Transformational Strategy • Using the Spotify Model to Separate Content Leadership from People Development • Driving Agile: from Accelerating Delivery to Enabling Collaboration and Integrating Capabilities • Fostering Growth Mindset and a Transformation Culture of Innovation Leadership
Startups & Ecosystems for New Business Models Building Ecosystems for Transformative Innovation and Collaborating Effectively with Startups and Scaleups
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Shell, Airbus, Enel, Volkswagen, SAP, Unilever
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Shell • Developing an Open Campus Concept to Strengthen Collaboration and Innovation in the Energy Transition
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Roundtable Discussion I
Airbus • Building a Disruptive Innovation Capability – Enabling Ambidexterity, Collaborating with Startups and Nurturing Culture
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Enel • Becoming a Client for Startups: Lessons Learned in Successfully Collaborating with Startups
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Volkswagen • Building a Startup Collaboration Hub in Tel Aviv – The Journey and Key Success Factors
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SAP • Collaborating with Early-Stage Startups – What Works and What Doesn’t
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Unilever • Identifying the Right Startup Collaboration Model to Create Shared Value
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Panel & Plenary Sharing
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Startup Collaboration: The Pros and Cons of Startup Collaboration Models, and How to Identify the Right One • What Works in Startup Collaboration: from a Clear Focus to Enabling Scale • Launching a Venture Client Unit, and Ensuring Win-Win Collaboration • Leveraging an Interface to Provide the Right Kind of Support to Startups • Key Success Factors for Working with Early-Stage Startups • Building Long-Term Scalable Partnerships with Startups • Creating New Business Models with Startups • Integrating Startup Solutions into the Business
Startup Ecosystems: How to Build an Innovation Hub at Speed to Get Startups into the Fold • Engaging with Startup Ecosystems: from Setting Up to Involving the Right Stakeholders • Leveraging a Dedicated Campus for Business Model Creation with S
Startup Collaboration, Sustainability & Circularity Innovating for Circular & Sustainable Solutions and Business Models; Leveraging External Startups for New Business Creation and Circular Economy
Speakers:
Henkel, Signify, BASF, Bosch, Dow, Essity, Volkswagen
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Henkel • Startup Collaboration – Integrating Startups, Building New Businesses, and Lessons Learned
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Signify • How Signify is Doubling its Positive Impact on the Environment and on Society
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Roundtable Discussion I: 1) Find opportunities to Build Circularity into Product Design (moderated by Volkswagen); 2) Topics Of Choice
Essity • Embedding Innovation for Sustainability within Strategy & Operations - Organizing, Leveraging Experts, Measuring Impact & Collaborating with Partners
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Bosch • Scaling the Venture Client Model Internally and Evaluating Startup Collaboration Impact
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Roundtable Discussion II: 1) Exercise on Collaboration Readiness (moderated by Bosch); 2) Topics Of Choice
BASF • Creating Circular Business Models – Setting Up an Intrapreneurship Program and Collaborating with the Ecosystem and Startups
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Dow • Collaborating for Success: Identifying the Right Partners and Taking a Holistic Approach to Drive the Sustainable Transformation
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Panel and Plenary Sharing
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Culture of Collaboration & Customer Centricity Culture of Purpose for a Sustainable Future, of Internal & External Collaboration, and of Customer Driven Innovation
Speakers:
Henkel, LEGO, BSH Group, Samsung, Philips
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Henkel • The Journey and Learnings of a Corporate-Startup Collaboration for Industry 4.0
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Henkel • Leveraging Culture and Ecosystem to Drive Collaboration and Open Innovation
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The LEGO Group • Leveraging a Customer Centric Method to Future-Proof Innovation: Supporting internal Teams, whilst Building Capabilities, and Changing Mindsets
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Roundtable Discussion I (exercise moderated by BASF)
BSH Group • Leveraging Active Listening to Build a Consumer Centric Innovation Culture
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Samsung • Towards Life-Centered Design – Pushing Boundaries and Overcoming the Limits of Innovating for Human Centricity
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Roundtable Discussion II
Philips • Taking Customer Experience to the Next Level & Working Lean and Agile
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Panel & Plenary Sharing
Digital & Organizational Culture Transformation Building & Incubating New Digital Businesses; Implementing an Agile Mindset and Leadership Style; Rewiring the Organization & Culture for Digitalization & Incubation
Speakers:
LLoyds Banking Group, LEGO, Boeing, Johnson & Johnson, Volvo Car Mobility
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Lloyds Banking Group • Doing Things Differently: Helping People Through Change, Creating a Safe Environment, and Fostering a Culture of Experimentation & Customer Orientation
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Roundtable Discussion I
Johnson & Johnson • Driving Change from Both Ends: Winning Hearts and Educating Minds to Spur Hands into Action
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The LEGO Group • Invigorating Organizational Culture and Leading Through Play – Driving Innovation through Focused, Brave, and Curious Behaviours
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Volvo Car Mobility • Setting Up a Standalone Development of the Edge Influencing the Core Business
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Boeing • Culture for Digital Innovation and Startup Collaboration – Enabling Speed and Driving Agile Mindsets
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Panel & Plenary Sharing
Drinks on the Premises
Customer Driven Innovation & Pipeline Management Managing the Innovation Pipeline; Making Balanced & Customer Oriented Innov. Portfolio Decisions; Leveraging Customer Insights and Market Experiments for Innovation
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BP, Samsung, LEGO, BSH Group, Fujistu, KONE
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BP • Fostering a Culture of Experimentation and Customer-Centric Innovation
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Roundtable Discussion I
Samsung • Transforming for Compelling Customer Experience: Leveraging Consumer Insights to Effectuate Customer-Centric Culture
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BSH Group • Taking a Customer-Centric Approach to Developing a Novel Product: Playing the UX Blackjack
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KONE • Bringing Corporate Innovation to Market: Embedding Customer Focus and Managing the Innovation Pipeline
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Fujitsu • Embedding Customer Experience within a B2B Organization: Building the Foundations and Lessons Learned
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The LEGO Group • The 3Cs Framework – Leveraging Customer Insights for Strategic Innovation
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Panel & Plenary Sharing
Drinks on the Premises
Digital & Transformative Innovation – with Startups Creating New Digital Businesses and Transforming Core Offerings; Collaborating with Startups/Scaleups for R&D and Digital Innovation; Prototyping and Using Lean Startup
Speakers:
P&G, Bosch, BASF, Henkel, ABB
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P&G • InQbet Building Digital and Physical Ecosystems, with Startup and SMEs and Learning via Pilots
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BASF • Building Transformative Digital Ventures: Dos and Don’ts, Adjusting Strategy and Attracting Talent
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Henkel dx Ventures • The Power of CVC: Why Investments and Partnerships Must Go Hand in Hand
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Bosch • Dinosaur Meets Unicorn: Future-Proof Transformation through Startup Collaboration
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ABB • Building Digital Solutions with Startups and Testing New Business Models
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Roche • Boosting Intrapreneurship in a Corporate Environment: Innovating for Digital and Partnering with the External Ecosystem
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New Business: Venture Building Dos and Don’Ts – and the Limits of Corporate “Unfair Advantage” • Testing New Digital Business Models: Learning with Customers and Building Mvps • Balancing Closeness and Distance from the Core for Digital Innovation • Leveraging the Digital Incubation Unit to Spur Cross-Company Innovation and Attract Talent
New Digital Businesses: Using the Learn-By-Pilot Startup Collaboration Approach • Managing Lean Transformation through Venture Clienting: Benefits and Business Impact • Leveraging Different Collaboration Vehicles for Incremental and Disruptive Innovation • Building the Collaboration Team and Overcoming Internal Bottlenecks • Key Success Factors in Business-Startup Collaboration: from Use Cases to Clear Commitments • Advancing the Collaboration past the Successful PoC • Setting Up a Campus to Enable Startups to Do Fast-Cycle Innovation • Managing Challenges in Each of the Phases of the Funnel • Partnering to Build a Startup Ecosystem: Using Matchmaking and Flash-Hacks
Circular Economy & Net Zero – with Open Innovation Innovating for Circularity, Lower Scope 3 Emissions & Water Use, and Sustainable Packaging; Using Ecosystems for Sustainability & Decarbonization, e.g. within EU’s Green Deal
Speakers:
P&G, Electrolux, Covestro, Dow, BASF, Signify
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P&G • Towards Circular & Low-Emission Consumption Models through Systems Change: Insights and Challenges on Engaging Internally and Externally
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Electrolux • Advancing on the Sustainability Journey: Consolidating Initiatives and Accelerating Deployment
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Covestro • Bending the Linear System for Climate Neutrality: Transforming the Business, Exploring Opportunities and Partnering for Impact
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Dow • Leading the Transformation: an Integrated Strategy for Moving to a Low-Carbon and Circular Economy, Transforming the Portfolio, and Seizing Growth Opportunities
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BASF • Enabling Circular Cycles in the Value Chain: Collaborating Externally and Leveraging Informal Communities
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Signify • Refurbishing Products and Building Services for Brighter Lives and a Better World
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Circular Economy: Driving Circular Models of Consumption: Managing Systems Change and Leveraging Opportunities • Exploring and Testing Circular Business Models • Changing the Company Culture and Enabling Cross-Functional Collaboration • Consolidating Sustainability Initiatives into a Strategic Portfolio of Initiatives • Translating the Decarbonization Strategy into Proof Points for Execution • Revalorizing Materials: Leveraging Renewable and Waste-Based Feedstocks • Delivering on Customer-Centric Sustainable Solutions – and Accelerating Deployment • Key Learnings on Engaging with Circularity on the Internal and External Fronts
Open Innovation: Taking a Structured Approach to Find the Right Partners for Sustainability • Engaging with the Value Chain – and Training Suppliers and Customers • Joining a Coalition of the Willing to Innovate and Scale Low Carbon Solution • Supporting Tech Startups in Bringing Sustainable Solutions to Global Markets
Strategic Foresight & Innovation Portfolio Setting up Strategic Foresight Systems; Building Scenarios, Future Worlds, and Early Warning Radars to Anticipate Future Customer Needs; Guiding Innovation Portfolio Management and Strategy with Foresighting; Translating Foresight and Insight into Action and Innovation
Speakers:
E.ON, IKEA, Philips, BMW, Beiersdorf, EDHEC
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E.ON • The Journey from Insight to Impact: Foresight Approach & Lessons Learned
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Ingka Group (IKEA) • Visions and Stories for a Better Future: The Process of Building Worlds, Learnings and the Importance of Visions and Stories for a Better Future
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Philips • nnovating for Customer Centricity: Embedding a Deep Sense of Customer Centricity and Managing the Portfolio
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EDHEC Business School • Maturity Framework for Strategic Foresighting: Leveraging Foresight for Innovation & Performance
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IKEA • Making Balanced Portfolio Decisions: Supporting Job Owners and Leveraging Insights and Foresight within a Complex Landscape
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BMW • Lessons Learned on Leveraging Tech Radar and Foresighting – Building PoCs and Storylines for Measurable Impact
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Beiersdorf • Creating a Future Vision Everyone Can Work Towards: The Journey of Creating Scenarios and Translating Them Into Innovation
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Panel on Startup Collaboration
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Foresight: How to Build a Fully Integrated Strategic Foresight System: Best Practices • Creating an Early Warning Radar and Generating Customer Insights • Building Future Worlds and Scenarios: Using World Building and Entertainment Techniques • Leveraging Foresight to Inform Strategy: Getting Buy-in and Creating Value • Bridging the Disconnect between Scenarios and Action • Developing a Technology Radar: And Creating KPIs to Measure Use of Insights • Translating Tech trends into Actionable Insights: Building PoCs and Storylines
Portfolio: Integrating Foresight Findings into Innovation Portfolio and Decision Making • The Portfolio Approach: from Creating Good to Best Offers for Customers • Driving the Innovation Portfolio: Leveraging past Learnings to Forestall Challenges • Replicating Success and Scaling the Approach across the Organization • Identifying Opportunity Areas to Fill the Gaps in the Innovation Portfolio • How to Do Customer-Driven Innovation: from Culture to Segmentation Strategy
Culture of Innovation, Agile Transformation & Design Thinking Transforming for the Future; Scaling an Agile & Experimenting Innovation Culture; Driving Design Thinking and User Centricity; Breaking Down Silos; Creating a Culture of Trust, Inclusion, and Psychological Safety
Speakers:
E.ON, LEGO, Porsche, IBM, IKEA, Linde Group
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E.ON • Innovation Culture and Leadership at E.ON
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The LEGO Group • Building a Digital Mindset Upon a Legacy Innovation Culture
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Roundtable Discussion I
Porsche • Fostering a Culture of Agility, Psychological Safety and Transformation: Effects, Enablers and Success Factors
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Linde • Putting Agile into Practice (and Turning it into Value): Creating a Movement and Building Digital Skills
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IBM • Driving a Culture of Design Thinking: Taking an Agile Approach to Absorbing Change and Working Across Businesses
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IKEA • Building Inclusive Innovation Based on Real Customer Problems and Long-Term Thinking
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Panel & Plenary Sharing
Drinks on the premises
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Culture of Innovation & Agility: Key Ingredients for Agile Transformation • Creating an Environment of Trust and Transparency: Enabling People to Deliver at Their Best • Fostering Safe-To-Fail Culture: Driving Experimentation and Celebrating Failures • Delivering at High Speed: Empowering and Aligning Teams • Building a Digital Family: From Supporting Culture to Agility and Cross Functional Teams • Driving Forward-Thinking Leadership to Spur Innovation and Collaboration
Design Thinking Infusing a User and Human Centered Mindset across the Organization • Creating an Inclusive Innovation Approach for Both Innovators and Customers • Driving Design Thinking: Working across Silos and Supporting Business Units • Doing Design Sprints for Innovation: and Leveraging Synergies with Lean Startup and Agile • Identifying High-Value Problems and Prioritizing User Outcomes
Connected Digital Services and Business Models Creating Digital Services & Business Models; Leveraging Smart & Connected Products; Going Beyond Products to Services; Organizing for Digital Transformation
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BD, Disney, Volvo Cars, Samsung, Schneider Electric
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BD • Welcome speech: Innovation at BD
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BD • Building Digital Business Models and Services – Key Enablers and Lessons Learned
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Roundtable Discussion I
Volvo Cars • Building a Consumer Ecosystem: Identifying and Developing Adjacent Digital Services & Products
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Samsung • Building Digital Business Models: Shifting to Services and Managing the Transition
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L'Oréal • Implementing a Digital Service Powered by AI to Help Consumers Make Better Choices
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Bayer • Presentation Title TBA
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Digital Services and Business Models: Leveraging Digital Technologies to Quickly Explore and Develop New Opportunities • Understanding Customer Needs: Taking a Multi-Channel Approach to User Research • Building Services with an Iterative Approach: from Limited Pilots to Growing the Customer Base • Leveraging Digital Devices and Connected Wearables to Build Immersive Experiences • Monetizing Services: from Subscriptions through Flat Fees and Base Product Pull-through • Developing Stand-Alone Software Products and Solutions Targeting Specific Needs • Building a Digital Ecosystem with a Common Set of APIs for Faster Integration
Organizing for New Business Modes: Shifting from Hardware to Services: Adapting Systems and Changing Legacy Mindsets • Creating a Connected Iot Platform for New Business Models • Building a Cross-Functional Task Force around the Core Team • Adapting Marketing Approach and Moving Away from Transactional Relationships with Customers
Engaging Employees & Ecosystems in Sustainability Reducing Waste and Building Sustainable Solutions and Circular Business Models; Engaging Employees and Working Across Silos; Co-Creating with Partners & Ecosystems
Speakers:
BD, P&G, HP, NASA, Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive, Siemens
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BD • Welcome speech: Innovation at BD
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BD • Engaging Employees and Ecosystems in the Sustainability Journey at BD
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P&G • Delivering on Next Generation Sustainability Initiatives: Building and Deploying an Iterative Tool to Track Impact
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Roundtable Discussion I
Colgate-Palmolive • Sustainability Journey: Engaging People, Developing Sustainable Solutions, and Lessons Learned
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HP • Reusing Products for Circularit: Piloting the Program, Exploring Circular Business Models, and Managing the HeadwindsMary Curtiss
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Unilever • The Tripartite Sustainability Strategy: Reducing Emissions, Decreasing Waste, and Partnering with Suppliers
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DuPont • Driving Sustainability in Healthcare Packaging by Engaging the Value Chain
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Panel & Plenary Sharing
Drinks on the premises
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Sustainability: Leveraging Foundational Practices to Build a Sustainable-By-Design Product Portfolio • Remanufacturing Products: From Exploring Business Models to Piloting and Partnering • Building Technology Platforms to Make Sustainable Products Superior • Eliminating Plastic Waste: From Approach to Supply Chain Collaboration • Developing and Implementing a Tool to Track Sustainability Goals and Impact • Managing the Challenge of Retrieving Products: Partnering and Creating the Right Incentives • Running Iterative What-If Scenarios to Enable Informed Decision Making for Sustainability • Collaborating with Internal and External Ecosystems: From Governance to Engagement Models
Engaging Employees: Developing a Strategic and Replicable Approach to Drive a Culture Change for Sustainability • Building and Democratizing Tools and Knowledge Internally • Tapping into Employee Interest and Identifying Champions to Build Momentum • Integrating Sustainability Kpis and Objectives into Workstreams
Business Model Innovation & Agile Organization Creating New (Digital) Business Models and Building an Agile Organization and Culture for the Age of Digitalization and Uncertainty
Speakers:
Covestro, Haier, Microsoft, L'Oréal, Wanxiang, Sanofi
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Covestro • How to Transform into a Sustainable and Fully Circular Chemical Company? From Technical Approach to Organizational Challenges
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Haier • Building Digital Services – Leveraging IoT, Getting the Organization Ready and Lessons Learned
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Microsoft • Driving Innovation from Within: Microsoft's Path to Cultivating Grassroots Innovation and Incubating New Business Models
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L'Oréal • Leveraging Digital to Enhance Customer Value Proposition – Driving Cross-Functional Collaboration, Organizing and Fostering Agile
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Wanxiang • Leveraging Blockchain and Web3 for New Business Models – Building Digital and User Communities and Developing Future-Ready Solutions
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Sanofi • The Journey of Driving and Scaling Agile Transformation – What Works and What Doesn’t
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Panel & Plenary Sharing
Drinks on the premises
Tour of Covestro APAC Innovation Lab
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Business Model Innovation: Building Connected Services with IoT • Creating Collaborative Processes to Leverage the Skills and Strengths across Functions • Managing Multi-Domain and Multi-Functional Knowledge for IoT Solutions • Leveraging Web3 and Blockchain to Develop Compelling Products and Services • Building Relationships with Customers for Services and Moving beyond Transactions • Rethinking Processes and Reorganizing Roles to Develop Digital Solutions at Speed
Agile: Driving Agile: From Setting up a Team and Identifying Champions to Piloting Projects • Redesigning Roles and Transforming the Entire Digital Part of the Organization to Agile • Getting Leadership on Board and Empowering People • Building Agile Teams beyond Software and Embedding Agile Mindsets across the Organization
Innovation & Ecosystems for Sustainability & Circularity Creating Value with Innovation for Sustainability and Circular Business Models – and Leveraging Ecosystems for Innovation
Speakers:
Covestro, Alibaba, Mars, IKEA, AB InBev, Forvia, Signify, CEIBS
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Covestro • Presentation tba
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Forvia / HELLA • Startups and the Ecosystem – Identifying Opportunities and Building a Partnership Network for Sustainability
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AB InBev • Innovating for Sustainability – Collaborating with Startups, Leveraging Internal Platform and Piloting Projects
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Alibaba • Bringing Diverse Stakeholders Together for Sustainability – Developing Standards, Reducing Emissions, and Orchestrating the Ecosystem
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CEIBS • Dancing with Gorillas for Sustainability – Addressing Key Challenges in Corporate-Startup Collaboration
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Mars • Partnering with the Value-Chain for Sustainability – Approach and Lessons Learned
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Signify • Learnings and Challenges in Innovating for Sustainability
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Ingka Centres (IKEA) • Empowering Sustainability through Innovative Partnerships
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Panel & Plenary Sharing
Drinks on the premises
Tour of Covestro APAC Innovation Lab
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Sustainability and Circularity: Building a Sustainability Strategy: From Setting Targets to Governance to Creating Policies • Bringing Digital and Sustainability in One System to Accelerate the Transition to Circularity • Creating a Set of Standards to Measure Avoided Emissions across the Business • Managing Challenges in Sustainable Packaging: From Performance to Customer Adoption • Engaging Consumers with Sustainable Products through Multiple Levers • Addressing Emissions from Digital Technologies Including AI • Engaging Product Teams with Sustainability: Challenging and Motivating People
Ecosystems: Orchestrating the Ecosystem: Leveraging the Platform to Bring Diverse Players Together • Identifying and Assessing Opportunities for Collaboration - and Ensuring Strategic Fit • Co-developing Scalable and Replicable Initiatives to Decarbonize the Business Ecosystem • Setting up a Startup Collaboration Platform – and Piloting Sustainability Projects with Startups
Circularity 2.0, Net Zero & Ecosystems Advancing Best Practices for Sustainability & Circularity; Engaging Employees and Working Across Silos; Collaborating with Partners, Startups, and Ecosystems
Speakers:
Electrolux, PepsiCo, Stora Enso, BASF, GE Healthcare, IKEA, Volvo Group, Henkel, ICDK
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Electrolux • From Ideas to Implementation: How a System-Wide Approach to Collaboration Can Deliver Innovative Circular Economy Partnerships
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Stora Enso • Integrating Sustainability into Innovation Pipeline for Today and Tomorrow: Creating Sustainability Scorecards and Fostering Dual Mentality
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PepsiCo • Moving the Needle on Sustainable Packaging – Key Challenges and Levers to Pull
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BASF • Reaching Net Zero: Reducing Emissions and Product Carbon Footprint, Setting Up a Net Zero Accelerator and Partnering Externally
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GE HealthCare • From Service Circularity to Full Wing-to-Wing Product Circularity: Changing Business Focus & Culture, Organizing and Partnering Up
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IKEA • Extending Product Lifecycle: Lessons Learned on Making Second-Hand Viable for the Business and Customers
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Volvo Group • Remanufacturing Parts for the Volvo Group Products – Setting Up Reverse Logistics and Lessons Learned
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Innovation Centre Denmark • Scope 3 Emissions – and Net Negative with Carbon Capture
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Henkel dx Ventures • Leveraging Startups for Sustainability: Strategic Investments and Partnerships on Sustainable Innovations in an Uncertain Market Environment and Growing Regulations
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Panels & Plenary Sharing
Drinks on the premises
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The workshop day will weave together presentations and moderated discussion sessions on sustainability and circularity:
- The day will start with the first round of presentations, followed by a discussion session with dedicated tables for each of the talks
- After the second round of talks, 15+ discussion hosts will give a short introduction to their discussions
- The afternoon will feature two rounds moderated discussions, on different challenges within the theme of the event, and a final round of presentations
- At the end of the day, speakers and moderators will sum up the insights from the discussions at their tables in two panels
Digital Business Model Innovation & Agility Creating & Incubating New Businesses; Digital Innovation & Business Models; Lean & Agile Organization and Culture for Digital Transformation and New Business Creation
Speakers:
Ericsson, Airbus, BSH, BASF, Henkel
Agenda Outline
Ericsson • Driving Digital Transformation: Leveraging New Technologies, Exploring Opportunities and Identifying Trends
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Airbus • Lean Startup from the Trenches: Developing Digital Services and Building a Minimally Viable Ecosystem with Customers and Startups
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BSH Group • Agile Transformation Journey: Delivering for the Business and the People, Leveraging the Spotify Model, and Lessons Learned
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BASF • Building Transformative Digital Ventures: Dos and Don’ts, Adjusting Strategy and Attracting Talent
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Infusing Market Into Corporates: Opportunities and Boundaries of Corporate Venture Building
Henkel • Roundtable Discussion and moderated exercises
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Panel & Plenary Sharing
Drinks on the premises
Tour of Ericsson Imagine Studio
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Digital Innovation: Do’s and Don’Ts of Digital Venture Building • Creating a Protected Space for Digital Innovation with Close Ties to the Core Business • Identifying Customer Pain Points to Solve, and Testing and Iterating on New Digital Services • Integrating a Strong Business Perspective into Digital Development Processes • Understanding and Leveraging the Value of Data in Building Digital Business Models • Attracting Digital Talent and Creating Strong Career Development Journeys
Agility: Driving Agile Transformation to Enable Effective Collaboration and Accelerate Delivery • The Intrapreneurship Principles and Challenges in Building Lean and Agile Culture • Ensuring Complete Internal Alignment and Setting Priorities and Clear Expectations • Understanding the Importance of Tolerating and Learning from Failure • Critical Success Factors for Effective People Transformation • Leveraging Lean Startup to Foster Innovation Mindset throughout the Organization • Embracing an Empathy-Based Approach and Closely Collaborating with End Users
Sustainability and the Role of Servitization & IoT Becoming Sustainable & Circular; Shifting from Products to Subscriptions & Connected Services; Using Digital Tech to Dematerialize Consumption, Production, & Distribution
Speakers:
Husqvarna Group, Philips, BSH, Elecotrlux, Solvay, AWS
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Husqvarna Group • The Targeted Circular Approach: Leveraging Digital, Building Services and Lessons Learned
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BSH Group • The Journey of Building a Circular Business Model: Organizing, Shielding, and Growing Circular Services
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Philips • Developing Innovative Subscription Models and Building a Pricing Strategy for Sustainability
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Amazon Web Services • Driving Sustainability: Reducing Scope 3 Emissions and Leveraging AI and the Cloud
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Electrolux • Advancing on the Sustainability Journey: Consolidating Initiatives and Accelerating Deployment
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Solvay • A Mountain to Climb: Aligning Data and Building an Automated System to Measure and Tackle Emissions from Scopes 1-3
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Drinks on the premises
Tour of Ericsson Imagine Studio
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Sustainability: Defining New Governance Models and Strategic Sustainability Focus Areas • Key Building Blocks for Measuring the Impact of Sustainability Initiatives • Driving Change Internally, Setting the Targets and Ensuring Innovation Efforts Fit Strategic Targets • Engaging with Customers to Enhance the Adoption of Sustainable and Circular Solutions • Embedding Sustainability into the Pricing Strategy
Servitization & Connected Circular Solutions: Leveraging Digital and Servitization to Build Targeted Circular Solutions • Using Data and Connectivity to Generate Insights for Successful Implementation • Incentivizing the Organizational Shift from a Linear to a Circular Approach • Overcoming the Organizational Inertia in Scaling Product-as-a-Service Business Models • Co-creating and Building Strong Customer Partnerships Based on a Win-Win Approach • Leveraging Subscription Models to Close Circular Loops • Building a Separate Organization for Product-as-a-Service Offerings to Overcome Bureaucratic Bottlenecks • Defining the Right Kpis and Incentives for Servitization Initiatives
Connected Customer Journeys & Innovation Culture Customer Touchpoints for Connected Services & Business Models; Personalized CX; Omnichannel Services; Customer Centric Culture; Crowdsourcing Customer Ideas; NPS
Speakers:
Deutsche Telekom, Siemens, Nissan, Philips, L'Oréal, Royal College of Art
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Deutsche Telekom • How Deutsche Telekom Creates Best Customer Experience Across All Channels
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Royal College of Art • Redesigning Design: Leveraging Service Design to Understand Customer Journeys and Drive Customer-Centric Culture and Innovation
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Roundtable Discussion I: Issues of Special Interest
Philips • Building Advanced and Connected Services: Embedding Customer Journeys into End-to-End Services and Minding the Pitfalls
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Siemens • Customer Driven Innovation: Building an Incubation Unit, Creating New Processes, and Fostering a Customer-Centric Culture
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Roundtable Discussion II: Choice between: 1) From Customer Journey Mapping to Blueprints - Turning Insights and Strategies into Successful Innovation, exercise facilitated by Clive Grinyer (Royal College of Art); 2) Topics of choice
Nissan Motor Corporation • Transforming Customer Experience: Mapping Customer Journeys, Driving Change, and Building an Omnichannel Strategy
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L'Oréal • Ensuring Superior Omnichannel Experience and Developing Services and Relevant Personalization Strategies
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Drinks on the premises
Tour
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Customer Journeys & Experience: Driving Customer Experience across the Company, and Engaging Non-Customer Facing Functions • Using a Comprehensive NPS System and Generating Insights to Optimize Customer Experience • Creating a Customer Journey Map: Mapping Frustrations and Expectations at Each Stage • Translating the Journey Map into Company-Wide Changes: Redefining Profiles and Processes • Using Understanding of Customer Pain Points to Innovate on Assisted and Non-assisted Touchpoints • Building and Delivering on New Transformative Customer Journeys • Creating an Omnichannel Strategy: Moving past Rigidity to Reach Customers Where They Are
Customer-Centric Culture & Innovation: Driving Customer-Centric Culture: Involving the Right People and Taking a Structured Approach • Building an Incubation Unit to Drive Customer Centric Innovation • Leveraging Design as a Strategic and Holistic Tool • Creating a Playbook for Co-visioning with Customers: Working Backwards from Vision to Reality • Managing the Interaction with the Rest of the Organization to Take the Projects to Scale
AI Opportunities & Technology Foresighting Generative AI – Opportunities & Use Cases; Scaling AI across Businesses; Consolidating Data; Leveraging AI Ecosystems; Foresighting and Translating Tech Trends into Innovation
Speakers:
Deutsche Telekom, Mars, Airbus, BASF, Henkel
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Deutsche Telekom • Improving Customer and Employee Experience with AI
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BASF • Embracing Generative AI and Leveraging Foresight: Exploring the Intersection of Technologies and Engaging People with Foresighting
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Roundtable Discussion I: Insights and challenges
Mars • Setting-Up for Success with AI: Building the Team, Upskilling People and Testing Solutions at Speed
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Airbus • Scaling AI and Analytics Capabilities: Organizing, Upskilling People, and Building a Community of Practice and Open-Source Culture
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Roundtable Discussion II: Topics of choice
Henkel • Scaling Emerging Technologies – Challenges and Lessons Learned
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Drinks on the premises
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Generative AI: The Approaches to Leveraging Generative AI Internally and Externally • Enabling the Organization to Embrace Generative AI the Smart Way • Addressing Challenges and Overcoming Limitations in Integrating Conversational AI
Scaling AI: Creating the Right Set-up for AI in Traditional Companies: from Data Flows to End-to-End Teams • Democratizing and Scaling Tech Internally: Upskilling People and Hiring Internally • Setting up the Right Governance to Balance Enablement and Control • Building a Community of Practice to Create Dynamic Links and Influence Networks beyond Silos • Developing Networks and Partnerships to Stay Ahead of New Developments • Scaling Emerging Tech: From Buy-in to Startup Collaboration to Bringing It In-House
Tech Foresighting & Trends: The Evolution of AI: from New Risks and Agents as Next Steps to Future Directions and Applications • Grounding Foresight to Ensure Insight Adoption: Involving People and Sharing Success Stories • Exploring the Adobe Kickbox for Foresighting – and Identifying Entrepreneurial People
Culture of Agility & Customer Centricity Scaling Agile Principles & Mindset Beyond Software; Iterating with Customers for Innovation; Instilling Servant Leadership; Nurturing a Customer Oriented Culture
Speakers:
Thales Alenia Space, HEINEKEN, LEGO, Siemens, Schneider Electric
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Agility: Driving Agile beyond Scrum and Software Teams: Dos and Don’ts • Fostering Change the Agile Way: Organizing and Setting up Effective Interventions • Taking an Experience-Based Approach to Support Leaders in Transitioning to Agile • Creating Anchors to Maintain New Behaviors: Changing Mindsets and Driving Agile Practices • Key Pillars of Agile Leadership: from New Capabilities to the Role of a Catalyst • Managing the Two Speeds of Agile Transformation: System Improvements and Speed Limits • Bridging Agile and Non-Agile: Creating the Structure to Link the Methods’ Different Aspects • Fostering Cross-Functional Collaboration and Infusing Intrapreneurial Mindsets
Customer centricity: Driving Customer Centricity: Focusing On Customer Outcomes & Organizing around Audiences • Engaging Leadership in Driving Customer-Centricity: from Adapting Incentives to Prioritization • Supporting People in Adopting Human-Centric Tools to Drive Change across the Board • Embedding Customer Centricity into Everyone’s Jobs: Bringing People Closer to Customers • Taking a User-over-Customer Approach: Leveraging Lean Startup to Identify Needs and Iterate
Digital Technologies & Startup Partnerships Embracing Digital Transformation and Emerging Technologies (e.g. AI, IoT, and Blockchain) for Innovation & Growth – and Collaborating with Digital Startups
Culture of Transformation, Resilience & Collaboration Engaging & Empowering the Workforce for Innovation & Digitalization, Breaking Down Silos, and Using Innovation for Resilience to External Shocks
People, Culture & Leadership for Digital Transformation Implementing an Agile Culture for a Digital World, Enabling People and Talent to Thrive, Training Leaders, and Adopting a Mindset of Fail, Learn, and Trust
Agenda Outline
Siemens • The Internet of Humans: Why People Matter in IoT Transformations
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Roundtable Discussion I: Insights and challenges on people, culture, leadership, and agility for digital transformation
Airbus • Building Digital Businesses: Lessons Learned on Culture and People Competencies Required for Success
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Covestro • A Digital Transformation Journey: How to Enter a Completely New Area within a Conservative Industry
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Volvo Cars • Driving Agile Transformation with Behavior Change and Early Adopters
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Roundtable Discussion II: 1) Tools & Games for Ideation and Innovation in Teams (moderated by Adidas); 2) Selection of topics
Wärtsilä • Driving Digital Transformation through Culture – and Implications for Leadership
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People, Culture and Leadership for Digital Transformation: Creating a Smart Technology Culture with Five Dimensions • Scaling the IoT Transformation by Focusing on the Role of People • Training Senior Leaders to Enable Them to Become Supporters of the Digital Transformation • Developing Leadership Models by Identifying Core Traits & Business-Specific Skillsets • Starting the Transformation with a Core Group of Enthusiasts and Senior Leaders – and Then Consolidating • Leveraging Grassroots Initiatives & Consolidating to Formulate and Implement Strategy • Changing Rules and Removing Rigidities to Enable Talent to Thrive • Building the Right Digital and Business Capabilities & Initiating the Right Digital Projects • Building Digital Businesses – from Platforms to Solutions and Monetizing Assets
Implementing Agile for Digital Transformation: Building the “Fail, Learn and Trust” Environment for Innovation • Fostering Adoption of Agile by Changing Behaviors & Getting Leadership on Board • Managing the Interface Between Agile and Non-Agile Teams • Driving Change by Working with Early Adopters to Reach Critical Mass
From Technology Prototype to Scaling Business Scaling (Digital) Technologies from PoC and Creating Digital Services and New Business Models
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Creating New Businesses and Digital Services: Developing and Incubating New Digital & Service-Based Businesses • Setting Up an Incubator to Drive Change and Prepare the Organization for the Future • Overcoming Organizational Challenges to Accelerating Digital Innovation • Involving Employees in Entrepreneurial Activities – from Bottom-Up to Top-Down Initiatives • Evaluating Business and Technology Readiness for a Clear Path Forward • Leveraging Tools for Digital Innovation and Servitization - from Innovation Story Canvas to Where to Play • Getting the Sales Department on Board with Digital Services • Tailoring the Approach to Projects Based on Topics and Proximity to the Core • Leveraging Machine Learning to Generate Data Streams and Develop APIs
Scaling New Businesses: Involving the Right People & Getting Leadership Support • Managing Adoption Challenges to Ensure Success • Measuring Progress & Making Evidence-Based Decisions • Focusing on Real User Problems – Learning & Iterating • Enabling a Continuous Loop of Creating PoCs – Accelerating and Rolling Out
