19:15-20:00 CET/1:15pm-2:00pm EST/10:15am-11:00am PST

Companies, institutions and even governments fail when they miss the future. That’s not because we’re not smart or hard working. The problem is that most of us are psychologically wired to focus on the present. Our brains play tricks on us. But we can change how we think. How we act. How we lead.

In this session, you’ll learn…

• Why some organizations thrive over time when others fail
• Why only a small fraction of people are psychologically future-focused
• The practices that future-focused leaders embody
• Meaningful changes that you can put to work right away to rewire your brain, your team and your organization

20:00-20:45 CET/2:00pm-2:45pm EST/11:00am-11:45am PST

When corporates list out their funding breakdown for innovation, 70% of resources are allocated to “Horizon 1” – core businesses that are profitable and sustainable. The focus is on improving the performance of these businesses to maximize their value.

Nevertheless, as innovation specialists, we tend to gravitate toward Horizons 2 and 3 because they seem more alluring. There is an urgent need to examine and optimize approaches to Horizon 1 for repeatability, given resource allocation as well as a faster commercial payoff for the organization.

This session will be split in two parts: the first will address common challenges and keys to success for Horizon 1 innovation. The second part will build on those themes, providing concrete examples of how Horizon 1 innovation is structured and approached at Lululemon.

12:15-13:00 CET/6:15am-7:00am EST/7:15pm-8:00pm SGT

While traditionally corporate venture building was mostly the domain of one corporate building new ventures leveraging their resources and building for strategic fit, in the last years we have seen the emergence of co-build models.

This can make a lot of sense under the right circumstance and lead to superior results for all involved parties.

In this session we’ll share the model, our observations, several case studies and recommendations for how to get started.

13:00-13:45 CET/7:00am-7:45am EST/8:00pm-8:45pm SGT

8 out of 10 companies have new growth beyond Core as a top-5 priority.
But it is hard. Only few attempts create a sizable new business.

In this Learning Lab, you will meet
Arto Kauppila (Team Lead, Incubation Management, at Amadeus Nexwave) and
Frank Mattes (Advisor to Corporate Innovation units and serial author on new growth).

They will highlight typical pitfalls and provide guidance on the critical success factors.
Topics will include:

• Ensure fit with the corporate context in the journey from search filed to scale business
• How to establish and maintain C-suite support
• How to provide evidence for scale-worthiness and scale-readiness
• Ensure operational alignment with Core prior to Scaling-Up

What you will get:

• Checkpoints to remove impediments to your 2025 innovation goals

16:15-17:00 CEST/10:15am-11:00am EDT/7:15am-8:00am PDT

Most employees lack the time and energy to innovate meaningfully, yet workplace practices ‘steal’ 13 years from an average career.

In this Learning Lab, innovation culture expert Elvin Turner shares practical approaches for innovation professionals to restore the personal and collective innovation capacity that their organizations urgently need.

17:00-17:45 CEST/11:00am-11:45am EDT/8:00am-8:45am PDT

With the introduction of the ISO 56000 set of standards on Innovation Management, increased attention is being paid to talent management. Innovation Management is moving into the realm of becoming a corporate profession, with new job titles appearing every day. We know more about the work to be done but don’t know how to staff it.

• How might we codify the work so that job descriptions and career paths can be formalized?
• How do we select, develop and retain innovation professionals?

We find that, while there are many innovation jobs or assignments, there are virtually no career pathways for those interested in creating the new streams of growth for their companies that allow them to stay in the innovation context, and that allows the company to develop an expertise in strategic innovation that strengthens over time.

In this session we will discuss these issues and describe two tools that innovation leaders can use to assess their team, and that those in innovation roles or aspiring to occupy them can use to discern their best fit with the work to be done.