Each workshop is attended by 150+ 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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Eni, Coca-Cola HBC, Siemens, Philips, Electrolux, Tetra Pak, Volkswagen
Eni x ROAD • The New Innovation Formula: Bringing Together R&D, Tech Advocacy, and Talent
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Siemens • Partnering with Startups on New Product Solutions: Leveraging the Venture Clienting Approach, Scaling Solutions, and Streamlining Processes
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Philips • Reflections on the Open Innovation Journey and on Opportunities to Leverage AI for Customer Insights and Scouting
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Volkswagen • Venture Clienting in the Age of AI: Evaluating AI Startups and Using AI for Startup Intelligence
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Coca-Cola HBC • Building an AI Academy: Taking a Work-Focused Approach and Building Learning Relationships with Vendors
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Electrolux Group • Collaborating with the Ecosystem for Innovation: Extracting Learnings and Creating a Best Practice Process
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Tetra Pak • Strategic Alliances: Structuring for Impact
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Ecosystems & AI for Innovation: Evolving Open Innovation Approach: Using External Ideas to Identify Opportunities • Collaborating with Innovation Districts: from Driving Discovery to Partnering • Exploring AI Tools for Partner Scouting and Customer Insight Generation • Leveraging Digital Twins to Run PoCs with Ecosystem Partners • Creating Value for End Users Through Ecosystem Partnership: Dos and Don’ts • Running a Data and AI Academy for Intrapreneurs: Applying New Skills to Real Projects
Startup Collaboration: Connecting Startups with the Business: Understanding Needs and Ensuring the Best Match • Using Venture Clienting: Running a Fast Lane for Startups with One-Week Onboarding • Integrating Startup Solutions Into the Portfolio – and Building Long-Term Relationships • Overcoming the Not-Invented-Here Syndrome: from Demos to Awareness and Results • Scaling Startup Solutions across the Organization
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Siemens Energy, Bosch, MANN+HUMMEL, Covestro, Danone + more tba
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Siemens Energy, Air Liquide, CEIBS, Huawei, Forvia China + more tba
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Google Cloud, Philips, Mars, Siemens, IKEA, Citi
Google Cloud • Velocity over Vulnerability: Accelerating Enterprise Value Creation in the Age of AI
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Philips • Thinking Differently about Customer Value in a World of AI: Leveraging Value Based Pricing for AI and Focusing on Customer Needs
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Mars • Co-Innovating with Agentic AI: Creating Value and Taking a Human-In-The-Loop Approach
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Siemens • Creating Customer Value with AI Agents: Building Decision Intelligence and an AI Consultant to Support Engineers for Product Development
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IKEA • Strategic and Organizational Approaches to Tackling AI-Driven Changes in Customer Behavior and the Customer Journey
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Citi • The Source of Value with AI: The Non-Linear ROI, Productivity, and Organizational Adaptation
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AI for Innovation: Driving Product Innovation with AI: from Innovating on the Process to Use Cases • Building an Innovation Agent Network: Supporting Engineers with Innovation and User Centricity • Using a Synthetic Customer Agent: Assessing Ideas and Prototypes • The Benefits of Synthetic Personas: from Fruitful Insights to Diversity of Perspectives • Creating Agentic Workflows to Address Bottlenecks – and Improve Work for People • Enabling New AI Capabilities: Controlling Inputs and Shaping Outcomes with AI
AI for Value Creation: Driving True Growth with AI: Moving from Use Cases to Systematic Value Creation • Solving Human Problems with Empathy and Passion with AI as an Enabler • Connecting Customer Insights with Portfolio Knowledge – and Building New Services • Innovating on Commercialization with AI – and Delivering on Promised Outcomes • The Critical Dos and Don’ts of Enterprise AI Adoption
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Google Cloud, Marshall Group, Spotify, IKEA, Bosch, Philips
Google Cloud • Escaping the Pilot Purgatory: The Five-Step Blueprint to Leveraging Agentic and Gen AI at Scale
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Marshall Group • Evolving Leadership for a New Reality: Amplifying Agility, Learning, and Human Connection in the Age of AI
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IKEA • Leveraging AI and Automation: The Set-Up for Exploring and Developing Cutting-Edge AI Solutions
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Bosch • Exploring Organizational Design for a Hybrid Human and AI Workforce: Developing Strategy and Prioritizing Focus Areas
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Bosch • Leadership in an AI-World: Redefining Approach and Navigating Challenges
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Philips • Customer-First Agility in the AI Era: Leading End-to-End Transformation with Impact360
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Transforming Culture for AI: The Next Steps in Leadership: From Amplifying Discovery to Resilience in an AI World • Agility as Customer-First Capability in an AI Era: Enabling End-to-End Value Delivery • Leaders as Unlockers: from Compassion to Direction and Authenticity • Accelerating Decisions and Experimentation – and Building Communities that Scale Change • Addressing Agility Blockers – and Balancing Speed and Alignment with Flexibility
Work with AI: Exploring Human and Agentic Workforce Strategy: Taking a Question-Driven Approach • Setting Up a Lab for AI and Automation: Engaging People and Managing Expectations • Creating a Target Model to Assess Impact: from Culture to Leadership and Work • Sourcing Ideas for AI Projects – and Creating the Machinery for Success • Integrating AI Into the Organization: Anchoring Projects and Showing Successes • Prioritizing Key Aspects for Human-AI Workforce: from Reskilling to Human-in-the-Loop
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Lufthansa Group, Rolls-Royce, Volkswagen Group, Audi, EDHEC Business School, Siemens Energy, Evonik
Lufthansa Group • Creating Impact with AI Solutions: Prioritizing Use Cases, Managing Data, and Focusing on Human Needs
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Rolls-Royce • Building a Vision Roadmap: Communicating the North Star Across the Organization and Leveraging LLMs
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Volkswagen & Audi • Making Venture Clienting Work across a Multi-Brand Environmen
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Siemens Energy • Building an AI Supported Foresight Process: Informing Innovation and Portfolio Decision Making
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EDHEC Business School • Institutionalizing Strategic Foresight
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Evonik • Informing Innovation with Foresight: Identifying Gamechangers, Building Scenarios, and Leveraging AI
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Foresight & AI: Building Future-Directed Nervous System: Key Elements and Capabilities • Integrating AI Into Foresight: Assessing Capabilities and Identifying Use Cases • Doing Technology Roadmapping: Defining North Stars and Aligning on Front End • Using AI-Generated Insights to Inform Decisions and Support Technology Portfolio • Running a Full AI-Supported Foresight Cycle: Iterating and Validating Results • Ensuring Impact with Foresight: Engaging R&D and Operations
Ventures: Setting Up a Venture Builder: from Sandbox Environment to Startup Mindsets • Leveraging AI to Explore User Sentiments and Run Business Model Scenarios • Collaborating with Startups: Adapting Venture Clienting to Organization’s Needs • Identifying Scalable AI Use Cases – Prioritizing and Measuring Outcomes • Managing Challenges in Building New Ventures: from Timelines to Scalability
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Lufthansa Technik, Huawei, Philips, Kraft Heinz, ABB, Siemens
Lufthansa Technik • Driving Digital Innovation: Empowering People and Balancing Central Strategy with Business-Driven Initiatives
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Huawei • Fostering Servant Leadership and Driving a Culture of Fearless Experimentation: Learnings from the Chinese Approach
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Philips • Customer-First Agility in the AI Era: Leading End to-End Transformation with Impact360
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Kraft Heinz • From Doing to Being Agile: Experimenting, Developing a Playbook, and Decentralizing Teams
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ABB • Driving Culture Change: Taking a Step-by-Step Approach, Getting Buy-in, and Creating Impact
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Siemens • Innovating at the Speed of Software: Building New Ventures, Collaborating with Startups, and Embedding Innovation into the Business
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Agility & Leadership: Transforming the Organization: Creating a Tailored and Flexible Agile Playbook • Decentralizing Teams: Enabling Greater Responsiveness and Speed in the AI Era • Fostering Servant Leadership: Creating a Platform to Empower Teams to Experiment • Enhancing Emotional Intelligence: Increasing Grit and Resilience • Driving Culture Change: from Making Benefits Clear to Coaching Leaders
Empowerment for Innovation: Driving Fearless Experimentation: Bridging the Gap Between European Precision and Shenzhen Speed • Empowering Innovation Teams: Using Customer Centricity as Agility Enabler • Accelerating Digital Innovation: from Bottom-Up Ideas to Innovation Sprints • Building Virtual Venture-Style Organizations: from Purpose to Trust and Accountability • Incubating and Embedding Ventures Into the Core With Real Ownership and Impact • Using Startup Collaboration to Inject Speed and Foster Entrepreneurial Mindsets
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Holcim, IKEA, Air Liquide, IBM, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Holcim • Creating Value with AI for the Short and the Long Term: Taking a Pragmatic and Business-Led Approach
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Erasmus University Rotterdam & Ghent University • Leveraging Gen AI for Innovation and Customer Insights
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IKEA • Leveraging AI and Automation: The Set-Up for Exploring and Developing Cutting-Edge AI Solutions
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Air Liquide • Leveraging Generative and Agentic AI for Discovery and Innovation
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IBM • Scaling AI Transformation: Reenvisioning Workflows, Working with Agentic AI, and Leveraging AI as a Differentiator
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AI for Innovation: Using AI and Agentic AI for Discovery and Simulation within R&D • Activating Gen AI for Needs Discovery: Identifying the Most Meaningful Data Points • Blending AI Analysis with Intuition Across Areas: from Co-Creation to Observing • Accelerating Innovation with AI: Engaging People and Fostering Collaboration • Developing Digital Products with AI – and Designing AI-Enabled Experiences
AI Innovation and Transformation: Setting Up an AI Lab: Tailoring Innovation Approach to AI Cadence and Short Cycles • Ensuring Success with AI Projects: from Idea Sourcing to People Engagement • Anchoring Initiatives Into the Business – and Iterating from Prototype to Product • Addressing Commoditization of AI – and Creating a Strong Differentiator for the Firm • Building AI-Integrated Workflows and Processes: from Governance to Trustworthiness
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Holcim, Siemens, Hitachi, Siemens Energy, Eaton, Canon
Holcim • Leveraging Public Funding for Innovation – and Partnering for Sustainability
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Siemens • Navigating Public Funding on an International Scale: Managing Complexity and Building Networks & Partnerships
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Hitachi • Developing New Technologies for Sustainability: Collaborating with Academia, Engaging Stakeholders, and Managing Challenges
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Siemens Energy • Innovating on New Technologies: Working with Customers, Leveraging External Funding, and Building Win-Win Partnerships
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Eaton • Leveraging Public Funding: Creating a Dedicated Process and Building Strong Partnerships
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Canon • Collaborating with Startups on Sustainability: Taking a Lean Approach and Leveraging the Local Ecosystem
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Partnering: Taking a Lean Corporate Venturing Approach: Partnering Locally to Run Pilots with Startups • Collaborating with Clients to Develop Pioneering Solutions • Testing and Learning Fast: Making Strategic Investment and Integrating Solutions • Building Win-Win Partnerships: Sharing Benefits and Risks for Mutual Success • Taking a Portfolio Approach: Using External Funding to Reduce Risk and Enable Scale
Public Funding: Leveraging Public Funding in the EU and Across the World: Key Success Factors • Partnering for Sustainability: Building Teams and Creating Technology Proof Points • Monitoring and Assessing Funding Opportunities – and Engaging Stakeholders Early • Building Trust in Fast-Paced Digital Environments: from Alignment to Project Steering • Managing the Complexity of Public Funding – and Discussing Risks with Partners
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TÜV Rheinland, Signify, Deutsche Telekom, Siemens, Avery Dennison, Henkel, Logitech
TÜV Rheinland Group • Driving Measurable Sustainability Progress Through Data, Collaboration and Capability Building
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Signify • The New Circularity Framework: Key Principles and Activities
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Deutsche Telekom • Driving Net Zero: Leveraging Eco-Design, Reusing Materials, and Engaging the Ecosystem
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Siemens • Thinking Differently about the Circular Business Case – and Leveraging Data and Ecosystem Collaboration
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Avery Dennison • Transforming the Innovation Approach for Sustainability
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Henkel • Designing for Sustainability: Enabling Circular Loops, Creating Business Value, and Engaging the Value Chain
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Logitech • Designing for Sustainability: Embedding Sustainability into Product Development and Decarbonizing the Portfolio
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Circular Business: The Business Case for Circularity: from Resilience to Customer Intimacy and Partnerships • Developing Four Key Circular Offerings: from Products to Circular Services • Building the Business Model: Setting Up the Ecosystem and Creating a Marketplace • Using Circular Design: from Reuse to Dematerialization and New Product Cycles • Embedding Sustainability in the Portfolio and Product Development: Tools and Principles
Decarbonization and Partnerships: Prioritizing Initiatives with the Biggest Impact: Mapping the Carbon Footprint • Enabling Reverse Logistics – and Collaborating with the Supply Chain • Codeveloping and Standardizing Circularity Score for the Industry • Managing Circular Data: Leveraging Digital and Ecosystem Collaboration • Developing Digital Product Passports: Embedding Data and Supporting End-of-Life Initiatives
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TÜV Rheinland, Philips, IKEA, Siemens Energy, Airbus, IBM, Thermo Fisher Scientific
TÜV Rheinland Group • Building Trustworthy Innovation with AI
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Philips • Thinking Differently about Customer Value in a World of AI: Leveraging Value Based Pricing for AI and Focusing on Customer Needs
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IKEA • Reshaping Innovation with Agentic AI: Chasing All Opportunities without Restraint and Asking Better Questions
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Siemens Energy • Leveraging Responsible AI to Accelerate Innovation: Creating Practical and User Centric AI Policies
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Airbus • Developing AI and Agentic AI Solutions: Supporting the Business, Accelerating Innovation Cycles, and Defining Responsible AI Principles
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IBM • Scaling AI Transformation: Reenvisioning Workflows, Working with Agentic AI, and Leveraging AI as a Differentiator
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Thermo Fisher Scientific • The Organizational Journey of Generative AI
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Agentic AI: Driving AI Transformation: from Reenvisioning Functions to Redesigning Workflows • Developing AI Agent Orchestration and Registry: from System Connectors to Data • Building AI Solutions: Supporting the Business and Prioritizing Solutions • Creating Practical AI Governance: from Derisking to Driving Innovation and Adoption • Building Organizational and Cultural Readiness: Driving Momentum and Upskilling People • Embedding Trustworthiness Into AI-Integrated Workflows – and Ensuring Human Review
AI & Digital Innovation: Using AI for Digital Product Engineering – and Designing AI-Enabled Experiences • Building AI-Enabled Subscriptions – Solving Human Problems with Empathy • Crossing the Gap from PoCs to Production: Creating Paved Roads for Scaling • Leveraging Value-Based Pricing for AI: Taking a Hybrid Approach and Creating Value • Using AI as a Strong Differentiation for the Organization
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Merck Group, BMW, ABB, Evonik, BASF, Schneider Electric
Merck Group • Moving Towards a Sustainable Portfolio: Developing Scorecards, Measuring Progress, and Setting Ambitious Targets
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BMW Group • Innovating for Circularity and Reducing Scope 3 Emissions
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ABB • Embedding Sustainability into Business: from Strategy to Impact
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Schneider Electric • Reducing Scope 3 Emissions: Moving at Speed through Deep Suppliers Collaboration
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Evonik • Driving Data Transparency in Scope 3: Engaging the Value Chain, Setting Data Standards, and Leveraging Digital Tools
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BASF • Driving Data Exchange for Sustainability: Building Trust, Standardizing Data, and Enabling Scale
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Collaboration for Sustainability & Circularity: Defining Key Areas for Sustainability: Focusing on Business Value and Creating Added Value for Customers • Collaborating Across the Value Chain – and Creating a Sense of Ownership for All Partners • Moving to Sustainable Procurement: Favoring Action and Speed over Perfection • Achieving Transparency on Scope 3 in the Value Chain – and Linking Data to KPIs • Reducing Supply Chain Emissions: from Engagement to Training and Net Zero Levers
Data for Sustainability & Circularity: Creating Scorecards to Assess Sustainability of R&D Projects and Existing Products • Standardizing and Validating Data: from Automation to Accounting and Scale • Developing a Digital Carbon Footprint Data Platform – and Making Data Comparable • Enabling Secure Exchange of Carbon Footprint Data Across the Value Chain • Building a Digital Passport Beyond Carbon Footprint – and Addressing Data Quality
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Shell, Lufthansa, Airbus, Volkswagen, Audi, Rolls-Royce, Siemens, Philips
Shell • Nurturing Open Innovation with Purpose: Funding, Mentoring, and the Path to Adoption
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Lufthansa Group • Building New Ventures: Taking a Founder-Friendly Approach, Working in Small Teams, and Leveraging Venture Clienting
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Airbus • How to Win with Startups and Internal Ventures: Strategy, Governance and Metrics to Scale Impact
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Siemens • Partnering with Startups and Universities: Evolving the Approach, Engaging R&D, and Building Internal Startups
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Volkswagen & Audi • Making Venture Clienting Work across the Portfolio: Lessons Learned on Taking a Satellite Approach
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Rolls-Royce • Driving Collaborative Innovation: Creating a Technology Roadmap, Building Networks, and Creating Value
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Philips • Evolving the Open Innovation Approach: Leveraging Market Intelligence to Inform and Enhance External Collaboration
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External Partnerships: Collaborating with Startups: from Having a Central Team to Measuring Impact and Tracking Progress • Building an Umbrella Brand for Venture Clienting – and Reducing Corporate Complexity • Overcoming R&D’s Hesitance to Working with Startups – and Adapting Processes to Enable Scaling • Determining Collaboration Fit: Being Clear on Business Needs and Focusing on Startups’ Technology • Creating a Partnership Network with Universities – and Building Long-Lasting Relationships • Evolving the Open Innovation Approach to Better Define Value Propositions
Internal New Ventures: Building New Ventures: Using Applied Lean Startup with Small and Entrepreneurial Teams • Creating Pipelines for Early-Stage Ideas – and Moving from Initial Tests to Scalable Solutions • Taking a Founder-Friendly Spin-off Approach – and Leveraging Corporate Unfair Advantage • Evolving the Program for Funding and De-Risking Disruptive Ideas • Building Internal Startups – and Engaging Sales to Promote the New Solutions
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Shell, Siemens, Kraft Heinz, Ericsson, Marshall Group, Henkel
Shell • Building an Open Innovation Hub and Engaging with the Ecosystem: Changing Mindsets and the Role of Leadership
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Ericsson • Engendering Mindset Change & Scaling Agile Transformation
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Marshall Group • Evolving the Spotify Model: Organising for Value in a Changing World
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Siemens • Transforming a Conglomerate into a Focused Tech Company: Driving Higher Agility & Flexibility through a Collaboration View of the Company
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Kraft Heinz • From Doing to Being Agile: Experimenting, Developing a Playbook, and Decentralizing Teams
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Henkel • Setting Up Entrepreneurial Teams: Identifying People with the Right Mindsets and Building Trust
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Transformation: Transforming the Organization: from Experimentation to Agility and Flexibility • Building a Post-Agile Playbook: Creating More Structure with Less Hierarchy • Decentralizing Teams – and Enabling Greater Responsiveness and Speed in the AI Era • Driving a Culture and Mindset Change: Key Success Factors and Challenges • Empowering People: Taking a Nuanced Approach to Balancing Autonomy and Alignment • Evolving the Spotify Model: Shifting Structures to Reflect Platform Thinking
Collaboration: Changing Ways of Working to Drive Collaboration and Project Work at All Levels • Creating a Collaboration View to Transform Work Organization and Create Visibility • Building an Open Innovation Hub: from Bridging Cultures to Horizontal Collaboration • Leveraging Digital and AI to Match People with Skills and Expertise to Projects
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Danfoss, Carlsberg, Siemens Healthineers, Schaeffler, ABB, Siemens
Danfoss • Collaborating within the Value Chain on Sustainable and Circular Solutions
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Carlsberg Group • Driving Action through Partnerships and Innovation towards NetZero
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Siemens Healthineers • From Targets to Action: Driving Net Zero Through Strategy and Value-Chain Collaboration
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Schaeffler • Creating Circular Products: Designing for Remanufacture & Recycling and Making the Business case for Circularity
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Siemens • Taking a Data-Driven Approach to Sustainability: Collaborating with Suppliers, Designing for Circularity, and Creating Value
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ABB • Unlocking Industrial Circularity: Extending Product Life, Mapping Circular Value Gains, and Collaborating across the Value Chain
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Business Case & Collaboration: The Circular Business Case: Key Elements to Include in Measuring Circular Gains • Working with Customers to Define Sustainable Solutions – and Determine Economic Feasibility • Collaborating Across Industry: from Increasing Demand to Supporting Suppliers • Engaging Suppliers on Emission Roadmaps: Capturing Data and Promoting Targets
Innovating for Sustainability and Circularity: Taking a Practical Approach to Innovating for Sustainability – and Identifying Focus Area • Measuring and Managing Scope 3 Emissions – and Building a Roadmap to Reduce Emissions • Leveraging Circular Design to Extend Product Life – and Working with Suppliers to Close Loops • Creating Circular Service Offerings – and Enabling Take-Back • Piloting Circular Solutions – and Making Sustainability Interesting for Consumers
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Airbus, Bosch, Volvo Group, Siemens, P&G, MAHLE, Volkswagen
Airbus • Startups as a Corporate Competitiveness Engine
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Bosch • The Innovation Journey: Evolving Practices, Setting up an Incubator, Building Ventures, and Extracting Learnings
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Siemens • Building New Business Models and Startups Around Existing Technologies: The Set Up, Approach, and Lessons Learned
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Volvo Group • Building Internal Ventures and Partnering with Startups and Suppliers
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MAHLE • Creating Business Impact at Speed with Venture Clienting: Challenges and Key Success Factors
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Essity • Building New Ventures at Speed: Creating a Sandbox Environment, Experimenting, Defining KPI Sets, & Launching Ventures
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P&G • Doing Internal Due Diligence for Startup Collaboration: The Critical Foundations for Success
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Internal Startups: Setting Up an Independent Accelerator to Build New Business Outside of the Core • Creating Service-Based Business Models and Bringing Solutions to Market • Applying Internal and External Technologies to New and Existing Businesses • Spinning Off Technologies: Getting Leadership Support and Leveraging Customer Relationships • Building an Incubator: From Search Fields and Team Set Up to Safeguarding Learnings • Managing Challenges in New Business Creation: from Risk Aversion to Mindsets
External Startups & Ecosystems: Taking an Outcome-Based Approach to Startup Collaboration – and Setting Up a Core Team • The Key Prerequisites for Startup Collaboration: From Must Have Problems to Budgets • Defining Success Criteria: Setting Balanced Targets and KPIs and Streamlining Processes • Building an AI Scouting Agent – and Matching Problem Owners With Startups • Running Pilots to Assess Value and Scalability – and Determining Mid-Term Business Potential • Building a Reputation in the Startup Ecosystem – and Having Startups in Residence
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Airbus, E.ON, Porsche, IKEA, Beiersdorf
Airbus • Leveraging AI for Trends and Innovation: Enhancing Performance, Identifying Innovation Areas, and Building an AI Agent
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E.ON • Creating Impact with Foresight: Focusing on Four Pillars, Identifying Innovation Opportunity Areas, and Leveraging AI
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Porsche • Beyond the Hype: Creating Real Impact with Gen AI and AI Agents
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IKEA • Democratizing Research: Building a Platform to Understand People’s Lives and Leveraging AI to Generate Insights at Scale
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Beiersdorf • Towards Innovation Intelligence: Bringing Together Jobs-To-Be-Done, Foresight, and AI
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Foresight & AI: Building Scenarios: Leveraging Rapid Multi-Change and Stable Foresight • Translating Trends into Tech Demands – and Informing the Portfolio Strategy • Mapping Opportunities and Risks: Identifying Sweet Spot Innovation Areas • Creating Impact with Foresight at Speed through Structured Interaction • Using (Gen) AI for Foresight and Trend Mapping – and Creating Deliverables and Storylines
AI, Insight & Innovation: Taking a Structured Approach to Gen AI: The Key Questions to Ask to Create Impact • Testing and Adapting AI Tools to Internal Needs – and Building AI Agents • Leveraging Agentic AI for Innovation: from Use Cases to Workflow Integration • Running a Massive Jobs-to-Be-Done Analysis – and Creating a User Insight Platform • Using AI to Analyze Customer Data and Build Virtual Personas – and Testing Ideas at Speed
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Clariant, Huawei, Tongji University, Intel, Airbus, Siemens Healthineers
Clariant • Leveraging AI, Engaging the Business, and Collaborating with External Partners for Sustainability
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Airbus • Head of Digital Strategy and Portfolio, Airbus China
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Leveraging AI at Scale Across Domains
Tongji University • Ethical AI and the Quantum Opportunity
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Siemens Healthineers • Enabling AI at Scale: Leveraging Domain Expertise and Taking a Structured and Collaborative Approach
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Intel • Making AI Work End-to-End: Lessons from Intel’s Agentic AI Strategy
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Scaling AI: Moving Beyond ML Experiments through Clear Problem Framing and Collaboration • Building End-to-End Agentic AI Solutions: from User Needs to Business Value • Scaling AI across Domains through Domain Expertise and Ecosystem Partnerships • Making AI Work End-to-End: from Models to Reliable Systems • Enabling AI-Driven Business Intelligence: from Data Foundations to Predictive Analytics • Operationalizing AI with MLOps: Reliability, Monitoring, and Production
AI Foundations, Reliability & Ethics: Building Robust Data Foundations for Scalable AI • Driving Data-Informed Decision Making and Trust at Scale • Exploring Ethical and Sustainable AI and the Limits of Current Systems • The Potential of Quantum Machine Learning for Future AI Reliability and Interpretability
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Clariant, Alibaba, Mars, Henkel, Merck Group, Siemens
Clariant • Innovating for Net Zero
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Siemens • Energize Future of Circular Economy through Technology and Ecosystem
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Henkel • Bridging Global Innovation and Local Implementation: Advancing Circularity and Climate Action
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Alibaba • Driving Circularity: Leveraging Digital Tools and Platform Ecosystems, Measuring Avoided Emissions, and Partnering Externally
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Mars • Partnering with the Value-Chain for Sustainability: Approach and Lessons Learned
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Merck Group • Advancing Sustainability in Fast Changing Markets; Strengthening Supplier Engagement, Integrating AI and Data, and Expanding Local Partnerships
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Innovation for Sustainability & Circularity: Creating Sustainable Value Propositions with Clear Financial and Business Benefits • Leveraging Digital and AI to Enhance Circular Product Competitiveness • Taking a Holistic Approach to Sustainability: Reducing Emissions and Extending Product Life • Accelerating the Circular Economy – and Leveraging Platform Ecosystems • Translating Global Solutions to Local Applications – and Driving Change in Local Markets
Collaboration & Data for Sustainability & Circularity: Collaborating with Startups on New Circular Business Models and Technologies • Working with Industry and the Ecosystem to Drive Scale – and Building Strong Partnerships • Engaging Suppliers with Sustainability: from Incentives to Joint Projects and Progress • Building Digital Tools for Product-Level Carbon Footprints – and Leveraging AI and Data Automation • Making Data-Driven Decisions for Circularity – and Quantifying Carbon Reduction for Initiatives • Driving Scope 3 Transparency: Standardizing and Verifying Data Across the Value Chain
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HP, BMW, Telefónica, Philips, Beiersdorf, Lufthansa
HP • Building New Services and Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindsets
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Driving Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: Empowering Teams and Fostering Entrepreneurial Mindsets
Philips • Creating and Scaling New Services: Managing the Pitfalls, Building Capabilities and Aligning the Organization
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Telefónica • From Venture Building to Innovation Governance: Applying Entrepreneurial Methods to Internal Incubation
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Jaguar Land Rover • Building Startups at Speed: Setting up a Venture Studio, Spinning Ventures In/ Out, and Leveraging AI
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Schneider Electric • Driving Transformation and a Culture of Entrepreneurship: Building a Central Hub and Supporting Local Teams
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Beiersdorf • Building an Intrapreneurship Program: Tailoring the Program to the Company, Coaching People, and Driving Innovation & Collaboration
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Lufthansa Group • Building New Ventures: Taking a Founder-Friendly Approach and Working in Small Teams
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New Business Incubation: Key Success Factors for Venture Building: from C-Level Sponsor to Success Metrics and Evidence • Building an Accelerator for New Business Creation – and Co-Creating with the Business • Moving Into Subscriptions and Services: from Value Proposition to Mindset Shift and Alignment • Setting up Ring-Fenced Cross-Functional Teams: Prototyping and Running Pilots with Customers • Launching New Services – and Innovating on Organizational and Technical Capabilities • Scaling New Business Models: Transferring People and Starting with the Value Proposition Early • Organizing for New Business Creation: the Pros and Cons of Setting up an Internal Venture Unit
Entrepreneurial Culture: Why Intrapreneurship Programs Get Killed – and What It Takes to Keep Intrapreneurship Alive • Building an Entrepreneurship Program: from Design to Skill Building and Motivation • Running a Biannual Program on a Defined New Business Challenge – and Incubating Projects • Creating Practical Initiatives to Drive Entrepreneurship: Experimenting and Collaborating Across Functions • Supporting Individual Idea Submissions: Assessing Potential and Supporting Development
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HP, Tetra Pak, Cargill, Esade, Beiersdorf, MANN+Hummel, Versuni
HP • The Net-Zero Modelling: Turning Data into Decarbonization and Business Levers
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Tetra Pak • Creating Value with Sustainability: Leveraging Data and AI, Collaborating with Value Chain Partners, and Prioritizing Projects
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Cargill • Designing for Circularity: Enabling Recycling Loops and Working Towards Fully Recyclable Packaging
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Beiersdorf • Reducing Emissions across the Three Scopes: Running Different Initiatives and Leveraging Digital & AI
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Esade Business School • Innovating for Sustainability: Balancing Purpose with Pragmatism and Managing the ROI Lag
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MANN+HUMMEL • Increasing Product Sustainability through Waste-to-Resource Innovation: Thinking Differently and Breaking Silos
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Versuni (formerly Philips Domestic Appliances) • Creating Value with Remanufacturing: Building the Business Case, Leveraging Existing Resources, and Growing the Venture
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Net Zero: Building a Data-Driven Net Zero Roadmap – and Integrating User and Market Insights • Using Scenarios to Identify Decarbonization Levers and Guide Business Decisions • Delivering on Decarbonization Targets: from Data to Approach and Collaboration • Prioritizing Initiatives – and Defining Financial Value for Non-Managed Impact • Evolving Sustainability Strategy: Speaking Business Language and Focusing on Value
Circular Ventures: Building the Case for Remanufacturing: Starting Small and Showcasing Value • Leveraging Reuse and Repair: Building a Dedicated Business Model with Accompanying Services • Creating a Fully Circular Product Concept: Proving Feasibility and Informing Product Development • Growing Circular Ventures: from Building Capabilities to Expanding to New Markets • Leveraging AI for Decision Making – Ensuring Data Access and Supporting Circular Projects
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Amazon, Siemens, IKEA, Bosch, Mars
Amazon • Scaling Customer-Centricity through AI: from Vision to Value
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Philips • Thinking Differently about Customer Value in a World of AI: Innovating Beyond the Product and Leveraging Passion and Empathy
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IKEA • Leveraging AI and Automation: the Set-Up for Exploring and Developing Cutting-Edge AI Solutions
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Siemens • Innovating around Industrial and Generative AI: Use Case Exploration, Customer Co-creation and New Leadership Paradigms in the Era of GenAI
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Bosch • Building Agentic AI Systems: Designing for UX and Business Value
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Mars • Deploying a Centralized GenAI Platform: from PoCs to Scaling GenAI Applications and AI Agents
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Siemens • Creating Customer Value with AI Agents: Building Decision Intelligence and an AI Consultant to Support Engineers for Product Development
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AI Agents & Customer Value: Setting Up an AI Lab: Leveraging Dedicated Resources and Working with the Business • Tailoring Development Approach to AI’s Faster Cadence and Shorter Project Cycles • Building a Central Platform to Develop and Deploy Gen AI and Agentic Solutions • Working Backwards from the User and the Agent to Build a User-Centric System • Designing a Scalable Process: from Idea Sourcing to Anchoring Projects • Building AI Agents that Deliver for the Business: Iterating from Prototype to Product • Enabling Experimentation with a Sandbox Agentic and Gen AI Environment: Running and Evaluating PoCs • Creating an Oversight Process and Using MLOps to Enable Scaling and Orchestrating Agentic AI Systems
Industrial AI: Leveraging Industrial AI at Scale: from Applications to Use Cases and Challenges • Exploring Opportunities – and Cocreating with Customers to Validate AI Use Cases • Coupling Strategic Leadership in Industrial AI with People Leadership for Generative AI
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Amazon, BSH, Kraft Heinz, Linde, Henkel, Siemens
Amazon • The Innovator's Mindset: Emotional Intelligence for Innovation
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Henkel • Enhancing Product Innovation Development through Reflect & Learn Sessions
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BSH • Driving a Culture of Design and Creativity: Building Capabilities, Engaging People, and the Evolution of Design for AI
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Siemens • Applying a Platform Economy Approach to Generate Growth and Innovation Engine in Fast Changing Markets
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BMW Group • Capabilities for AI Innovation: The Key Patterns to Building Future Capabilities, Creating Value, and Achieving Impact
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Linde • Putting Agile into Practice: Creating a Movement and Building Digital Skills
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Leadership: Leading with Empathy and Inspiration: The Methods for Enhancing Emotional Intelligence • Driving Leadership for AI: Fostering Flexibility and Agency to Drive AI Adoption • Building High-Performing Teams: Empowering People and Supercharging Innovation • Supporting Leaders in Embracing Agile – and Leveraging Success Stories • Increasing Grit and Resilience – and Fostering a Creative Team Culture
People & Capabilities: Driving Growth Mindsets – and Training People to Enable Experimentation with AI • Building People’s Skills: Leveraging the Right Use Cases and Frameworks for Success • Putting Agile into Practice: Tying Agile to Business KPIs and Building a Movement • Running Structured Sessions to Extract Learnings from Innovation Projects • Enhancing Design Capabilities for AI – and Balancing a Data-Driven Approach with Emotions
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Steelcase, Sanofi, Rolls-Royce, Sandoz, Bosch, Steelcase, Nestlé, Arla Foods
Steelcase • Creating Community at Work
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Sanofi • Creating Best-in-Class Workspace: Enabling Connections and Enhancing Employee Experience and Culture
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Rolls-Royce • Driving Belonging at Scale: Engaging People, Measuring Progress, and Building a High Performance Organization
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Sandoz • Leading through Transformation: a Practical Approach to Connection, Culture and Resonance
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Bosch • Driving Inclusion and Belonging: Making Experience Measurable and Engaging Leadership
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Arla Foods • Building High-Energy Teams: How to Unleash Performance, Happiness & Belonging (with Zero Budget)
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Steelcase Learning + Innovation Center (LINC) Tour
Culture, Leadership & Purpose: Building a Team Culture that Fosters Belonging, Trust, and Psychological Safety • Using a 6-Steps Framework to Enable Leaders to Build and Activate Collaborative Teams • Creating Connections and Shared Purpose: Delivering Impact with Simple and Zero-Cost Rituals Defining Repeatable Micro Practices to Support Leaders with Driving Transformation • Running One-on-One Coaching Sessions for Leaders: Focusing on Behaviors and Attitude
Employee Experience: Workspace as a Culture and Engagement Pillar: from Community-Based Design to Strategy • Creating Spaces to Boost Connection and Collaboration: Evolving Culture and Measuring Results • Developing and Implementing an End-to-End Belonging Strategy: Setting Clear Priorities and KPIs • Driving Belonging and High-Performance: Building a Recognition Platform and Adapting Global Strategy to Local Context • Leveraging a Global Employee Voice Network – and Maintaining Leadership Engagement
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Vlerick Business School, Essity, Siemens, BSH, dsm-firmenich, Merck Group
Vlerick Business School • Unlocking Value with AI for Sustainability – and Breaking the 25% Success Barrier
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Essity • The Power of Lifecycle Perspective to Deliver on Sustainability Innovations and Targets
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Philips • Driving Circularity in a Linear World: Generating Value to Unlock Circular Growth
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Siemens • Using AI to Innovate for Sustainability: Finding the Sweet Spots for Sizeable Impact and Managing Data
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dsm-firmenich • Bridging the Data Gap: Scaling Sustainability through Digital Foundations
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Merck Group • Designing for Sustainability: Building a Carbon Footprint Calculator for R&D, Democratizing Data, and Steering the R&D Portfolio
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Verizon, HP, Microsoft, Philips, Ericsson, Walmart
Verizon • Creating Actionable Outputs with Artificial Intelligence of Things: Enabling Data Flows and Reducing Complexity
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HP • Leveraging AI at the Edge and Building User-Centric Solutions
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Amazon • Emotionally Intelligent Leadership for an AI-powered Future
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Philips • UX Design in the Age of AI
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Ericsson • Leveraging AI and Meeting User Needs: Enabling New Use Cases with Intelligent Networks
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Walmart • Scaling AI Through Citizen Builders and Human Augmentation
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AI & Connected Services: Building a Seamless Data-Driven Ecosystem: Converging 5G with Edge Computing and AI • Leveraging AI for Networks: from Optimization to Autonomous Networks • Enabling New Connected Services – and Taking a Forward-Looking Perspective • Using AI at the Edge: Modifying the Portfolio and Building User-Centric Solutions
AI for People-Centric Innovation: Taking a Structured Approach to Leveraging Gen AI: The Key Questions to Ensure Impact • Evolving UX for AI: from Fluid Interactions to Adaptive and Customized Experience • Leveraging Agentic AI for Innovation: from Use Cases to Approach and Workflows • Building AI Agents – Designing for Uncertainty and Ensuring Transparency and Safety • Adapting the Designers’ Role for AI: from Orchestrating Intent to the Human Lens • Implementing the AI@Scale Framework – and Addressing Challenges
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AWS, Microsoft, Genentech, LG, Adobe, Bosch, Verizon
Verizon • Welcome
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Amazon Web Services& eero • Scaling Intelligence: Developing AI-Enabled Services and Bringing Intelligence Closer to the User
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Genentech • Enabling Ecosystem Growth at Scale: Platform Strategy and Lessons Learned
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Microsoft • Evolving Venture Building for AI and Agentic Ecosystems: Rethinking Ways of Working and Innovation Pipeline Management
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LG Electronics • Enabling Experimentation for New Ventures: Engaging the Right People, Focusing on Real Problems, and Leveraging Gen AI
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Hitachi • Collaborate, Validate, Scale: Lessons from Enterprise–Startup AI Collaboration
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Adobe • Building and Scaling AI Solutions: Integrating Capabilities into Workflows and Collaborating with the Ecosystem
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Bosch • From Scouting to MVP: Creating Value through Innovation Ecosystems
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Innovation, AI & Agentic Ecosystem: Building Internal Ventures: from Autonomy to Governance and Innovation Model • Creating an Environment for Innovation – and Bringing in Rebels • Rethinking Innovation Approach for AI – and Leaning into an Agentic Mindset • Using AI and Agentic Systems to Manage Innovation Pipeline – and Iterating at Speed • Simulating and Validating Ideas with AI: Running PoCs with Customers • Taking a Data-Driven Approach – Measuring Customer Outcomes Continuously • Enabling Scaling: Standardizing Evaluations to Enable Human Oversight
Platforms & External Collaborations: Building a Digital Research Platform: from Concept to Enabling Broad Participation • Creating Cross-Organizational Alignment – and Scaling the Platform at the Right Pace • Ecosystem Engagement: from Tech Adoption to Co-Innovation • Key Elements for Successful Startup Collaborations • Accelerating MVP Delivery: Breaking Silos and Integrating Solutions in the Ecosystem
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Evonik, Bosch, Huawei, Siemens, Volkswagen Group, Merck Group
Evonik • Managing R&D and Culture: Restructuring R&D During Turbulent Times to be More Agile and Closer to End-Markets
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Amazon • The Innovator's Mindset: Emotional Intelligence for Innovation
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Bosch • Creating a High-Performance Culture: Driving Agile, Building Trust, and the Role of Leadership
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Huawei • Fostering Servant Leadership and Driving a Culture of Fearless Experimentation: Learnings from the Chinese Approach
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Siemens • Fostering Agile Mindsets and Leadership: Anchoring New Behaviors and Ways of Thinking & Acting
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Wolkswagen Group • Building an Innovation Center: Setting up the Team, Embedding Customer Centricity, and Evolving the Approach
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Merck Group • Driving Agility & Innovation: Fostering a Mindset Change and Implementing New Ways of Working
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Culture for Innovation & Agility: Driving a High-Performance Culture: from Trust and Vision to Engaging People • Focusing on the Goal of Agile Transformation: Ensuring Fast Outcomes and Enabling Collaboration • Building an Innovation Center: from Set Up to Culture and Key Success Factors • Adopting Agile End-to-End Ways of Working – and Making the Change Stick • Building Vulnerability-Based Trust in Teams: from Unfiltered Debate to Results • Transforming R&D – and Supporting Teams in Working Better and Innovating Faster • Making the Results Stick – and Adapting the Framework to Different Cultures
Leadership for Innovation & Agility: Leading the Transformation: Leveraging Transparency and Adaptability • Supporting Leaders in Transitioning to Agile: Focusing on Ways of Thinking and Seeing • The Tenets of Agile Leadership: from Flexibility to Catalyzing Team Development • Anchoring Servant Leadership Behaviors – and Empowering People to Be Agile
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Evonik, BSH, Thales, Siemens Healthineers, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Evonik • Customer Centric Innovation: Learnings from Collaboration with Key Customers on Ambitious Innovation
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BSH • Driving a Culture of Design and Creativity: Building Capabilities, Engaging People, and the Evolution of Design for AI
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Thales • Building a Full-Fledged Design System: Embedding Design into Product Development, Defining KPIs & OKRs, and Showcasing Value
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Siemens Healthineers • Leveraging AI and ML at Scale: Building an MLOps Maturity Model and Driving Lean Transformation
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Danone • Innovating for Superior User Experience and Leveraging AI
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Thermo Fisher Scientific • The Organizational Journey of Generative AI
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Customer-Centric Innovation: Innovating Around Future Problems: Leveraging Speculative and Anticipatory Design • Building a Full-Fledged Design System – and Demonstrating the Value to the Business • Leveraging a Social Data Platform to Generate User Insights and Inform Front End of Innovation • Integrating Design into Engineering: Defining KPIs and OKRs to Measure Progress • Using Hypotheses and Stimuli to Generate User Feedback and Innovate through Dialogue • Partnering with Customers for Innovation: The Key Factors for Success
AI: Using AI and Generative AI to Move from Prototype to Maturity: Key Success Factors • Making Data Usable and Actionable: Using AI Tools to Extract and Bolster User Insights • Leveraging Data and AI to Write Concepts and Evaluate Their Potential • Connecting AI to Strategic Portfolio Foresight – and Using AI/ML at Scale • Extending Designers’ Capabilities in an AI World – and Fostering Emotion and Creativity
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EDF, Rolls-Royce, Siemens, Beiersdorf, EDHEC Business School + more
EDF • Leveraging Foresight and Exploring AI for Pioneering Innovation
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EDHEC Business School • Institutionalizing Strategic Foresight
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Rolls-Royce • Building a Vision Roadmap: Communicating the North Star Across the Organization and Exploring LLMs for Portfolio Management
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Beiersdorf • Towards Innovation Intelligence: Bringing Together Jobs-To-Be-Done, Foresight, and AI
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Siemens • Connecting Foresight to Innovation: Leveraging AI & Generating Actionable Insights
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Foresight: Best Practices in Building Future Fitness: from Capabilities to Impact • Leveraging Rapid Multi-Change and Stable Foresight Work – and Using Diverse Tools • Building a Vision Roadmap: Translating Business Objectives into Innovation North Stars • Defining Clear Long-Term Future Scenarios – and Aligning on Front End of Innovation
Foresight & Innovation with AI: Monitoring Signals and Building Trend Radars with AI • Using AI to Connect Foresight with Strategic Projects at Speed • Exploring AI Use in Discovery and Innovation – and Supporting Portfolio Management • Doing a Jobs-to-Be-Done Analysis: Building Personas and Using AI to Ideate and Test
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EDF, Philips, Signify, IBM, EPFL + more
EDF • Leveraging Gen AI in R&D: Identifying New Approaches to Solving Complex Problems
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EPFL • Identifying Strategic Growth Spaces: Leveraging the Market Opportunity Navigator and AI
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IKEA • Leveraging AI for Innovation
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Philips & Signify • The Human Edge in AI-Powered Innovation: How AI is Changing the Innovation Design Workflow and How to Address the Main Human-AI Tensions
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ZF Group • Leveraging AI for Innovation and Startup Scouting: Taking a Problem-Focused Approach to Building a Multi-Agent System
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IBM • The Interplay of AI and Design Thinking: Accelerating the Design Process with AI, Design Framework for AI, and Using AI in Value Orchestration
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Front End of Innovation with AI: Using the Market Opportunity Navigator and AI: Identifying and Capturing New Growth Spaces • Exploring Gen AI for Research: Finding New Ways of Solving Complex Problems • Building a Strong Capability in Opportunity Identification – and Deriving Benefits • The Four Key Tensions in Leveraging AI for Innovation – and How to Overcome Them
Design with AI: Leveraging Gen AI for User Research: from Insight Generation to Personas and Hypotheses • Simulating Hardware Product Design with AI: Ensuring Compliance and Feasibility • Using a Stingray Model for Design Thinking with AI: From Rapid Iterations to Learning Loops • Tracking User Value while Building the Product – and Balancing Speed with Human Focus
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Maersk, Philips, Huawei, Volkswagen Group, Marshall Group, Kraft Heinz
Maersk • Creating Value with AI and Automation: Taking a Customer-Centric Approach and Enhancing Resilience
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Marshall Group • Evolving Leadership for a New Reality: Amplifying Agility, Learning, and Human Connection in the Age of AI
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Volkswagen Group • Beyond the Hype: Creating Real Impact with Gen AI and AI Agents
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Huawei • Fostering Servant Leadership and Driving a Culture of Fearless Experimentation: Learnings from the Chinese Approach
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Kraft Heinz • From Doing to Being Agile: Experimenting, Developing a Playbook, and Decentralizing Teams
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Google • Building AI Agents: Lessons Learned on Identifying the Right Use Cases and Scaling Solutions
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Ericsson • Leveraging Physical AI: Managing Change, Fostering Collaboration, and Enhancing Customer-Centricity
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Drinks on the Premises • Tour
Customer-Centric Innovation & Agility: Building AI Agents: from Focusing on the Right Types of Tasks to Workflow Integration • Creating Value with AI: Leveraging Domain Expertise and Solving Customer Problems • Using the AI@Scale Framework – and the Five Key Questions to Ask to Ensure Impact
AI: Leading Beyond Agility: from Amplifying Discovery to Collaboration and Resilience • Driving a Customer-Centric Mindset to Ensure Success with Innovation • Empowering Teams: Creating a Platform for Experimentation and Leading with Compassion • Building and Expanding on Psychological Safety: Key Elements for Leading with Impact • Creating a Tailored Post-Agile Playbook: Delivering Value Faster and Driving Scale • Chinese vs. European Approach to Innovation: Benefits and Challenges
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