The Innovation Room by Viima

In today's episode, Oana and Dainora are talking about the big myths and misconceptions shrouding the open innovation process and the fears that arise from them. Are they legit or are they blown out of proportion?

Our guest, Oana-Maria Pop, is the head of Open Innovation at Hype Innovation. She is a social scientist by training with a passion for people and the processes side of innovation. Her main focus is on helping large, complex organizations set, vet and execute open innovation goals.

For this episode we’ve interviewing Dr. Stephen Tang and we talk about leading through crises and embracing innovation in the process of doing so.  

In this episode of the Innovation Room podcast, we’ll be focusing on a very important and interesting, but often challenging and misunderstood topic: the pricing of innovation and new products.

Pricing is a cross-functional, and extremely powerful tool for not just driving and optimizing profitability, but also determining the feasibility of an innovation early on.

In this episode, John Carter shares his thoughts on why companies should look beyond their core in their innovation efforts. Namely, Innovation beyond the core is often easier and faster, and leads to high margin growth opportunities. John also shares his thoughts on how companies can actually tackle these opportunities and make the most out of them.

John is the founder of TCGen. He’s advised a number of world class companies like Apple and Amazon with their product development and innovation processes.

José Pires is without a doubt one of the most experienced innovation advisors in the world. He's held numerous leadership positions in companies like Nestlé and Sony, and trained more than 30,000 professionals around the world with his Excellence & Innovation program.

In this in-depth interview, Jose shares his thoughts on combining innovation and excellence as a way to build an enduringly great organization. We cover topics such as why innovation is so difficult, and how leaders can build such an enduringly great organization.

John is an author and a leadership coach. He's had a long and successful career on Wall Street, most recently as a Senior Vice President. Throughout his career, he’s seen the need for his businesses and teams to adapt to a rapidly changing world, so he’s worked hard as a leader to create a real culture of innovation in an industry where it hasn’t always been business as usual.

In this in-depth interview, John shares his story and some of the many lessons he's picked up along the way. We cover topics such as what innovation really looks like, how leaders can create a culture of innovation, and how to build trust as a leader.

Perttu Pölönen is an inventor, author, keynote speaker, and a classically trained composer. He’s won the first prize in the European Union’s Young Scientist Contest, and also been included in MITs 35 innovators under 35 list in Europe.

In this interview, Perttu shares his unique story and his thoughts on the future. We cover topics such as what to look for when hiring innovators, and what skills he sees will be the most important for those of us looking to succeed in the future.

John Carter is the founder of TCGen, and a true innovation veteran. He has, for example, invented the original Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones and advised companies like Apple and Amazon with their product development and innovation processes.

In this in-depth interview, John shares his story and some of the many lessons he's picked up along the way. We cover topics such as common innovation misconceptions, and actionable tips for innovators for navigating internal politics.

Nicolas Bry currently works as Innovation Booster for Orange Africa. He is one of the best-known corporate innovators in Europe and has nearly 20 years of experience from intrapreneurship and innovation within large organizations.

In this interview Nicolas shares the approach Orange has taken for boosting innovation in Orange's African subsidiaries, and what kind of projects they're currently working on.

Mark Johnson is the co-founder of Innosight and author of the new book Lead from the Future: How to Turn Visionary Thinking Into Breakthrough Growth.

In this in-depth interview Mark shares the story behind his new book going back to the beginnings of Innosight nearly 20 years ago.