innovation

Innovation and Innovation Management: Perspectives from Around the World

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What is it like to work with innovators across the globe? Join us as we explore the differences innovators experience working across the world.

Panel discussion with worldy members of the Innovation Society
moderated by Sue Lebeck and Howard Lieberman

Join us as we discover what Innovation Society members observe as they work with innovators and innovation managers from across the northen hemisphere. Discover perspectives from Japan, Pakistan, China, Israel, Finland, Sweden, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, England and Canada, as we enjoy a lively panel discussion with:

Kimberly Wiefling, consultant and innovation teacher
Francine Gordon, innovation teacher
Farrukh Shah Khan, technology programming producer
Tom Buckholtz, business advisor
Max Sims, industrial designer
Harlan Jacobs, angel investor and incubator director
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Learn about our colleagues’ globe-hopping projects. Listen to what they have discovered while working with distinct innovation cultures. Hear about cultural attitudes toward innovation, innovators, idea-development, risk management, funding and more. Discover the unique innovation challenges — and advantages — that might exist in other innovation communities.

Corporate R&D Leadership

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Join us and Peter E. Hart as we explore Mr. Hart’s view on R&D corporate research and innovation models and how these views can be applied to innovation in other fields.

Perspectives from Peter E. Hart,
Chairman, Founder and President of Ricoh Innovations, Inc.

Join us as our feature presenter, Peter E. Hart, shares with us his evolving perspectives on the corporate R&D research and innovation model. Throughout his career, Peter has designed and managed numerous research and innovation organizations. We look forward to hearing his reflections, observations, and current perspectives on the field.

Together, we will also explore how these perspectives effect and can be applied to the management of innovation in other contexts.

Innovation Society Roundtable

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Have something you wish to share? Then join us for this months roundtable where we will be discussing current innovations taking place.

Our August meeting offers a more intimate gathering, with opportunity for each participant to “take the floor” if they wish to. Bring information to share, an inquiry or request, or lead us in a brief conversation on a topic of your choice. Feel free also to “pass” and just enjoy our dinner and conversation.

Though we will not be in a private room, we can be as noisy as we like.
Mountain View’s Google WiFi network is accessible from this month’s location, in case you’d like to share something on-line. The connection quality is inconsistent, so cache key pages ahead of time!

What, Where, Why and Whom of Innovation Alliances

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Join us as our guest Paul Masson explains the Who, What, Where and Why of Innovation.

Paul Masson, StarNetLLC

Program description:

Our featured presenter is Paul Masson, Managing Director of STARnet. Paul will present on the What, Where, Why and Whom of Innovation, offering a personal example from a highly innovation aviation project which is currently featured in Business 2.0’s “11 Coolest New Products on the Planet”. Paul will then lead us in a conversational debate, further exploring the “What” of Innovation.