The Innovation Room Viima

John Bessant is an Emeritus Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Exeter. John has dedicated over 40 years to research and consultancy in technology and innovation management. John has advised various national governments and international organizations, including the United Nations, The World Bank, and the OECD. He is also known for his extensive contributions to the literature on innovation, having authored numerous books on the subject. He brings a wealth of expertise to the discussion.

For this conversation, Colin Nelson, the new co-host of The Innovation Room podcast, interviewed John.

In today’s episode, we cover:
• Development of innovation practices and challenges in distinguishing effective methods
• Leadership role in driving organizational shifts and fostering innovation.

• Transition towards open innovation and creation of ecosystems.
• Shifting towards sustainability.
• Dynamic capabilities and what it means.
• Present and future challenges.
• The disconnect between executive leaders and innovators.

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Where to find John Bessant:
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbessant/
• Website: https://blog.singleton.io/

Where to find Colin:
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-nelson-ab41001/


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Time and time again, innovation emerges as a cornerstone for reshaping our approach toward consumption and production, so it is no surprise that we are discussing circular economy in this episode.

For this one, Dainora was joined by ever-inspirational Kati Pallasaho, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Sustainability at Lindström Group. Kati is a relentless sustainability advocate. As a professional, she is driving the company towards its ambitious sustainability goals.

Connect with Kati:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katipallasaho/

Get in touch with Dainora: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dainorajociute/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oanamariapop/

A written transcript of the episode is available here: https://www.viima.com/blog/circular-economy
You can listen to the podcast here:

Chapters:
00:00 Podcast Intro
01:29 Kati's Career
02:40 What is Circular Economy
05:20 Critique of Circular Economy
08:40 Why Do We Need to Talk About It?
10:45 Lindström Group and Its Sustainability
16:40 Challenges
26:40 Benefits from a Business POV
29:20 How to Get Inspired?
32:20 Main Takeaways


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We are kicking off this year's season of Innovation Room with an exciting topic and a brilliant guest - Professor Paavo Ritala.

Paavo is a professor of Strategy & Innovation at the Business School of LUT University in Finland. He is also Co-Editor-in-Chief of the R&D Management journal. He is known for his widely available research on networks and ecosystems, sustainable and circular economy, and most recently, from his studies on digital transformation, data, and AI.

For this episode, Paavo was interviewed by Oana-Maria Pop. Oana is the Head of Open Innovation at HYPE Innovation and a Lecturer at Eindhoven University of Technology.

Connect with Paavo on LinkedIn and X (Twitter).

Get in touch with Oana on LinkedIn.
Learn more about Hype Innovation Experts.

A written transcript of the episode is available here.
You can watch the podcast here.


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In today's episode, Immanuel is sharing his thoughts on Corporate Partnering, what it is, and how to do it right.

Our guest Immanuel is an Innovation consultant at HYPE Innovation where he focuses on startups and partnering, and he is responsible for the scouting side of the process.

You can follow Immanuel on social media:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/immanuel-nama/

Read more about Corporate Partnering at HYPE:
https://shorturl.at/nov19

A written transcript of the episode is available here:
https://www.viima.com/blog/corporate-partnering
You can watch the video version here:

https://youtu.be/zt_iYASfL_g



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In today's episode, Frank is sharing his insights on new business building inside established organizations and the culture that surrounds it. How to do it right and is there a framework that would help corporate innovators?

Our guest Frank Mattes is an expert in corporate business building, an innovation advisor to corporates, and an author. Frank co-created the Lean Scaleup framework together with more than 20 companies and two business schools, offering best practices for creating profitable businesses, he is a founder of the Lean Scaleup consulting agency.

You can follow Frank on social media.
Read more about Lean Scaleup.
A written transcript of the episode is available here.

You can watch the podcast here.


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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.



You can follow Oana on LinkedIn.



Read Oana's insights on innovation.

Watch Oana's content on innovation.

A written transcript of the episode is available here.

You can watch the visual podcast here.


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