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Thursday, May 24, 2012, 6pm 

Beyond Ideas 

Rethinking the Front End of Innovation

 

Patrick O'Brien  -- Founder and President -- Minelight Solutions 
Karim Sadroudine  -- Senior Adviser to Minelight Solutions

Talk to any senior executive responsible for growth and inevitably the conversation turns to innovation and the critical role it plays in an organization?s long-term success. Patrick and Karim will lead us in a discussion exploring the front end of innovation and common bottlenecks which are keeping organizations from innovation that is truly transformative.

While many companies have succeeded in generating a tremendous volume of ideas, they have not led to the expected results of increased profitability. In a recent survey by PwC, less than 25% of senior executives are highly satisfied with the outcomes of their innovation investments and programs. Additionally, only 17% of these executives expressed a high level of satisfaction with the rate of innovation within their organization.

This understanding has resulted in all kinds of innovation initiatives designed to generate ideas both within the organization and outside the enterprise through open innovation or co-design.  We?ll look at the role that process, governance, and technology play and some of the improvements companies can make to improve innovation throughput.

Agenda:

6:00 PM to 7:00 PM - Networking and Refreshments
7:00 PM to 7:15 PM - Announcements /Introduction
7:15 PM to 8:30 PM - Featured Speaker with Q&A

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The Breakfast Club is an informal gathering of people interested in talking/learning about product development and networking with other product development professionals. You do not need to be a registered member of the PDMA to join us. A moderator is assigned to guide the discussion.
Future topics are selected based on the group's feedback and suggestions.

 

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