At an event at BP in London in November 2017, SAP’s Head of Business Model Innovation, Claus von Riegen, sat down with us to discuss how SAP goes about creating new business models of incremental as well as radical nature. At SAP, he incubates new businesses within the core performance engine as well as attending to the more radical innovations that are isolated from the core. He further conveys the importance of obtaining customer feedback, experimentation, and continuous pivots in coming up with new business models.

In his role as SVP Head of Strategies and Performance at Nestlé, Valerio Nannini drives a cross-functional culture in innovation. In his role, he works with designing future strategies, the digital transformation of R&D, and the development of digital technology platforms applied to nutrition and wellness. At the Innovation Roundtable® Summit 2017, Valerio sat down with us to discuss a multitude of innovation topics, including how to assemble innovation teams, the importance of leadership within innovation, and how digital platforms, not products, will be the future of innovation.