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My guest for this weekâs episode is Shekhar Mitra, former Senior Vice President of Global Innovation and Chief of Innovation at Procter & Gamble and current President and Founder of InnoPreneur, a strategic advisory firm that enables development of innovation capabilities, ideation, and organizational development for Fortune 500 corporations and new ventures.Â
Prior to InnoPreneur, Shekhar spent 29 years at Procter & Gamble where he worked his way up from staff scientist to Senior Vice President of Global Innovation and Chief of Innovation, becoming a part of P&G's top leadership team and a member of the CEO's Global Leadership Council. Shekharâs time at P&G paints a successful entrepreneurial road map for those looking to learn, grow, and innovate within large corporations. Post retirement from P&G, Shekhar spent several years as a board member and strategic adviser to several Fortune 500 corporations, new ventures, and private equity companies developing transformational new ideas, business strategies, and organization capabilities to drive growth. With over 50 patents awarded in different fields, Shekharâs an expert with an exceptional track record in creating and developing game changing technology platforms and formulating disruptive innovation strategies, whose extensive background in R&D offers unique insights that listeners can benefit from.
Join us this week and hear about:
The challenges of building the first big innovation center in Asia- Giving people a chance to impress you and what the whole work of leadership is
- Building emotional bonds and noticeability in your customer baseÂ
- The importance and impact of developing emotional drivers in your customersÂ
- And much more!
Please enjoy my conversation with Shekhar Mitra.
Timestamps00:28 Intro01:52 Episode starts, working as Director of R&D in Asia for Procter & Gamble and the challenge of building the first big innovation center in Asia05:20 Bringing the developments and innovations learned in China to the global markets08:54 No one does it alone, and the sacrifices others had to make to support the risks they needed to take to ultimately succeed11:50 The whole work of leadership is giving people a chance to impress you, supporting them but also hold them responsible for their mistakes14:55 Needing a game-changing breakthrough every two to three years to maintain a prestige brand19:36 P&Gâs cyclohexane perfume innovation and having your productâs noticeability driven through technology28:13 Developing emotional drivers with your customers through things like scent, their pets, and the comfort of their babies33:49 Outro
Find Our Guest, Shekhar Mitra, at this link:Â https://www.linkedin.com/in/shekhar-mitra-ph-d-4b427b47/
Find Our Host, Jon Chee, at these links:Â https://www.linkedin.com/in/joncheehttps://www.excedr.com
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Enriched Notes:
Topics Mentioned:Cyclodextrin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CyclodextrinÂ
Lab Equipment for Biochemistry Research https://www.excedr.com/blog/lab-equipment-list-for-biochemistry-researchWhat is DNA Extraction?https://www.excedr.com/blog/what-is-dna-extractionWhat Types of Equipment is Used in Molecular Biology Research?https://www.excedr.com/blog/what-type-of-equipment-is-used-in-molecular-biology-research
People Mentioned:John Pepper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Pepper_Jr. Gordon Brunner https://www.linkedin.com/in/gordon-brunner-b38b36278/ Steve Hicks https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenjhicks/ Sumit Bahsin https://www.linkedin.com/in/sumit-bhasin-5970989/ The Biotech Startups Podcast gives you a front-row seat to the business
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