The Innovation Crowd with Helen Dawson

Mark Evans-Smith of Bear & Brute Consulting joins us to talk about building ecosystems within Rolls Royce and GSK. One of the ingredients of successful corporate innovation that we often talk about is building a network of partners covering start-ups, technology companies, academia and thought leaders. We dive into how Mark had 78 meetings a week with the ecosystem he built, how to partner with start-ups, why you should never reinvent the wheel and how to create a culture shift.

Tim Bennett joins us to give a flavour of life leading Shell's mobile refuelling business (TapUp) in the UK. We discuss the differences between being in a corporate venture or start-up versus the parent company, tracking the right sort of KPIs to measure success, recruiting the right talent and using corporate venturing to create strategic options for the future. A practical down-to-earth discussion about leading innovation inside a large multinational company.

Jeff Roberts from Jump Innovation's Futures team (Dive Without Fear) discusses avoiding linearity and hype cycles. 

Instead, he suggests weaving together an understanding of how external actions might cascade into your world. 

Join us to hear about how simplification is not your friend, but science is; the demise of the Blackberry; being anti-trend; weaponised integration; and Life After Cheap Money. 

And start thinking differently about the future.