Jayshree Seth, 3M’s first Chief Science Advocate, shares her journey as a trailblazer with 80 patents. She delves into leadership principles, innovation strategies, and the transformative power of empathy and storytelling in science. Jayshree offers practical frameworks for aligning leadership with purpose, emphasizing the importance of creativity and resilience in a rapidly changing world. A must-listen for aspiring leaders and innovators!
This episode of the Corporate Explorer series features a discussion with Bea Schofield, a specialist in Challenge-Driven Innovation (CDI), and various co-authors of the ‘Corporate Explorer Field Book’.
The podcast, supported by Wazoku, delves into how large organisations can foster innovation through a sustainable ecosystem using ‘Connected Collective Intelligence’. The conversation focuses on the principles of CDI, detailing a framework dubbed ‘LASSO’ for crafting effective challenges that stimulate creative solutions. It underscores the importance of setting clear boundaries to fuel creativity, ensuring challenges are actionable and specific, and aligning them with strategic goals to facilitate ownership and support within the organisation. The episode also covers strategic challenge framing, stakeholder engagement, solution evaluation, and prioritisation, offering insights into blending creativity with systematic processes for corporate innovation. Bea Schofield shares her perspective on the role of corporate innovators and the necessity of balancing ideation with execution to drive meaningful organisational change.
00:00 Welcome to the Corporate Explorer Series: Launching the Field Book
00:15 Introducing Wazoku: Powering Sustainable Innovation
01:07 Diving Into the World of CDI with Bea Schofield
03:59 Exploring the LASSO Framework for Effective Challenges
07:44 The Importance of Support and Ownership in Innovation
17:19 Navigating Corporate Innovation: Strategies and Tools
20:41 Selecting the Right Channels for Innovation Challenges
21:58 Wrapping Up and Where to Find Bea Schofield
Corporate Explorer Series, Innovation Ecosystems, CDI (Challenge Driven Innovation), Connected Collective Intelligence, Ideation Process, Challenge Design, LASSO Framework, Problem Solving, Collaboration, Corporate Innovation
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