People & Culture Breakout Sessions
10:30AM - 11:00AM Mastering An Upfront R&D Strategy: An Innovation Culture Case Study Liza Sanchez - Vice President, Research & Development, Procter & Gamble
Tying strategy together with culture has always been a challenge. Balancing the need for growth, overall direction from leadership, mission critical information from stakeholders, insight from current customers and managing the team, all while coveting contemporary methodologies for end-to-end innovation is difficult, to say the least. Long-time FEI Advisory Board Member, Liza Sanchez has done it, she shares her successes and provides hard-earned lessons learned along the way. Discussing the funnel Coming at innovation with an integrated interdisciplinary mindset from Day 1 Benefiting from being an R&D driven company Continually facilitating seamless communication between technical and commercial communities
11:00AM - 11:30AM Collaborative Edge: Research Partnerships Fueling Innovation Kofi Gyasi - CEO, NotedSource Alexis O’Connor - Senior Product Development Scientist, General Mills
Join this session with NotedSource and General Mills to dive deep into the ways that corporate innovation has evolved in recent years. Hear from General Mills about the pain points they’ve experienced with innovation partnerships, and hear from NotedSource about why partnerships with academics can be especially valuable. You’ll come away with actionable solutions for successful research collaborations.
Day 1 - FEI 2024 & Key Innovation Perspectives
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