FEI 2024 & Key Innovation Perspectives - OPEN

Day 2: Tuesday, June 11, 2024

12:00PM - 12:30PM Guidance From Virtual Natives & Interconnected Realities Leslie Shannon - Head of Trend and Innovation Scouting, Nokia

If you’ve never met Leslie Shannon, you’re missing out. She brings the world’s best energy into every room she visits. She’s got a zest for life and she’s as curious as anyone you’ll meet. That helps her in her day job where she researches, identifies, informs and facilitates her organization (and others) taking advantage of what’s next. That’s certainly enough of a contribution from one person. But Leslie’s also got a side hustle of writing more than one book at a time. This session blends the lessons learned from both of her books into a slew of actionable takeaways on how you can evolve your organization. Understanding now deeply embedded GenAI will be in our culture moving forward Breaking us away from screens and providing information via context-based means Understanding that Gen Z is at home with that technological evolution Seeing your organization differently through the eyes of virtual natives and meeting them where they are Recognizing that there are no analog limits to the imaginations of virtual natives Realizing that organizational resilience is dependant on adapting to how humanity is developing

1:30PM - 2:00PM Corporate Innovation: Internal & External Best Practice Carley Hart - Director of Corporate Partnerships, Runway Startups, Cornell Tech

One of the reasons that good corporate startup partnerships succeed is due to a clear division of responsibilities based on what each party brings to the table. Corporates traditionally don’t move quickly due to refined and efficient processes. Startups, by definition, need to focus on finding scale. Dive into successful corporate innovation through corporate start-up partnerships. Diving into the mind of the founder and what makes good one’s succeed Unpacking the reasons that have made startups succeed along the way Homing in on systemic symbioses between corporates and start-ups Realizing that the future of global corporate enterprise depends on successful partnerships between the two

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