To coincide with the release of our Benchmarking Innovation Impact 2018 report, sponsored by KPMG LLP, we brought together a group of innovation professionals in Chicago to discuss some of the report’s findings. The event was hosted by the accelerator 1871 and Whirlpool.
The roundtable opened with a discussion of some of the data highlights from the report — including survey results about the stages of innovation maturity or progress, and a discussion about the right incentives to encourage participation in innovation efforts. Participants also broke up into three smaller groups to discuss best practices around ideation and exploration; creating a more supportive culture for innovation; and funding and scaling the most promising projects.
Photos from the event are below; for information about the next roundtables in our Underground series, please see our event calendar. Thanks to everyone who came, our sponsors, and hosts!
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- Betsy Ziegler, CEO of the accelerator 1871, welcomes the group.
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- Gireesh Pudipeddi, Vice President of Global Innovation at Chamberlain
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- Innovation Leader Co-Founder Scott Kirsner reviews some of the data from the report.
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- Debbie Roever, Global Brands Innovation Manager, Walgreens Boots Alliance; Daniel Kufer, Director of Strategy, ThyssenKrupp North America; Kim Healy, Vice President of Consumer Products for Dart Container; and Jennifer Kirby, Managing Director of Innovation at Hyatt Hotels
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- Chad Manuell, Director of Engineering at Trek Bicycle and Colette Matthews, Vice President of Innovation and Marketing, Alpha Guardian
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- Disha Gulati, Vice President of Corporate Innovation, 1871
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- Marcelo De Santis, Former Group Chief Information Officer, Pirelli
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- William Singleton, Director of Global Breakthrough Packaging Development, Mars Wrigley
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- Kevin Bolen and Colleen Drummond of KPMG organize the Post-It notes suggesting topics for break-out discussions.
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- Jason Olson, Senior Director of Consumer Marketing, Rustoleum. At right are Marcelo De Santis, formerly at Pirelli and a startup mentor at 1871, and Brian Miske of KPMG.
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- Kim Healey of Dart Container and John Farrell of KPMG listen to Jennifer Kirby of Hyatt
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- Kevin Bolen of KPMG and Kim Healy of Dart Container take notes.
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- Jennifer Kirby of Hyatt, Scott Kirsner of Innovation Leader, and John Farrell of KPMG
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- Debbie Roever of Walgreens Boots Alliance
