Building the blocks for an innovation dream team
Embed the principles of innovation-led thinking in to the heart of your teams, people processes and businesses.
Closing this year’s inaugural West Yorkshire Innovation Festival, Nexus, Grow MedTech and Leeds University Business School are joining forces to help you bring innovation ‘back to basics’.
This workshop has been designed with content, insights and interactive discussion elements to help you explore and embed principles of innovation-led thinking into the heart of your teams, people and business. After all, innovation is a contact sport.
The first part of the session will focus on top tips for identifying and maximising innovation stakeholder relationships to generate ideas and new collaborative ways of thinking. With contributions from the Nexus Collaboration team, Jo Dixon-Hardy (Director of Grow MedTech), Danielle Miles (Programme Lead and Technology Innovation Manager, Grow MedTech) and Tony Morgan (Associate Professor in Innovation Management Practice, Leeds University Business School).
You’ll also have an opportunity to get involved in an interactive panel discussion. Hosted by Sarah Underwood (Director of External Engagement and Professor of Entrepreneurial Practice, Leeds University Business School), our academic experts will also be joined by Deborah Smith (Finance Director, Multi-Tech Engineering UK Ltd) to share insights from a manufacturing perspective.
Perfect for startups, SMEs, entrepreneurs and all round innovators – with learnings that can be applied across all sectors.
Agenda
14:00 Housekeeping and Introduction
Sarah Underwood, Director of External Engagement and Professor of Entrepreneurial Practice (Leeds University Business School)
14:05 Creating impact for your business through an interdisciplinary and borderless approach to teamwork – 10 mins
Dennis Dokter, Relationship Officer (Nexus)
14:15 How to identify and involve your key stakeholders to transform how you innovate– 10 mins
Jo Dixon-Hardy, Director of Grow MedTech
Danielle Miles, Programme Lead and Technology Innovation Manager (Grow MedTech)
14:25 Design thinking to address global challenges. Approaches to bringing different stakeholders together to generate ideas – 10 mins
Tony Morgan, Associate Professor in Innovation Management (Leeds University Business School)
Lena Jaspersen, University Academic Fellow in Innovation Management (Leeds University Business School)
14:35 Interactive panel discussion {Insert Exam Question} and Q&A – 20 mins
Hosted by Sarah Underwood, Director of External Engagement and Professor of Entrepreneurial Practice
Joining our academic expert is Deborah Smith, Finance Director, Multi-Tech Engineering (UK) Ltd, to share insights from a manufacturing perspective.
14:55 Group reflection and next steps
15:00 Event close
