Driving Innovation
Creating an Innovation Culture
Innovation has nothing to do with how many R & D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R & D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it. Steve Jobs
In this session we will be looking at innovation and creativity. Sustainable competitive advantage is the holy grail of business and we’ll be considering the impact a focus on creativity and innovation has in creating market-leading products and services.
We are pleased to welcome back Dr Wendy Ross who will start the session by building on her previous talk, sharing her insights on creativity and problem solving and exploring how these can be fostered within organisations.
This will be followed by Richard Ross who will start to take some of those ideas and apply them in the context of disruptive innovation, answering the questions.
After the break we are delighted to be joined by Chris Sargisson who will share his experience of building highly innovative businesses. By the end of the session we aim for you to have a clearer path to making the most of the creativity and innovation that already sits in your organisation.
Agenda:
Introductions
The Possibilities of Disruption Dr Wendy Ross
Disruptive innovation – getting the job done Richard Ross
Comfort Break
Building an innovative business Chris Sargisson
Questions and Close
Our guest speakers:
Dr Wendy Ross is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at London Metropolitan University. She has published over 30 academic articles on the topics of serendipity and creativity. She is a founding director of the Possibility Studies Network which works with UNESCO and OECD on fostering possibility as well as co-chair of the Serendipity Society. Her research is explicitly cognitive in nature, focusing on the underlying thought patterns and processes that help us make the most of an uncertain world.
Chris Sargisson divides his time between supporting businesses in Norfolk and East Anglia as CEO of Hethel Innovation and as a growth, brand and innovation consultant with Sargisson Associates. This follows a recent and extremely successful 5 years as CEO of Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, followed by a stint heading Diss and Thetford Citizens Advice. Chris is a disruptor with over 25 years’ experience within digital start-ups and consulting. Chris worked in the 1990s shaping Norwich Union Direct before leaving to set up and launch its4me plc, one of the UK’s most successful online car insurance brokers and major Norwich employer. Chris also created House Revolution – one of the UK’s first online estate agencies, alongside running his own business consultancy practice which has helped organisations of all sizes across the UK. He also sits and chairs a variety of boards from business to education, the arts to innovation.
Date: 22 April 2024
Time(s): 6.00pm til 8.00pm
Where: The Enterprise Centre, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ
The Masterclass will last around two hours with questions and be of interest to all investors but particularly those who can see retirement on the horizon. Coffee or tea and exceptionally fine cake will be served
This is an in-person session so places are limited. We are keen to keep our Masterclasses free of charge. To help achieve this please could you try to honour your commitment to attend or let us know as soon as possible if you are unable to make it so your place can be allocated to someone else?
Please note the date has changed from that originally advertised.
This year, we are proud to support The Priscilla Bacon Hospice Charity. If you find the masterclass useful we would encourage you to make a donation to support their work.
