Paul Michael

Day 1: Thursday, 27 September 2018

BLOCK: TRANSFORMING R&D UNIT FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

WORKSHOP: Culture change to support R&D transformation towards radical innovation.

R&D organizations are often well aligned to deliver on budget and in time for incremental innovation, exploiting near term business opportunities with relatively low risk. The culture needed to support such an organization is often prohibiting the exploration of completely new and radical innovation.

We in GE embed entrepreneurial best practices into our R&D management discipline, a test & learn mind-set to transform the way we work.

We will propose cutting-edge approaches to radical innovation and invite discussion for what culture change is required, what experiences the audience can share and how best can we manage both exploitation & exploration that is needed to be successful in a rapidly growing economy with increasing uncertainty.

Day 1: Tuesday, 01 October 2019

BLOCK: R&D PROCESS TOOLS & METHODS.

CASE STUDY: How to use lean and agile in product development.

We in GE embed entrepreneurial best practices into our R&D and product management discipline, a test & learn mind-set to transform the way we work. We will present how we apply Lean & Agile practices to:

• Learn from customers across the product lifecycle.
• Modify stage-gated process across the project lifecycle.
• Apply coaching for transparency and accountability.