Grasping Opportunities

Valerio Nannini

Nestlé, Senior Vice-President, Head of Strategies and Performance

Challenges for Organisations Today

Changes occur at an exponential pace

Change changes as fast as change itself

Hyper Competition

Innovation is the work of everybody all the time every day!

Knowledge is becoming a Commodity But innovative and creative talent are scarce!

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Towards New Frontiers in Finance

Innovation is becoming the lifeblood of the Global Economy and a strategic priority for CEO’s and CFO’s

Financial markets increase the value of companies, according

to their proven innovation

Innovation capability is driving the “market premium” of a

company

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Market Premium

For Innovation, we need….

Insight Passion

More than Processes

Innovation Thinking

• Learn How Entrepreneurs Think

• “Business Model Innovation”

• Design Thinking

“Driving Business

Innovation

Thinking”

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP

• Design Thinking

• Early Stages of Innovation

• Innovative Culture

Think Different !

Corporations

Set a Goal

Calculate Expected Return

Avoid Surprises

Use Competitive Analysis

Predictive. The future is a reliable

continuation of the past.

Entrepreneurs

Assess Their Means

Set Affordable Loss

Surprises are good

Use Partnerships

Transformative. The future is shaped by

actions of all players.

Different Approaches to the Next «Big Thing»

Riding the Waves of Change and Innovation

STEP 1

SET OBJECTIVES

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REFINE STRATEGY

STEP 2

CHAMPION IMPROVEMENTS

STEP 6

IDEATE OPTIONS

STEP 5

EXPLORE TRENDS

STEP 3

BUILD PARTNERSHIPS

STEP 4

FACILITATE LEARNING

STEP 8

DELIVER RESULTS

THE INNOVATION FLOW

THE CHANGE FLOW

GROWTH

TRUST

How we do it !

Scope Know Prioritise Create Validate

What’s the problem !

What is happening ?

What does it mean ?

What does it mean ?

What are we going to do ?

Innovation is not about investing more money

in the game.

It is about considering the most crucial factors

Strategic Alignment

AND

a Culture that Supports INNOVATION !

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