The One Who Runs The Applied Innovation Exchange At Capgemini

Lost In Transformation

In this episode MING Labs COO, Sebastian Mueller interviews our guest Steffen Schacher. Steffen runs the Applied Innovation Exchange for Capgemini in Singapore which is part of 16 centers worldwide. He is responsible for Innovation Ideation, creating PoC's, and curating an ecosystem. Steffen talks about his definition of innovation and how organizations can get started with an innovation process. He elaborates how Capgemini's AIE helps corporates leverage the startup ecosystem, and discusses how an Open Innovation approach can succeed and scale up.

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1. The One Who Runs The Applied Innovation Exchange At Capgemini (00:00:00)

2. How did Steffen get into cooperate innovation? (00:01:29)

3. How did Steffen actually join Capgemini? (00:03:53)

4. What is the concept behind the Applied Innovation Exchange? (00:06:50)

5. How does Capgemini engage with the community and with startups? (00:10:13)

6. What technology is he excited about? (00:11:38)

7. How would Steffen define innovation? (00:13:56)

8. What is a good innovation process? (00:16:12)

9. How can leaders convince stakeholders to work with an innovation framework? (00:19:57)

10. What are ways to evaluate innovation activities? (00:21:22)

11. How to use metrics for innovation and what to measure? (00:24:34)

12. What is the mindset out there in terms of innovation? (00:26:08)

13. What actually works and what doesn't in the innovation process. (00:27:24)

14. Do large companies understand how to bring in a new vision? (00:30:53)

15. How can corporates leverage the startup ecosystem? (00:33:28)

16. What expectations do corporates have towards Open Innovation? (00:36:38)

17. What are some mistakes in collaborations between startups and corporates? (00:40:31)

18. What are some examples of successful engagements Steffen has worked on? (00:42:19)

19. What would be the role of Capgemini in a Digital Banking case? (00:45:20)

20. What is Steffen's view on the startup ecosystem in Singapore? (00:46:49)

21. What are the rising innovation centers in Southeast Asia? (00:48:10)