We bring together thought leaders, intrapreneurs, entrepreneurs and corporate leaders

‘In the Studio With Zao: Innovation Connect’ is a series of invite-only, roundtable events. We bring together our intrapreneur and entrepreneur community and broader client networks to collaboratively discuss pressing topics in the innovation space.

Current & Previous Participants

Previous Sessions

13th December 2023

In this session, we discussed how to embed customer centricity earlier on in the innovation pipeline, moving away from viewing customer centricity as purely
process-based. We explored the following questions:

  • How might we create working innovation relationships with customers?

  • How might we help decision makers in our organisations to be more open to genuine customer feedback?

A Collaborative Approach: How to Embed Customer Centricity in Innovation

24th October 2023

Innovator Experience: Unblocking Pathways for Innovators to Make Innovation Happen

In our recent roundtable of change makers, innovators and enablers, we discussed how to create innovation pathways with a human-centred focus, off the back of our Innovator Experience (IX) webinar. We explored the following questions:

  • How might we overcome the ‘capacity’ blocker for innovation in organisations?

  • How might we create more human-centred innovation pathways?

15th February 2024

This event was co-hosted by Places for London, TfL’s property division. We discussed the importance of collaboration in maximising innovation performance, how to overcome the key challenges that restrict the success of innovation collaboration and the strategies that can be leveraged to optimise their benefit.

  • Why, how and where to find the right partners to elevate innovation

  • What does successful collaboration look like? How can you make that happen, practically

Innovation Collaboration: How to leverage partners, clients and ecosystems to boost innovation

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