The anatomy of a successful innovation accelerator

The anatomy of a successful innovation accelerator

Alex Osterwalder
Tendayi Viki
Nicholas Himowicz
May 31, 2023
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Innovation Culture

For innovation to be worthwhile, it has to produce results. It’s not enough to generate ideas or even start innovation projects if they don’t create value for your organization and customers.

That being said, many companies are out there making a real impact with their innovation efforts.

One example is Alexion Pharmaceuticals (a subsidiary of AstraZeneca with 2,500 employees that generated $6 billion in revenue in 2020). They partnered with Strategyzer to create an innovation accelerator inside their organization to help de-risk, validate, and scale innovation projects, navigating the challenges of highly regulated environments and long product life cycles.

Ankita Deshpande, Head of Digital Health and Experience Innovation at Alexion, joined us as a special guest to discuss her successes, learnings, and challenges leading Alexion’s Innovation Accelerator.

She was also be joined by Alex Osterwalder (CEO, Strategyzer) and Tendayi Viki (Associate Partner, Strategyzer), who helped dive deep into what successful corporate innovation accelerators look like.

If you’re a CEO or corporate innovator interested in learning how to make innovation happen in your organization, you won’t want to miss this webinar.

  • You should watch this webinar if you: are searching for inspiration and insights about how to run your corporate accelerator program.
  • Don’t know which innovation projects you should invest in.
  • Struggle to integrate successful innovation projects into the business.
  • Want to understand how many innovation projects you must invest in to get results. 
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About the speakers

Alex Osterwalder
Entrepreneur, speaker and business theorist

Dr. Alexander (Alex) Osterwalder is one of the world’s most influential innovation experts, a leading author, entrepreneur and in-demand speaker whose work has changed the way established companies do business and how new ventures get started.

Tendayi Viki
Author, Speaker, Advisor

Tendayi Viki is an author and innovation consultant. He holds a PhD in Psychology and an MBA. As Associate Partner at Strategyzer, he helps large organizations innovate for the future while managing their core business.

Nicholas Himowicz
Innovation Coach, content creator & host of StratChat

Nick is an innovation expert with 10 years experience using Strategyzer’s methodologies. He’s helped hundreds of business leaders and entrepreneurs from around the world apply these tools in their own organizations.

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Nicholas Himowicz
May 31, 2023
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The anatomy of a successful innovation accelerator

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The anatomy of a successful innovation accelerator

May 31, 2023
#
 min read
topics
Innovation Culture

For innovation to be worthwhile, it has to produce results. It’s not enough to generate ideas or even start innovation projects if they don’t create value for your organization and customers.

That being said, many companies are out there making a real impact with their innovation efforts.

One example is Alexion Pharmaceuticals (a subsidiary of AstraZeneca with 2,500 employees that generated $6 billion in revenue in 2020). They partnered with Strategyzer to create an innovation accelerator inside their organization to help de-risk, validate, and scale innovation projects, navigating the challenges of highly regulated environments and long product life cycles.

Ankita Deshpande, Head of Digital Health and Experience Innovation at Alexion, joined us as a special guest to discuss her successes, learnings, and challenges leading Alexion’s Innovation Accelerator.

She was also be joined by Alex Osterwalder (CEO, Strategyzer) and Tendayi Viki (Associate Partner, Strategyzer), who helped dive deep into what successful corporate innovation accelerators look like.

If you’re a CEO or corporate innovator interested in learning how to make innovation happen in your organization, you won’t want to miss this webinar.

  • You should watch this webinar if you: are searching for inspiration and insights about how to run your corporate accelerator program.
  • Don’t know which innovation projects you should invest in.
  • Struggle to integrate successful innovation projects into the business.
  • Want to understand how many innovation projects you must invest in to get results. 
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