Mike Docherty - specialises in connecting and commercializing high-tech innovation through the process of open innovation. A former senior executive at Sunbeam Products Mike is now CEO of Venture 2 Inc. He has 6 patents to his name and has over 26 years of leadership experience in innovation management, marketing and new product development. Mike's innovation efforts have played a key role in the successful turnaround of companies and he has been quoted by Fortune, Business Week, and Fast Company magazines. Alongside these achievements he has held positions in marketing, planning and leadership at General Electric, Ford Motor Company and Rohm & Haas.
Mike Docherty's Presentations Include:
How to Create & Manage Innovation Networks
Case Studies in Making External and Open Innovation Work for Your Business
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What is Open Innovation?
An Introduction to this Powerful Approach to Innovation and Growth
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How to Develop and Deploy Open Innovation
Strategies, Structures and Processes for Implementing Open Innovation
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Becoming The Technology Partner of Choice
Best Practice Techniques for Attracting Technologies, Ideas, People and Partners
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How to Create an Open Innovation Culture
Required Mind and Skill Sets when Adopting Open Innovation
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Open Innovation Expert Speakers with global reputations as leaders in their fields promise three fundamental principles:
- To be of a high quality : (including case studies / process overviews etc)
- To focus on being informative and educational
- To Include tangible takeaway's for the professional practitioner audience