Maschinenraum Innovation Management Circle

14. July 2021 16:00-18:00

Through impulses and in the joint workshop, methods & tools are presented that simplify idea validation in innovation management. Methodological experience from Viessmann (Mito Mihelic, Head of Design Strategy) and Amazon (Olaf Schmitz, former Head of Business Development Europe) will give participants access to the toolset of an innovation team.

23. June 2021 10:00-11:30

What role does an innovation unit play in the context of the (digital) transformation of the entire company ? Is there a "mission for transformation" for the innovation team? Uwe Michaelis, DAW, Caspar Schauseil, Knauf, und Birgit Dillmann, Lauda/new.degree, bring their views and approaches to the discussion.

27. May 2021 10:00-11:30

How do you develop company-wide idea management and the corresponding commitment among employees? Regine Gantzert, Ideation Manager DAW, and Mito Mihelić, Head of Design Strategy Maschinenraum, will provide impulses on idea platforms, campaigns and communities.

25. March 2021 10:00–11:30

Our Innovation Management Circle goes into the next exchange meeting. Our topic this time: Foresight & Trend Exploration. We are looking forward to the impulse of Carsten Diederich, Foresight Manager of our member company DAW, and the subsequent discussion. Among other things, we will focus on the role and relevance of trend scouting and tech screening in central innovation units as well as the ideal effectiveness of foresight management.

25. February 2021 10:00–12:00

In our Circle on Innovation Management, we bring together the key contacts for innovation in the core business. The aim of the exchange is to network among our members and share challenges and learning experiences. In the Town Hall Meeting on February 25, 2021, we would like to develop and define the topic agenda for the following Deep Dives in a joint workshop.

27. January 2021 10:00–11:30

We talk to Franziska Teubert, Managing Director of the German Startups Association, about the cooperation between startups and corporates. In addition to joint product development, there are many other ways of entering cooperation with startups. Franziska opens our eyes to the various possibilities depending on the strategy that a company is pursuing.

2. December 2020 10:00–11:30

Companies must look beyond the horizon in order to not miss out on relevant trends, changes and developments. In this circle we collect the previous experiences of the participants, but also requirements for such co-creation processes and evaluate a first joint workshop.

11. November 2020 10:00-11:30

In this Innovation Management Circle, we focus on efficient and early idea generation and validation. Following an input from Patrick Tomczak, Senior Director & Head of Digital Campusof KION GROUP, participants will have the opportunity to network and share learning experiences as well as challenges.

23. September 2020 10:00–11:30

In our first circle "Innovation Management at German Mittelstand - Challenges & Best Practices" for the first time we bring together participants with different expertise: those responsible for innovation in the core businesses and experts in validating new ideas.