FEI25: Day 1 - ET (Eastern Time, GMT-05:00)
- Tammy Butterworth - Product Innovation Director, Welch's
- Brigette Wolf - CMO, MyMochi
- Liza Sanchez - Vice President, Research & Development, PROCTER & GAMBLE
- Craig Dubitsky - founder+ceo, happy®
- Scott Ehrlich - Chief Innovation Officer, Head of Corporate Strategy, Sinclair Broadcast Group
The approach currently defines ROGUE as:
- R – Resilience and Adaptability
- O – Openness to Unconventional Ideas
- G – Grit and Determination
- U – Unwavering Curiosity
- E – Empowerment and Communication
In a Chatham House Rules environment, these Roundtables put the Rogue Mindset Approach to work. After reviewing the Approach on the app in advance of the event, you and your interdisciplinary colleagues share thoughts, use cases and case studies of the current state of the applied Rogue Mindset.
- Liza Sanchez - Vice President, Research & Development, PROCTER & GAMBLE
- Sarah Polansky - VP, Trends & Innovation, Dig Insights
- Phil Sage - Senior Director: Design & Innovation HUB North America, Pepsico
- Tammy Butterworth - Product Innovation Director, Welch's
- Sarah Princehorn - Transformational Innovation Manager, Welch's
- Paige Palmieri - Innovation Sr. Scientist, Welch's
- Christian Lavoie - Senior Manager, Consumer & Market Insights, Welch's
- Heidi Hitchen - Senior Manager, Consumer Insights, Welch's
- Brian Leslie - Interim Head of Transformational Innovation, Welch's
PROXY MEETING 1 ALPHA
Transformational Task Force Lessons Learned
Vivian Tsaklanganos, Global H2/H3 Innovation Director, Colgate-Palmolive
Leveraging her expertise in driving disruptive global initiatives, Vivian shares practical insights on the process to follow for H2/H3 innovation, including standardizing the innovation funnel phases (Discovery, Incubation, GTM-Test, and Scale), streamlining value chain processes, and achieving optimal ways of working and team resourcing. Participants will gain actionable strategies for forming agile distributed teams, defining clear roles & responsibilities and deploying resources effectively, ultimately enhancing their organizations' ability to translate innovative ideas into successful market outcomes. Key discussion points include:
- Standardizing the funnel
- Optimizing value chain processes
- Realizing optimal team resourcing and ways of working
PROXY MEETING 1 BETA
Unpacking Design Thinking (Collective Intelligence Workshop Part I)
Harsh Wardhan, Innovation Manager, Google
Take a critical deep dive into the practical application of design thinking principles, specifically tailored for innovation experts and corporate changemakers.
- Participants will gain actionable insights into navigating the intricate interplay of desirability, feasibility, and viability, enabling them to make informed, impactful decisions.
- This session goes beyond theoretical frameworks, equipping attendees with tangible methods to simplify complex challenges, foster cross-functional team alignment around human-centered needs, and drive transformative innovation.
- By challenging ingrained assumptions and pushing the boundaries of conventional thinking, participants will learn to unlock new avenues for business value creation.
This is an essential opportunity for those seeking to refine their innovation toolkit and lead their organizations towards a future defined by strategic, human-centric solutions.
PROXY MEETING 1 GAMMA
Leveraging Your Personal Strengths for Success
Christine Minh-Minh Garner, CliftonStrengths Trainer & Talent Alchemist, Talent Alchemy
This discussion focuses on self-awareness, strategic application of strengths in diverse teams, and leveraging raw potential to transform into value and impact. She discusses a holistic approach, that considers both individual and collective dynamics.
- Identifying core strengths: This includes recognizing individual talents and capabilities.
- Strategic application: Understanding how to effectively use those strengths within organizational contexts
- Interpersonal dynamics: Navigating and leveraging strengths in interactions with diverse personality types
- Transformative storytelling: Crafting authentic narratives, that connect with others
- Vivian Tsaklanganos - Global H2/H3 Innovation Director, Colgate-Palmolive
- Harsh Wardhan - Innovation Program Lead, Google
- Christine Minh-Minh Garner - CliftonStrengths Trainer & Talent Alchemist, Talent Alchemy
- Sebastian Osswald - Director, Emerging Technologies Lab, Miele
Learn a Real-World approach to adapting and winning using AI as the catalyst that enhances the relationship between adaptation and innovation as an always-on innovation partner that ensures you listen and respond in the right way based on the right voices with the right timing.
What you’ll learn:
- Why agile adaptation and always-on innovation is more important than ever as consumer behavior is shifting 10-20X faster. It is no longer sustainable to look at trends, needs, and jobs to be done just once a year or on a project basis.
- How to adapt BOTH how you are innovating and what you are innovating now that moving faster is not enough. Introducing the Finch Five Principles of Innovation.
- How the power of AI can make adaption proactive and innovation predictive ensuring everything is faster, smarter, and more aligned to reality with an accelerated feedback loop giving you signals of change with eyes and ears at scale and rapid prototyping to create, test, iterate new ideas instantly.
- Jonathan Stringfield, PhD - VP, Global Revenue & Business Planning, Microsoft
Innovation executives are under enormous pressure to deliver on AI initiatives for their companies and integrate AI into their day-to-day practices. AI evangelists claim that it's a magic bullet that will save time, improve outcomes, and enable deeper understanding of innovation processes, but is AI too good to be true? With the technology moving so quickly, it's hard for leaders to sort through the hype and understand what's real. This talk digs into the risks, opportunities, and pitfalls of using AI in innovation processes, uses the Lux AI Application Selection Framework to identify the most impactful use of AI in innovation, and builds a roadmap for innovation leaders to begin their implementation journey.
- Anthony Schiavo - Senior Director, Principal Analyst, Lux Research
- Termeh Rassi - Chief Strategy Officer & Editorial Director, Leonardo
- Ben Knapp - Founding Director of the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT) & Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech, Virginia Tech
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, managing large-scale crowdsourcing initiatives can quickly become overwhelming.
In this session, hear how one organization transformed a complex, resource-intensive crowdsourcing process into an efficient, scalable service by partnering with a trusted external expert. Learn how this strategic collaboration accelerated delivery, improved quality, and freed up internal teams to focus on innovation.
If you’re looking to turn your crowdsourcing challenges into streamlined successes, this is the session for you.
- Dakota Crow - VP | Head of Innovation Programs, U.S. Bank
- Mike Thomas - CEO, Upstream360
- Ben Patrick - Chief Creative Officer, Upstream 360
- Craig Dubitsky - founder+ceo, happy®
- Samantha Johnson - Founder & CEO, Tatum Robotics
- Colin Scott - Senior Vice President, DownSelect®, Innventure
- Su-Feng Kuo - Sr. Director, Global Clients Insights & Analytics, Visa
- Steven Berrent - Director of IT Innovation and Architecture, Steptoe LLP
- Sarah Polansky - VP, Trends & Innovation, Dig Insights
- Erica DeLeon - Sr. Category & Consumer Insights, Juanita’s Food
- Christine Minh-Minh Garner - CliftonStrengths Trainer & Talent Alchemist, Talent Alchemy
Expand your network of innovation experts and corporate changemakers through quick 1:1 starter meetings.
Rapidly explore each other’s abilities and continue the conversation during the next break, cocktail or meal.
No two innovation pipelines look the same—especially at the front end, where ambiguity thrives and the rules are still being written. So how can Technology and AI make a real impact where it matters most? Join Erica Norton, insights leader at The Hershey Company, for an energizing fireside chat on how AI is transforming different types of early-stage innovation—from product development to category creation and beyond. Packed with real-world examples and actionable insights, this session will help you spot high-impact use cases and rethink what's possible at the front end of your innovation process.
Expand your network of innovation experts and corporate changemakers through quick 1:1 starter meetings.
Rapidly explore each other’s abilities and continue the conversation during the next break, cocktail or meal.
Building a world-class incubation program locally and globally, using a VC-like approach and leveraging AI at every step to deliver Proof of Value in a 3-month timeframe.
Expand your network of innovation experts and corporate changemakers through quick 1:1 starter meetings.
Rapidly explore each other’s abilities and continue the conversation during the next break, cocktail or meal.
- Milan Ivosevic - VP of R&D and Innovation, CooperSurgical Inc
- Miranda Helmer - Vice President, Product Development & Regulatory, Albertsons Companies
- Liza Sanchez - Vice President, Research & Development, PROCTER & GAMBLE
- Tammy Butterworth - Product Innovation Director, Welch's
- Linda Hill - World-Renowned Expert on Leading and Diversity-Driven Innovation; Award-Winning Co-Author of Bestseller, Collective Genius, and Co-Founder, Paradox Strategies Leadership Advisor Firm; Professor of Business,, Harvard Business School
- Rita McGrath - Academic Director in Executive Education, Columbia University
- Steve Blank - Adjunct professor, Stanford; Creator of the Lean Startup Movement; Author, The Startup Owner's Manual, The Startup Owners Manual
- Panos Panay - President, The Recording Academy / Grammy Awards
- Mike Tushman - Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University
- Alex Osterwalder - Visiting Professor, The International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
- Steve Wozniak - Co-Founder, Apple, Inc.