The majority of our bigco clients are facing pressure like never before to stay relevant in their existing categories and to push into new, disruptive opportunities. Through our work at The Garage Group as well as connections to trailblazers in the corporate world, we were inspired to create a Sprint Innovation Track at the Front End of Innovation Conference in Boston on May 10th. Our hybrid approach of both capability builder and roll-up-your-sleeves, get shit done partner gives a unique perspective on the theory and the WHY behind these approaches backed by real, in-the-wild lessons learned from some of the top brands in the world. We’ve crafted an inspiring track with four, forward-thinking modules meant to give corporate leaders insight into lessons learned from their peers.
Overview:
- Leaders from Procter & Gamble, Wrigley, Liberty Mutual, Keurig, Corning, General Mills and The Garage Group sharing emerging learnings from their work leveraging Sprint and Lean Startup approaches to solve tough innovation and growth challenges.
- MVP Sprint Approach: Less than 2 Days From Assumption Definition to In-The-Wild MVP Testing: No guesswork. No wasted effort. Come hear how we took a Sprint approach to stand up and test a new business for the P&G Tide team in just two days.
- Rohan Hemani, Fabric Care Intrapreneur, Procter & Gamble
- Dennis Furia, Innovation & Growth Strategist, The Garage Group
- 5-Week Innovation Sprint for 104 Yr old Company: Come hear behind-the-scenes lessons learned from the trailblazing team that took an Innovation Sprint approach to explore 5 disruptive trend spaces in 5 weeks. Condensing a typical 9 to 12 month process down to a matter of weeks led to breakthrough and unprecedented learning. The team will share the overall approach they took, enablers and principles that led to their success and lessons they plan to apply to future Innovation Sprints.
- Ben Healy, Principal Analyst, Data Science – Customer Advocacy at Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Keri Stephens, VP of Breakthrough Ideas, The Garage Group
- Panel Convo on Sprinting in the Face of Uncertainty: Pulling from Google Venture’s Sprint Approach and Lean Startup, these Global F2000 corporate leaders are moving exceptionally fast to keep their companies and brands relevant. Come hear their inspiring lessons learned and practical tips for leveraging Lean Startup and Sprint across all levels of their organizations.
- Ann Thompson, Cofounder, The Garage Group
- William Singleton, New Ventures Business Development Leader, Wrigley
- Rohan Hemani, Fabric Care Intrapreneur, Procter & Gamble
- Ben Healy, Principal Analyst, Data Science – Customer Advocacy at Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Kirsten Aune, Director, Strategy and Innovation, General Mills
- Igniting Sprint: Practical Hacks Corporates Must Adopt: Eight, 5-minute talks from corporate innovation leaders, experts and entrepreneurs packed with approaches you can leverage to start to build sprinting as a capability within your organization.
- William Singleton, New Ventures Business Development Leader, Wrigley
- Kirsten Aune, Director, Strategy and Innovation, General Mills
- Rachael Schwartz, General Manager, Keurig Connect
- Ed Forsdike, Associate Director, Grooming FEI, Procter & Gamble
- Dennis Furia, Innovation & Growth Strategist, The Garage Group
- Laura Bissmeyer, Director Global Source to Pay Operations, Corning
- Two additional speakers to be announced
Interested in attending FEI? Sign up here and leverage our discount code: FEI17GARAGE
Can’t attend, but interested in learning more about leveraging Lean Startup and Sprint approaches for driving innovation? Reach out to jason@thegaragegroup. We’d love to connect.
