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Innovators in corporate IT = the new VCs ?

Started by Julien Le Nestour · 1 year ago

I’m delighted to take a new position within Schlumberger: I’m coordinating our corporate IT Innovation efforts, with an emphasis on knowledge management (stop laughing, this is not your father’s KM, I’ll look at the most innovative stuff here). Also relocating to Paris from London.

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  • Yes. I would agree. We at BrightIdea have seen similarities between VCs and Innovation Officers at corporations. A lot of our customers are using BrightIdea to collect ideas, rank them, and allow users to collaborate on the ideas eventually turning them into reality. The job of the Innovation Officer is to facilitate ideation and innovation throughout that process. As a technology vendor, we cannot succeed without that human element.

    Paul
    ptran@brightidea.com

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