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Open Innovation – Venture Club Session Recap

Open innovation vehicles that stick: central governance, business-unit alignment and quick wins that buy patience for the long game.

Roundtable
4 September 2025
The question on the table

How do you set up an open innovation vehicle that business units use rather than tolerate?

Recaps are anonymised by design: no names, no companies.

The session

Members compared how they define open innovation vehicles, sync them with corporate strategy and keep leadership engaged: central hubs with business-unit champions, regional setups versus global HQ, and experiments with formats like crowdfunding.

Key insights

Five key insights

  1. 01
    Align innovation with business needs

    Projects connected to identified business-unit gaps get relevance and support by default.

  2. 02
    Establish central innovation governance

    A central team with business-unit leaders on the board secures strategic alignment and resource access.

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Invite-only and complimentary for senior leaders in corporate innovation and growth.