Chris Heemskerk

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The Innovation Scorecard™ by The Innovation Alliance (Chris Heemskerk)

Culture Does Not Eat Strategy For Breakfast

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This keynote introduces the foundational concepts of artificial intelligence (AI) and demonstrates how to leverage AI for transformational impact.

Understanding AI: Gain a clear understanding of AI fundamentals and explore real-world applications and use cases relevant to your organization.
Why AI Matters: Examine why AI is critical for today’s competitive landscape and why embracing it now is essential.
Building an AI-First Organization: Learn a step-by-step approach to creating an AI-ready organization, including strategies to identify high-impact AI projects and the skills required.
Fostering AI Adoption: Understand how to encourage teams to embrace AI by building awareness, trust, and expertise across the organization.
Identifying AI Use Cases: Discover techniques for spotting valuable AI opportunities in different parts of your organization.

Chris’ keynotes are designed to equip your organization with the tools and frameworks to thrive in a rapidly evolving landscape, led by a clear vision for sustainable growth and technological advancement.

In this keynote, audiences will gain insights into the art and science of innovation as practiced by the world’s leading organizations. We’ll explore what sets these innovation leaders apart and examine the lessons we can apply to our own organizations.

Case Studies: Discover why some companies are able to innovate consistently while others struggle, and what we can learn from their approaches.
Innovation Strategy: Learn how to create an Innovation Engine within your organization to make innovation a repeatable, scalable process.
Innovation Culture: Uncover strategies for fostering and leading a culture that prioritizes innovation, aligning people and processes around creative thinking and execution.

The session will provide practical, actionable steps for embedding innovation into your organization using the proprietary Innovation Scorecard™️ framework. Chris’ keynotes are designed to equip your organization with the tools and frameworks to thrive in a rapidly evolving landscape, led by a clear vision for sustainable growth and technological advancement.

Biography

Drawing from over a decade of experience at leading technology firms including Google and Apple, Chris Heemskerk showcases his vision on corporate innovation by heading The Innovation Alliance, a global network of tech executives and innovation leaders.

As former Head of Scaled Acquisitions for Google in North America, Chris transformed his business operation into a global center for innovation and operational excellence. Hence, he was asked to serve as an advisor to Google’s Innovation Lab and established a partnership with Harvard Business School to document the lab’s endeavors in two HBS Case Studies in which he features.

In pursuit of providing organizations the necessary resources to innovate consistently, he authored The Innovation Scorecard™️, a comprehensive framework that enables firms to maximize their innovation capabilities and discover new growth opportunities.

He’s been a sought-after innovation speaker and workshop facilitator internally at Google, including his upcoming external feature at the Arizona Technology Council’s CEO Summit of 2023, co-chaired by Honeywell and Intel.

Chris’s educational journey is rooted in his passion for lifelong learning. He holds Executive Certifications in Innovation Leadership from Harvard Business School (HBS), and acquired sponsorship to attend the HBS High Potential Leadership Program of 2019. He’s certified in Design Thinking at Stanford University, and holds an MSc in Marketing from the London School of Business and Finance. Residentially, he alternates between Europe and The United States together with his wife and son.

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