A glance at Johnson & Johnson's open-innovation strategy in healthcare in Asia-Pacific
To kick off a busy innovation week in Singapore as the SWITCH festival starts today, I joined “Ecosystem Day”, and got an overview of Johnson & Johnson Innovation’s rather advanced innovation strategy in APAC. I knew Johnson & Johnson on their customer-facing side, but did not really know much about their product-building innovation engine. […]
Swire Properties and Blueprint case study: adapting to the future of work
We analyze today the Swire Properties’ open innovation project in Hong Kong: Blueprint, a tech-focused co-working space combined with a B2B startups accelerator and a multipurpose events venue. A project which makes a lot of sense for one of the largest property empire in Asia, owning several business office hubs such as the famous Taikoo […]
McDonald's digital innovation strategy: building the restaurant of the future as a startup
With 35,000 restaurants in 121 countries, McDonald’s is not a so much a F&B outlet, it’s a machine, an army of operational excellence. It’s also a network of franchisees, which makes innovation a bit harder, as you can’t really design a new service or product and just push it to the network. During the […]
Lufthansa innovation hub and the travel space: a "startup within the company"
During the Break conference in Bali, we listened to then interviewed Katrin Zimmermann, from the Lufthansa Innovation Hub. Their work as a “startup within the company” can be summarized as follows: Digital travel apps are valued at $88bn, vs $6bn for a big airline on average There’s no or little loyalty, so Lufthansa need to […]
