Innovation is the spark of life :: Daniel Trabucchi

What is Innovation?

Daniel Trabucchi is a Senior Assistant Professor at the School of Management Politecnico di Milano. Daniel shares his definition of innovation, the role of regulatory bodies in innovation, the distinction between a new thing and a new purpose, and much more.

More about our guest:

Daniel has also co-authored “Platform Thinking. Read the past. Write the future.”. His research interests are focused on innovation management, especially digital two-sided platforms and digital services. He co-founded Symplatform in 2018, the international conference on digital platforms that aims to match scholars and practitioners in the field. He co-founded and is scientific director of Platform Thinking HUB, the community of innovation leaders that aims to foster innovation through platform thinking, which is part of the Digital Innovation Observatories of Politecnico di Milano. He is also scientific director of IDeaLs, the global research platform founded by Politecnico di Milano aiming to develop innovative ways to engage people in transformation processes.

He is a member of the International Product Development Management Conference EIASM-IPDMC scientific committee. He has authored more than 70 scientific articles, including peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings, and book chapters. Apart from academic research, he teaches innovation and project management at various levels, from bachelor’s to master’s, MBAs, executive MBAs, and corporate classes, being also Director of the International Part Time MBA of the POLIMI Graduate School of Management. Moreover, he is often involved in advisory projects with small and multinational organizations in innovation and transformation management.
Know more about her and his affiliations here:

• Daniel Trabucchi
• Politecnico di Milano
• Symplatform

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Episode Guide:

1:35 - What is Innovation?

3:06 - book: Trap of thinking

5:29 - Innovation advancement and regulation

8:09 - Innovation as a new thing vs a new purpose

10:07 - AI as a platform

15:12 - Efficiency and the unintended consequences of such

19:46 - What isn't innovation: it's not innovation if it's not creating value

23:38 - Agile project management

25:03 - Business vs Technology platforms: technical and regulatory perspective

29:49 - Advice to innovators
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