KEDGE INSIGHTS BREAKFASTS

On the occasion of the " KEDGE Insights Breakfasts", experts from the academic and professional worlds discuss a theme that is shaking up companies' working lives.

We invite you to take part in our next meeting, on the theme :

"Communities of innovation, or the emergence of collaborative management to support your company's development".

Tuesday, September 17, 2019
From 8:30 am to 10:00 am

NEW CAMPUS - Kedge Business School -
40 Avenue des terroirs de France 75012 Paris

Reception from 8.00 am

At a time when innovation is emerging as a key issue for businesses, the 2018 Bloomberg Innovation Index ranking of the most innovative countries shows how difficult it is for French companies to innovate.

When it comes to innovation, a growing number of companies are thus discovering the key role played by communities. According to the 2018 FNEGE barometer, 88% of managers see communities as a major challenge for their development .Communities are groups of individuals (internal and/or external) who informally share their practices and experiences with the aim of improving and innovating: product or brand usage, process improvement, sales performance, new service development or product improvement, supplier qualification, etc...

Using Schneider Electric as an example, we will discuss how communities can foster collaborative innovation by transforming the way companies are managed.

With the participation of :

Catherine Thiesse, Director of Knowledge Management and Communities of Practice for the Schneider Electric Group. Catherine Thiesse is passionate about knowledge sharing, collaboration and innovation, and has a wealth of experience accumulated in various business sectors: Head of Industrial Competence Strategy Europe, Head of Purchasing Strategy for industrial product ranges for the Schneider Electric Group.

Karine Goglio-Primard, Associate Professor of B-to-B Marketing at KEDGE Business School. She is a graduate of the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne (DEA) and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (Doctorat en Sciences Economiques).

Florence Crespin-Mazet, Associate Professor of Business Marketing at KEDGE Business School. She holds a PhD from the University of Manchester, a DEA from Université Lyon III and an MBA from Illinois State University.Saïd Yami is Professor of Strategic Management at the Université de Lille - IAE and at KEDGE Business School. His research focuses on competitive relations and business models through the concepts of collective strategies and coopetition, in connection with innovation and entrepreneurship.

Karine Goglio-Primard and Florence Crespin-Mazet lead the KCO club - Knowledge Communities Observatory (KCO) at Kedge Business School.
This club brings together 7 companies (Crouzet, Engie, Expleo, Laerdal Medical, Schneider Electric, Sartorius Stedim, Spie batignolles) seeking to limit the effects of silos, increase knowledge sharing and accelerate innovation. Its aim is to analyze the role of communities of practice in innovation and business development.

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