Garage Thinking | Johan Hanekom, Amazon Web Services | GIFLondon 2024

Inovation strategist Johan Hanekom unpacks what it means to be "future-fit" in a rapidly changing world. Drawing on personal experience - from launching a startup in Africa to working in Silicon Valley garages - he explores the principles that drive lasting innovation. Johan shares powerful case studies from Amazon, Apple, and Kodak, emphasizing how culture, customer obsession, and experimental mindsets differentiate industry leaders. With lessons on leadership, team agility, and long-term thinking, this session inspires businesses to stay relevant by embracing risk, valuing failure, and putting the customer first.

Key Topics Explored:
Garage Thinking: Lessons from Amazon, Apple, and Silicon Valley.
Culture of Innovation: Building internal systems for creativity and agility.
Customer-Centric Strategy: How customer needs shape long-term success.
Leadership and Experimentation: Fostering fail-fast cultures and continuous learning.
Becoming Future-Fit: Strategic foresight, tech trends, and scaling smart innovation.

Global Innovation Forum is one of the most respected global events on innovation, creativity, design and entrepreneurship. It gathers a limited number of professionals from some of the leading companies worldwide and provides a well-balanced mixture of presentations, discussions, workshops and interactive activities. The event is the perfect platform for pure knowledge sharing and establishing new important contacts with like-minded professionals.

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