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SUMMARY:Moonshot Thinking to Unleash Innovation\, Dr Pablo Rodriguez - Tel
 efonica Alpha: MSR Cambridge\, Lecture Series  - Dr Pablo Rodriguez - Tele
 fonica Alpha
DTSTART:20191212T110000Z
DTEND:20191212T120000Z
UID:TALK135559@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Microsoft Research Cambridge Talks Admins
DESCRIPTION:Innovation in most large companies these days is fairly increm
 ental. There is nothing inherently wrong in this\, as much of our progress
  as a society has resulted from such innovation. Over recent years\, howev
 er\, we are seeing a radical departure from incremental innovation. Instea
 d\, we look at organisations who intentionally set extremely ambitious inn
 ovation objectives\, where incremental innovation cannot get the job done.
 \n\nThe focus of this talk is to discuss the ways in which organisations m
 obilise resources to go after bold objectives which can move the needle: M
 oonshots. These are not incremental innovation activities\, but instead mu
 lti-year missions that mobilise extensive scientific and technological res
 ources to expand the horizons for both organizations and societies\, and t
 ransform both in the process.\n\nFrom the original IBM 360 mainframe compu
 ter\, NASA\, DARPA\, Google X\, or Telefonica´s skunkworks facility — A
 lpha\, more and more organisations are trying to inductively develop a coh
 erent approach to creating and executing organisational moonshots.\n\nDoin
 g so requires orchestrating diverse teams of data scientists\, developers\
 , programmers\, technologists\, and business strategists\, to work togethe
 r on audacious projects with the right culture and purpose. Moonshots will
  affect hundreds of millions of people\, create a positive societal impact
 \, and have the potential to grow into billion Euro businesses. Moonshot e
 fforts at Alpha include areas of mental health\, learning tutors\, AI econ
 omies\, or distributed energy\, some of which will be discussed during the
  talk.\n
LOCATION:Auditorium\, Microsoft Research Ltd\, 21 Station Road\, Cambridge
 \, CB1 2FB
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